Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-31

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Ing expresses Ii but Wg. Il taxes time
% convince designers that their work
.s not going 10 be sold, or given away
10 ether people, an. 5ne mus. Use al.
ones ats N pleasing t9 gain All entrance
~ Tie circle from w4IcA the desired ia
formation will eMaaAie. For work, with
q bagE!ny like this, there Is always de-
manG, out this ri:l, who wished 10 earn
her living, scoffeI al what is recognized
as legitimate WORK, and wanted 10 write
herself down foo! by taking up subjects
that nisa OF grea, brain almost fear 10
touch.
VIVA. | would like the women to learn,
those women who have to make their
living by their pens, is that that work
sells best winch bears the imprint Of
womaa!lness, not weakness. This it has
when an effort Is made u write like a
man, instead Of toins il after one s own
way. Then, TO, way doesn't the anna
tcur remember mat
An EDITOR WOULD PREFER
three short words to one OF many sylla-
bles; l ger absolutely heart sick be.
cause | desire every woman who has to
work to succeed. But, when a girl,
who Knows nothing Of tne trials Of life,
ccolly tells me, after lave tried 70 get
her some work, that it Is impossible for
her 10 do that as she would rather write
editorials, what can | say. And when
/ am tod, as another did, that II Is very
easy for me to give advice, | wonder f
She thinks Of the days OF nard work, OF
the disappointments, Of the bitter expert
ences that have come 10 ME, and made
me realize what women must do.
l can say one thing-eVen II | am q
little vain, never had an article re-
turned 10 me; but that was due 70 no
virtue on my part, least Of all was it
due to any ability on my part, but il
Nas due to this one thing-I was for
tunate enough 10 be given these words
Of wisdom by a man: Write what you
are told to do and, no matter how trivial
the subject may seem, put the best Of
yourself IN it, and, surely as you do this,
the day will come when you can choose
your own subject and | shall be happy
If you please to write these words OF
mine as gUod, hard truth for another
woman"
Don't LEAVE YOUR HOME
and come 20 New YORK believing that
you will be Immediately engaged by
some New York paper because Of the
Little things You have written that
pleased your family. Take my advice
and write, first 81 all. from where you
ARE, aud then, if your work amounts 10
anything, you will be asked 10 send
more OF to come to sec tile editor. Of
course there are women VINO have sue.
ceedcd. You hear OF them all the time,
but do you hear of tue woman who
has failed? Do You know how much
some If these women are earning {!
Being brave, they are living on as little
as possible, and are cheerful, but life
Isn't easy for them, and in their hearts
most Of them know that they would
rather thousand times be the wife of
some good man than have the doubtful
| pleasure of occasionally seeing their
names in print. To the young women who
are earning their living with their pens
/ and who hope to get ahead, would
/ like to say this-keep your business and
| your social life separate. Then, when
/ you 60 to work, you will have fresh
4 IDEAS and you will not carry into the
office the small discussions, vanities or
| fads of the other side. To-day the
women who are earning the most money
are those Who are seldom seen among
the sO.called newspaper women. They
| flock by themselves and don't talk shop.
They are not familiar with the news
paper men, and not finding their friends
among them, they receive in conse.
quence much more respect. Among
these women may be cited Mrs. Burton
Harrison, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensse.
laer and Miss jeanette Glider, as having
made great successes, and yet separat,
ing the social aud the working world Sc
we'll that one never conflicts with the
other.
AVOID LIVING IN BOHEMIA.
The woman who writes gains NOTHING
by making an attempt TO find Bohemia
and live in it. She will make NOR,
money if she regards conVentionalities
Bohemia represents land Of dirt anC
tobacco, Of bad food and ill-furnishec
rooms, and, as far as could see, wher
l was taken into it, which, thank good
ness, has only been few times, OF lacl
OF comfort.
| think the woman who writes i
gradually discovering that, while she i
a writer, she is, before all else,
woman, and that when she makes al
effort to be
THAT HYBRID, A MANS CHUM,
she is failure in every way. dom
. know that this round robin will do any
body any good, and yet if it would keel
one girl at home it will have more thai
fulfilled its object. Stay at home and b.
something better than a great writer; b.
q good daughter, in time loving wife
and later on wise mother. Work Is
. misfortune for a woman; that is, tn
work that takes her outside of her home
, ! tell you, my friend, this is the truth
and | know it, because as the years hay
[ gone BY have seen SO many who hav
{ fallen Uy the wayside. have seen
few, only q few, fall into wicked ways
I but have seen u very, very great man
7 simply drift along in life, picking up
, little work here and little there, get
a ting just enough TO keep them Twin
e without ambition, without hope, anC
e saddest ri all-alonc. Think this a
. over before you start out into tn
9 w0rkaday world, and try and conclud
whether, after all, your work isn't thu
which is nearest 70 you. What hay
n written is IL the kindest spirit, but il
:. my answer 10 the hundreds of letters
i have gotten-the answer that is force
d from me by the knowledge game
i during the experiences that have con
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