The advocate., 1895-01-09
WOMEN In BUSINESS.
ABooK THAT CLAIMS TO SUPPLY A
COMPLETE ARMoR.

ners-Le8Ve Sentiment Out and Go In
Understanding That FitnesSIS the Thing.
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All the latest improvements and newest
adjustments are recognized in the recent
production known as the ''new woman"
and now a whole volume Of advlcapoints
out her place, way beyond the prescribed
sphere, directs her to it and bids her take
IL. The book Is called Women In the
Business World" and is written by lone
OF Them" 1t attempts to point out the
stumbling blocks along the paths of wage
earning women and to show the way to
avoid or overcome them. It aims to fire
the dear home girl with the idea that her
life Is useless unless she engages in some
money making occupation and partially
redeems itself by suggesting new fields of
employment and mentioning such as are
not overCrowded.
By way Of a start we have this:
II have saving message for all women.
It Is that on self dependence hangs their
salv .lon from poverty and other evils.
Only by means Of self dependence can
they ever achieve anything or be amp
thing but feeble, undeveloped creatures,
mentally, spiritually, physically, socially
and financially"
Then there iS more about finding ones
true calling.
ITO discover what one ought to do as q
business for life is often one of the most
difficult tasks assigned us In the whole
Journey. The world Is full Of disconnected
beings who fancy they are pursuing mis-
taken vocations. The sohoolteacher thinks
a fine housekeeper was lost when she took
up the work Of instruction. The dress
maker Is sure she would have shone as q
painter of portraits. The saleswoman has
no doubt that the dramatic stage has suf-
fered because circumstances forced her
where she Is, and so on through the entire
list.
Yet with all the discomfort and yearn-
ings for something different it Is doubtful
If any Of us are out Of our true inches. We
reach our level somehow and never rise
above it. If we are fitted for higher
field of usefulness than the one In which
we find ourselves, we shall reach it.
Ability is like fruit. It must have time
to ripen.
"How is the young girl who intends to
be self supporting to find out what occu-
patton she is best fitted forP Her environ
ment may be narrow and her opportuni-
ties for choosing small There must be
something within her knowledge which
she likes to do better than anything else.
This can be guidepost for her. Perhaps
the thing she most likes to do is next door
to impossible as a means of earnings live
lihood, but it can be the star to which
she bitches her wagon. By its light she
can find what she can begin on, and she
must keep the star in view and work TO-
ward it.
"She must not make the mistake of
looking for her career only in what are
called the genteel walks These are real
Iy the ruggedest paths, beset by the most
drawbacks and demanding the greatest
sacrifices and most heroic efforts. Be-
sides, when she determines to find her
work there, she enters the narroWest and
most oVercrowded field, where more will
be required of her In every way than else
where, the standard Of excellence being
higher by reason Of the dense competition.
She must not mistake strong taste for
art or letters for a talent for creating
ITEM. 1t is this mistake which makes
art committees wretohed and wastebas-
kets groan.
Usually that which one can do best
one can do easiest and find pleasure in
the doing Of it. Yet it must be remem-
bered that no calling, consCientiOusly pur-
sued, is easy. She who bids for ease In her
life work will find 1t grow harder all the
time There are no fOwery beds Of ease
In the business world save for the spirit
less dependents. Each must fight to win
the prize and sail through seas which, IL
not bloody, are, to say the least, stormy.
"Is possible, follow the natural bent Of
,::ear mind. Then even the closest appli-
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