Middletown transcript., 1895-01-12

L. III &A stances, which is
IyhSE1 accounted for by
AWzM the fact that if
woman has busi-
ness ability it is her sole ambition to
develop it to the fullest extent, and
she has no desire to waste her energies
in any other direction. The one idea
is dominant in her mind, and only
things which have a direct bearing on
her business can claim her attention.
A man writing on the subject says
that rs per cent of the men who fail
to make ranch pay in the fruitful
State of California do so for the reason
that they find other things more con
genial and do not attend to their bus
iness. "Men who have no resources
within themselves are sure to get dis
satisfied with the complete isolation
from congenial intercourse and ad-
vantages Of society, while with women
it is different. They seem to be more
resourceful than men. Their contin-
ual environment is perhaps the best
educator toward contentment, and
the continual yielding to public opin-
ion as to what she shall and shall not
do is the training which assists a wo-
man in commercial enterprise. She
has no desire to venture into other
kinds of business, or any disposition
to fritter away her time over the flow
ing bowl complaining of her ill luck"
Manv women claim that household
duties are heavy in comparison with
eHtdeeF manual labor, and that they
are stronger and healthier when they
work in the open air. Several women
in the nothern part of the State have
been eminently successful with their
fruit ranches, and others equally so in
the southern part of the State. One
very enterprising woman has herself
planted several hundred acres in deci-
duous fruits, aid gets good income
besides from her wheat and hay fields.
She is young wsdow, and in addition |
to her ranch she runs hotel. She is |
out early every morning on horseback
directing the days work, which is
pretty well accomplished before the
men who own the adjoining properties
have finished their breakfast. A
teacher in one of the Indian schools
manages several hundred acres of
wheat fields every year, and very sue
cessfully, too. And another woman in
Los Angeles is known as the best real
estate operator in Southern California.
She will take hold of most unattrac-
tive piece of property and make mon
ey out of it.
In San Francisco there are two wo-
men who have gained high reputa-
ton among horticulturists and carry
on large, successful business. Their
methods are businesslike and very
satisfactory to their customers, while
their intelligent understanding of hor-
ticulture in all its branches makes
them capable of teaching so much to
others. They make a speciality of im-
porting rare plants and bulbs, and in
5roduce them into Russia, as we'll as
other countries.-N. Y, Commercial
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Does everv one know that the wife
of Robert Louis Stevenson was a
grandmother when her romantic
with the author occurred2
Mrs. Stevenson's first husband was
Osborne. and at the time Of
Ter second marriage her daughter,
who had married Joseph Strong, the
San Francisco artist, was a mother.
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Hannah Adams was the first woman
n America to publish book over her
'wn name. It was called "a Review
'f Religions" and came out in 1884.
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Rev. Phoebe Hannaford, a promin-
mt member of Sorosis, has the honor
Q be the first woman minister ever
in America. At the time
Dr.. Hannaford was ordained only
hree women in the world besides
herself had received orders. At pres
mt she is writing book which will 7
ell many interesting incidents of her
arly experience.
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For eight years George Eliot wrote
With the same pen. This seems /
lardly creditable, and yet it is told
+ the famous author, and also that
Vhen she lost this pen she con-
idered her misfortune almost beyond
80 {
1t is said that when Mrs. Oscar Wilde
sked Browning to write in her auto
raph album, in which many famous
eople had written, he responded with
leasure and wrote: From a poet to
poem"
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The first woman publisher was Char
ute Flower Wells, who went into bus
less with her two brothers in 1914.
he is still in business in New York
nd declares she never has time to ID
alize that she is growing old.
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Patti has Weakness for dogs. Mex
an spaniels are her special favorites, "A
nd to see small spaniel with her. sl
'herever she goes she carries one I'll