The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-26
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Success Of Women In the Lighter Mechan.
Ical Trades.

Success Of Women In the Lighter Mechan. !
icai Trades.
1--WE had to let women into the bicy- !
Gle manufacturing business, said gen
tleman connected with that great and
thriving industry. "There are manipu-
lations so slight and delicate that a wo-
mans fingers can make them better and
quicker than mans" In thriving
western town is TO be seen this sign,
"John Spencer g. Daughtey, Jewellers
and Opticians. " That word daughter"
stands for a story that will prove an in
spiration to many girl who has the
good fortune to work for her living.
Miss Spencer had natural inclination
to the trade Of manufacturing jeweler.
| She entered horological school to learn
it. There were no other women in the
institution. In the coming years the
masculine students who were there at
that time will be filled with dull, un-
pleasant sense Of shame when they re-
call that they rose in a body and de-
manded Of the professors in the school
that they turn this one poor little girl
out The main objection TO her was that
| they could not behave like pigs and dogs
| If a girl were present in the school. You
will observe that this was also reason
why young men used to object to girl
students in medical colleges. The horo-
logical professors, however, wisely found
In this very objection the exact reason
! why the young fellows should have
girl student among them. The girl stu
/ dent remained. What is more, she work
! ed and studied so assiduously that she
won gold medal over the heads of the
men students, although after she got 1t
she was told that If the judges had known
she was woman they would probably
not have awarded 1t to her. They told
| her she could not get work after she had
! learned her trade on account Of her sex.
/ She showed these prophets Of evil bet
ter. She obtained employment in several
shops and gained valuable experience.
Then she attended a course of instruc.
tion in an eastern city and learned the
business Of an optician. This she did as
she did everything else, from the ground
up. Thus armed at every point. she
opened an establishment in partnership
with her father and is having most
successful beginning The girl who is
thoroughly equipped for her chosen work
and who will not be downed always sue
ceeds.
The girls Of the Lucy Cobb institute in
Georgia have had a spirited debate on the
question Of whether certain play Of
Shakespeare's should not have been
called the Jew of Venice" instead Of
the Merchant Of Venice" l congratu-
late the young lady students. I hope
all spoke their speeches instead of read
ing papers. The effect is a hundred
times better when you have your subject
well in hand and look your audience
straight in the eyes and talk to them.
Meantime recommend these bright
southern girls to tackle in future de-
bates some of the great social, political
and economic questions that are now
stirring public thought through and
through. The girls of n literary society
of the Normal college here in New York
lately debated the question whether ma.
tions should settle their disputes by war
or arbitration and they did 1t In a
mastery manner. Finally hope with
all my heart the ladies Of the south will
be able to raise the 800, 900 endow-
ment fund they are now trying to col
lect in order to place Lucy Cobb insti-
tute on an educational rvo.ue VIA.
leading colleges Of the country.
Pittsburg lawyers are trying to pre-
vent women attorneys from practicing
there. II the newspaper girls Of the
Pittsburg Woman's Press club do not
make some Of these men lawyers wish
they had never been born, am mistak-
en- in the quality Of those newspaper
girls, that is all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Jorgensen operate
bicycle manufacturing and repair shop
in Chicago, and Mrs. Jorgensen is one
of the most active of partners She has
made bicycle out and out with her
own hands. She says of herself, "As u
child l did not play with dolls, and
hammer aRd nails were far dearer to me
than any sawdust beauty ever saw"
Why is it that when married women
read papers at public meetings they must
usually lug in some reference to their
homes and children2 Are they afraid of
being thought tunwomanly II they do not
do this?
Miss Janey Mulhern Coard, who pre-
sided so gracefully at the meeting of the
International League Of Press clubs dur
ing the Atlanta exposition, is a member
Of the editorial staff Of the Pittsburg
Bulletin. Much Of the success Of the
League day at the exposition was due to
her enthusiastic efforts. She edits In The
Bulletin the matter devoted to society.
churches, clubs, personals and fashion.
The clubwomen Of Boston are going
to erect a building for their mutual use,
1t will be handsome and commodious
structure. with assembly rooms, dining
rooms, library, etc, This is what the
s women's clubs Of every city need.