The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-01

| james nOtel yesterday 10 De present. OF
the meeting which will be held this
| morning.
Mrs Irvine is not inclined to be talk
ative about the matter. She admitted
that is was the desire of the sharehold-
| ers Of the new Morning Star company
TO have her become president and that
she had practically made up her mind
10 consent. Il have considered the mat
ter very carefully" said Mrs. Irvine yes
| terdav. "and / think that / will allow
| the slate to be carried out. l realize
the grave responsibility that j am as
/ suning in doing this for on my man
agement of the mine depends nearly
! 500 900 belonging to business men ana
| investors vino have no money to throw
away in experimenting with woman.
Despite the fact that my attempt in
practical business way will be anna
| telIr. still have confidence IN my abilf-
~ TO direct the affairs of the Morning
Star lode.
my husband, who is a mining en-
gineer. and l have been located in the
Ward district for a number of years. L
have paid strict attention TO mining al
| fairs and am familiar with the workings
of nearly all of the Ward properties. 1t
| is my candid belief that the secret Of
success in any business is the attention
given it. Men are in the habit OF gett-
ing too many irons in the fire and there
nv neglectins to devote the proper time
and attention to all their affairs. With
a woman it is entirely different, so far
as business is concerned. She is per-
fectly contented to attend to one line
of business, whatever II may be, and in
her work she places her heart and soul.
The sooner women adapt themselves TO
the business world he better 1 >Selieve
1t will be for our sex. Education has al
ready opened up an avenue for their ad-
vancement with excellent results, and
the avocations of business are now be-
ginning 10 offer many inducements for
bright, keen-wftted women.
'SThe men are becoming accustomed
more and more every day to meeting
women in business and they are begin
ming to regard it as matter of course.
For years in nearly all the states IN. the
Union women have in some way been
connected with the educational depart
ments In our western states they have
| been placed in exclusive charge of this
| important branch of the state govern
ments with the best results. 1t Is very
| seldom that you hear of q man being
superintendent of public instruction or
| superintendent
Rocky Mountain region, where civil
zation has made such wonderful strides.
WHY. I remember when 1 was super
! fntendent of schools in Topeka, Kan,
| wears ago. and how the men regarded 1t
/ as brazen on my part TO have the au-
ldacity to attempt TO participate in the
public affairs of our county. That was
| gefore I was married, and Mr.. Irvine,
who was a practicIng attorney in To-
peka. came TO me and proposed that I
allow him 10 be superintendent of my
home. He wanted To get married right
off for the reason that he did not ike to
| see me so far out Of my realm fin
| ally submitted to his appeal ard we
were married and came TO Colorado,
but not until I had jumped a mining
claim belonging to him which he had
taken up in Colorado.
To-Day men think nothing of seeing
a woman at the head Of our educational
department In fact they would be
| surprised. many Of them. if they run
| across anything but a woman. But If a
| woman Is called upon to act upon jury
practice before the courts, or sit in a
| convention or legislative assembly, some
people think II very strange and make
uncomplimentary remarks, calling them
|
seekers. and suggesting that they had
better be home attending to the house
hold duties. Why should they do thisr
Are they afraid that the women,
! should they come into control OF the
local government, would turn them out
Of office? There are equally as many
| women in this country as there are men,
| snd why should they not have the right
! N assist in snapsng the legislation OF
the land in which they live as well as the
men? Why. then. should women be ex-
clu5a6 from business? Many Of them
have already made success Of their
lives and have become immensely
wealthy. They have met che keenest OF
business men in transactions and have
Droven themselves fully equal 70 the
emergency. / believe that our young
girls should be educated for business
lend not altogether for household duties
and socity."
Mrs. Irvine was asked her opinion OF
| fbe Ward mining district as district,
10 which she replied: Under the logic
OF necessity aud the stimulus OF pay-ore
sold for needed cash. and in the absence
Of hirh-salaried overseers the minens OF
| Ward camp have simply captured the
| god ores Where they found them II the
! majority q claims IN that district The
! success Of the mines II Ward answers
all criticism about the manner of their
/ Gsvc1opnsnt- The ma Ority of them
are, SO to speak. SELF made mines and
| unindebJed 70 capital or 10 science.
They are JUS mines"
De TASoUr--"N-ou don't take enough ex-
srcise Tor : man O. yegr habirs.' Old Soak