Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-20
woMAN's woRLO IN PARAGRAPHS.

the banks 81 the Hudson.
JUNIUs HENEI BROWNE.
WoMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Girls, Fit Yourselves to Do some One
Thing Thoroughly.
In an admirable paper ia The Outlook
Mrs. Candace Wheeler has called atten-
tion to the want of serious preparation
among women for bread winning work
of any kind She here hits on an i'm
portant drawback to woman's progress
today. She rightly attributes it to the
sex influence. Women have for so many
ages been taught to look forward to
marriage az ameans Of earning a living
that now, when under the changed con
dltiOns Of society marriage is no longer
a means Of earning living, they are
caught without any adequate method Of
taking care Of themselves Tt is not lack
Of ability, not even so much lack Of op-
portunity, that today stands in the way
of women's entrance into the higher
bread winning occupations 70 much as
lack of knowledge and training for those
occupations With the faint Of the preju-
dice Of all the ages upon her, the girl
still looks forward to getting living
through marriage, even though she may
be playing at learning some trade or pro-
fession. This sends a sort Of dead and
alive paralysis through all her efforts tc
prepare herself for serious work and
tends ofoster the belief that women are
not equal to men as workers It is not
wrong TO look forward to marriage; it
is wrong-more, it is degrading and de-
moralizing crin.e-for a woman to look
forward to marriage as a bread winning
trade. / wonder If mothers who sell
their daughters to rich men ever stop to
think what it j. they are really doing.
Are they or their daughters really any
better morally than the poor outcast Of
the street? No. They are not. There is
one thought, however. that may give
compensation for the half hearted way
in which some women prepare them
selves for bread winning. 1t is this:
Where q girl j. gifted and really loves
her work, nothing can take her away
from it. Married OF single. through good
and i'll, she viii stick to it till she
reaches the shining heights of success.
If the weak minded ones, the half heart
ed ones and the bunglers give up-let
them. The best and the highest expo
nents Of women y powers will remain to
the end. Meantime | am rejoiced every
time / hear that a woman who married
to get a living has been cruelly disap-
pointed and has to turn out and 60 to
work And it happens very often these
days.
The woman 5 American flag now has
three stars. standing for Wyoming. Colo
rado and Utah Next
Lucy Hamilton Warner Of New York
has lately written the best of her stories
for children. 1t is dainty fairy story
called "The Little Elves Seeking the
Beautiful World. I" After a series of star
Ting and not pleasant adventures, Dusty
Cap, Pointed Toes and their two broth
ers find out this: 1.-THE beautiful world
is our own home. 1t matters not where
it is, if love and coatentment dwell
there.
The pure hearted, right minded girl
who has been brought up as she should
be by wise mother who has instructed
her to know what life really j. needs
no chaperon.
Lady Spencer Clifford, an English
woman. has passed her examination and
obtained a license as sea captain. She
did this for the purpose of navigating
her own yacht. but there is no reason
why women should not sail vessels and
be masters of them as a matter Of bust
ness. "Let them be sea captains if they
will, Y said Margaret Fuller.
Miss Nellie Murphy is clerk in large
lotel at Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Paul q Thebaud Of the Knoll
Food Golf club, Westchester county, N.
Y, has won several victories over the
4 best men players id the club.
The pretuest dressed and most pictur-
esque looking girl skater in Prospect
park, Brooklyn, this winter, has been
pretty girl in bloomers.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.