The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-21

have sufficiently demonstrated their ability
to earn livelihood, but they can never
take prominent places in active affairs till
they have learned this lesson.
Madam Ristori once said to II young girl
who thought she could he both a great
actress and great singer, but was not sure
but she would rather be composer than
esther: Having too many talents is as
bad as not having any" This is bit ex.
treme. The girl who is possessed of d.
verse gifts may choose between them and
cultivate the most pronounced or the one
sac finds most to her liking to serve her
professionally; and use the Others for her
own and others pleasure But in order to
ito this she must also he possessed o. good
common sense And persistence, which
seems oftener to he bestowed upon the
otherwise ungifted, and in the long run
often serves them better than more bril-
Liant endowment. Not long certain
woman, building upon hel reputation fol
charming and original designs as shown in
her own costumes, set up a dressmakipg
establishment. She undoubtedly had a
gift OF artistic designing and color comb
hation, but she lacked common sense. To
hegin with, she took the stand Of one who
Iescends from a pedestal, and it was I'M
doubleday the newspaper talk about ladies
of rank and title opening dres.mAking and
milliners' shops in London that suggested
the idea
Her father, plodding, salaried worker
paid the rent of a handsome suite of rooms
for her in advance; Il French woman was
engaged at high wages to superintend the
cutting and seamstresses to do the sewing,
for the designing alone was all the young
woman herself intended to condescend to
90. Her beginning was brilliant Orders
Iiourishlng business. But the absence Of
good sense laid AL such hopes waste. Cheap
materials were used and expensive ones
charged for; engagements were di.regarded,
and the much Wanted Original ideas"
were still kept for She Young woman's
personal adornment, while her patrons
costumes were a. commonplace as if de-
vised by home dressmaker at 81 per day.
In y few months the money invested had
been lost. The already overworked father
had to do some evening bookkeeping to
keep ous of debt and was worn out and
irritable in consequence, and the young
woman retired from business and INDUCED
in nervous prostration. Common. sense
would have led her to take a place for a
short time as an 'improver' AZ any wages
she could get in dressmsking establish
uIcnt in order to acquire a knowledge Of
detail and technique, aud the s2:nc valu-
able quality would have taught her that
the business requisites Of promptuess hen
eSty aud respect of contract are AS indis-
persable in drcssmaking establishment
conducted by woman as in a commercial
house conducted by men or corporation.
A rich woman in New York began life
as 3 girl, down in Maine, 10y collecting
tripe, which was so plentiful and so des-
pissed that it was thrown away. She dis
covered its value as food in cities and be-
gan the work of collecting quantities of it
and hiring children to clean and prepare it
for market. In this way she created an
actual industry which grew to large pro-
portions, and which she left to others when
she had made enough money to risk COM
ing to New York. In that city she took
an sgency for 4 corset manufacturer and
earned enough to venture a small real
estate purchase, which turned out surprs-
insly we'll She stuck to the real estate
business and is now worth half million
dollars.
One of the largest laundries in Jersey
City is owned by woman and has wo
man superintendent.
II haze lost my nice girl bookkeeper,
said grocer the other day.
'She had been in the store four years
hardly ever absent a day and l never had
any troubles with her accounts. But she
is going to be married and have to look
out for another. No. he continued, in
reply to question, 81 don't want young
man. They are not half so steady and
reliable or so generally ohliging and pains
taking. - Philadelphia Press.