The record-union., 1896-07-12
THE WAY TO SUCCESS.
Words of Advice to Ambitious Young
Women.

Especial Correspondence of Record -Union.)
PORTLAND orr, July 9-Two or
three years ago / was spending the sum-
n1er at a farmhouse presided over by
gentle, sweet faced old lady. She was
a dear, motherly old soul, one that you
felt you could trust with even your
most cherished secrets without fear of
betrayal, one that you could go to in
trouble and pour out all your grievances
into her sympathetic ear, and feel sure
of coming away rested and comforted,
and. best of all, you knew that if sick
ness ever came to you she would be
there to soothe the pain away by her
gentle touch and kindly ministrations.
One moonlit evening we were sitting
on the piazza and the converse ton
drifted around to the discomfort of so
many country girls with their home and
their surroundings. The old lady launch
ed forth into a. dissertation upon the sub
ject What she said was something like
this: Il believe every girl harbors a Sc
cret ambition to start out in life and do
something for herself. 1t is this ambi-
ton which draws many young girl
away from home and all of its loved
surroundings towards the city, that
haunting fears and bitter disappoint-
ments The city which the country girl
looks at from afar with such longing
eyes is not all that she thinks it, Many
young girl has started towards it with
highest hopes and brightest anticipa-
tions, only to be doomed to bitter and
keen disappointment. l know that many
country girls are ambitious and long to
can accomplish better things All this,
| admit, and do not deny that many of
these girls have talent, but with the inn
petuosity of youth they have not paused
to consider that there is only one Patti
born in a century; that there is only one
painter, one writer, one sculptor, born
every hundred years. Every other tai
ent is only mediocre. Everything in the
city is overdone. Every avenue is so
crowded and taxed with workers that
even the brilliant ones, unless they use
a superhuman effort, are pushed to the
wall in the general melee.
Because a girl lives in the country,
however, is no reason why she should
not have an object in life, and do every
thing towards the furtherance of that
object. The smartest men ard women
America has produced have been born
ard brought up in the country A good
way to keep discomfort away from the
country girl is for her to read the best
magazines which are wonderfully cheap
these days, ana will keep her abreast of
the times, Good reading will help any
girl, no matter whether she be endowed
with a special talent or is only one OF
those quiet. home loving little creatures
whose highest ambition is encompassed
within the four walls of home and the
loved ones within those walls The coun-
try girl must learn toseize and make use
of every opportunity She should not
let a single chance of lettering herself
or her condition slip by her unheeded.
I5y keeping her eyes and ears open she
VIII be bound TO succeed in life. If she
hes a special object in view to make a
complete success of it she must first of
all learn not to be diseouga ged To bear
disappoa1tments braveIy, and because
she has failed once is no reason she
should put the work aside and think
that one failure is iFYedeemable If she
fails rine times the tenth may bring
her success which will taste all the
sweeteY because she has waited and
los4ged for It SO anassoucIg.
@ft Is a wise thinE fGs = era not to
submit anything to be passed uron and
ctsrsa sssents q upoa untesz she Is ss1orougs.3-
~ seitsslcd with it nerse1f and knows