The National tribune., 1897-04-29
EDITORS CHAT.
Gan a Woman with Sentiment De Busi-
ness Success?

EDtl Stlhl.
Ten Woman with Sentiment De a BUSH
ness Success?
Annie B. Thompson suggests an incompati-
hility between sentiment and business. and ex-
presses The opinion the women might as well
try 10 serve God and msmmon to combine
the two successfully. Within the broad
boundaries of womsn's achievements" she
asks. do you recall single instance where
sentimental woman has attained Trustworthy
success in busnessf"
The answer must be shaped. of course,
cordinc to the meaning of the word senti-
mental If by sentimental is meant the sickly
sentimentality of the mncng Merry and
"Cherrv" OF Pecksnifiian fame, the answer
would be promptly No. But il by sentimental
is meant a woman of true and tender feeling,
with a warm heart and responsive nature,
then the answer would be as promptly Yes.
Let me mention Mrs. Matilda Ii. Carse the
woman who planned and built the great W. c.
II. u. Temple at Chicago gigantic business
entorprise And she not only built IT, but
leases il aud manages its affairs with success
She is not only splendid business womS1i, hut
of rure and lofty sentiment and charming
domestic qualities. She is q well-gowned
woman too rs every woman must be who ex-
meets to hold her own In the world, since
beauty is as much part of the stock in trade
of weman as a strong and noble gailantry is IN
man.
Not alone one woman might be mentioned
who has achieved great business success. but
. n,anv. Think of the vast benevolent enter
prises organized and controlled by women
Tens of thousands and hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars under their control. and they are
pevep short for funds, either.
Gen r. b. Beath, of Philadelphia, the HIS
- Am. nj I'M Re ,c n
commenting npon the marvellous enterprise OF
the Momans Relief Corps. which, since Its or.
eanizatian dozen years ago, has created and
distributed fund amounting to million and
a third of dollars. said the women had done
more in one year than the men did IN ~ years
OF their existence. Some OF the loveliest
women in America are achieving business
success.
The trouble is we have had too many two
sided women-one side done up in kid-curlers
and bed shoes. lounging around on the sofa
with novel when the practical things OF the
house are moving on; and the other crimpcd
and furbelowed and languishing in the draw
jnp-room waiting for the beiated caller.
Why should a woman in business want to
love or he loved? Why does she not know
that a mans image in her heart saps the very
strength she needs for her work? These are
questions propounded-
WHY. indeed? Because it is her nature to
love and be loved, and nature is no moro
changed by vocation than an antelope is
changed into a cameleopard by attaching it to
n menagerie and as for the mans image
sapppg Der strength, il is that image which
when sickness misfortune overtakes
nerves her On in the accomplishment of pro-
digious enterprises.
And does She not know that to indulge in
these day dreams means eventually 10 fold her
hands on her lap and drift into the evanescent
regions of all such harmless cranks
Well, the business woman is not likely to be
o harmless crank if cranky at all. the trend is
IN different direction. The important thing
is that she dreams enough TO keep her faith
pure and her temper sweet, since il q woman
does anything worth doing it must be done in
o womanly way.
The pity is that any should fluid in changed
conditions a real change in either men or
women. Strong mems hearts abound as much
to-day as they always have done, and the
spirit Of chivary is not dead. The trouble is
that the newly-winged woman starts out with
the feeling that man is her enemy, when he IS,
after all, her best friend. But he wants no
sham. He is sure to see through any tissue of
sham. show OF bravado.
The same qualities which shine in the homo
are the qualities sure to win in that cosmopolis
OF fragmentary homes call the business
world. What is needed now is new adj ust-
ment Of things, and woman should no moro
Try to be man, than man try to be woman.
SOME CHOICE READING.
Books are cheap nowadays; even the
classics came in good yet inexpensive editions.
Here are few books which suggest them
selves:
History: Green's Short History of the Eng
lish People; History of Civilization. Guzot !;
Gibbons Rome. Motley's Rise of the Dutch
Republic Guizot's France, Bancrofs's History
OF the United States.
Biography: Piutarch's Lives. Carlyle's
Heroes and Hero-Worship. Irving's Life of
Washington.
Englisb Essays: Ruskin, Emerson, Mscaulay,
1rving's Sketch Book.
English Literature: Shaw.
Poetry: The standard English and American
poets. Shskspere's plays Pope's translation Of
Homers ii,ad and Odyssey, Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations.
travels: Bayard Taylor's Views Afoot;
Manual of Mythology, Murray.
Fiction: Vanity Fair. Thackeray; Les
Miserabies, Victor Hugo; Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens; Middle March. Eliot; Pilgrims
Progress, Bunyan; Don Quixote Ceryantes;
Antiquary. Scott; Monte Cristo. Dumas;
Lorna Doone. Black; Mauprat, George Sand
Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne Robert Falconer,
George Macdonald; Uncle Toms Cabin,
Stowe.