The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-28

there Is nothing practical that they
can do. The friends cogne iu and hold
consultations "Givs music lessons
says an outsider. Yes. that f. useful
calling, and Il you have great geuius
for it, 90 on iu that direction. But
there are enough music teachers now
starving 10 death ia all our towns and
cities to occupy an the pianosto0ls and
sofas and chairs aud front door steps
of the city Besides that The daagh-
ter has been playing only for amuse-
ment aud is only at the foot Of the
ladder 10 Che top Of which a great null
tiJude Of masters on piano and harp
and hute and organ have climbed.
"Pnt the bereft daughters as sales
women iu stores says another adj
visor But there they must compete
with statesmen Of long experience, or
with men who have served an appfen-
ticeship ia commerce and who began
as shop boys at ten years Of age. Some
ltind-hearted dry goods man, having
known the father now gone, says:
we are not In need of any more help
just now, but send your daughters to
the store, and win do as well by them
as possible Very soon the question
comes up why do not the female en-
ployes Of that establishment get as
much wages as the male empl0yes2
For the simple reason, In many eases,
the females were suddenly flung by
misfortune behind that counter while
The males have from the day they left
the public school been learning the
business.
How is this evil 10 be cured2 Start
clear back In the homestead and teach
your daughters that life is an earnest
thing aud that there is a possibility
il not a strong probability that they
viii have TO fight the battle OF life
alone. Let every father and mother
say TO their daughters; Now what
would you do for a livelihood II what
l now own were swept away By hnan-
cial disaster, or old nge, or death should
end my career"
"Well, l could paint on pottery and
do such decorative work Yes, that
is beautiful, and If you have genius for
it 90 on in that direction. But there
are enough busy at that now TO make
a line Of hardware as long as yon Penn
sylvania avenue.
''Well, ] could make racitatons IN
public and earn my living as drama
list; could render King Lear or Mac
beth till your hair would rise on end.
or give you Sheridan's Ride or Dick
EMS 'Pickwicll" Yes, chat is beau-
5iful art, but ever and anon, as now,
there is an epidemic Of dramatzation
that makes hundreds of households
nervous with the cries and shrieSs and
groaus OF young tr4Ea Iiennss dy-
ing la the dfth act and the trodbIe is
chat while your friends would like to
hear you, and really think that you
could surpass Ristori and Ghorlotte
Cushman and Fanny kembIe of tile
past, to say nothing Of the present.
you could not, in the way Of living,
In ten years earn ten cents,
My advice to all girls and all unmar-
ricd women, whether iii alhu ent homes
on IN homes where most stringent econ-
omies are grinding, is TO learn to do
some kind 81 work that the world must
have while the world stands | am
glad to see marvellous change for the
batter, aud that women have found
out that there are hundreds Of pr4c-
tical things that o woman can do for a
living if She begins soon enough, and
that men have been compelled TO adj
init It, You and can remember when
the majority of occupations we're
thought inappropriate for women; but
our civil war came, and the hosts OF
men went forth from north and south;
and to conduct the business Of our
cities during the patriotic absence,
women were demanded BY the tens OF
thousands 10 take the vacant places;
and multitudes Of women, who had
hitherto been supported by fathers
and brothers and sous were compelled
from that time " take cnre of them
selves From that time a mighty
change took place favorable to female
employment
Among the occupations appropriate
for woman place tbs following into
mapv az which sbe has alrealv en-
tered and All the othcls shs Will en-
ter. Stenorraphv. ana vou may ana
her n nearly MI nv reportorial stapds
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yiops meetings SAVINGS hanks AM
Work cleap and honorable uni WHO ~
great rightto toll there. for d woman
founded She hrst savings bank Mrs.
Priscilla Wakefield? Copylst, aud
there is hardly professional mao that
does not need the services OF her pen
manship; aud, as amanususis., many
Of the greatest bool1s OF our iay have
been dictated tor her hand writ
ing. There they are as florists.
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