New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-08
Company. Washington, d. c.

laid her hands to the spindle and distan; maze
linen garments and sold them and delivered glrdies
TO the merchants looked we'll to the ways or her
household and did not eat the bread or ldlehess
are doing their part toward making or increasing
the family income by faithful, intelligent service
in factories shops, offices libraries, etc. UT III Gull
Quoting business themselves.
There IS however, an army OF women in homes
where the living is very slender. who are ahxiousy
asking What can get TO dor They are reaoy anu
willing but they have never seriously cohs'uereu
the important question. What am l fitted to 90!
III this were fairly answered there would De
daily and persistent turning over OF the ways In
which woman might begin to do the thing that
she feels sure she do and II help from another
must be asked il may be asked with an assureu
feeling that II will be an investment that In time
will bring back interest to the lender
WHEN AID WILL NOT HELP.
"At such a turning point. those who can should
give aid by all means for the word or act or money
might serve as a bridge thrown over chasm
which otherwise would check an onward progress ;
but IL the one who asks aid has no original impetus
In herself then all the aids In the world would not
help her.
Some one asked one Of our retired admirais. be-
fore q shot had been fired in our war with SPAN.
who do you think will be the heroes OF this war!
His reply was. The men who have opportunities
This Is true SO far az It goes. We know that OPP
portunIties always exist but It is only Gushing
or a Wheeler or a Hobson who perceives and seizes
them great general once said, We must make
opportunities' A long list OF successful business
women prove the truth of this; women who nave
had no one to open a door for them or help them
start but who, with every sense open TO perceive
. nossibIe need anywhere-unflled up to that mo
ment-haye made It the occasion or opportunity for
Offering the very article or service that would sup
ply this need.
"A grateful public has responded as 1t always
does when II Is thus accommodated and wonder
is expressed that no one thought OF IL before
fortune has been poured into the lap OF the woman
who improved on baby carriages. and also OF the
girl who invented patent curling IRON 1t Is Ger
tain that n simple invention that will meet a want
or a convenience will bring in large sums OF money.
You have no genius? That may be- but you
have what Is better. perception. patience perse-
yerance and pluck. You apply these In many
directions 1t Is with the woman herself that sue
cess Hes.
There is profound truth at the bottom OF Mrs
Browning's assertion that:
Poets become such
Through scoTnlng nothing.
THE woman who scorns nothing by which she
can honorably living. who does not stop to
consider whether she likes or dlsllkes II. Dut Win
energy concentrated and confidence In herself
strengthened by trust In the eternal good. has
taken the first steps toward solving the problem
OF self-support
THE DANGER OF FEAR.
ut Is probably fear OF failure that stands like
hon I'm the way OF many women Some one says
no man conquers who is afraid 10 venture beyond
his own garden plot. The fields which have already
been entered by women. and which have yielded
harvests. they pass by, because the workers In
them are even now too many. The falow fields
look hard and discouraging. but 1t u In these that