The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-14

George W. Chilas Writes Of Women He
Has Educated.

AnLlOuy j. DIeAcl. IN duulllOn 10 Lnc
practical benefits offered to boys, pro-
p0ses to give an opportunity to 1900
girls to perfect themselves in all
branches Of ART science, and industry,
has directed renewed attention to the
few instances in this country-and,
for that matter, in any other-where
provision has been made for the
education Of girls by the endowment
Of school or college While schools
and collegiate institutions are pro
vided almost without number for
boys, only here aud there do we hear
OF the founding Of a fnlly-cquipped
college having for its direct aim the
training and thorough education Of
girls and the fitting them for the
practicalities of lite
Why this is so has always been to
me a problem. Girls as rule, re-
spond more quickly to the fascina-
tion Of study than dol boys, and have
always felt that they deserved as
many chances. writes George w.
Childs in the Ladies Home Journal
So far as my personal experiences are
concerned gratitude has been the rule
in almost every case where | have
sought by the means within my
power, to make it possible for girls to
acquire practical training. / have up to
this time educated, or rather been the
means Of educating, between three
and four hundred girls and in every
case ] have been rewarded by their
gratitude. their aptitude. their gen
eral excellence in behavior, and their
more than general success in their
chosen careers. The girls in whom !
have been especially interested, and
who ] always feel have first claims
upon me, arc the daughters OF jourf-
alists- the men and women OF my
own profession are always nearest my
heart. After them comes the daugh-
ters Of clergymen. AS a rule, the
children Of newspaper men are quick
and ready 20 grasp opportunities, and
it has therefore been with particular
pleasure that / have afforded them
opportunities 10 help themselves.
These girls have come from almost
every State in the Union; they have
been broughtto my notice through
their friends, through my friends,
and through strangers One young
girl came all the way from a small
town in Norway to my olice in Phil
adelphia
OF these girls strange TO saw not
one has entered the newspaper pro
fesslon. There have been several
lawyers and doctors. many teachers,
artists bookkeepers, Accountants,
cashiers, and secretaries, trained
nurses, and elocutionists; and several
asplrants for the lyric and dramatic
stage.
The teachers have without excep-
tion been successful; so have the
graduates OF law and OF medicine and
NJ the Nurses Training School Toe
girls who had ambitions for public
careers have met with only ordinary
success: probably those trained for
clocuuionists have made the most
money The girls OF musical and
artistic capabilities have been given
every advantage possible in the way
Of home and foreign training Sew
cral Of them have been educated in
Paris, several 10 Berlin, others 10
Vienna. In the selection OF schools
and teachers there has been no gem
eral rule; sometimes l have selected
both. at other times the girls or their
friends have made their choice In
an cases only the best Of either have
been employed. For one Young girl,
who seemed especially endowed with
a voice, Nine. Christine Nilsson was
requested TO select the teacher. The
salaries received By these girls have
averaged from $500 70 several thou.
sand dollars a year; one received as
nigh as s., 600 All the glrls have
become self-supportng, most Of them
have married, and an II think / am
safe ia saying this have made good
wives All of them have deferred 70
my request that the men Of their
choice should be honest and we'll able
TO take care Of them. and, so far as ]
know, not one of them has found a
husband who has presumed upon his
wife's ability % earn money TO expect
her 20 contribute to his support
became interested 10 these girls,
and have given them opportunities
for education. because ! have ever be-
lieved. and that conviction has groNn
with years, in the higher education
OF women. I think that women can
do almost anything that men can.
and / am quite sure that they should
De given the same pay as men receive
for the same quality Of work. 1 be-
lieye ir the value of training IN an
sorts OF work. and I consider no
woman's education complete intil
she has mastered the placticalities Of
life
Ny advice to the girls and women
with whose educational progress I
have in any respect been identified
has always been 70 keep olt OF debt
TO dress plainly 10 be careful In their
behavior toward men. a15 as careful
in their behavior toward women. %
be respectful 20 their employers. ard
% be truthful have n0l scrBnlcd
70 say % them that in my experience
the most refined women have been
those whose tastes IN matters 0f dress