The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-04-01
WHY SOME WOMEN SUCCEED
Sarah K. Bolton. in success

NodFah Il. Bolton, in SUGGEST
One reason for the success of some
women is found in the fact that they
are willing to work. Many young wo-
men lead idle lives. Instead of going
TO college and fitting themselves for
some noble or exalted place, they saun-
ter on the streets, spend hours and even
days in shopping, talk about clothes,
waste time at parties and are not of
much use in the world.
Little was ever attained without la
Dor. Jenny Lind, a ichild of poor Swe-
dish parents, who sang to her cat so
wonderfully that the people on the
street stopped to listen, who was edu-
Gated at public expense by the state,
who, at II, had appeared on the stage
Ill times for her board and clothes, and
who refused to enter society, preferring
TO devote her time to study, said: THE
greater part of what / can do in my art
l have myself acquired by incredible
labor, in spite of astonishing difficulties.
God had so plainly written. within me
what l had to study; my ideal was, and
is, so high, that could find no mortal
who could in the least degree satisfy
my demands. Therefore, l sing after no
ones method; only. as far as I am
able, after that of the birds; for their
Master was the only one who came up
to my demands for truth, clearness and
expression"
Harriet Martineau, one of the greatest
women Of England, was deaf at Is. In
speaking of wow of patience, which
she made at that age, she said: Il de-
termined that I would smile in every
moment of anguish from my misfor-
tune-and that would never lose tenn
per at any consequence from it," She
thought deafness the best thing that
ever happened to her lin selfish view,
as the grandeSt impulse to Self-mas-
terry; and the best in a higher view, as
my most peculiar opportunity of help
ing Others"
Left poor by the death of her father,
and lonely by the death of the young
minister to whom she was engaged, and
unable to teach by reason of deafness,
Harriet sewed all day TO make things
to sell, and wrote in the night and till
or 3 o'clock in the morning, to earn
money. Finally, she decided to write
some stories teaching people about
property, taxes, etc; and, when two
were completed, she went to London, to
find a publisher. They all said mo,
into her ear trumpet, but she plodded
for three weeks through the mud and
fog, though often going to sleep sor-
rowful at night. At length success
came, with thirty-two volumes written
in two and one-half years, When told
by doctor that she must drink wine
to keep up her failing strength, she re-
fused, saying, Fresh air and cold wa
ter are my stimulants."
She did great good with the little
books, gained the friendship of we'll
known people, and made $4,000. Later,
she received thousands for a single vol
ume. She travelled IN America and was
a noted opponent of slavery. For four
teen years she wrote leading editorials
liz 42 in all-in the London Daily
News, on America" French Free
Trade" Drainage in Agriculture, and
the like. All through our civil war she
wrote for four leading English papers
in favor of the Union. She conquered
difficulties and did a grand work.
Whatever a woman proves herself
able to do, society Will be thankful to
see her do-just as if she were a man"
she once said.
Catherine Booth, the wonderful leader
of the Salvation Army, so timid that
she dared not speak, at first. in public,
but by whose words l have seen thou
sands thrilled in England, all her life
had to combat illness. Il can scarcely
remember a day in my life she said,
(which has been free from some kind of
pain or other" With eight children be-
tween the ages of 3 and Is to care for,
in the midst OF poverty, she led a life
that puts most of US to shame. At the
last she said. Il am going into the dark
valley believing. 1 am ashamed of the
little have achieved. Don't be
about your dying; only go on
living well, and the dying will be all
right. Redeem the time, for we can do
NJ hoe -
Still another reason why some wo-
men succeed is because they have
definite aim. Many of us drift from
day to day. We are very busy with a
social call. or visit friends for weeks,
and let life slip by; although, alas! it
is ours but once, and we will have ac-
very little when the end
shall come.