Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-22

III MI 4 CfreenVille, MO, Is n WOMAN tL
kANA means and business talent. She
s3xl has had the handling and invest
49, nent OF the family funds fer years
past, and has just concluded a transaction
involving 100000. This was the sale Of the
wiIliamsville. Greenville e. st. Louis rail-
road, Of which corporation she was presi-
dent up to the date OF sale. Notwithstand-
ing her success in large business Affairs
Mrs. Holiday dislikes business and is much
averse 70 women becoming factors in the
business world. In a late interview Mrs
Holiday said:
ut hardens a woman to be engaged in
business life. In me the motherly instinct
was uppermost, and so I withdrew from ac-
tive work as soon as l possibly could. ami
that was only after / had made my rail-
road a paying one, and was in a position to
effect an advantageous sale.
'of course, there is a great charm in
business This Is often brought about by
the associations. When one is at the head
of a large business there is certain stand
ing that one attains that could not be pos
sible otherwise. You meet clever men and
become associated with brilliant people.
whom you could not possibly come in con-
tact with under other circumstances,
"A woman engaging in business depends
altogether on the way she is situated. Het-
tie Green had business forced upon her and
she. no doubt, got caught in the fascinating
whirl and will not OF cannot stop IL she
would On the other hand, l understood
that Hettie Green is averse to her daught-
er's undertaking like career. feel The
Same way about it. I would not care to
have my girls go into business. No woman
can expect to engage in business and pay
much attention TO her home duties. found
that ] was neglecting my home and family.
and every time thought Of the neglect l
wanted to stop and devote my whole atten-
ton to my domestic affairs and have done
so now at the first opportunity.
mo. I am opposed to women entering
business life. There is other employment
for them II II is necessary for them to so
out into the world and earn their own liv-
ing. But. after all, a womans place is in
the home. To make a success of business a
woman's mind and strength must be de-
voted to IL all the time and sooner or later
there will be a collapse, for women are not
built on the strenuous plan of men and can
not hope to compete with them in the bust
ness OF the present day. 1t is a strenuous
life. I found It so, and think the same
would hold true Of most women.
II think the great fault with the Amer
lean people is that they do not educate their
daughters for home work. Instead, they
have them taught stenography and book
keeping and branches that are useless
about a home. Instead of learning short
hand and business courses girls should be
taught to be more womanly and to have a
knowledge of home duties. The modern
home is a great subject of study TO the
woman who would rule that home in the
proper manner. Too many women have the
wrong conception OF home life. They think
It means continual toll at the washtub and
with cooking. but that is wrong. The very
women who go into business would be far
better off as the mistresses of homes. They
would find plenty of brain work there"
Although very successful as the president
of her railroad. Mrs. Holiday had a hard
job of It at times. Speaking Of her work
she said:
There were many nights that I was un
able to get bit of sleep through worry.
had big proposition on my hands and
had made up my mind to make a success
Of it. even If things did go wrong at times
often it began to look black for the road
and I would worry as to how we would b,
able to pay the interest on the outstanding
bonds. Then I would get down to work
and hard work 1t was. At the end of tn,
year we were able to pay our interest and
have considerable surplus besides
II came in contact with men continually
and found that could get along with them
1t was all business, and they did not show
me any Partially because I was a woman
Nor did I expect any. If am in bushes.
and dealing with men. then I expect to b.
treated like q man. OF course, there ar,
certain courtesies due a woman. and that /,
another argument against the woman II
business. In time there will be no favor,
for women.
1T was not intended that women SHOULD
go into the world and compete with men
In my case and in many others, however, 4
could not be helped. To the woman who 81
considering a voluntary career in bushes,
I would say, Don't The home needs good
women and clever women, and that Il
woman's place in the world. There is wher
good woman and clever woman is reall,
appreciated, and men love that kind OF
woman. The hardened business woman doe
not answer mans ideal, and when he look
about for a wife he selects the home girl
rather than the other"