The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12

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never admit that they have had a bet
ter education than ours for the mis-
sion or womanhOod, but I cannot deny
that they have had an education on
broader plane and on more scientific
ines They have had the mental dis
Cipline and the intellectual training ac-
corded TO their brothers, and when
they have been graduated they have
very naturally desired to put their ed
ucation to some practical use. Either
they have realized. and if they are en-
thuSiaStic students. this is a matter of
course, that n college curriculum is
only good foundation on which to
build, in which case they have sought
further opportunities: or else they have
desired a business or professional ca
Teer. They have preferred TO earn
money, rather than TO have it given
them.
To spend time at home in IeisureIy
elegance, helping with housekeeDing
visiting and receiving visitors. shop
ping and frfttering strength on little
duties, seems a havOrIesS and fruit
less thing to some of our finest girls
Their brothers are in the arena. There
IS 10 reason why they should rust in
iGleness when there is so much work
10 be done in the world beyond the
home.
No one can fail to sympathize with
the restlesSness Of the modern girl
She simply feels the pressure of the
surrounding atmosphere. Everyone she
sees is busy Why should she be the
only exception There is room enough
for our eager-hearted girls in phiIan-
thropy, where they may live in college
settlements and help their sisters
whose lfYes are pitifuHy meager. The
universal need for the trained nurse
In the sick room has opened widely an
other door for women who wish to be
of service in their age. Teachers are
urgently in demand, and their train
fbnrOr11rb
their devotion too great to the splendid
profession they select. The gentleWO-
man engaged in teaching. whether in
the kindergarten among the babies or
in the class room where the seniors
grappIe with questions profound and
wonderful, is one Of the finest forces
Of our civilization. Our educated
young women are loudly called for
not alone in our home land but every
where on earth In Syria and CeylOn.
IN Japan and HinduStan, in South At
RIGA and the Philippines, all around the
globe, there are places waiting for our
American woman teachers and our
American women physicians and
wherever they go they are carrying
with them the best our country has to
show and give
In business circles there are chances
for clever girls, not merely for those
girls who earn a weekly wage. and
who must always be in the majority
but for the girls who have the grasp
the steadiness. and it may be the au-
dacity. of business men. A girl often
succeeds beyond her own hopes, when
she IS enabled, by the aid of some cap
itaI and her own pluck and fearless
ness. to do what her brothers have
done for years and years without clio
itiug comment.
some inherit wealth. The richest
woman in America, the one most loved
and hOnOred-Helen Miller Could
cannot be called a business woman.
hut she manages her wide interests
with the peculiarly marked talent for
finance inherent in her family and
shows plainly what rank a woman may
take in looking after large affairs.
II take off my hat to her brain and
her heart whenever I pass Helen
GOuld'S door" said a man of authority
en- the world of business. vet I have
never seen the lady to my knowledge"
Had he met her he would have seen
q fair woman OF low voice and gracious
manner. some years under 40. still en-
titled by courtesy 20 the hOnOrS of girl
hood.
No wonder- our girls are restless when
SO much bec5ons them from the out
side and they feel in themselves the
capacity for success. I at least do
not blame them. I fully comprehend
the allurements and the sweetness of
the call that sounds in their ears. And
Yet I deDrecate the restlessness of our
girls and view il with no little regret.
II is. i'm q way. an unfairnesS to their
mothers. in the case of rich girls who
need not add to the family exchequer.
il is. in a way. a menace to content
ment when the married woman shall
settle down to the quiet monotony of
her wifehOOd and the eXhausting de
mands OF her motherhood.
Here is one aspect frequently re
vealed. Mrs. HomebOdy's card is sent
I r,,N oh, l.. 1T.,.q
and I step forward to greet her with
cordial pleasure. Over our afternoon
tea we chat in desUtOry fashion, but
/ notice that Mrs Home body is alb
sent minded and "a little pensive. She
Is a pretty woman. delicate and high
bred, and she carries her years lightly.
for I think she must be somewhere
just on the hither side of 80. Her hair
il not silvered and her eyes are not
dimmed- She has a queenly and ma
tronly air.
You are very happy" I venture.
dear Mrs. meDody, now that you
have Constance and Elizabeth both
with YOU again. 1t must be lovely to
have two such bOnny daughters in the
house. Mr.. HOmebOdy told me that for
his part he could never go through il
again. having two girls at college at
once. and that YOU felt just as he did
Yes she answered. Il have decided.
and SO has John, that Mildred shall be
taught at home We are not to have
any good of our girls at all. Constance
Is going 10 Berlin to study advanced
German or something. and Elizabeth
has enrolled herself in the Womens
Medical college as a student. She is to
BE- a doctor. L think most probably 1
may be her first patient for 1 don't
feel as we'll as used to. and I'm nearly
heaTIbroken at giving up my girls
again so soon
Mothers don't know when they are
we'll off" she went on. with a sigh.
when you tuck in your babies at
night. when you have them playing
around your feet while you go about
the house. you can enjoy them But
not in these days, when they are
grown up
Then Mrs. Homebody wrapped her
furs around her and went away.
1t really did not seem quite fair.
She would SO have enjoyed going about
with her daughters, having the charm
Of their youthful presence with her. and
welcoming their friends and admirers
into the home, and 10, utility and the
spirit of the age had scored a triumph.
One girl would be a great scholar. the
other a useful doctor. but where did
the mother come in, and what had be-
come OF her claims? No wonder the