The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21
Practical Thoughts
For Practical Women.
BY MIsaA S. CsAwrorp

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My mail. Of late, has been 90 full Of
inquiries from girls and women anxious
TO know how to earn money AZ home
that | feel inclined TO devote a special
article TO this vey important subject.
Included among the requests for in
formation arc appeals for advice from
girls who arc possessed with the desire
to 60 to the big towns and cities. Some
OF the writer's tell me that they are tired
OF home life. It's monotony or It's drudg-
cry, or both; others express q longing
for the larger opportunities that ere
supposed to be . part Of town and city
life.
There Is something intensely pathetic
10 me in contemplating the restlessness
Of spirit and the dissatisfaction ex-
pressed In these written condolences.
They reveal countless tragedies Of in
harmony-inharmony that saps the love
and corrodes the heart. sometimes mani
tested In pesvish faulthndings and again
in sullen. sour-faeed obstinaey. Poverty
Is usually given as the root and cause
Of dissatisfaction; but ! feel sure, IL
probed TO its source, that source looked
AZ with clear vision, would often be
found TO be selhshness. This makes Il
an extremely delicate matter TO give ad-
vice or counsel where but one side Of
the cast Is known. and ] feel II 4 great
responsibility to have thrust upon me 20
counsel a step that may mar a human
life.
The first and most natural impulse IN
the case Of the young girl who wants
TO leave home and venture among stran-
gers Is to warn and counsel her not 10
do so. buf-will this advice be hecded1
! hardly think so. for human nature de-
lights in acting contrary to all advice
that disagrees with inclination. Conse-
Quently, Il Is we. to qualify whatever
advice Is given by urging those deter
mined to 20 not to do s. until they have
equipped themselves for the venture by
learning some trade or profession that
viii assure them Of employment and sup
port from the start. Here the advan-
tages Of the correspondence schools
shipe out as beacon lights. One need
not cross ones door sill to learn any
thing. from cooking 70 engineering.
from dressmakiag 4 architecture. Uncle
Sans free mail delivery brings the
school right to your home hreside, and
jewellers In the remotesf, loneliest farm
house can enjoy the individual instruc-
ton Of the worlds best teachers in every
line OF human endeavor and knowledge.
To the young girl whose ambition
lies cityward these correspondence
schools open the way to secure such
knowledge and skill rs may serve TO
guide and save the frail bark from
wreckage in the great whirlpool Of the
cities and enable her TO find a perma-
net anchorage in pleasing and lucrative
sork.
There are so many courses taught in
branches that are open to women that
personal inclination and native ability
arc usually the best guides to selection.
Shorthand Is . favorite study and . veil
paid profession for those who have the
necessary ~prohciency in spelling, gram
mar and punctuation, Salaries range
from eight TO twenty-five dollars weekly.
for, cufiousIy enough, these professions
Of shorthand and bookkeeping, once re-
garded - Belonging exclusively to men.
and now subject to the keen competi-
ton OF men, are not nearly so well paid
a. The purely femipine work OF either
millinery or dressmaiing. II Is hard TO
explain this, exceptbS the fact that there
IRE uowsdayp. two aspirants for Office
work where there y one yho turns to
the needle fos . livelihood. Yet Il l.
an acinoviedged fact that there L. no
branch ce uoman's work that pays 90
handsomsly - either millinery or dress
making. nor y there any 20 valuable to
the woman Assssif, whether abe wishes
to maks-only the garments worn BY her
self and family, or isaFns 4 IN order 10
add b hef Income rsgAk h her own
homA o. i1tsnds 10 devots al her time
end snssU % sithsr millinery OF dress-
msting as,a husinesa.
Tie giri o. woman Who takes Up .
courss y uaillinary and gives 10 4 the
eerious thouoAk q 3 student instead q
he snpefkeisl insEdMey a. the kappy-
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sco0 beccanea sxtsemA3y 6aelnaking and
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