Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-06-28
Business VS.. MatrimOny.

Girls: 60 to college, but not with
the ambition of becoming literary lights.
study steuography, but not with the
idea of earning your own bread for the
rest OF your days. If at college you are
honestly convinced that, 10y continuing
unhampered course in letters, you are
likely to be of superior value to the
world choose your path accordingly. If
you study stenography, keep in mind
that it is truly valuable only as reserve
Neither is the summum bonum.-Island
Pond HERALD.
The HERALD is probably correct in
the deduction that follows this some
what remarkable premise--that the "on-
" safe and right ambition for 999 out
of 1000" women is to marry aid make
homes for husbands and children, but
the women of today are standing in IA
somewhat contradictory attitude towards
the arts, crafts and professions if this be
true,
Women are demanding an equal rec
ignition in college, business and the
general whirl of life. If therefore, it de-
velops that they are not 10 take such
things seriously, what becomes of their
someW hat vigorous claim for equal rights
and even for the suffrage?
They must either admit themselves
amateurs at the serious game of life,
outside the home, or they must enter it
"for keeps" and not as a mere make
shift to bridge over the interregnum be-
tween school and marriage.
One of the most irritating features of
the business life of today is the young
woman who works, not because she
wants to or likes to, but because she has
to, and who will not only make her daily
path as easy as possible, but will not
hesitate moment to "get married" the
first (good) chance she gets. This con.
sttutes sort of amateur competition
that is about as near to unfairness AZ
anything can be.
The journal finds no fault with the
HERALD's proposition that all girls
ought to have noble ambition TO be
good wives and mothers, rather thar
expert stenographers or shining light,
in the various professions, but let US
not preach this halfprepared idea ir
regard to business. If the girls want
to be doctors, ministers, artists, editors
or actresses, let them get the best
education they possibly can, enter their
profession as though they intended tc
"make good" aud last, and not have any
nonsense that may result in making
professional failures, half-schooled fakes
or unfairly competitive mistakes j,
these various callings.
In the same way, if the girls want
to be stenographers, telegraphers, print
ers, reporters or telephonsts, let them
go into that branch of business they
fancy, go into it for business and
with business notions and make sue.
cess OF it or know the reason why
Don't urge any of these things as a
mere bridge for matrimony, which they
actually intend to make the serious
business of their life later on.
And, II it comes to a "show down
between business and matrimony, take
the latter, but take it early and don't
try to be a business or professional
amateur, only to succumb to Sir Cupid
at some inopportune and aggravatine
Montpelier journal.
The journal, evidently, assumes tina,
we urged girls to do "these things as a
mere bridge for matrimony." A careful
reading of the item published last week
however, must convince the reader tina,
no such advice was given. We repeal
that every girl should have the keenes
ambition for college education and tn,
art of stenography, and we repeat that
except IN rare instances where peculia
gifts give assurance that the individual
IN either educational or business lif,