The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-19
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW.

! am sorry for the women who find no
pleasure in the tasks which necessity has
forced upon them. There are many of
them. and 1t is not much use to tell them
that they are misplaced and that the
simplest way out of their misery is to set
to work to find the labor that would be
eongeniai no matter how many hours Of
the day it demanded
There is joy in work that we Ike, and
WEAKNESS is not felt till II becomes in
sistent. A woman will spend hours in
making lace or embroidery and enjoY ske
last sixty minutes quite as much as the
first A born housewife viii fit from one
hOmeiy task 10 another and md pleasure
in them all, and mothers are known to
sew their happiest thoughts into the lit
tie garments their children wear Work
is natural to humanity. but the kind
makes the difference between content
ment and misery.
1t is never too late to mend ones life
in any direction. Ambitions are seldom
realized early in life, and if the way to
them is rocky the more reason that one
should take all the sweetness to be ex-
tracted from them when harvest hour ar
rtves. ! dare say that IL is better to
struggle along In congenial work when It
does not pay we'll than to fret ones soul
in irksome tasks TO which good profits
are attached. at least I have been told so
by men and women who had had expert
ence IN both ways.
In theory We would like TO equal the
achievements of the great and prosper
Gus, but few Of as would be able to pay
the price in unremitting work because it
would not be c0ngenial You know that
Few saleswomen rise to the position of
buyers. not because of lack of opportuni
ties so much as inability to iii the re-
quirements Of the place But we must
have saleswomen. and good ones are an
preciated by both employers and patrons.
II Is positive affiiction TO ATTEMPT 20
deal with those who detect the work. ana
/ often wonder how they can voluntarily
take discomfort in uncongenial tasks
when so many fields are open to them
with good chance Of finding something
pleasant.
presume that every one of US Is fitted
for some particular calling. L have seen
girls who could make stylish hats. and
enjoy il. working IN stuffy Offices for less
money than experienced milliners receive
know young woman, who, after trying
a score of occupations, has succeeded In
finding one she likes, farming She is Sc
curing splendid results because she does
not limit her working time by the hands
OF the clock, a thing she used to do. I
knew a school teacher who used to wake
up each morning 20 q dread Of the work
before her, but who is now bringing no
a family Of children with all the enthu-
siasm an interested mother can feel.
Plainly motherhood with its manifold
duties and cares is the sphere for which
she Is fitted, and she did not have the
sense TO see it before she had worn out
her patience in disagreeabie occupation.
Her closest friend was a teacher. also and
one not Ia love with the profession. and
she had the good sense to get out of it
before her body and brain showed the re-
suits of continued discomfort She went
into profession that demanded many
sacrifices and left her no leisure. but she
was perfectly content with the conditions
because she enjoyed the work. once
had housemaid who found her greatest
JOY in washing floors and sitting ashes
and while could not keep her. / apnre-
eiatsd the feeling that caused her To sac
riflee other branches of housework fo,
those two. She was first-clsss Ia Iar
line, and should have remained there.
BETTY BRADEEN.