Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-30
WEALTHY MAIDS AND NATIONS.
TIRED OF SOCIAL PLEASURES.
SEEK CONGENZAL EMPLO YMEW7
Examples in New York Are Fair Types Of Conditions in Other
Large Cities--Many Pursue the Artistic While Others Prefer
to Learn Trades--One Girl Trims Hats to Sell and Gives
Proceeds to Observation-Disclosures Mission
Work Claims Attention OF a Number.

to be just as efficient with their other
duties on their hands. They have even
come to speak slightingly of women
who think of nothing but society.
The hardest worked woman / know
Is n painter. who leaves II beautiful
home early In the morning to spend the
day in her studio. working on portraits.
II never sells any of them, as she has
not yet reached the point at which they
would be good enough, and her hus-
band probably would not allow her to
II she wanted to dispose OF them in
that Il Her ambition is not to make
money. but to develop IL talent which
artlsts have assured her that she pos
sesses. Two years & before she look
her " studio she went as regularly 10
the league and to other classes as if
she had been dependent on her success
for her daily bread. Another hard
worker in my acquaintance ana a rich
girl at that, makes beautiful book bind
ings. She went abroad last summer to
take "A Special course of instruction UNI
der n well known teacher IN Paris and
stayed all during July and August alone
III the city to complete the course she
wanted to take.
Missions Nnow Workers.
Good works are scarcely to be classed
as a part of this new movement. but
the mission in Chinatown. the various
Girls F~riendlies. as they are called,
ana similar organizations occupy the
time of many women who do not feel
that they are gifted in artistic ways.
ihose who are anxious 10 do something
IN the musical and literary field strug-
gle at the piano or write nrI r.,vrite
me snort stories which they hope will
put ,hen In the productive class even
II 1t does not make them famous. per-
haps the literary ambition has CON
suined more women thar any other. hut
lhat passion is also too historic TO he
connted as n sign of the times. This
new Inclination is. however. respon-
Siole Tor the Increase in the mi of
women who read, or pretend TO read
serious works.
J know n girl who used to think of
notnlhg but her husband, her baby and
her hunters said the same woman
II had been telling about the other
women workers in society. Nowadays
she still. loves her husband and her
babies. but she mas given up the hunt
efs Tor lbsel. She has taken up Ibsen
WIN the same enthusiasm thai 20 years
ago one discussed the plays OF the dra-
matist. The reason of that Is the pres
en- tendency for All women to be Sc
rious. The discussions over Ibseu were
confined formerly to women who
thought. Nowadays every woman has
TO pretend to think whether she does
or not. and they are going in for Sc
iious reading and thinking after they
get I" Il certain age.
sometimes the Efforts Of women to
get in among the workers when they
have no particular qualifications for il
Is almost pathetic. The other day i
met a girl who had always been popular
among her friends. and had passed the
first days Of her enjoyment of social
life. She told me that she had lust
organized a hat sale which was to take
place twice a year.. according to her
plans. j asked her what in the world
mad put stch an idea into her head"
81 cannot work. you see, with my
brains she explained. And as all tine
girls J know are doing something
thought ] had to get busy also. 1 can
not sing or paint. OF write. SO I am 60
Ing to trim hats and sell the proceeds
for charity. THAI Will ut least keeS
me busy for several months OF each
year."