Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-06-20

and | am therefore unduly prejudiced
on the question of money; but l do
not think that a young man needs
money. If that is your idea of success,
again 7 must say that the prospects
are not encouraging. We do not have
many millioniaires, that is, they are
not numerous when compared with the
multitudes of our people. Strive
honestly for wealth, and acquire it,
if you can by honest means. Then
your success will be double: you will
have won wealth, and will have won
it honestly. But you may acquire all
the riches in the universe, and be a
failure; or you may be poor all your
living days, and you make success of
your life.
MY idea is that he is successful
who lives for others, rather than for
himself He is successful who lays
helping hand here and there and does
whatever his hands find to do, honestly,
fairly, and to the best of his talents
and ability; and the man who falls
short of that is not the successful man
he should be. Be honest, sincere, con-
siderate. faithful to your trust, and
faithful to honest men who are faith
full to you, and you will have the
marks of successful man.
And now what shall l say to the
ladies'? They wish to succeed, Ger
tainly they do, but necessarily their
success must be along different lines
from that of the young men. Perhaps
some of the girls would like to be pres
ident of the United States. If so, |
cannot extend to you such flattering
prospects as | did to the boys; but it
is not entirely hopeless. Whatever
the women of the country want, and
work for, they will get. Thousands
of them are today found in the fore
most positions of life. All the great
vocations are opening to them.
According to the most recent cen
sus, there are in this country. 3,405
clergy women; over l 900 lawyers; we
find them in the departments of the
government, and in various important
and responsible positions of trust They
are discharging their work with the
greatest faithfulness. There is del
egate in Chicago today, who is lady
and the time may not be far in the
future when the ladies will have ma
jority, or a lady may be president of
the United States. (Laughter) 1t
is not hopeless; merely somewhat dis
couraging.
"You may be surprised to learn of
some of the positions now filled by wo-
men, as shown by the last census.
There are over 400 electricians; 81 civil
engineers and surveyors; 113 wood
choppers; As locomotive engineers; 7
conductors; 81 brakemen; 10 baggage
women. do not know why it was
they chose the latter occupation, un-
less it was to avenge the insult that is
offered their baggage wherever they
go, by the baggage masters. laugh
ter.) have no doubt that the ladies
have taken great pleasure in hurling
the mems baggage about, and smash
ing it.
"The census shows 5000 lady bar
bers; 545 carpenters: IS bootblacks;
SAG commercial travellers; 1876 black
smiths-who said a woman could not
drive a nail, or hit it on the head?-
8 steel boiler makers, and two motor
women.
"All of these are not desirable
vocations for women, of course; and
some of them are occupations in which
we do not like to see the women en-
gagged. We have different ideals of
what a woman's work should be. But
all shows nevertheless, how women
are engaging IN every walk Of life,
and that they have the ability to do
the work and do it well.