Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-29


nlishnent TO woman brought up in u
wealth and luxury when by tho turn OF
her to enter the list OF bread winners.
ssor some year previous to undertaking
nsr , present line OF work. that OF importer
gerie.- ahe conducted n chicken farm on II
portion OF her father's cattle ranch In
4 are the women of the millionaire set. her
9id-time friends In society. when Castle
brilliant and lavish entertaining. But on
tnis factor she has not reckoned for sue
S Sraf, having Joined the worlds workers
yiew.)
~ This subject is difficult one to
write about. since by many persons Il
is viewed In many changoful lights.
My point OF Wow Ia that OF woman
who. having never been In trade and
knowing absolutely nothing relating
thereto, suddenly finds herself Obliged
TO earn her own living.
When one considers the matter. II
seems at first rs IL there was abso.
flutely nothing that could be under.
taken by u woman educated and
brought up to do nothing. Take my
own case, which is. thiRk. the only
one really understand. II required "a
long time and many experiments for
mo to realize what / was really cupa.
Bile OF. Having done SO, tho next
thing In order was to bury my own
personality, to think OF nothing but
my work and ultimate success. ! was
not to spare myself In any manner. ] |
was to have ono object and to make
All aimB and ambitions. every energy
and power of the mind center in that
ono thing. There was nothing did
not study and sometime try. from run.
ming n stock farm in Virginia to writ.
Ing plays that were never accepted
To undertake to write of the number
OF things l studied would take too
long. At last found that OF which
u was really capable. 1t was the task
! OF conducting n place where women
could find almost everything with
which TO adorn Themselves In
the world Mt large "women's dress Is
always interesting"
Business in New York 10 different
from business In any other place. First
there is more money to be made there,
as all the world goes to Now York.
But there are thousands to compete
with-thousand who know what bust.
ness menns-thousands who under.
stand business in all its phases. Sen.
timent Is forgotten art You are
obliged to stand by yourself, to have
and bring forth new ideas and new
things quicker than your neighbor.
For the buyers SEQ only what you
have to offer them, not who or what
you are They care nothing for your
ancestors, they want their moneys
worth, and IL YOU fail to give 1t to
them they go elsewhere.
IL woman who has always had CIV.
( erything she desired. who has been
petted and made much of. who has
seen society from all It's different
points, who has had everything that
position, money and youth could give
her, can simply forget herself; IL she
4 is willing to be patient and interested
in all those who come to her and Is
not afraid of work, that woman viii
succeed
1t Is hard lesson, but one that can
be learned il one Ia determined and
has only the one object in view--"to |
be success no matter what obstacles
present themselves"
When you have attained that Won
feel triumphant through and through.
and. when you look back at the dark 4
hours they seem almost brilliant, for
yon know they have helped you and
Given you energy--made you more de. |
termined.
1t Is wonderful feeling to know
4 that you are independent of the world
and that you owe 1t nothing. What
you have accomplished Is due solely |
to your own intelligent efforts. mean
those who enter into enterprises of
their own and are not working on sal.
aries. That is. of course, quite an
other thing
In New York there is field for
erery one, but in order to win one
must be. or strive to be. better than
the rest 1t Is like stimulant and
inspires one to do well. The compe-
tition here Is something undreamed of
elsewhere Thousands of men and
women are in the same line as your.
self and they, for the most part hay.
ing done nothing else since they were
born, understand work in all its
branches. The line that have taken
up IL interesting to me. for 1 handle
what is beautiful work and once en-.
+ ter the doors of my workshop am OBJ
livIouslto all else but my work, dress.
ing and studying women"
shall always remember the first
time i saw woman pass with some