The Washington herald., 1909-07-05
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW


The Importance Of fitting girls TO earn
q living cannot be overestimated, for
riches are uncertain at ali times. and
the sight Of helpless femininfty Is pitable.
Girls who have grown up TO hardships
have not the keen sensibilities Of those
who have been shielded from all trou-
bic and they can often get a fOothold in
places which sensitive girls find exceed
ingly slippery. The helplessness Of re-
duced gentlewomen is wholly unnecessary
IL parents will only cultivate the talents
Of girls TO the money-making point.
Royalty considers It quite necessary 10
educate the feminine members of the
family so that necessity would find them
ready to fight their own way in life. The
daughters of milIionaires are often found
among the best workers Of the day. and
the world is often called upon to note
the business success Of women who have
been shining lights in the fashionable set.
The daughters Of the poor are taught 20
work as matter OF course and only IN
middle class life do we see the senseless
indulgence which cripples a girls whole
future There IS certainly no fairness tn
hitting son for profession or a bust
ness career and leaving daughters at the
mercy Of fate.
The daughter OF one society leader had
talent for landscape gardening and her
clever mother had her perfected in that
branch Of learning. Then came a day
when the parents separated and the girl
choose to remain with her mother. even
though she had to earn money for the
support Of both. The two women have
had a lovely life. for they were not
dropped by the members OF their set,
among whom the younger finds he- pa
irons. Architecture furnishes many a
woman with fine living and designing
frocks and hats has been the mainstay
ot several women who had achieved
reputation for good dressing.
It is not necessary 10 go out into the
world and compete with workers who
have to earn a living because one has
mastered a trade or a profession or has
developed a talent TO the point Of perfec-
ton The necessity for putting ability to
use may never arise, but IN the event
Of loss Of fortune it Is comforting 10
know that ore can earn the comforts o.
life In open competition with othe- work
ers- A te~ years ago the daughter % a
prosperous business man abandoned her
college course and learned bookkeeping.
stenography. and typewriting that she
might assist her father IN q new ven
ture OF whoes success he was not sure
She was invaluable 70 him at a critical
time. and it was at her fathers Office
that she met the man who IS now her
husband.
remember that her mother and other
relatives were aghast at her action. bur
they are glad to be on visiting terms with
her now that she Is the wife of a mil
lonaire. There are numberIess instances
where mortgages are being paid on homes
by devoted, hard-wOrlIing daughters, who
were not brought Up 10 labor OF any
kind. and IN nearly all cases they are
working in Overcrowded and, consequent
ly. poorly paid fields, when perhaps they
have talent that might have yielded large
returns had II been properly cultivated.
Occasionally a woman graduates from
poor work to the kind for which she is
fitted. but our usual attitude toward the
future Is that OF waiting-for the right
man-and It hampers our efforts to be
self-supportlng. OF course. # IS a pity
to spend years Of preparation for a ca
reer and throw II over for matrimony,
but we are not all sure Of wifehOod aud
the future must be safeguarded IN some
fashion. BETTY BRADEEN-