Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-21
Choosing Your Work

when she enters into the masculine field
OF LABOR. There she Is always at dis
advantage, because she has neither a
mans physique. nor mans instincts
about his work Al best she Is only an
imitation man and all limitations are poor
stuff Even her successes along mascu-
limo lines are but the successes of the
danolny dog--not that she succeeds 30
well. but that she succeeds at ALL
OF course. we read Ia the papers ae-
counts OF women who have done all
sorts OF things-lady longshoresmen and
lady s;ee9iojacks. and lady pilots. and
bronco buster queens. and so on. but
there is probably not one OF these women
whose exploits have not been equRlsd
by some perfectly ordinary man. who
wasn't even considered a headliner in
his trade, Assuredly there Is not one OF
these women who. if she'd put an equal
amount OF time and strength and punch
In some femanlne limo OF work would
not have reaped a thousand tlnes bet
ter reward.
Tho fine arts. music and sculpture and
painting. and acting, and writing. are,
OF course. mo mans land" IN which
there IL noesex. but even in these women
are most successful when they stick
closest to their own sphere.
The world will remember Sarah Bern
hardt for her Camille and not her
L. Aiglon, and Maude Adams for her
Lady Babbie and not her Chantecleer.
We want our women singers TO sing con-
tralto and soprano and not bass and
baritone. and women writer's are more
interesting and convincing when they con-
fine themselves to interpreting the mys-
teries of woman's heart and the feminine
Psychology than they are when they at
tempt to write like men and make
guesses at what men think and feel
The woman who elects 20 follow the
arts does best when she sticks to her
pettlcoats, when she paints or writes, or
acts from the woman's point of view.
and thus capitalizes her sox and her sex
knowledge. because In so doing she gives
to the world something that Ia true ana
vital. and new, for women are Just be-
ginning to express themselves and the
world is curious to know the secrets
that have boon SO lonk locked up In
women's souls.
In business It Is even moro important
that woman should work her own side
OF the strect instead OF crossing over
and entc az into competition with men.
SO much OF the best paid work in the
world Is essentially feminine that wo-
man is throwing away her inheritance
II she abandons II for other ficl
Take a knowledge Of color OF
fabrics, for instance. IL takes years OF
study and cultivation to tell the DIFF
ference between the pastel shades Of
pink and lavender, and between char
meuse and crepe De chine. but any girl
child can do II with the bat of an ~,
and the twist of a finger. Yet mere"
dising was for years wholly In
hands of men. rrr
| There are fortunes to bo made in
millinery. in dressmaking. in schools. in
keeping be riding houses and hotels. and
women should monopoliEe these profss-
sions because they belong to her heredi-
tary calling OF home making and rear
ing the young. They are woman's sacred
sphere. She has allowed plan to invade
1t and take away the capital prizes but
it's up to her to recapture her own
again.
Therefore advise every girl who IL
confronting the problem Of earning her
own bread and butter to capitalize her
| sex. and to choose an occupation in
which the mere fact OF her being q
woman will give her an advantage over
her male competitors. Remember sex