The Washington times., 1915-07-19
Fear of Criticism, Self Pity,
and Unwillingness to Take
Time to Learn the Job Are
Cited.

In the domestic arts.
why? Because woman feels this
Inwillingncss to learn anew. They
cannot accustom themselves to being
once again in the position of the
child. the taught and are constantly
making excuses for their ability to
succeed. Often the main reason for
the failure CT some women Is that
they do get out Of their work
through excuses to themselves. l
can't do that, and. I am too DID, are
the commonest excuses. Because of
these. women actually no not try. and
thereby compiacently attribute fall
ure to them.
'As a matter Of fact. they would
feel incensed II the truth could be
told them. and failure attributed to
Its true Observation-Disclosures to ap-
ply ones self and pure stuhbornness.
Asset Of Self. Control.
when I took hold Of the business
here. or rather pretended to take
hold Of 1t. Immediately I gave UP all
idea Of debating until I knew what
was talking about. I learned. OF
course. I had an excellent manager
and an excellent stan, the same that
my husband had had. but I think
that it is to my credit that kept
them. I made no changes until I
knew about things myself. and then
/ was calNious.
Il realized more than ever that
self control was the greatest asset
that ! could possibly have. And by
that l mean the control Of the emo
tons. A woman need not be as hard
as flint. but she does need frmness.
She needs to a certain extent, manli-
ness. a trait which men and women
alike must have II they want sue
cess. Some men lack manlness just
as do some women. 1t Is the brave
spirit which makes the conqueror.
the streak OF irmness which Is born
of self-control and knowledge. and
which must spring from Within
Mrs. Adams paid the highest trib-
ute to her staff Of helpers. and to
her manager. but she could not de-
preciate her own merits thereby.
Four years ago she undertook to
handle a new business. in utter iE
necessary for its operations. She
had a grandson In his teens! She
had never even thought Of being
business woman before.
Yet, despite the fact that she had
the odds against her, she won out by
simply not admitting Of their exist
ence.
Sense OF values.
Today the business Is many. many
times more prosperous than 1t ever
was under the management Of her
husband. that Is personal observa-
ton on the part Of the writer. and
there IL a branch business besides.
But the best advice of all that
Mrs. Adams gave came in answer to
the question as to whether or not
a woman was coarsened by her con-
tact with the great business world.
lis a woman coarsened, and made
less fine than when she was shelf
cred In her own HONEYWELL. I think
that she Is. outwardly. but not in
wardly." she said unexpectedly.
1T stands to reason that she loses
some OF the hneness. but 1t Is a
question whether or not she does
not benefit by that loss. To my
mind the woman does benefit She
obtains In exchange for that a deep
ened sense Of values. a broadened
outlook upon life. and. II her phil
osophy has been any good at all.
she Is improved by the exchange,
and made a positive. public agent
for good
Those who shrink too much are
those who cannot loose some Of
that fneness. and are the ones who
do not succeed. are the ones who
are weak and whose scheme Of life
will not endure building and
broadening process"