' WOMEN IN BUSINESS, BY HELEN EVERTSBON SMITH. Colloquially the term ‘‘business” has lost its original broad significance, snd has come to mean only an uvcoupation in w ich traffic is involved. Adopting this ovlloquial nse it will be undersiood that we consider as “in business” only those women who are engaged in some sort of traffic, or are filling responsible positions requiring financial knowled: @ and skill. That women may be a+ well fitted for business as men are, without losing any lovable womanly attribute, was first proved to me by knowing one woman and her career. She was possessed of | some men, ke work and do it well, but are not happy when subjected to financial uncertainties and responsibili- ties. For such persons salaried posi tions are best suited. Some have a strong bent for some special pursuit; they have an end to work for, and have ‘no time to make money,” or to look for happiness oumde of their vooation. God speed them, and let the world ove and admiringly upon them! Others—both men und women—are happy only under a heav business risks and cares. Their faculties use, growing weak and atrophied with- out it, or nervous and irritable, as the muscles and nerves of Hercules would | AN APARTMENT HOME FOR WO- MEN. | At present only a ‘‘castle in the air,” , but with a fair prospect of becoming a substantial structure upon soli earth, is a scheme for an apartment house for the use of self-supporting women who desire light, air, space, convenience, liberty, accessibility and home com- fort, snd who now find it nearly im- possible to obtain these privileges even i when willing to pay well for them. The plan 1s that the first floor of such | & building shall be occupied by a res taurant, club rooms for some of the many “Women's Clubs,” and, perhaps, mind, and inde The child of English parents with a | long pedigree and a short purse, she had hived in France from her earliest years, ond when abont twe' ty yeirs of age had married a Frenchman doing a | rofitable business in selling tue | rench goods to the petty courts of | Germany. After the frequent custom | of French people Madame lLi——Dbe-! eame in a business, as well as in a social sense, her h sband’s partner; and the | two were very successfal until, com- | promised by ther strongly Republican sentiments during the second Empire, | they were forced to fly to Australia, | taking with them only the goods and | cash on hand, and sacrificing the rest, Here, too, they prospered, but not lik- | ing the country started for America | with a | their little property. The loss of ship eo cargo and the death of her husband followed, so that | when Madame [i—- reach our shores, | at the age of fifty-five, she was alone | and destitute; if a woman of such cour- age and mental resources as hers can ever be said to be destitute, Armed only with three or four water- soaked letters of introdunotion, she he- gan her career in New York City as a visiting governess, Her aoccomplish- | ments were remarkable, but they alone were no more than thode of many a woman who has gone fo her grave an obj: et of pity and perhaps of charity, | Without other capital than her own | very serviceable brains, Madame L—— | brought to bear upon her new pursait the habits of thrift, punctuality, | promptness, accurscy and diligence, | and the thorough knowledge of human nature which she had saequi: ed during | her long business experience in as- sociation with the husband whom she | loved so tenderly, and mourned so sincerely al her life. She worked | early and late, improving her prospects | at every turn, by ways that would never have occurred to a woman whose | percept. ve and acquisitive faculties had not been enltivate : by years of business training, and at the end of five years | she was able to open a boarding aud day school of her own, summoning her married daughter and family from | abroad, aud in time permanently estab- | lishing them all, without having re-| ceived one dollar for which she had | not rendered a full equivalent. To Madame L.—— it was a perpetual | source of wonder why American women, | who might be so use ul to their hus. bands, and enjoy so much more of | their society the while, did not oftener | take an active part in whatever calling | their husbands pursued. “A wife, a | daughter, or a sister, is the husband's, | the father's, or the brother's best busi. | ness partner,” she would say; ‘for their interests are identical; and being thus closely associated in all things, their ideas and tastes do not diverge; there is less room for misunde: stand- ings, and they will find it a very happy | thing to work together joyfully and in- telligently for the common good.” Since the death of Madame LIL, Americans have advanced in this re. spect, and besides the many women who are now independently and suec- cess’ully condueting various branches of business, there are many more, un- &nown beyond their own [little circles, who are the earnest and efficient helpers of the men to whom they are united by family ties. It would be easy, pleasant and encouraging ‘0 cite some of the large number of instances of successful | business women; but it will te more | useful to consider the canses which so | often render other women uusuccessful, The root of most of the half-hearted- ness which renders inefficient the | efforts of women who would otherwise | prove capable, is that miserable and | incomprehensible perversion of pride, | which teaches that for women to work | for their own support at all is degrad. | ing, and fo gain it by business pursuits | is to forfeit all claims to social recogni- tion. It is this which is driving so | many young women who have no | special fitness for these professons! into the already desperately over- crowded path: of medicine, law teach- | ing and literature, wherein a majority of all vho enter—men as well as women —are doomed to fall by the roadside, | It would be far wiser for most of these | aspirants to turn into other and wider ways, where there is less compet tion and more money; and where, if un- weighted by false ideas, they will stand an excellent chance to succeed. And success in any honest thing is worth some sacrifices. 1t means something comfort, growth, respect for one’s sell sad from others, The second great cause of failure is the lack of early training in habits of scouracy and roughness, of quick n and of prompt decision, without which the a ri v 0 Aon to girls those know who have had in try- 3 30 rg women who have been or nto a bread-winning employ- ment for the first time after hom, 5 mature life. The results would be Juughable—if they ware not so deplor the business world. AT BOME. In writing at the head of this paper the two familiar words, “At Home,” I do not intend to enter om the subject of being, or not being, *‘at home’ to callers. Nor dol purjore to give a descript on of a ‘very successful ‘At Home’ given by Mrs. Blavk on Mon- day, at Blank Square.” My meaning in the word ‘‘home" is that of the old song about ‘tome, Sweet Hc me.” I do not know who you are, where you are, what you are. So, in offering at a venture.” visitors; women who will pay botel- ' apce that “there is no room,” which too | often meet ladies travelling alone. | The remaining floors of the proposed i building would | two hundred apartments ranging f om single rooms to suites of from three to , five rooms each, with a bath, and rome | with a small kitchen,” It seems that a broad-minded capitalist bas been found { “who 1s interested in the scheme, ¢nd i i is convinced that there is a demand for such a buil ing.” | To those who have long known the could make delightful homes. If the single rooms be reserved “for women only” 1s there any valid objection to the occupativn of at least a few of the suites by families, providing shut the rent-payer be in all cases ax sducated self-supporting woman? To make any scheme successful the needs, tastes and posabilities of the’ class to be benefited must all be con- sidered, At present the apartments’ which come within the means of the majority of even educated women workers are so small, dark, ill venti. lated and ill situated with reference to neighbors, that even the horrors of the | cheap boarding house be: ome desirable by comparison. Inthe proposed hoose | it is promised that all rooms shall be size,” ixmnotly what the latter expres- | be hoped that ali rooms will contain at | least 180 square feet of floor space with | the addition ot ample closets. A man’s woman's happiness is great y depend- | ent upon ‘‘things,” and proper places | | to put them. ! | Some of the a i rented women | i but most Ying their own fur- nitore, thus enjoying the tender asso- | ciations which connect inanimate things with remembered pleasures, | But these things are side issues, | furnished, part, but of chance, One thing I may be certain of I think. ‘Chat is, that the readers of this journal donot require to be told that, Whatever brawls disturb the street There should be peace al home. They are not a class of people likely to in streets. When they feel inclined to “brawl” they would, 1 am sure, prefer to carry on that amuse- ment in the priv of their homes. And yet that 1s the last place on earth that one should spoil by any discord. The world must indeed be a weary, dreary ‘‘vale of tears” to those whose homes are subject to brawls, A pious man made this his daily Quce upon a time there lived a man anhappiness, But, to the surprise of the ‘r friends avd acquaintances, this and happiness. A neighbor asked how this had come to pass. The wife the house, “Two bears!” exclaimed the neigh- bor. “*What are they?” ‘“The “two bears’ ure ‘bear and for. '™ said the wife. and I have taken them to live with os, and our home is now a happy one, thanks to these ‘two bears.'” Oh, there are homes that might be “like heaven upon earth,” as the say- able. And when the end of home-life comer, as it must come nt last, what has been gained by not bearing and not forbearing? Nothing gained, but much-—«0 much lost! While taking into our homes these “two bears,” we must put out of them all “red rags.” “Rags!” you will ex- claim. *“*What have rags to do with it?” Well, I don’t mean literal regs, but the proverbial “red reg” whose ag- pearance has such an wrritating effect, Some bomes are full of these “red rage,” and how furious some human bulls become at the sight of them! Agnin and sgain, year after year, the animsl is roused to fury by the same ‘red rag.” It seems incredible to the lookers on that so much anger can be roused by a remark that to anyone but tie sggrieved “bull” seems, perhaps harmiess. Children sometimes pro- duce these verbal “red rags” in He And grown-up people—even old people --who ought to fw better, often make mealtime a scene of most unseem- ly “brawling” by flaunting some ob. noxious ‘‘re Ing Two sisters kept house together. One was the widow of an officer in the navy, the other the widow of an officer in the army. They lived happily to- gether these {wo vn Pho as long as their Special “red rag” was kept out of mght, The rag that would at any moment rouse both sisters to a breach of house- hold peace was the question of the su- periority of navy or army. be for da ® as ealm as an nnruffled sea, but this question, if raised by either sister, would change 1t to astorm-tossed ocenn. The matter ould never be tetiled, as each wes firmly convinced thut her own opinion was correct, and that the service in whi h her husband had lived and died was the more honor- able of the two. Deer reader, if you have listened to me so far, let me speak to yom one more word of advice: If there :re any “red rags” iu your home, get rid of them at ones. Do not wait for some more convenient season, as one lets the clearing out of a drawer wait for the Spring cleaning or the Christmas tidy- ing; do not wat, but get rid of them now, The best motto is that given eighteen hundred years ago by Paul the Aged “Show piety at home.” A ~Ed, Geers has just left Tennessee the East and will come down the Gr nd Circuit with Dr. Almont, 2,21§; Fred, SN. Wilkes, 226; Hal Pointer, 2.00%; Bob Taylor, teal. 2.16; Frank Dorteh, 2.204; Jefe Leo, 2 31§ Blue Hal, that has paced quarters in 86 and the king of pacing stallions, Hal. McEwen has He left behind, . * matter of wonder that there should be | the smallest doubt of its success if properly manrged. There are here to- i day not only bundreds, but thousands | of educated women who are supporting themselves, and others, in paths which i not Very many years ago were strangers i to feminine feet. We have doctors, i lawyers, ministers, artists musicians, | literary women snd teachers by the hundreds, to say nothing of the army of bookkeepers, telegraphers, stenog- raphers, type-writers, and women en- gaged in various other lines of business { which require training and pay com- fortable profits, Some of these women workers have rood incomes and are able to pay well for the comforts and luxuries they de- sire, but the majority can afford only modest payments for which the return in comfort is notoriously inadequste, No one has greater need of all the blessings implied in the word “home” than the educated woman who must | provide it by her own unaided efforts, (et bow seldom 18 this need satisfied! | Houses or spartments such as she | | would enjoy can be found only at prices | | which usually are prohibitory to ber. i The man or the association that will provide for these women in a reputable | and acces ible neighborhood, a house | containing both single rooms and suites | | at moderate rentals, will not only be | will be overwhelmed with applications, | Bul—these women do not wish to | live in an “Institution,” whose com-' They wish for the opportunity to make homes, each in proportion to her own means, where— when they have locked their doors— they sbail be monarchs of all they sur. vey, for as long a time as they shall pay their rents and deport themselves in such a way as to give neither annoy- ance to others nor occasion for scandal. The “Stewart Woman's Hotel” was killed on the day that its restrictions became known. It is inconceivable that any men or woman in the ful posseasion of the ordinary share of uman faculties, should have seriously believed that self respecting women who were capable of earning money enough to support themselves, in evena very modest way, would submit to asys- tem of espionage and restraint worthy of a house of correction for the mere sake of being sumptuously housed and fed at moderate prices. If the ns in whose hands lay the power to make the bequest of Mr. Stewart a success or a failure really imagined that respect- able women would thus humiliate themselves, the rest of the world was not so decetvad. The women who are now asking for an apartment honse desire not charity, not mere board and lodging, which can be found in boarding houses or hotels, but the opportunity to make homes. Until the present we are not aware that any effort has been made, in this country, to provide a suitable place for the large number of women of a high social and inteilectual stand. ing who are from choice or necessity self-supporting. From the natare of the plans now suggested it seems that much intelligent thonght has heen al ready directed to the subject, but it will not be amiss to remind those who have the matter in charge that many of the women who would most gladly avail themselves of the promised ad- vantages are not free from family ties An artist of acknowledged merit sup- ports not only herself, but her paralytic usband and a young danghter who soon hopes to be able to assist her mother. An editor is supporting and educat ng her young son and daughter, A well know: writer supports herself und contributes largely to the maintain. ance of her aged mother and an invalid brother. A Sharuiity Joung musician is the sole support o r mother and the latter's superannusted father. pher su her father ren- d helpless r An is simply whether or not capitalists | | ean be convinced that an apartment | | bouse for women is needed and can be | made to pay. For this reason it is very desirable that sll women interested in | the project shall make their views and | wishes known. They are therefore in- | vited to send their names, addresses | and professions to Mra. Wheeler, (As- sociated Artist) 115 E. 29rd St, New| York City. We are assured this com- mits no one to any course of action, but insures that each person shail be | notified of any meetings that may [be held in furtherance of the object. i Herex Evenson Smits, FLORIDA FLOWERS AND FARMS, THE CaAXXA, Concerning the most brilliant and beautiful plant, Eben Rexford in the | Ladies’ Home Journal says: ! The Canna is smo: g the most popu- i lar of all foliage plants. Its leaves are | large, freely produced, rich in color, | and give a trojdeal sir to the plant | which is very effective when it 18 well | grown, Some varieties have foliage of a light green, while others sro so dark | as 10 Le almost the color of bronze, | with peculiar metallic shadiogs which gives the plant a most striking appear- ance, For a long time this plant was grown only for its fol age, but the | newer kinds have long spikes of most | richly colored flowers, resembling the Gladiolus somewhat in shape, while partaking in a lurge degree of the pe- culisrities of the Orchid in general ap- pearance. The French florists ha eo given us a dwar! strain which produces very large, fine flowers, and the future of the Canna will probably make it conspicuous as among flowering plants as it has been in the past among foliage plants. The flowers run through all shades of red, scarlet, and crimson, to yellow, and many wvarieti.-s combine these colors in most striking and peca- lisr manner. But it 1s not alone as a plant for ont? door that the Canna deserves general cultivat on. I fiud it one of the most effective for house snd green house culture, If strong rooils are potted ra‘ her late in spring, in rich soil, and the plants are kept in pots through the season, you will have fine specimens for winter use. 1t is a characteristic of the plant t! at it keeps sending up new stalks from the roots as ling as you choose 10 keep it growing, therefore ou will bave new ‘foliage all through e winier season, and consequently a» bright, fresh-looking plant at all times, if you keep the cld leaves cut off as they ripen and turn brown. Thee new ks will give bloom in winter. For room-decoration few plants are more effective. A large specim:n is fine for the centre of a bay window, Large pots and rich soil, with plenty of water, must be given, and care must be taken to shower the foliage daily to prevent the red spider from working on it, Old roots, taken from the ground at the close of the reason, ean be safely wintered in any cool, dry cellar. In spring they can be d vided, like the ahlia, We are indebted to F. BR. Pierson, of Tarrytown, N, Y., for our fine illus ra- tion of the Canna flower. He makes a sp: cialty of this plant in five named varieties: Cinna Fhemans has broad basana-like leaves with « pikes of mag- ents fowers. Canna Bril iantissima has lustrous I aves of metallie bronze making it very desirable f r vase cul ture. Canua Noutonii, Adolph Wieck and General Boulanger are remarkable for the splendor of tucir flowers, Mr. Pierson furnishes strong large planis by mail at the low price of 35 cents each. It is still not too late to pot planta for winter blooming. — Wirmix the memory of the older generation twelve hours was a day's labor. There was & me when four teen hours was insisted upon. The proposition to drop from twelve to ten was urged by the employed and re- sisted by employers as a dangerous proceeding, productive of great loss, and certain to revolutionize the in dustries and all society. m— Ax eminent sciontist has evolved the theory that water as an eloment 0 ex- tinguish fires in large and high build. ings is a failure. Ho claims that when combustion evolves a certain intense degree of heat the water thrown wpon the flames emits a powerful volume of which burns with frightful fury. This sclentist sets up the theory FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Never stoop to tlanders, Show reserve In speaking, Observe caution in crediting. Policy is successful hypocrisy, The best books are those that are not written, Adversity is the only balance to weigh friends, He that Increaseth in knowledge, in- creadeth sorrow, Tell me whom you love and I'll tell you who you are, Governing minds are comparatively sure, Let no man trust the first false step of gulit, It takes few words to make truth | couvinclog, i The meanest man has a good spot in | 18 hear t. ! Gold can gild a rotten #'ick, and dirt sully an ingot. | Character is what man 18 in his In- | most thought, A woman has only to differ with a man 10 be stubborn. Kini words never die; unkind words don’t die either, § i i 1 Argument is often introduced to es- | tablish falsehood, Time is as the body, and eternity the spirit of existence, | If you want to climb a tres, you must begin at the bottom. i Evetock only one apple; Adam would have shaken the tres, National literature begins with fables | and ends with novels, i Elght men may forget a kindness, but | two will remember it, i Men do not easily forget kindnesses shown them when sick, Do not look for wrong or evil, for you will find them if you do, As you measure for your neighbor, he will measure back to you. It is far better to be deceived than | undeceivel by those we love, Treat every body with politeness, even those who are rude to you, When vou bury animosity don’t set , up a Le dstone over its grave, People hate the man who is in stant drain on thelr sympathy. Do not trust in the beggar who asks for “'a little assistance,” Nolorie'y isa froth that intoxicates hallow men and women. For insult given, the noblest ven- geance is forgetiulness forever, Happloess is the hea'th of the soul; therefore the soul is always sick. War, unless waged for 'iberty or seif- preservation, Is simply grotesque, A lie will go a long ways, but the sender usually has to pay the freight, Do more than your part now, and by and by you will get your reward, Clemency for those we know is rarer , than pity for those we Know not, He that des air measures Providence by his own little contracted model, You have sometimes known happi- nosss, eh? Yes, the happiness of othe | era, All the great generals had great sol- diers to fight thelr battles for them, The number of asses parading around in llons® skins is frightful to contem- plate. Dent let us speak ill of our enemies; they are the only persons who do noi deceive us What are some men’s skulls filled with that they should cut 8° ch fantast- ic mental capers i The end of man is an action and not a thought, though it were the noblest, How ready is envy to mingle with the | notice which we take of other persons, | The world 1s full of people who tire themselves to deth looking for rest, All the glorified feel that they have had an easy market, From the lowest depth there is a path | to the loftiest height, It is a great defect in men {0 wish to | rule everything, except thewselves, No man who cares to succeed in life wi'l be indifferent to the role of pure | morals, Those are the best Christians who are more careful to reform themselves than to censure others, If you desire anything dore, go to a | busy man, Men of leisure never have time for anything Oh, banish the fears of children! Con- tinual rains upon the blossoms are hart fal, Find earth where it grows no werd, and you may find a haart where no error grows, Nothing 18 ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; mor nobly, which is done in pride, The noblest the mind the best con- tentment has. Men of character are the conscience of the socisty to which they belong. The certain way to be cheated in to fancy one’s self more cunning that oth- arms. It the power to do hard work is not a talent, it is the best possible sabstitute for it. COn- 8 Reople are what they are made ueation and company between the ages of 15 and 25, Ho No abilities, however splend San and application, Half our of our neigh bors are but our are ashamed to HORSE NOTES, ~~ He del B y has at last proved his wort ~The trotters will perform at Hart. ford, Tristan is now said to be by Tom Bowling out of Traviata. —Four of the get of Electioneer have entered the 2 30 list this season, ~New Englaiders are agitating a race between Edgemark and Kemlla, — Reference (2.18) is to be entered fn the free-for-all ut Hartford, Conn, ~Charles Reed has signed Jockey Mclaughlin for the remainder of the season, ~ Forest Park, the home of ths iste Dr. L, Herr, will pass under the ham mer on July 16th. ~The most sensational Su’ urban ever yet ruc was (tly won by a son of Hen. sation— Loantaka. ~The pacing race at the Gentlemen's Driving park recently was a disgrase to the turf, —Overton came from the West to ride Riley, but nis weight was toomuch for the big horse, ~ Entries for the July meeting of the Philadelp! ia Driving Park Assoclation will close Jane 29, — Potomac pulled up lame, and was not sent to Chicago to run for the A mer!- can Derby, =Danlel O, 1itner, of Conshohocken, has added to his string the gray pacer Yictor, record 2-194. ~Orange county (N. Y.) horsemen have raised $20,000 toward building # mile track tor troitlers, —A@ the recent annval meeting of the Cleveland Driving Park Company the following officers were elected for the +¢nsuing year: Willlam Edwards, President; George Ev- Favig, erett, Treasurer; Willlam B. Secretary. ~Jo' n Campbell, of the racing frm of Walcott & Campbell, Is driving Frei Folger (2.2 }) on the road, ~The runners did not take well at Buffalo, and Mr, Engleman lost money on Lhe meeting given there, ~ Running races will be inangurafed on a new hali-mile track, at South St, Lows, beginnlrg June 27. — A string of fourteen from the Jow- et Stock Farm are now at Rushville, Ind. belog tra ned by J. Newbro, -F, UC, Mclewee has secured the services of Lance Murphy as leading jockey for the remainder of the season. — According to rumors at Sheepshead Bay on Tu sday thers may be racing at Monmouth Park yet this season, —Tennuy was the hottest favorite thas ever vent to the post for the Suburban, and bis defeat hit the talent hard, ~The Morris Park management has a large canvas sign to polify the spec tators when bets have seen declared off, — Harry Webster has purchased the 4+ year-old g, m. Grey Heart, by Harte ford, to drive on the road with Lady Hambrino. — There wll be six races, including one for double teams, belween mem- bers’ horses at Belmont Course. ~The runners Pigeon and Chatter h ve been seized by the Sheriff and will be 80.d at the Gloucester track. — Burlington isstill amiss, though net seriously so, but it will probably be some little time before this high-class horse Ig again seen in public. —*Professional backers,” who too connection with owners and jockeys, are b coming altogether (00 common. «1. N. Fuller has set himself the task of beating the four-in-hand re- cord, 2,97, hell by Mr. Gordon's four. lard Sanders, —John Morrow bought Blue Hal at the recent Ewell Farm sale in Tennes- Smith, ol Birmingham, Ala, for =D, W. McOoun, ihe owner of the late Mi ton H, Sanford, Loantaka eost him $275 at public auction «8 a 2-year wid. —Soa0rita lost 220 pounds in weight, as the result of the injury to ber hoek, which will cause ber permament retire- ment from the turf, For atime it was would dis, but she —J. A. Losee, of Montgomery, Ala- bam», has three good campaigners in wood, Hambletonian, by McCurdy’s Hambletonian, and the 4-year-oid brown stallion Ferrous, by the King, be by George Wilkes ~The overosulidence of Barnes en Montana in the Belmont stakes ls
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