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A Woman of the World Her, Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters
A Woman of the World Her, Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters
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CONTENTS
· To Mr. Ray Gilbert. Late Student, Aged Twenty-three
· To Miss Winifred Clayborne. At Vassar College
· To Edna Gordon. During Her Honeymoon
· To Miss Gladys Weston. Who Faces the Necessity to Earn a Living
· To Clarence St. Claire. Regarding His Sister's Betrothal
· To Miss Margaret Riley. Shop Girl, Concerning Her Oppressors
· To Miss Gladys Weston. After Three Years as a Teacher
· To a Young Friend. Who Has Become Interested in the Metaphysical Thoughts of the Day
· To Wilfred Clayborn. Concerning His Education and His Profession
· To Miss Elsie Dean. Regarding the Habit of Exaggeration
· To Sybyl Marchmont. Who Has Learned Her Origin
· To Miss Diana Rivers. Young Lady Contemplating a Career as a Journalist
· To Nanette. A Former Maid
· To The Rev. Wilton Marsh. Regarding His Son and Daughter
· To Mrs. Charles McAllister. Formerly Miss Winifred Clayborne
· To Mrs. Charles Gordon. Concerning Maternity
· To Mr. Alfred Duncan. Concerning the Ministry
· To Mr. Charles Gray. Concerning Polygamy
· To Walter Smeed. Concerning Creeds and Marriage
· To Sybyl Marchmont. Concerning Her Determination to Remain Single
· To Mrs. Charles Gordon. Concerning Her Sister and Her Children
· To Mrs. Charles Gordon. Concerning Her Children
· To Miss Zoe Clayborn Artist. Concerning the Attentions of Married Men
· To Mr. Charles Gordon. Concerning the Jealousy of His Wife After Seven Years of Married Life
· To Mrs. Clarence St. Claire. Concerning Her Husband
· To Young Mrs. Duncan. Regarding Mothers-in-Law
· To a Young Man. Ambitious for Literary Honours
· To Mrs. McAllister. Concerning Her Little Girl
· To Mr. Ray Gilbert. Attorney at Law, Aged Thirty
· To the Sister of a Great Beauty. I am far from laughing, my dear girl, at your assertion that your position is little short of tragic.
· To Mrs. White Peak. One of the Pillars of Respectable Society
· To Maria Owens. A New Woman Contemplating Marriage
· To Mrs. St. Claire. The Young Divorcee
· To Miss Jessie Harcourt. Regarding Her Marriage with a Poor Young Man
· To Miss Jane Carter. Of the W.C.T.U.
* * *
An excerpt from: To a Young Man. Ambitious for Literary Honours
Your achievements in college, where you distinguished yourself in rhetoric and literature, would justify you in thinking seriously of a career as an author.
And the fact that your father wishes you to take charge of his brokerage business, and to relinquish your literary aspirations, should not deter you from carrying out your ambitions.
Prom your mother you inherit a mind and temperament which wholly unfit you for the pursuits your father follows and enjoys. You are no more suited to make a successful broker than he is fitted to write an Iliad.
Try and make him understand this, and try and convince him that to yield to his wishes in this matter, means the sacrifice of your tastes, the waste of your talents, and the destruction of your happiness.
If he cannot be convinced by your consistent and respectful arguments, then you must quietly, but firmly, refuse to accept a career distasteful to you.
No parent has a right to drive a child into so undesirable a path for life as this would prove to one of your nature.
Your father would think the horticulturist insane, who took a delicate fern and planted it in arid soil, on a hilltop, far from shade, and expected it to thrive and bear blossoms like the cactus.
Yet this would be no more unreasonable, than to expect a son of your temperament and inclinations to be happy and successful in Wall Street.
It is a curious study to watch parents, and to observe their utter lack of knowledge regarding a child's nature and capabilities; and to find them not only ignorant in those important matters, but unwilling to be enlightened.
You say it makes your father angry to have any one refer to your literary talents.
I remember when your father bred race-horses, and how proud he was that a two-year-old colt showed traits and points noticeably like its high-priced dam.
He chose for your mother, a woman of rare mind, and of poetic taste, and why should he not be proud and glad that his son resembles her? When will fathers learn that sons are more frequently like their mothers, and daughters like their fathers, than otherwise?
The temporary dissatisfaction of your father is not so sad to contemplate as your own lifelong disappointment if you accede to his wishes in this matter....
· To Mr. Ray Gilbert. Late Student, Aged Twenty-three
· To Miss Winifred Clayborne. At Vassar College
· To Edna Gordon. During Her Honeymoon
· To Miss Gladys Weston. Who Faces the Necessity to Earn a Living
· To Clarence St. Claire. Regarding His Sister's Betrothal
· To Miss Margaret Riley. Shop Girl, Concerning Her Oppressors
· To Miss Gladys Weston. After Three Years as a Teacher
· To a Young Friend. Who Has Become Interested in the Metaphysical Thoughts of the Day
· To Wilfred Clayborn. Concerning His Education and His Profession
· To Miss Elsie Dean. Regarding the Habit of Exaggeration
· To Sybyl Marchmont. Who Has Learned Her Origin
· To Miss Diana Rivers. Young Lady Contemplating a Career as a Journalist
· To Nanette. A Former Maid
· To The Rev. Wilton Marsh. Regarding His Son and Daughter
· To Mrs. Charles McAllister. Formerly Miss Winifred Clayborne
· To Mrs. Charles Gordon. Concerning Maternity
· To Mr. Alfred Duncan. Concerning the Ministry
· To Mr. Charles Gray. Concerning Polygamy
· To Walter Smeed. Concerning Creeds and Marriage
· To Sybyl Marchmont. Concerning Her Determination to Remain Single
· To Mrs. Charles Gordon. Concerning Her Sister and Her Children
· To Mrs. Charles Gordon. Concerning Her Children
· To Miss Zoe Clayborn Artist. Concerning the Attentions of Married Men
· To Mr. Charles Gordon. Concerning the Jealousy of His Wife After Seven Years of Married Life
· To Mrs. Clarence St. Claire. Concerning Her Husband
· To Young Mrs. Duncan. Regarding Mothers-in-Law
· To a Young Man. Ambitious for Literary Honours
· To Mrs. McAllister. Concerning Her Little Girl
· To Mr. Ray Gilbert. Attorney at Law, Aged Thirty
· To the Sister of a Great Beauty. I am far from laughing, my dear girl, at your assertion that your position is little short of tragic.
· To Mrs. White Peak. One of the Pillars of Respectable Society
· To Maria Owens. A New Woman Contemplating Marriage
· To Mrs. St. Claire. The Young Divorcee
· To Miss Jessie Harcourt. Regarding Her Marriage with a Poor Young Man
· To Miss Jane Carter. Of the W.C.T.U.
* * *
An excerpt from: To a Young Man. Ambitious for Literary Honours
Your achievements in college, where you distinguished yourself in rhetoric and literature, would justify you in thinking seriously of a career as an author.
And the fact that your father wishes you to take charge of his brokerage business, and to relinquish your literary aspirations, should not deter you from carrying out your ambitions.
Prom your mother you inherit a mind and temperament which wholly unfit you for the pursuits your father follows and enjoys. You are no more suited to make a successful broker than he is fitted to write an Iliad.
Try and make him understand this, and try and convince him that to yield to his wishes in this matter, means the sacrifice of your tastes, the waste of your talents, and the destruction of your happiness.
If he cannot be convinced by your consistent and respectful arguments, then you must quietly, but firmly, refuse to accept a career distasteful to you.
No parent has a right to drive a child into so undesirable a path for life as this would prove to one of your nature.
Your father would think the horticulturist insane, who took a delicate fern and planted it in arid soil, on a hilltop, far from shade, and expected it to thrive and bear blossoms like the cactus.
Yet this would be no more unreasonable, than to expect a son of your temperament and inclinations to be happy and successful in Wall Street.
It is a curious study to watch parents, and to observe their utter lack of knowledge regarding a child's nature and capabilities; and to find them not only ignorant in those important matters, but unwilling to be enlightened.
You say it makes your father angry to have any one refer to your literary talents.
I remember when your father bred race-horses, and how proud he was that a two-year-old colt showed traits and points noticeably like its high-priced dam.
He chose for your mother, a woman of rare mind, and of poetic taste, and why should he not be proud and glad that his son resembles her? When will fathers learn that sons are more frequently like their mothers, and daughters like their fathers, than otherwise?
The temporary dissatisfaction of your father is not so sad to contemplate as your own lifelong disappointment if you accede to his wishes in this matter....
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