Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-03-06
THE wIpow-A PICTURE OF LIFE.

there was a good deal Of sewing TO do, ans
out OF charity the work was tuken from :
seamstress who had sewed for the tamil,
sometime, and given 10 a poor widow wo
man with several small children. Ostensi
bly, only was this charity. Really. il wat
to save few more pennies How couit
this be- some one will ask. Let me skeicf
a little scene promising that this poor wo
mans husband was just dead and she lief
helpless and friendless, with no apparrn
means Of support Besides was in feebl,
health. By accident Mr. T had heard
of her distressed situation. and at the sug
gesiion Of the individual who named heI
case 10 him, told bis wife that he thought i
would be charity 10 give her some sewing
Think il would. indeed. says Mrs T.
Our sewing costs US great deal, responds
the careful husband, and in this Thing ".
may benefit ourselves. as well as do a deed
Of charity. No doubt this woman is rather
an indifferent sewer. in comparison 10 Miss
R, and therefore her work will not Of
course be worth so much. And she will nc
doub, think one half the price Miss R.
gels a good one.
No doubt, chimes in the frugal partner.
Mrs was sent for After she is seat
ed. the following conversation ensues.
Can you do plain sewing
Yes Ma'am as well as most persons.
What is your price for fine shirts 2
l hav'nt Sc, any price yet, bu, will work
MS low as any one.
But you know that to get work you will
have 10 do it n little lower than ordinary
People don't like to change.
Well ma'am am in want, and will
work at almost any price for my children.
| suppose you will make fine shirts FOR q
quarter2
Yes ma'am.
And calico dresses for the same7
Yes ma'am.
Well that's reasonable Boys common
shirts you will no. charge over eleven pence
for7
No ma'am.
That's reasonable. and I'll do all can foI
you. Il gives me pleasure 10 help the poor
Come down tomorrow. and I'll have some
work ready for you. The widow departed
Well, wife, says Mr. r. bursting in
when he saw the widow depart. at wha
price will she work
AT just half what Miss R charges
Well that's something like. Il gives me
pleasure to befriend any one who is willing
10 work nj reasonable price. Why thi.
will save US almost dollara week the veal
round
Yes. il will SO; and il l keep her at it. oil
some one else, al the same price for year
you'll let me have fifty dollar shawl, won
you ?
Yes. II you want il.
Well. I'll do my best It's shameful VIVA
some Of those seamstresses do charge.
II is often well to reverse picture Sup
pose we look at the other side OF this.
Mrs 49, bad always been delicate =
When q girl she could never sew long al
time without getting n pain in her side
She married rd-wofking industrious me
chanic. whose trade was no, very Lucrative
yielding barely enough for support. He
health after the marriage was little iInprov
ed. and when, with several small children
she was left a widow, she yielded in her frs
keen anguish OF bereavement to dispair.---
But mother canno, long ST, in illenes
when her dear babes are about her Sh
could think Of no way Of getting living 70
them but by her needle. and. as she was
neat sewer. she hoped 10 get work, and ear
food and scant clothing VI least. But sh
could get no work No person knew he
who wanted sewing done. She applied I
several. and was sill without the means q
earning dollar when her last one wa
spent Just a. this moment. the fact of he
desIitulion becoming more known. Mr.
T. sent for her
As she carried home her work. the da
after the interview she was glad nj heal
with the thong hi that now there was wa
OF escape at least from starvation. But Ii
tie more her yraining heart could promis
her Boys shirts at twelve and half cen,
we're her first piece Of work. Two Of th.s
by hard work she managed 10 get done i
a day Had they been plain, she roul
have finished them early and had time
give many necessary attentions 10 her chi
dren. But the last words OF Mrs =
had robbed her Of the chance.-Y ca
stitch the collars Of these. any how-yo
can afford 10 do il. fsuppose, aud they iro
better when that is done. The simple an
touching Yes ma'am' but in a sadder ton
than usual wasthe only response.
Next morning she MAS OPP early, thong
her head ached badly. and she was faint an
/ weak from having sat so steadily ihroug
the whole preceding day. Her childre
/ We're all taken up. washed and dressed he
rooms cleaned and scanty meal Of mus
and milk prepated iorthe litle ones. and
cop oftea for hersealf Her owr, s,omac
refused The food Of which her children IA
took with keen n Dnetites and sha ~, "a =.