The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-07-08
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The Oppressed Seamstress. oi
. BY MRS. r. wELMONT. O


ltSome people seem to have an idea that
they pay too much for every thing, and it
is a positive duty to employ those who will
work the cheapest. o"' s. ~ ~
EoI Mrs. Ellsworth lived very sumptpously.
I and her daughters dressed very. elegantly
We won't call them. extrayagant, because
people who have, plenty ofmoney are not O.
| hliged to give an acconntto their neighboFs
oftheir expenditure n'Fhey were, however,
discussing the very subject themselves up
on the damask lounges, when the servant
man entered and presented the seamstress's
bill. Such nicely folded paper always
attracts the family's attention, and having
looked at the bottom and the amount, ex-
cialMe}A iQmI9l tso.91q 5dj 70. balaJle 9I9W
lnnfl Dear me- yhow high III u .oaL % a
They then proceeded to examine the
contents of the bundle which accompanied
| the bill. .doJstoD dq9sot ,niAiQhaJ 9uyhd
The work is done, beautifully, said
Miss Henrietta ;'"how sGperbly this lace is
set on how splehdidlY this is hemstitched!
/ declare, mother, + never intend to, do any
work myself again /; it isl so much better
than l can make it look. ,l9;,7e boog 9 gail
But you forget, said the mother, that
it costs a great deal to hire all our sewing
for a. large family, ift it bea done ever 50
Pcheapj!!' yet she felt herself that it was very
pleasant TO have garments made. = .o;,,,,. - -,
E0Hf I I%ohder,,' said Sophia, O. tall graceful
girl of sixteen, to the little waiting seam
stress ino the entry.4nWhat would you
charge to, make Papa tenl shirts i haYe
engaged to have them doneoby the flrstioef
Mayandit is q long job and SO Vexatious. i
wish l could transfer themto youto finish.
The child was sent home to inquire of
her MOTHER what She would charge to
make ten shirts with full bosoms hemstitch1
ed each side, and rnfffed, of the incest fab
ric, and workmanship To- correspond .elr,q
r." tPhe little girl returned, and artlesslY re-
/ niieIad9a aiS iigiV d 070sG9iq no scPsl
E'ns Mother says. she Shall charge dollar
but if the young folks said they would not
giveoita rather than lose the job, she would
say seventy five cents5h-piece !9ics 9di 45l
oa Amused with the simplicity which ought
to have excited sympathy rather than nler-
rimenf Sophia pretended that Iseventyrfve
cents was all that she expected to give ;
she had hoped to- get them done for fifty
cents. uaMrs. Fuller gave only that, but she
bleached, Haha very common work was put
in them. Il After 4 some hesitation b r she
brought them down. and doing up large
bundle, dispatched it to the seamstress,
adding q r9nnT nd % batn9s9T iH9hHoia.
iid'Now my poor head and eyes are reiieY7
OIL iJlj 10 GgIl5tHf3 u6 e6 i3ED'+"itf tat4 ii3lb
But let US see to whom this bundle was
transferred, The same seamstress once
had q husband whowas % prosperous 'mer-
chant, but he speculatedblu wisely, died
| 4 1.e<
children TO grapple with the hard fate Of
poverty and REM embrance Of better days.
They Occupied but one Hopma and as her
only employment was. sewing, it was diff
cult TO make both ends meet with the
rpntlrlng Industry nrnlan llia sr5nliaI ,ss
b. Don't you think, mother, said little
Ellen, who brought home the work, the
young lady thought she ought to get the
Shirts made for fifty cents apiece. But,
mother, she surely could not have known
awhata slow process it is to gather and
hemstich and fuffe, and do all the sewing
justoforta half week g rent, or she never
Would have said so.fi osedl 10 7epqoq 1eon
oThemother brushed a tear away.a mo,
Child, she never sewed for a,living. 1oo4odi
atsiAnd, mother,i ,isheI told her sister that
she was so glad to get rid of the tiring
II WOTk, anu Sne Sllu u0T laCu0r WOulu never
know but What she did it all and she would
have fifty cents clear on every shirt what
could she 1rneAh?' noqp ,e1om1llet i''iH72A
Mrs. A. had heard Of such deception be-
fore, but she cared to inform her daugh
ter that the young lady was probably to
receive one, dollar and a quarter for each
shirt She felt that her business was only
to finish her whole number as soon as pos
sible.l She immediately set about the task
of cutting them by the pattern, asserting
them into piles, and getting the palmer
parts1ready for Ellen to hem, as she was
very nice in needle-work as far as she had
learned the art. But it was. always near
school time, and the poor child but little
relieved her mother. 4, 49,. ,o,.,o h. t..-o.,
TT va Was at this season, too, when storms
shcceed each other in rapid Succession, and
the heavens ARE overcast and as II Q
tenement Of The widow was badly lighted,
itabegall to smale sad havoc other Visionl
Her eyes were weaacyofrom continued
use, and when the long job was patiently