The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-08-26
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Two girls sat in Mrs. North's nursery
one 7cold@January evening to enjoy the
comfortable fire. The maid of all works
was busy beside the evening lamp repair
ing an old gingham apron. 1t was 2 very
unpromising piece of. work when she be-
gan, but she worked away with a cheerful
good will and soon its appearance was
greatly improved. Susan might, it is true
have bought her a new apron without any
inconvenience; she, had athree hundred
dollars out at interest, legacy frpma1her
grandfather, but she prudently let it remain
where it was, content with receiving her
interest from it every year, and supple
mentingit with her earnings Many had said
toher they wouldnot live out, now they could
do better b9;fWhyssnota Invest her mo-
ney learning a trade, which wonld lbeffar
more genteel p But Susan was stout and
hearty, work agreed with her, and sewing
did not, She felt that if she did her, duty
and deported herself properly, she would
be as much respected doing 'housework as
if sewing for ailiving. g.od2iE - 9di 20 5sliG'
The children were all asleep,u and the
nurse, was rocking leisurely besidethe fire,
while, trppkful Of unmended clothes lay
untouched in her room. oa o@,aJ mn nj f
T"Before I'd patch an apron Susie" she
said laughing 81 know you will be all old
maid, you are so particular" l"I'
n"Iwouid rather patch than wear ragged
clothes,n said Susan good naturedly.nittI
will not wear torn dress if lean help it,
but | have one which has q whole breadth
made up of darns and patches. | wore it
last winter through, and it will make good
carpet rags now oi,s9st. o-aa odw nsm 9!i :
Jane rocked and laughed away at her
prudish companion, and Mrs. North, who who
was knitting by the table, remarked to
Jane that tit would be an excellent thing il
she would follow Susaus' example. n uoiA
II learned lesson)in economy when a
young, girl, which I,neYer have forgotten,
though it was from a, very simple thing.rr-
I was spending the night with a young
friend when her sister-inlaW had occasion
to cut out a new dress for her child. They
were poor people, but she took down a roll
ofcarefully oironed pieces of stout cloth
and laid them out on9her patterns, study
ing carefully over them. ito see how she
could piece out lining to the best adyanr
tage. She was neither miserly nor parsl-
monntious; she was only frugal, and her
frngality was the secret Of the familys pros
perity. 5fThe dress looked just as neatly
when it was done, as if ifthe9lining chad not
been, madereut ofshalfa dozenopieces. her
husband is now Judge P-7714n.esI If his wife
had been a wastefpl, untidy woman, ne
would, never have had the means nor the
heart to rise in the world. - 49,.
a"Girls you may set it down as a fact, that
q woman who5is ahotlprudent and ecenoini-
caliwill never secure "a comfortable living,
even if she marries man with ever SO lu-
cratiye ,aebusiness. oIf there is not thrift
at home, there will never be a cheerful,
omaf6bFfta6le look ABOUT bS ItD2m anything. You
know Mrs. Heron is always frettitg be-
cause her husband does not get on 10 the
world. She has drawer full OF fnery,
chiia-ware aid The like, she is saving up
until she shall get a better home and have
-parlorhdHer husband makes good wages,
but7it with helal long time L lam afraid be-
fore9sbe will get into that coveted house;
She thinks it ''meanp to practice the small
economies-to warm the frying-pan j and
save the little drippings of sueI, to piece
ont Innings. make over old Clothes into les
ser ones for the children She will have a
new sett oflcheap jewelry every littleMhile
that,she NAV tlook like other folks. Nov
there are plenty of other laboring men wha
make no more than, he,who, have newg a 1T
tie home, and garden Of their own, all acI
uuired BY their industry and frugality,
-laIi read a little book When a child, writ.
ten by "a great German writer called
Zschokkego The title of ite was "Mend
the holeIin your Sieeyeabb Itbegan, be-
lieve. with an aeceuatof two boys sitting
DOWN onsaI bench under sti1ee tTeesp ltefllna
what great things they would bel and5ndo
when they were men.gou eToaod 9di s b2snm
b"Yeuwill never be anything said an old
man who was seated near them. dIIhe iaaS
turned. not we'll pleased at the interruP-
tion to their bright day dreams. s3lda Off =
-asB see that you have a. hole in your
sleeve9'' said heos s'4A boy that is gong TO
be ANYTHING when man, will not have a
hole III his Sleeve If his mother or sister
cannot mend it for him. he will mend It
| HIMSELF, a'rhe book follows the history OF
one ofthe lads, who took that.as his motto,
and the history abounds in useful isuggesr
tions and hints about mendingnaii. manner
| of had thriftless waysgn Inever knew any
ono ,readit without being influenced by it
ia repair and set in. order their own pos
sessions, whether they were little or n much tih
depend upon it, girls, careless untidy
people will never be thrifty never etabe-
fore-handsi1 the sworldadfrhey live infscon-
slant discomfort, aud have a thousand
times more trouble for want of well-mend-
ed and promptly made garments than ian
thrifty people ever have in putting theirs
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