The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-07-14

| / think | must tell you Of wonderful
servant we have. She is not Irish, or Ger
man, or African, but that exceedingly rare
bird, a genuine American servant-handy,
clever and cute. Her virtues are manifold.
In the first place, she is wonderfully quiet
going silently and steadily about her work
doing all that is required OF her with "neat-
ness and despatch" She is good tempered
lis never "on the rampage,"-never inso-
lent-never unkind to children. She has no
lfollowers-never goes OF without warning ;
never wastes, never blunders, don't drink,
and don't break the eighth commandment.
| call her servant, but she seems to me
more like helpful friend, a kindly compan-
ion; and yet she Is but soulless thing
after ala mere wonderful piece Of human
mechanism ; she is--one Of HtAcor d
Gibbs admirable Se,oi,lg Machines.
was very late in ayailing myself OF the
service of this great, bene6cent hand maid
en- Of modern wemanhood. L have
longed for one vaguely for years, and made
many resolutions to procure one, but have
refrained from painful doubts Of my own
ability to manage creature that seemed to
me so sfearfully and wonderfully made"
Being but modestly endowed with mecnani-
cal ingenuity and insight, dreaded the
trouble and vexation Of learning to work
any machine, and my inquiries Of friends
were always for the most simple invention.
The weight Of reliable evidence being over
whelming for that Of Wilcox & Gibbs, at
last decided upon it, procured 1t, and am
more than satisfied.
l began my Acquaintance with il with
some trepidation, but it soon put me quite
at my ease We were capital friends at
once, and as vet have had no falling out
Together we fell right to work, and manu-
factured an article of clothing very credit
ably that very morning.
The simplicity Of this machine il only
equalled BY the unerring accuracy with
which it works.. Our little daughter, after
very few trials, was able to manage it
nicely, and the two are now on excellent
terms. The only trouble is that mamma
cannot supply work fast enough. She
laughs to see it hungrily devour the tedious
long seams which we're once her aversion,
and then lick up the little seams, hens,
tucks and fells with such apparent relish.
Ah, mothers and wives, when work
presses-when muslins, linens and prin.s
cumber your drawers, and little ones clamor
for sp-ing s'teggery,n the thought that in
your sitting-room waits, ever to help you, a
silent, trusty friend, of forty sewing women
power, is wondrously sustaining, isn't it.?
And, while the novelty lasts at least, a
sewing machine is great incentive to in
dustry in the family. Restless little girls
delight in kipd Of cork so exceedingly like
play; snd boys eveftake to it, and think it
t~jolly good sport" to be able to nanufae-
ture their own shirts.
As for myself, must confess I have not
yet come to any real hard work with my ma
chine. Ii still amuses me. ! am still ex-
perimenting with it, and wondering at its
Puck-like swiftness. delight to set it at a
long seam, and see il go like greyhound
on the scent-like Flora Temple on the
course. In short, don't believe there viii
be any end to my enjoyment of my machine
while the dry goods stores hold out Grace
| Greenwood.