New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-03
A Profitable Days Work.

Not long since there was employed in one
| OF the large shoe manufactures III this city
a young lady whose duty it was to fasten
the taps and sOles of ladies boots together.
preparatory to lasting. This is done BY first
FASTING and then securing them by two
nails. One day gentleman was in the
| mandatory where she was employed and
observing her celebrity of movement. raised
question as to how many she could pre-
pare in one day. One of those having the
management of affairs expressed the opinion
that she could do twenty cases in ten hours
The gentleman first mentioned could not
credit this, and offered to stake $1,000 against
$500 that the feat could not be accomplished
The wager was accepted. the Young lady
| acquainted with the facts. and asked if she
could do it. She replied that she was will
ing to try. provided she should have share
of the money should she win This was
agreed to, and the task was commenced At
twelve O'Clock on the next day she had
eleven of the twenty cases finished and
packed ready for the laster and at ten
minutes inside of the ten hours the task
was completed. The increduious gentleman
paid the wager of $1,000. and the winner
handed the young lady five hundred of it,
This, together with the sum earned by do
ing the work, made pretty fair wages for
one day, and any one can see. by little
calculation. that she rad 10 keep pretty
busy. There WIRE in each case sixty pairs
tour pieces TO pair making two hundred
and forty pieces o. leather to handle, and
as many nails to be driven. IN the twenty
cases there would be furtv-eight hundred
pieces to take care Of in ten hours, which
was done; thus avera ging four hundred
and eighty per hour or eight i'll one minute.
This Is an actual fact, and the smart girl is
at present .dOng a snug little business of
OF her own in the central portion of our
city. If this can be beat. bring along the
one who can DO it.
Upon the subject of letter endings. the
October number Of the British Quarteriy
Rerie'r says; The IL remain requires to be
led up to. and not to be added to the letter
without connection. There is large gamut
of choice for endings, from the official
Your obedicnt servant" and high and
mighty 'Your humble servant" to the
friendly Yours truly" Yours sincerely" |
and "Yours afectionately" Some persons
vary the form, and slightly intensity the
expression by placing the word yours"
last, as Faithfully yours" James Howell |
used great variety of endinss, such as
Yours inviolably.' "Yours entirely" .'Yo,u |
entire friend Yours verify and invaria-
bly," "Hours really" yours in no vulgar
way Of friendship" Yours to dispose Of" |
or "YOurs while J. H." Yours! Yours! |
AOuIs' NdIpVIc writer. LOUIS very
much, yours most cordially" and to Han |
nah More, in 1870, "Yours more and more" !
Mr.. Bright, some years ago, ended contro-
versial letter in the following biting terms:
Il am, sir, with whatever respect is due to
you" The old board of commissioners of
the navy used form of subscription very
different from the ordinary official one. It |
was their habit to subscribe their letteIs
even letters Of reproot) to such officers as
were not of noble fan,i1iao or horo tit1oo |
g Your affectionate friends" 1t is said that
this practice was discontinued in conse-
luence of a distinguished captain adding to
lis letter to the board, "Your affectionate
-riend." He was thereupon desired to dis
continue the expression, when he replied,
i am gentlemen, no longer your affection
ionate friend"