St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-05

| LddT. Dul mere comes Jnc nrSt OF Uncln
while we are talking, and here is Mrs,
JOhnson'S man with the dolls in a
clOthes-b basket :"
In truth. 1t was a pretty, a kindly
sight to see the girls gathered together
Ill Mrs. Aliens pretty rooms. Girls are
so pretty in themselves that it don't
matter what they do they are always
the incest of all things to look at But,
to-day, they meant business. There
were bright, experienced ones who cut.
and industrious ones who sewed. and
! ignorant ones who botched, and idle
ones who shirked, and busvbodies who
inspected but did not work, as ALWAYS
in such affairs.
| Miss Bryant came in while they were
the busiest. with her walking dress on,
and the brightest of smiles on her face.
wv ell. girls. how many have | got
to dress D.
Just as many as you please. There's S
hundred here, and each of us can DIRE IS
one nicely, this afternoon said the
pretty doll's-chair girl.
"That's only twenty. Well. I'll dress
| fifty"
Fifty dolls Oh, Miss Bryant YOU
are too good - And buzz of appro-
baton ran through the circle.
NO I'm not. Fifty dolls isn't much
To dress for ones bleeding country. Sc
lect fifty of the prettiest and largest.
Put them into the basket, and III call
Bryant walked OFT.
The carriage was at the door, and
Miss Bryant drove away in it. She
drove Il long way up Washington street.
and got out at Il droll little shop. kept
by an old lady in her front pallor-a
| funny little old lady in a full-bordered
cap.
1t would have done your heart good
to have seen Miss Bryant tumble over
the droll little piles of goods that had
lain on the shelves so long. some of
them, that they We're quite shelf worm
l'ut there were remnants of silk of
bright colors. of bobbinet lace. illusions.
cdgIngS !; summer silks in little checks.
and small remnants of lining silks ::
bright mrriuos and wool delane>. balls
of narrow ribbons. odds and ends of
all sorts and kinds. The shelves looked
quite bare when Miss Bryant paid the
bill, and the face of the little old lady
grew lovely to behold.
'ItoW comes on the winter. Mrs
Hazard p asked Miss BRYANT.
'Prrtty bad. pretty bad. You see,
| ii rented my upper rooms to Nelly
Moore and hcr mother. And now she's
out of work, owing To Mrs. Jones dis
missing her extra help on account of
hard times. and expect they'll have to
move. and then what III do to pay the
rent puzzles me"
"Iil just step up here" said Miss
Bryant. Just as if that WIS not what
she intended Il do.
$50. Nelly =" said Miss BRYANT. ..vnu
are not going to he a> busy aS formerly
for Il while. I'm ever 81 glad. for it
helps me ont OF an embarrassment
I've got fifty dolls to dress for the la
zaar. OF course I'm NOT so Sill> as to
do it myself. Here's the material to
dress them. Can you do il p
''lm ~" wcekS-yes, it mother will
help "n the plain things. Its all hand
work mostly. and takes time"
''Ncil. they are of all sizes some of
them vrIN handsome some small and
easy tn dress. Now they must he hon
c~rly dressed. at least all the larger
ones. with the clothes To come Oft and
put ON. Just is little girls love them
best and if you can not do it all. tell
me. Let Catharime Waters do M the
clothes that need it-Shc is ont of work
To" and tell her to send me the hill"
Veil. its hard enough on her" said
Nelly; hut Mrs Rochester saws that
they cannot afford laundress. this
winter. and keep their cook, too"
"llumph - said Miss Bryant. iii
bring you round the dolls before dark ."
When Miss Bryant came back she felt
FIR moment as if she had lost her
way and got into a bee hive. there was
such a busy hum.
I'm sure | try to be economical" ."
said one Young lady. teacher of music.
Il save a dollar Il week washing hand
kerchlrts and collars. and that's what
I'm going I" give to the bazaar. feel
rs If had earned it almost"
And the bazaar is to help the poor p
said Miss Bryant, with that odd smile
of hers.
"Ot course"
What kind of woman is your
washer
ION. shes very respectable woman.
| assure Nou."
''Likely To come on the Relief socie-
ty. this winter -
"Crrtainly not. if she help it. But
she may for all that"
Nov my dear girl" said Miss Brv-
ant, with her dazzling smile. ''don't YOU
think that dollar week that Won save.
at, | am sure. some Inconvenience to
yourself and. am equally certain. an
n"yance to your landlady. would help
the Relief society more by keeping
your waShcr-woman beyond the need
OF ITS help. by giving her honest pay
for the only part of her work on which
she makes any real profit, than to put
1t into the Sonp-houSe fund to help You
don't know who, or how needy or de-
serving they really areP Don't You see
that You take honest bread to give to
possible impo>tors?"
But. Miss BRYANT. don't you approve
of the bazaar Don't you think the
>oup-houSe is Il good thing ?"
"lcS, the strikers think so. feeling
sure that their families will be helped
while they fight their employers. The
! frontier towns think so when they have
foreign invasions of needy adventurers.
One who has depended on the soup
house will depend again: and YOU do
much to encourage vice and idleness.
No, girls. Have your bazaar. Enjoy
yourselves, make yourselves pretty, and
have your good time. God bless you
all! But while YOU are doing it don't
discharge the music-teacher and teach
the little sisters if You can afford to pay
her, for she has mother to support, or
somebody else; nor do unsuitable work
and make yourself i'll, when the fee for
one doctors visit will be godsend to
some poor woman glad of the job If