Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-31

| Wei', girls, how macy have got I
dress q
1'Just al many AS yen Please. There's
hundred here. and each % US can dress on
| nicely this afternoon, . said the pretty dol
chair gill.
"Tbal's cn'y twcuty. We'll. I'll drcs
iifty."
"Fifty dolls! Oh, Mrs. Bryant, you ar
too gocdl' And buzz Of appreciation raj
through the circle.
"No. I'm not. Fifty dolls isn't much Il
dress for ones bleeding county. Se!ec
6fty of the prettiest and largest. Put then
into the baeket and I'll call for them in a,
hour or so.' And Miss Bryant walked oil
The carriage was at the door, AMI Mis-
Bryant drove away in it. She drove lont
way up Washington street. and got ont at |
droll little shop, kept by an old lady in hel
front parlor--a funny little old lady in {
ull-bordered cap.
1t would have done your heart good te
have seen Miss Bryant tum BILE over the drol
| little piles Of goods that bad lain on the
shelves so long, some Of them so that they
| were quite shelf-worn. But there were
remnants Of silk ni bright color, of bobbing
I lace illusions, eds'ngs summer silks in lit
| tie checks and small remnants Of lining silks
bright merinos and wool delaines, balls oil
narrow ribbons, odds and ends Of all sorts
and kinds. The shelves looked quite bare
when Mlss Bryant paid the bill, and the
face Of the little old lady grew lovely to be-
hold.
"How comes on the winter, Mrs Hazard?''
asked Miss Bryant.
"Pretty bad, pretty bad. You sec I'd
rented my upper room to Nelly Moor and
her mother. And now she's out of work,
owing to Mrs Jones aismissing her extra
help on account Of hard times, and l expect
they'll have to move. and then what Ill do
TO pay the rent puzzles mp.'
"lll just step up there" sail Miss Bry.
ant, just as il that was not what che intend
cd TO do.
$50, Nelly" said Miss Bry ant, "you are
not going to be as busy as formerly for q
while. Pm ever 20 glad, for II helps me
out Of IN embarrassment. I've got fifty
dolls to dress tor the bszar. OF course,
I'm not 20 silly IS to doit myself. Here's
the material to dress them. Can you do
"ln two weeks-yes, If mother viii help
on the plain things. It's all hsndwork
mostly, and takes time"
.Well, they are of sll sizas ;some OF them
very handsome some small and easy to
dress. Now, they must be honestly dress.
ed, at least all the larger ones with the
clothes to come of and put on, just as little
girls love them best and IT. you can do it
all, tell me. Let Catherine Waters do up
the clothes that need be-she is out OF work,
too-and tell her to send mo the bill.n
"Well, It's hard enough on her, said
Nelly ''but Mrs Rochester Gays that they
cannot afford . laundress this winter and
ksep their cook too.'
"Humph = said Mrs Bryant. "t'il bring
you round the dolls before DARK
When Miss Bryant came back she felt
for moment q If she had missed her way
and got Into beehive, there was such .
busy hum.
srm sure l try to be economical" said
one young lady, teacher Of music. II
save dollar Q week washing handkerchief
and collan, and that's what I'm going to
give to the baxar. Ifeel ~ ii had earned
i almost"
"And the bazar 10 to help the poor7"
said Mas Bryant. with that odd smile Of
hers.
''Of COURSE"
.What kind Of q woman is your washer.
woman?'
sob, she's . very respectable woman,
assure you.n
Likely to come on the relief society this
winter?S
Certainly not, if she can help it. But
aha vnav Cor all fhnAr
"Now, my dear girl,' said Miss Bryant,
with her dszzliDg smile, ''don't you think
that dollar week thst you save, at, am
sure, some Inconvenience to yoursef. and,
am equally certain, some annoy ance to your
landlady, would help the relief society more
by keeping your washeSwoman beyond the
need Of its help. by giving her honest pay
t"r the only part of her work on which she
makes any real profit, than 70 put " into
the soup-house fund TO help you don't know
who, or how needy or deserving they really
are9 Don't You see that you take honest
bread to give to possible imposters?'
"But, Miss Bryant, don't you approve oi
the bazaar? Don't you think the soup house
is good thing?"
"Yes, the strikers think 80, feeling sure
that their families win be helped while they
fight their employers. The frontier towns
think so when they have foreign invasions
OF needy adventurers. One who has de-
pended on the soup house will dep snd again,
and you do much to encourage vice and
idlsness. No. girls! Have your baz,r.
Enjoy yourselves, make yourselves pretty.
and have your good time. God bless you
all But while you are doing it don't dis.
che rv@yotc ko,c al, ~,
sisters II you can afford to pay her, for she
has . mother to support, or somebody else;
nor do unsuitable work and make yourself
III when the fee for one doctors visit will
be godsend to somo poor woman glad Of
the job. Ifyou are rich enough 70 be gen.
erous you can be honest, and help others to
be. II you oconomize, try TO do it all
yourself; don't crowd another's place. Don't
try to teach, and take the place Of poorer
girl who could do it just AZ we'll. or better,
who lives Oh 1t, while yen only buy ribbons
with the money"
"But the example"
"Fudge! a. BuEchell saya. People who
are needy don't want your example; they
want your place. Your room In the army
Of teachers Ia far better than your company.
ANVWp sASAV - A0s ~ Vt1oo Va kCVRtC OOt4 oAA
bred 70 better days who will grow very cold
and feel hungry and never tell anybody.
who will always be decent and pinched and
patient and / hold It is the business Of
good Christians to help them with honest
honest pay for honest work. and with such
timely help, delicately offered, a. will con-
firm them in their own selftsspect."
This was quite speech for Mise Bryant.
But tae result was seen; for although not
nearly 90 many persous sdcnated" work or
articles - were asked to do so, 90 much was
paid out for such Offices that there were not
90 very many poor folks to help that win
tor, for Freeville is only small place after
Ill.
And the young folks had , glorious good
time, and will talk Of it for years to come.
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-Niss Eastman, in her woman suf-
frsge argument up ct the State House,
used the simile: eyes % bright q
buttons on angels coats" She's get
ting brassy,
An indianapolis mother, whose
daughter was soon TO marry, told that
female that che might select from lot
Of furniture stored In tho garrett sncb