Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-12

| NV beyv az giris hsvs 49, eicscnsnv o,s
ster announcer, into beautiful womanhood.
ny means have been becoming, In spite OF
while the wants OF my household have
tna.uIaily been incressing with the advauc-
Under these circuns;auces INV girl. nsvan
early 10 turn their attention % some means
Of earning their own living. And have
thought that few Of their experiences In
this respect might be interesting 70 the read
ers OF the New Century.
Bessie, my oldest daughter, having some ar
school design THIS called So9 sne
ture 10 begin with; but We judged she woald
soon be enable 10 earn At least sufficient 70
defray the cost OF tuition. She accordingly
entered the school and commenced The @
Quisite studies 10 enable her TO design pat
terms for carpets, wall paper and other manu-
After she had been 1t the school OF design
about year, at an expense which though
not very large TO those who have plenty of
ready over taxed means, begin 70 think IL
was time she was earning something. So
said TO her one day, "How are you getting
along, Bessie. Do you begin 10 see any silver
Bessie shook her head sadly. "Ah, papa"
she replied, "lhey say now that q good train
ing cannot be acquired In less tnaa i've or
| six years"
"why, ofcourse rot, Bessie; but SIN you
might be earning something. Do not the
manufacturers want often simple desigas,
| the ariisl?''
81 don't know, papa. The other day Me-.
manufacturer, aud a great patron OF the
school, set our class To designing a certain
pattern that he required-but nothing came
| Of It"
"wby, how was that? Could you not sue
coed In pleasing him.
II don't know, Exactly. He came to the
school, looked over the patterns, threw most
| OF them aside as useless. but picked out one
OF mine, as having considerable merit"
"Ahi ann glad 70 hear that It's be
Bessie's face assumed q complicated ex-
| pression-her eyes looked like crying, while
her swee, lips looked s like laughing ugh aWast
| In two figures. He said, Il win take one OF
these figures, and pay you for IT, Taen I
ing. But be to ok his penknife and divided
| the pattern, taking the half he wanted; and
| then put his hand 10 his pocket and handed
me Che magnificent sum Of twenty-five
so, Bsssiel Mr.. Johannes. the wealthy
manufacturer, and patron OF art, did n ot do
| thar?"
"Here Is the twenty i've cents, papa"
laughed Bessie In repIy-"I keep It for luck.
/ think that twenty-five cents cost me At
| After this conversation, thought well to
drop In upon IN intelligent N IN ufacturer OF
| my acquaintance, and ask him what he
thought OF Bessie's chances OF making
"Smithson, my dear friend" said he,
| "your daughter may 60 studying In tha
Desrer malns =, patterns ~
than she is now. You see there is certain
kind OF practical skill required, which can
be ~
| market. The men who are employed In de-
| signing, understand exactly how the design
should be prepared 70 suit the msteria, en-, EN-.
OF what the public taste REQ ulr es-which is
generally something very different from
that which is really most refined and 6saa-
| stance?" and he pointed TO q certain piece OF
goods. THAT, said L, cit is horrible, vul-
NY friend smiled. "That shows how much
you know OF art, Smithson, be replied IRON
ically; "that pattern is one OF the most pop
ular and taking now In the market"
1 told him about Johannes. He laughed
| though q millionaire, thinks twenty i've
cents Q very large sum in1eed. Probably
he is one OF those disinfsrested philanthro-
thinks Its effect TiIl be to reduce by COM
petition the present rates OF male labor.
Ihere arr number OF such philsnthropists
"Tnen You wonld not advise me to keep
Bessie at designing"
Indeed l would not-there are too many
designing women around already" (rnis
/ iasi Re doubtless inteused as joke; bat as
had already made 1t at home About twenty
times myself, was not able to coin even O
| smile out OF it)
"Let me see,n and my friend put his hand
| to bis brow as If In deep thought. CT have
It, Smithsop; let Bessie try wood engraving.
s De Be donss s sHns 0 at
Here is q publisher who wants an engrsv-
ing: He has 1t drawn on the block BY an
and get tor he caa send to her. Them e
| when IL is finished-the work requires very
little rOom-she can take IL back and get
her MONEY It Is the very thing for lady
muneratiye. II I had twenty daughters
they should all learn wood engraving"
s safs.Eh I. show reollessly Simpson
What is "a, the rate Of compensation for
| "Oh, II varies OF course, according to pro-
fciency, like every thing else. know, how
ever, that had little block engraved the
other day; II was finished In three days, and
for the workman, doesn't it9 and the bea uty
| OF the thing IL this that 1t m axes no differ
-ence whether the WORK b done BY MAJ or
the same does o. No. P6Ss
the publisher, care whether his wood cuts
are made Dy John Jones or Bessie Snithson,
| 30 that they are done well?"
After parting from Simpson, was SO
| struck with the force OF what he had said,
| that determined to inve 3tigate the matter
IuLtner. called, therefore, on certain
| publisher, with whom had Q speaking &C.
| Quaintance.
| Mr.. Books received me with the usual de-
| gree OF politeness accorded to visitors by
business men rs soon as they ascertain that
said visitor does not wish TO buy anything.
He did not seem to be busy, and yet he did
| not ask me to take q seat; but kept me
standing at the end OF his desk and replied to
| my questions civilly but very CURLY.
"No; they did not care who engraved their
| cuts, SO that they were done WELL" Eyes;
the work could be done by q lady at home"
"No; the wages were not low; they were very
high: they were extortionate." "Yes; they
often mad work to give out"
here MI. Brooks opened bis ledger; as
sign for me to 60; and took the hint, thank
ed him-to which thanks he responded with
q snOrt-and left.
The thing had good look, SO far, howev-
er. Bessie evidently had got on the wrong
track; wood engraving evidently was the
work for which woman vas peculiarly fitted.
Every new authority I consulted conn rmed
me further In this opinion.
That very day, however, Bessie came
home In splendid spirits. A carpet manu-
facturer had called 10 atthe school, and TAX
en- fancy to the patterns. He had pur-
chased two Of them for ten dollars,-and
said he should probably need more. He was
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