The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-04-04
TRAINED TO BUSINESS.

"You may laugh as you please over my
notions,'' said Mr. Ashleyto his tw, b.
jcwcled sisters in-iaw, ''but this little girl
is to be trained up into a smart little bust
ness woman. She is to be Just as efficient
in that line as If she were boy. Every
body dcspiscs young man who has no
sense about business, even if he is heir
to fortune, and there is no reason WHY a
young lady should grow up in idleness
any more than her brother. There are
great many up and downs in social life
and | want my little 'Goldie Locks to be
armed against reverses. She may not al
ways have her fathers purse to draw on,
and want her to be able to earn mony
for herself, just as her brother would have
done if he had lived"
The two ladies were perfectly shocked
at such sentiments from thier rich broth
er-in-law, but they felt that remonstrance
was useless. If he would spoil poor, dear
Alicc's little girl in that way, it was no
fault Of theirs. For their part, they could
better trian the child how to spend her
fathers large income; but the idea of her
learning to learn money! with such ex-
pectations as were hers, was beyond
ridiculous.
MIR. Ashley pursued his own course,
regardless of the comments it awakened
in the two households near his own.
One Of little Etfie's birthday gifts, when
only eight years old, was an elegant little
account-book, done in green and gold,
and as handsomely gotten up as the
dainticst autograph album.
He gave her some very simple dirce-
tions about keeping her small accounts,
and then told her he should give her an
allowance on the first of every month, on
the condition that she should put down
every penny of expense in an orderly way
and state clearly for what she spent the
money.
Effie was bright little girl and was
much pleased with her "ncw play" and
entered upon it with great split. She
spent several of her dimes that very after
noon, more for the iun of putting down
the account than because she was abso-
lutely out Of pencils and stationery for
school uses. She thought that pencils
and such like articles had very respect
able look to start her little account book
Will. w lHuCu ulOlC OuSluCSS-llk JlitlI
Just candy and dolls slippers. These
articles came in, however, in due season,
for what little girl with money in her
purse could we'll withstand such tempta-
tious!
So great was the pleasure of spending,
that long before the month was up Miss
Etfic found herself a bankrupt, and just
then her necessities began to press upon
her. But it was an understood thing
that her very liberal allowance was to
supply all these small matters, and make
many drafts on fathers pulse quite un-
necessary. Here was a bad dclcmma,
and Etfin went straight to her father with
it, as she did with all her troubles. Faith
cr smiled, we'll pleased at the chance of
teaching agood financial lesson.
"Now if father should hana out the
money for these new wants, Ellie, the les
son would all be lost. AS far as I can
see, they arc all things that can wait until
next month. Of course, anything you
need at school must advance the money
for and take out of the next months al
lowance. But that'would have its disad-
vantages, you know and he gave a
kiss to the sober, unturned little face.
''Business was business" she found, and
may be the road would wind up hill al
times. She thought and studied consitl-
erably over her puzzled problems, and
finally asked father if there r., mot some
way by which she could save money, as
Jane, the little waitress, did, to supple
mcnt her allowance. This was the very
point her father desired to gain, and he
was quite ready to open the way.
"You see my dear, what sad state nv
papers are in after mail time every day
I read them and throw them down, toe
busy to put them in order. If you will
take this task upon yourself, and perform
it faithfully every forenoon after I PC
down to the office, I will pay you fai,
wages; in fact, look forward to the day
when my little girl can take the entire
charge of this room. I greatly dislike
having any house maid enter it. A little
disarrangement Of my papers might occa
sion great trouble"
Little Efie was delighted with hel
commission, and set about her first task
of earning money with wonderful zest
which would never have come to hel
without having first felt the want of it.
So step by step was the child induced
into various little financial schemes, and
long before she had LAID aside her dolls
had she learned to calculate with her fa
ther questions of profit and loss, with .
view to various investments he was max
lag. To make the impression still deep
er, he lever sent out a vessel without Civ.
ing her some little ''venture" Of her own
in which she learned to take the deepest
interest. She studied the peculiaritles ol
the various foreign markets where her ia
ther traded, looked out the countries OF
the great map in the Office, and tracet
out the vessels course. She learned II
take watchful interest in the reports o
arrivals and departures, and, indeed
could have instructed many much Solde
than herself long before she was inshe
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Il. At nineteen she was her fathers book
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