Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-23
Business Habits.

ness habits makes but poor appear.
ance beside the one who has them.
The latter has fixed hour and day
for every domestic duty; the former
has things done when she thinks OF
it. The one replenishes before an
article is exhausted; the other runs
round and borrows. The one knows
just how long an article ought to
last; the other is robbed before her
face and eyes The one makes her
"rags" pay for her 'stins," her grease
pay for her soap; the other has to
give ready money for both com obi
ties. The one has her house cleaning
done in May; with the other it al
ways bangles along into July. The
one can see visitor at almost any
hour of the day; the other has to
hurry and skurry 10 make herself
presentable. The one always has
something toothsome il reserve il AN
unexpected guest must be asked TO
tea; the other has nothing but an
apology With The one all goes
smoothly, noislessly, pleasantly, and
with a smiling face; with the other
the Jar is always evident, the house
| and its IN stress and its servants are
forever 10 snarl The one has bus
mess habits me other has no hab
its at all
We have heard of lady whose
husband, obliged to leave the city,
deposited IN her hands a check book
for some FIVE hundred dollars, with
which to make certain purchases. On
his return he asked her if she had
enough money,upon which the charm
ing little creature instantly answered
that she not only had had great
plenty, but that she had bought
multitude of things which she had
not expected to buy, and still had
two or three checks eft, which she
triumphantly produced, and which
be filed away as trophies "woman's
worth and worthlessness," in CON
pany with the letter from friend in
the bank informing him that his wife
had overdrawn her account by double
the amount originally deposited, but
that that friend had assumed the re.
sponsibility, knowing that il would
be all right. In the Iady's unac
| quaintance with business she had
supposed every check stood with the
bank for Just 20 much as she chose
to write down on the face, and con
slderei.herselt pattern OF praisewor
thy economy that she had two or
three specimens of this invaluable
and Fortunatus like sort OF check left.
Every girl, we think, should be
given knowledge of certain bust
ness matters as much as every boy;
she should have sufficient insight
into banking 10 make her indeper-
dent of the kind services of men -
She soon learns naturally the nature
OF bills and receipts, but she should
know also the nature and forms of
deeds and writs and leases, powers
of attorney, contracts, bills; she
should know what steps to take to
get out Of business difficulties If she
/ gets into them; she should be taught
! the manner in which to maintain her
| rights with firmness and without an.
/ ger, so that IN extremity she may not
be left at the mercy of any with
whom she deals, and who may be
/ disposed TO cheat her; and as a pre-
llminary step, she should be taught
to file her papers alphabet allv, and
her letters by date. II, in addition
to this, every father would give his
daughters IN their early girlhood
fixed allowance IN so much money,
representing what he car afford for
their expenditure, and demand that
they shall keep strict account OF il
all, subject to his own or TO their
mothers inspection, he will have es
tablIshed a beginning Of business
habits that may at some after day be
OF infinite service.
i Yet it is not merely as matter OF
/ money, as matter of clear aud plain
/ accounts, as matter of preserving
property, or of being ready at call to
earn her own livelihood, that it Is
important for every woman TO have
business habits 1t is quite as valu-
able to her as a means of general
comfort during every day Of her life,
be she rich or poor. Without them
she does nothing decently or in or
der; with them she is mistress Of
every situation; she controls the I'M
known provides for the unexpected,
and lifts herself beyond the need of
the kindly contemp,uous assistance
OF those who have been wiser than
she, and have made themselves by
means of business habits al that she
might be Without them she is only
a wait and drift, cared for and kept,
in fact, only by what NAV be de-
scribed as business habits of the
great universe, whch,in the foresight,
looks out for the apparently useless
atom as much as for races and cont.
nents. while with them she might, if
only infinitesimally, assist in its work
Mrs. L. s. w
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