Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-11-11
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Household Papers. No. 5.

Household Papers. Nos.
II want something to do" How Of
ten we hear this said. and yet how little
need of,t. We also hear business men
say. II would have given her employ.
ment, willingly, but she has hadnoprep-
aration." There are dozens OF avenues
open to those who want employment,
but how many girls can be found who
could do duty in any one Of these de-
partmen,s with any certainty ofsuccess
or with any profit to their employers or
credi. to themselves. There is mis-
taken icea entertained by many girls
who have to make their own living, that
they are as fully equal to the proper
performance of the necessary duties in
some department of wel-paid labor, as
though they were expressly educated for
that purpose. A smart girl of sixteen
or seventeen years, may so into some
ones kitchen, and if she is willing, she
may in two weeks have the whole run of
the work, and can if she will, do as well
as the mistress of the house. She can
do this and yet be unable to read or to
write. This work however is not 10 her
taste. She imagines that she is looked
down upou" BY those who are a little
better off than she is. She is very ig
uorant and not very pretty, and in her
anxiety to ape the dress and manners of
the wealthy. she manages to dress in
shocking taste. In truth she is very
common sort of girl; an honest, truth
full, well-meaning girl, perhaps, but yet
entirely untitled both by nature and by
education, for the station in life which
she longs for. She sees another girl,
who was born with no better sense, with
no more beauty, and no better educa-
tional advantages than she has enjoyed:
this other girl has worn PLAN clothing
while she wore cheap finery; has staid at
home and studied, far into the small
hours of the nj ght while she was at a
country dance, or some merY-making.
This other girl has been frequently over
1ooked by her young companions when
she was honored by their fiat:ering at
1entions. She has no doubt snubbed her
numerically. Now this other girl can
obtain employment wherever she may
happen to be. People who once said
''What dowdy that Balbara Dane is. .
simply because she had not yet achiev-
ed success, now turn to gaze after her,
and say, "She is not very pretty, but she
has such an air, you know" and some
one else says, '.Yes, very successful
girl; worked her own way up, so hear
But she had extraordinary abilities, o.
she never could have done it. Yet TIC
tardy admirers of this girls successful
1abors were mistaken. Her talent wa:
no greater than that possessed by many
Others, but what talent she had was pu
to good use, instead of being WASTED
in senseless chatter or idle flirtations
There IS no use In standing with YOU
hands folded, crying, Give me some
thing to do unless you are willing tc
do something. Men do not attain tt
lucrative situations without any prepare
ton, and girls need not expect to do so
The sooner they arrive at the conclusion
that they do not know much, the bet
ter it will be for them. and then the,
will Be ready to learn. And anothe
thing. Do not be afraid of work; it i
disgrace to be idle. Elect your EN-
ployment. and then stick to it. It's a
necessary for girl to have an aim il
life as for boy. Then girls, ify GU dc
want something to do" first prepare
yourselfthoroughly for whatever calm!
you may have chosen, and not only mas
ter all the details, but post yourself OF
every subjec: which may have even :
remote connection with the field YOU
have entered. Begin with a determine
ton to succeed and you will doll DE-
well whatever you undertake. Do no
be satisfied with halfway work. Max,
your employers interest, your interest
If you do not YOU need never expect 4,
increase in your salary. Do ii any way
whether your salary is increased or not
The reputation you will acquire, of be
ing a reliable and efficient worker, IS
recommendation of the first class, ant
will open to you avenues of employ
ment that are closed to the idle, the in
efficient, and the unreliable. Above al
be patient. This big world was not al
made lie one day, neither can you fl
yourself for responsible position in Z
week. Learn to work and wait.