The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
About Earning Money.

Ii anybody knows the value of money
to the individual, it is q woman. A MAJ.
may look Mt it in wiser sense and thil:i
OF tho National dobt and investments an |
mortgages, but in small sums it cannot
otter all be of half tho Importance u him
that it is to woman, who wants yards
of ribbon and pounds of beads, bits of
velvet, silk and lace, gilt things, siivrrrl
things, combs. bracelets, bangles nl(
little bags, which could be Of no use to
one Of the sex whose wear is cloth OF
various sad colors, and who, having
watch. II scarf-pin, n collar button, and
n ring on his little finger, is provided
with jcwclry for life.
And yet who ever heard Of Il rational
poor man who did not desire and Iii not
make money whenever it was possible?
.Wnilc horror seizcs the soul of many an
lmp2cnnious young woman Mt the thought
or earning cent. Happily, broader
view of the matter is tlkcn by great
many young women, from the sweet
girl graduate who hopes to be II doctor or
lawyer to the mechanics dmlghter who
early announces her intention of learn
ing trade. But still, in many Il home
where there is not half enough t.
provide for all, women draw thcms lives
together aud, oven will" they suffer
pi''"olcii, 'ouSI lil'tI tllc,N never tdIlCu
anything.
An old father comes wearily home,
after long days toll young brother
breaks down With cares that are too
great for him, and still the suptr,tition
that it drgrades woman to work for her
own living will prevail amoIg half
dozen sisters forced to small economies
ns their sugar III their tea and butter on
their bread, to ShabDincSs and the at
tacks of infuriated tradcSmcn who ma
turaly desire t" be paid their little bills
They will do anything but "work for
money"
Every day, as they peep from their
windows Mt the world, they see happy,
woll dressed women in the professions
and in many trades, going to and fro to
their work, comfortable with the wages
in their pockets. They hear the notes
Of the piano by which some women, no
more accomplished than they, cara Il
little fortune as teacher. Opposite is
II flower painter who has pupils and sells
her pictures.
But they say to each other aid tn
their friends, "This would be imposs;"
bic for us; we mover earned n penny" !"
And people are apt to say: "Thc Miss
Hysons arc SO proud. They come of
such good family. They cannot con-
dcccnd to work.
But are they proud? AS n rule, the
lndies who scorn to earn money do not
| scOrn to take it asa gift. Their natural
protectors gone, they viii quarter them
| selves on any relative that will open his
| house for them--a cousin, Il cousin's S
| cousin-any small plea of relationship is
| sufficient.
They will actually go a-begging in q
| delicate and dainty way amongst friends
and receive anything any one chooses to
give.
And it is well known to every one that
any offer of marriage to one of them
! which promises n comfortable home will
| be accepted.
Tins is tho best end to be hoped for,
but if the girls arc not attractive they
pass from ono long suffering relative to
another until they are "brought into -
| Old Ladies' Homes or placed into gen
tecl institutions, whore they still boast
with their latest breath of their gcniilitv
and are as proud Of never having earned
II penny as they should be ashamed of it.
| Certainly there are fewer such women in
the world to-day than there were twenty
years ago. but there ar still enough to
/ shame good, independent girls ont Of
| efforts in which thoy should he rnr1ur-
aged. with the old bupnbrO story that
"ladirs never work for II livelihood. "
LaGics do, ladies will, it there is any
need of it; for Il true lady would rather
do anything honest than br an o., jrct of
charity; and i'll n womanly way quite
consistent with all feminine charms,
rcjoiccs in the possibility of indrprn.
dcnce. -MtOy h.yfc Daii0S.