The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-06-06
About Earning Money.

II ANYBODY knows the value OF money
10 the individual, it is q woman. 4 MAJ.
may look at 1t ia wiser sense and thli:t
-. the National debt and investments AMI
mortgages, but in small sums II cInnot
liter al! be- of half the ImpDrtauc" - MIN
that II Is = q woman, who wants wards
q ubhpn aud pounds of beads, bits Of
velvet, silk aud lace, gilt thing. silycfed
Things. combs. brJc lets, bangle, and
l.'ti. bgs. which could be- 81 pu.' Ia
one az the scy whose wear Is cloth Of
yariuu. sal c1lcrs, and who. hayias a
watch. a scarf pin, a collar bu'l IH sad
ring on his little finger, Is provided
with i,wnlry for life.
And yet who ever heard 81 "a rdl nal
poor man who dill not desire and III not
mike money wLru,ycr IT was Pp,slbl'?
While horror scilts the soul Of many an
imp cIuiDu, Young woman at thought
oi earning Il cent. Happily, a broader
view Of the matter is tlkcl by a great
macy Young women, from the sweet
| girl gnduAt" who hopes 10 b. q doctor or
| % lawyer 81 the mechanic, daughter who
ally announce, her intention ui learn
ing trade. But still, in many q nome
| whore there is uot hplt enough (,
! rr,,il. fJr all. women dfaw tlrm- I've
together aud, oven while they -uil,r
pg,Nuiou, boast that they never earned
anything.
A I'D father comes YEARLY home,
after n long DAYS toll u young brother
/ br.oh7 down with cares that are too
great ior him, and still the super ttIon
that 1t dogradcs woman to work tor her
own living will prevail amorg half a
dozen sisters forced tDgm'll economies
as their sugar in their tea and butter on
their bread. Ia shabbine.s and the at
turks ot iufurlalcl tridrsmcn who ma.
finally desire To- be paid Tia, If little bills.
They will do anything bat work for
/ money.
Every day. ns they peep from their
windows at the world, they see happy,
we'll dressed women in the prof ss.ons
and IN many trades, going 90 and fro to
thclr work, comfortable with the wages
in their pocGct' They hear the notes
Of the pimo hy which some women, no
more accomplished than they, earn q
little fortune as teacher Opposite Is
II flower painter who has pupils and sells
her pictures.
BIT they say to each other and t.
their mirlds. TINS would b. impos-'-
BILE for rs, We never earned Npenny.
Aud people are ap' 10 say: "lhr Miss
. lIy,ons are So proud They come OF
such a good family. They cannot con
! drccud to work.
But are they proud? AN a rule, the
| hlirs who srorn to earn honey do not
scom to take it asa gilt Their natural
! protectors gone, they VII quarter them.
selves on ANY relative that will open lis
house iOr thcm--a cousin. cousins
cou,in-any small plea Of relationship is
sufficient
They will actually go a-heggng IN a
delicate and dainty way amongst friends
and receive anything any one chooses 10
give.
And il is well known t. every one that
any offer of marriage to one Of them
which promises comfort ihlc home will
| hc accepted.
Tins is the best end Ia he hoped for.
nut If the girls are not attractive they
pass from one long suffering relative to
another until they are drought into
Old ladies Homes or placed into gen
tccl institutions, where they still boast
with their latest breath of their gcntility
and arr rs proud of never having earned
penny rs 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 are still enough To
shame good, independent girls ou. ct
Efforts i'll which they should bc cucaur.
aged, with the old bncaboo STORY that
ladies never work for % livelihood
Laoi,S do, ladies' will, ii there is any
need OF it; for true lady would rather
do an thing honest than bc AN object of
charity and in womanly way quite
consistent with all feminine churms.
rcioiccS in the possibility Of indcpcn.
Jcucc,-Nuy Byte Daiias.