The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-04-26

A COUNTRY MAIDEN.


The letter below. says the n. Y Sun,
comes to us from young woman in a
pleasant village of this State
al am young lady q years Of age, and
II is necessary Tor me to earn my own liv-
ing. ] haye done So for the past four years
by country school teaching
"Now, am very anxious To obtain EN-
ploy in the ctY, as think | would
have many more advantages for nprcve-
ment than have in a small country place.
"Will you advise me what chance !
would hsve TO gain a position were to
come TO the city and learn tyre writing or
telegraphy, or sc there is any employment
more promising than either Of these will
you please name it?"
In reply 10 the above, the N. Y. Sun
gives the following very sensible ADVICE,
which we commend to our young lazy
readers: A young woman who is able to
earn her living in the country should
hesitate long before coming to New York
to hunt fo- employment. In fact, it
would be wise for her to abandon the
project at once. Our correspondent has
safe shelter in the little village where she
teaches school. She probably has about
her friends who are interested in her
welfare, and during the four years in
which she has been engaged in teaching
she ought to have won n reputation
which is valuable to her. She is known
and trusted where she is and the chances
are that she can earn steady living
there in an employment for which she
is fitted by experience. If she came to
New York she would have to begin anew; ;
an1, moreover she proposes to learn
new business, and before she becomes
proficient enough in that to make her
living in the great city she will be ont
of pocket for the cost of her board for
weeks, and, perhaps, months. Even af-
ter she has grown to be an expert type
writer or telesrspher, she will not be so
well off in the town as she is now in the
country. Though she may get higher
wages, the cost of living will be greater,
and, besides, her life will be less COM
Portable and less desirable for q young
woman. She will not be able to hire
any except close quarters, and may lave
to lake poor fare.
Nor is it at all certain that she will be
nble TO get steady employment in New
York after she has learned her new bust
ness. She will come into competition
with great number of other women
who have been longer at the work, and
will be one of very many novitiates. She
will have 10 make place for herself
against obstacles which may be strong
enough to dishearten her and unfit her
for good work. Nor is it prudent for
this young woman to give mp the shelter
and seclusion she enjoys in the country
for the turmoil and publicity and temp
tations of the great town. However it
may be with boy, n girl should prize
the advant ,ges of life removed from
the fierce strife of a popuDous centre of
activity, and cling TO them as necessary
to her happiness and security. We ad-
wise our fair friend 10 go on teaching the
country school until the day comes when
she is brought to her own home by
husband who is charmed by the simpl-
city and gentleness of the village maid
en-. She is fortunate girl MS compared
with thousands of her city sisters who
are struggling against obstacles they are
unfit to encounter