Daily Republican., 1884-11-12
THE n Z W GIRL.


necessary, my daughter"
can't say 1t IL exactly that, but
never get cent Of pocket money now,
father"
He sighed heavily as he answered " ]
know 1t, and I'm sorry but the pressure
seems harder and harder every year.
Wants seem to increase fasie- ran the
means of supplying them. Hand this
to your mother, Janet"
Forgive me for worrying you, dear
father. I ought to be making my own
spending money but there are 10 few
ways of doing that unless I 20 away
from home"
We can't let you do that. There's
enough for all If we are careful"
Take 1t out to Bridget" said her
mother, a. Janet gave her the money
from her father.
"Twelye dollars. Tear me |" sai.l
Janet TO herself, ~ she slowly walked
toward the kitchen. Bridget has
earned 1t, and l don't erudge il 70 her
but wish could earn S12."
Wirra, wirraF Bridget sat on the
floor. holding an open letter and rock
ing herself back ward and forward with
dismal groans- Pots, pans and kettles
were around In their usual confusion.
It's mesilt must be LAWN yez the
day, Miss Janet"
Servants were hard TO find, and
Janet's face wore the accustomed OK.
preston of dismay with which such
notices were always received ~ she
asked What's the matter, Bridget?"
It's me sisthsr's got the faver bad
an it's mesilf must be goin' 70 her.
An it's six weeks entirely II be SHAY.
in when it's 20 far to be goin'."
An Janet handed her the money q
sudden thought came TO her.
I'm sorry for you, Bridget OF
course you must 60 IL you must. Per-
haps We can get along without you
until you are ready to come back.
Mother" she said, returning to
her, Bridget's going away for a few
weeks" Mothers face grew as dis
mayed as Janet's had, for she was not
strong and there we're fonr boys.
An phase ye, ma'am. it's after
comm to try to get the place am."
what do yon mean, Janet :" said
her mother. laughing ~ the girl
courtsied low.
" mean, mother, will you pay me
the same you pay Bridget, If 1 do her
work"
" Yon can't do it all, janet"
" What l can't do I'll hire.
want TO do something, 1 want to
get some money, can feel is
my own and that have right To
spend IL want y new book or . bit oil
music or anything else. can't get a
school-there are forty applicants where
there IL ono vacancy. 1 can't get more
than two music scholars. / rant dir
pose of fancy work or painting, and II
| could | might dabb,e over them for a
month and not clear more than Bridget
does in a week, there are NO many wait.
ing to do that kind of work. Kitchen
work is the only work there seems to be
plenty of for girls.
E" You may try 1t, but think you'll
get very tired of 1t.
Janet spent a good part of her first
weeks wages in buying Bingham
aprons, rubber gloves and pay ing y
stout woman to come and scrub and
scoor until the last traces of gO0d-na-
tured slovenly Bridget's presence were
removed. Then with clean kitchen,
clean utensils and clean towels Janet
took hold OF her work with q right good
will.
Well all cooperate" said her
father, when he heard of her inten-
ton.
:" Well cooperate, cried the boys,
and they kept their word well in bring
ing OF wood and water and sweeping
the walks. And after the first morn ing
she found that Tom had made the fire
and ground the coffee before she came
down.
There's great satisfaction in doing
things thoroughly" said Janet to her
mother after tho first day or two. BE
ioIe, when We have been without .
girl / always hated 1t because l tried
how little | could get along with doing
and how much 1 could shove out of
the way. Now that l am making a
business oil IL | don't feel that way.
And, mother, you would be astonished
to 400 how little cleaning there Is to be
done hen nobody makes any unneces.
sary dirt or how much can BIZ saved by
using your wits to save 1t. :"
She never told her mother how her
back ached during thuse first days Of
unusual exercise. This wore off ~ she
Utc me accus,omsd 10 1t. Every day
she learned more and more TO simplify
her work. A few minutes IN the
kitchen just before bed lin. arranged
til ings so exactly 10 her hand tnat
there WAS DO hurry or crowding At
the busy time in the morning. Care
full handling Of table linen and other
things made the wash maller, 40 that
the stout woman could do two weeks
wash in one Janet found that there
were few days in which she could not
sit down when the dinner work WAS
over. Other surprising things came TO
light. :.
What's the matter that you don't
burn any wood nowadays said Tom,
have 80 little splitting TO do
Bridget, like 80 many of her sister,
hood h ad always seem cd to consider 1t
h.r duty to ke4p roaring fire all day,
regard less of whether there was need OF
1t or not, and father always looked
blank over the fuel bills. Ons-half the
quantity was now found amply suffi.
lent, and a difference was soon appar-
emit In many other things. The food tor
one person ia always noticeable in q
small family where rigid hand
must be kept upon expenses, beside
which Janet vas not slow in perceiv-
ling how many things went further
than before. Odds and ends were util
| lied which had been thrown away OF
had counted for nCthing, but no one
felt afraid of scraps done over by
.Janet's hand.
We never were 80 comfortable be
FORE" said father.
1--WE never had such good things tt
eat" declared the boys. who highly aP'
preciated the dainty, though plain cook
ery, rs contrasted with Bridget's greas,
prepa rations for Janet, full OF homes
REORGANIZATION to earn her wages, hat
given much attention 10 the gett,ug up
of palatable, inexpensive dishes, seein
q variety there Bridget had moved q
most In one groove.
AZ almost dread having Bridge
Dcome back, said mother.