The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-10
,ook two fat little volumes out OF her

took two fat little volumes out OF her
pocket.
"Here are your text books" said
she. master the contents Of these
and your trade is learned"
Mabel made feverish snatch at the
hooks. One was "a Complete House
Book" the other was "The Manual of
Cookery"
Her countenance fell.
Miss Crutchett." she cried, "you
are making game OF me-"
Not in the least" said Miss Crutch.
EFT. III mean every word that say,
and nm ready to prove it. There is
no way in which q wife can help her
husband SO satisfactorily as in the
details of home life. Take my advice,
Mabel. Go down stairs and dismiss
that inefficient, careless servant OF
yours, who is sinfully spelling good
food, and feeding IL swarm Of idle beg.
CARS at your back door, while you
are ordering expensive meals from the
nearest restaurant. There isn't a
man living whose income could stand
the perpetual drain OF wasteful ser.
wants and u neglectful wife"
"Neglectful" cried Mabel, with a
red bar rising to her forehead.
ASK yourself, my dear, if / haven't
used the right word" composedly re.
torted Miss Crutchctt. "And here
you are, ?ining to so out into the
world and earn money to help Your
husband. when you could help him a
thousand times more womanly and
efficiently by making the most of the
money that he earns, and by sur.
rounding him with all the best and
sweetest influence OF q home. Now,
my dear, can read what is working
in your heart. know perfectly well
that you are wondering why the med
ding little old maid dosen't mind her
own business"
NO, lam not" truthiully cried out
Mabel.
But think you are sensible
enough" went on Miss Crutchett, ITO
perceive the truth OF what l have
been saying. have been looking
around your kitchen and jotting
down in my memorandum book a
few facts and figures. Discharge your
useless, extravagant maid. Save. to
begin with the $l4 a month which
represents her wages; save the S12
which represents her board. save the
MOTTO be-expressed sum OF her waste,
her breakage. her carelessness, her un.
tidiness. Typhoid fever and diphthe-
ria rise out OF just such uncleanly
corners as l find in your kitchen and
pantry. Purify the place at once;
avoid doctors bills; shut the door on
druggists. Housekeeping can be made
one OF the fine arts-it should be so.
When you save, you earn. And in
addition to all this your husbands
house is made beautiful and home.
like. Now. my dear, l don't know
much about careers. but in my eyes
no career could be more attractive,
more necessary, in fact, than this.
Will you give it Il trial Mabel'
"les," said Mabel, in a low voice.
81 will give 1t trial. IL don't
know how it is, but never thought
| OF all these things before Miss Crutch-
ett."
"There must be n beginning t o every.
thing, my DEAR" said the old lady,
gently stroking the sunny bralds OF
Mnbel's dropping head, "and you are
but q novice in LIES Journey"
Mabel Nerinder thought it all over.
She decided to take her eccentric old
friends advice, and ut the end of the
first month she added Up the debt
and credit accounts OF the household.
Victory" she cried. 81 have
earned, or saved-or both-forty dol
lars in this month by doing my own
housekeeping. I've had everything in
exquisite order, and the things 20
twice as far rs they did in Christmas
time. And oh, have enjoyed it so
much. What can care for type
writing and legal copying and author.
ship and decorative art? I've found
IL career that is worth dozen OF
them."
and really" said Charley. "do you
know. May is the iolliest little house.
Keeper going! And my Aunt Selma
says it does her good to see her beat
Ing eggs and sugar and counting the
spoons and napkin rings"
Mabel smiled and colorod. She
would not have owned it for the
world, but the appreciation OF Char.
lies Aunt Selma signified great deal
10 her.