Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15

that work Of some kind, like golden rum
on 3 low-hanging bough, was waiting 20
drop into her hand at touch; that she
had only to make her wishes known
and some light, agreeable, lady-hke
occupation was sure To present ltseli.
/ could see how she would insist on
something appropriately described Dy
the final adjective of those three.
Nothing demeaning to her ideal oI
gentility could SO much as allure ner
for q moment. Her honest thought was
that she might be an amanuensis'
copyist, a cashier, teacher OF httie
children, without ever having under
gone an apprenticeship in any OF these
departments Of business; and her mo
tive, broadly stated. was not the desire
to swell by her work the great sum OF
the worlds work. but to earn little
money for spending on herself, and,
possibly. for assisting the people as
home.
Now, lest any girl should misunder-
stand me, let me say here that the wish
to earn money is perfectly laudaple
and legitimate one, and that money
earning is entirely right and noble. as
proper thing for the girls OF the
household as for the boys. But no really
good work. in any line. is ever done
only for the money or with that as the
sole motive OF effort and only end in
view. We should love the work OF our
hands for its own sake. because God has
given it us to do, and because through
it, in some way or other, we are able
to benefit our fellow beings.
"A charge to keep have,
IA God to glorify,"
says the familiar hymn, going on, in
practical common-sense spirit, with
ITO serve the present age.
My calling to fu I'LL,
Oh! may it all my powers engage,
To do the Masters will"
To my girl friends of The Interiors
great family, I recommend. whether
they have present desire to earn
money or not, whether there is pres
ent need or not for their doing so. the
getting ready for the emergency, by
learning some art or trade thoroughly.
just put the emphasis on thoroughly,
please. The blunder, the fatal defect
in the training of many women, is that
they never learn or acquire any thing
thoroughly. Half knowing in a world
of competition is almost as bad as not
knowing at all.
Find out for what work you have a
and then learn to do that
work perfectly. Put your whole heart
in it, without reserve, and do not forget
that work means work, not dawdling
nor play. And do not receive the
stupid impression that per Sc, one kind
of work is more dignified than anotheR.
Katie, who is making bread in her
mothers kitchen, or doing homework
in the home of kind employer, If she
do the work well, is as honorably en-
gagged as Mary is, who sits in studio
colors to canvas, and see
ing pictures grow beneath her brush.
All good work, by which mean honest
work, well done, is praiseworthy. 1t is
sketchy, unfinished, seamy or half
hearted work which is disgrace.
Put wholly out of your minds the idea
Of influence" in the sense in which my
girl friend used it. Such thing does
not exist. The angel Gabriel could not
help person to successful work, unless
the persons own powers were trained
and disciplined. Ability is gained by
patient Flooding, not by an inspiration.
Training is the imperative demand Of
the hour. Be willing to consider the
time spent in training as a good invest
E. Sangster, in Inter-