Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-07
SOMETHING FOR TIE LADIES.


To "a. DaagA:srs " ..s H0ussaold.
Dear Sistsrs-In considering practical
way. Of earning money. domestic service
should perhaps be considered first, since
il brings employers and employed into
intimate relations and therefore seems
safest and most natural Il has been
made dishouorable Of late year: By poor
class Of servants. Domestic service re-
formers would be in order now. and the
overworked hoqseksrpers OF today would
gladly welcome 10 rheir homes intelligent
assistants 10 share alike the comforts Of 4
good home and the duties that are ever
multiplying. Thrift, industry, and good
Judgment, are nowhere more quickly felt
or more truly appreciated than in the
home. Why should il be more degrading
for a woman 10 perform certain duties a.
maid. than for another TO do the same
work a. mistress:
"who sseeps a ro9n a. % Gods lAr
Makes that the action nn-,
aud il j. not the homelv duties that make
the social position Of the worker but the
dainty maid raay faithfully perform
her labor a. 10 make the drudgery divine.
For farmers daughters aud those who
have the use Of small piece Of land,
Mat can b.- a more fruitful source OF
f
walton Of small fruit: Ra-Dberries and
eurrants yield good crops with little care
after the second year.
/ The berries put u in tempting boxes lind
ready sale, shile a healthy country girl
must count it pleasure TO gather the
( berries from small plot sucn as the
/ daughters would attempt 10 cultivate If
/ YOU count il task you lose half your
/ profits and cannot afford it Rise early
{ Pick them " nile the day i new: and as
( the ruby beauties ill your pail. let the
/ bright sunshine of Gods love fill your
f heart to Oyerfio wing. Count it priceless,
I then get the fruit to your customers in it
tir-t dainty freshness aud demand fair
Z price.
Strawberries require eternal vigilance
and more muscular labor than can be
given by fair fingers before they will
yield their luscious crimson globes. while
/ biaekberrles are thorn in the flesh
j An energetic cousin of mine has quite a
/ local reputation for her apple jelly. Last
year she began with a few dozen glasses.
soon she Vas unable to fill orders; eer
the winter had passed she had put up and
sold 1900 dozen tumblers of the trans par
ent sweetness. This year She will DO
even more But the profit is small and
in this a. well a. other work one must be
in earnest and not afraid Of soiled fingers
Another has prepared with the utmost
neatnes, and care a dainty, fragrant heap
of dried apple to be disposed of when the
market demands il.
Girls who live in cities or large towns
can make quite Il comfortable little sum
by doing the mending for several families
this VIII soon become regular employ
ment and it may be we'll for the daughters
TO serve an early apprenticeship under
mothers care. Many kinds of employ.
Inent may be carried on protitably in
some localities which would not be avail
able in others. Fry to fill some place
that would be empty without you aud let
Z your work supply demand.
Evidently We can save but little out Of
our small earnings since none of Us.
trust, are willing to follow the example of
Mrs. Patten, who got rich by the mega
tive process of spending nothing" We
shall not try to get rich, but we do want
a little extra cash at ChrlStm is time, and
/ occasionally new book seems necessary
to our happiness. We do not want to get
rusty and 'out of date a. soon As we are
out of school And then there are the
/ thousand little necessities Of Young lady
/ hooh winch CduHot bf lttiltu III our li>l oI
/ allowances. 4 certain amount set aside
each week or month and not to be drawn
from until the desired object is obtained
seems to be the only way for on. to keep
her indepenence in these matters. We
may have to wear shabby gloves some
times, and use Il coar>er grade of handker-
chefs than We like; We must watch every
article of clothing and require of it the
greatest possible amount OF wear in order
to do this, but the feeling of independence,
and generous qualification must repay Us
a huudredfold.
Miss ALICE c. HEwETr.
South Hope, Nov. 10, lsSS.