Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-17
A WOMAN CARPENTER.
SIZE HAS A SHOP OF HER OWN AND
IS A skILlFul ARTISAN.

W rtfs attft III t'ttIsattoti ah'y fs's
for something nearer home AM study
the needs % other women with the idea
Of supplying their wants.
What IL more womanly than being .
carpsnteri And who but q woman Who
knows how 10 keep house understands
the value Of woman carpenter 10 10
spond 90 her many needs for domestic
devicesi
Mrs lsyton. q pretty. clever little wo-
man. has opened carpenter shop up
town She Is a young married woman.
and has a fne. healthy boy baby playing
In the shavings about her carpenters
bcnch.
nAHy IN TIE snor.
The neat little white frame house In
which this pretty carpenter lives has =
grass plot at the back. and at the end Of
the yard IL sbcd covered with morning
glorics. In which she plies her trade
"whai put u into your head Ia become
acarpsntcrY" was the first question asked
~ the sweet faced little matron. after
she had signihcd her willingness 10 10
interviewed.
MY own needs prompted me- she re-
piled. a. she plAnej away At the top Of
pine table II have taste for wood
carving. and brfore was married had
done COOL deal % ornamental work %
that -ort When married and b-gan
housekeeping had 10 solve the problem
u furnishing my home With little
money. In thc-e days % artistic fur.
nishings. this Is by no means a difficult
one. bat what l. difficult IL % and a car
renter 20 carry cut ones ideas What 10
the U.s. % having a nice. delicate. arts
dc idea about bookcase or a table 90
cupboard N you must confde u 10 some
unframed ignoamus ~ a carpsnierr'
n perceive" replied tho interviewer.
gTavcly. She was a woman herself and
understood the situation.
Nov. met with exactly this expert
cncc. aid Mrs Ley,on. As she seated
herself on bench. picked up her baby
and welded cut tho bits % shavings
from his blonde curls The consequence
vas that bough, a set % oarpsntsr's
tools and some pine boaris and con
sirucicd thy frame. for myself. Thus.
between rough causnicring and the
finer art ~ wool carving. r about fur
uishcl my own house.
II fitted up this shed NJ carpcnter'.
shop and sent circulars ahoui the neigh.
borhocd This was year age. Orders
t-gan 20 come In Almos, Immediately.
bccause. you sc,. had APPEALED 10 the
necessities % the people. and that is the
hrt step toward money making
Here the little mAiron laughed In
chccry. couicnicd way and huggcd her
little son. who Wa half asleep.
"Of ooursc. when was drst married.
,ho continued. II never thought %
working for myself, bu, after = couple
4 years - experience 81 life, came To
the conclusion that an occupation u a.
ncccssary o. q married woman A. 90 q
single Que. - hircd an erira servan,
b relieve the - the household duiic.-i
dcissi housswork and love unkcring
with hammers and saws-and | became
professional carpenter"
Might | al N YOU make much
money was the neat question.
Il have made clothes. pocket money.
nurSes wAgc-. amusements. summer
iuting and have several hundred dollars
Ia the hank.
SAMPLE CUSTOMER
There was ring a, the yard bell.
shich va. presently opcned by a good
looking nursemAid. A tall. handsome
Young woman entered and crossed the
gru.-- plot Ia tho carpenter. shed Mrs
lsyton gave her baby into the nurses
arms and turned TO her customer.
The customer Vas evidently a young
bfide and very much Impressed With the
dignity - her position. She had made
a design for dining room buffet 10 hi
into an alcoyc. She had brought her de
sign with her and submitted Il 10 the
prctiy carpenter
The design wAs n simple but artistic
one-high and narrow. With Scycral
shelves. upon which plaques and curs
were 20 H. arranged In aesthetic comb
nations Therr was also little scroll.
sufk adornmenL
Tie little woman studied the design
carefully. going over the various points
one after the other. suggesting various
alterations and inquiring a. 10 the exact
Issition - the cabinet with regard 10
Tie room Tor which IL was intended
Tie cabinet was 10 bs ready IN a week.
nocarl-ntcr vas o. supply all the mate
rial ami tho price for the whole Was 10
L. SEQ
That's no, had. IL it, aid the CHEEKY
little wogkwomah. after she had bowed
her customer cut with a grace not al
ways found In carTentsr- "a hundred
dollars for ono weeks work. Yes. she
vent on. II think. on the whole, may
40 that carpeutering Is a good Profes-
siou Tor women. And there Is this about
Il. tina, a woman may follow her profes-
siOn la her own home"
\ sialwart young man came stTiding
across the grass plot from the rear u
the little white house Mrs Lsyton In
PRODUCED him a. her husband
Please tell Tho Journal readers that
woman may 10 a carpenter OF any
thing else without being the les woman
ly or caring lcss for her husband OF her
baby.--Sew York Journal