The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
sRr Has BUSINESS TACT.
How G. Smart Rhode Island Girl has
Made e Financial Success.

Ftoa the Nelc York World
A bright New England girl came over to
New York to make ner fortune ia shop
She tried it faithfully while, tried to be a
regular, graduated with diploma-sales-
woman, but it was no use. She didn't like
gum. she had no "beaun to talk about, as
had most of the girls in the store where she
could find employment and it was no easy
task to be taken in where the nice quiet
women whom she sometimes met were en-
ployei. Besides, it was ike slow death to
her to stand on her feet all day. She made
up her mind to resign.
That much decided, it was a question
what she should resign herself TO. She was
much too healthy young person to think
Of starvation also, much TOO sensible to
have any too fine or dishonorable ideas. She
quietly sat down, as She had zen her father
do in his tangled-up country store, and took
account OF st ok. She ehewad her pencil
pretty thoroughly, but she did not waste
muca paper
When the committee of one arose, there
were hree items ia its report; Pm
Young" Tin strong;n 3-"Pm not
worth pin at anything but keeping house"
Therefore, she resolved; House l will
keep"
She chose an apartment house on Four
teenth street east, where decent, dry quar-
tiers were offered her. She furnished
room sumptu lusly, with shake-do En,
skillet or two, and plate, cup and saucer,
a little pine table and a c mp chair and
then she moved in. She put trut in the
house to furnish broom and brushes and sne
was not disapp tinted. For the next month
she spent her time in about equal halves,
one-half making the house as neat as new
pin and the OF ier half waiting for the end
A.. l-N~
with it,
The thirty days were soon up. With her
earnings in her hand she took her way
down town to an instalment furniture
house In a day she had bedroom and her
kitchen furnished, and 10 a couple Of mont
Uu5 scanty furniture was paid for. By that
time two good things had come to pass.
Her credit was established at the furniture
store to certain degree. at any rate, and
the cheapest fiat in he house was for emit.
10 combine tuese two things into a better
vas the work of Little Rhodys brilliant
| mind. She knew the agent was more than
satisfied with her care of the house. ard she
| would not have accu-ed any one of telling
Faradiddles if he had said the agent was
also pleased with her She approached him
| one day after he had conplimented her on
the cleanliness of the estab ishment, and
asked if there would be- any objection TO her
| a sufficiently ad vauced rate TO pay her. The
agent had no objection, and Rhody went
again to the furniture man, and in week
| the web was spread for the first young mar
RED flies that should come along. There
we're four rooms and bath in that sky
paror fiat, and it cost Little RhodY just $50
to furnish them all ready for discreet house
| keeping.
1t was spring. Mating went on the floor.
a pretty red and white mating, with st a
white fur rug in the bedroom. In that room
vent al-o q mantel folding bed neatest f
| Ill, with a good hair mattress, nd curtains
| f white and colored scrm, tied back " 18th
yay ribbons, did their are in the general
furnishing, while willow chairs gave EN-
5hasis to the cottage treatment" A din
ng table in the dining-room, a cupboard to
keep it company, dressing table and a
ureau in the bedroom, with miscellaneous
chairs, lounge and small articles of furni-
ure ate up the whole huud cd Then there
as fifty left TO put in littla things. Sheets,
pillow cases and table linen were sent to
| Little Rhody Undermined, and her good
| New England needle set in every stitch by
hand after everything else was done. A
God pair of blankets and white spread
| flushed the bed. Towels for bath room and
Kitchen took their place, and then marched
every need thing for the kitchen and
ining-room save silver.
She advertised the fit at $40 month
more than the rent, and soon had a you z
married couple comfortably lodged in it,
This was one year ago last MAY. She has
| ieDt her credit intact, and she has not had
write home to her fathe for money
ither Moreover, instead of one flat she has
| even occupied now in different houses, with
ler furniture in them.