Thomas County cat., 1889-09-05
AN ENTERPRISING GIRL.

See Goes to Europe on the Fruits Of q
Little China Painting Kiln.
There is a bright young woman now
crossing the ocean on Cunarder who
is having lots of fun out of voyage
she has fairly earned. A year ago,
when the Paris Exposition first began
to be talked of here, she suggested
to her father the propriety of letting
her 60 over this summer with a party
of friends to see the exposition and
improve her French in Paris. Her
father, with a masculine blindness to
golden opportunities, declined on the
threadbare plea that he couldn't afford
it.
"Very WE'LL" said his daughter with
unexpected amiability. ''Will you
give me the money usually spend for
a summer trip toward it if l earn the
rest myself?"
'.Yes, I'll do that" said her father,
readily.
..Will you give it to me now?" asked
the daughter. Her father looked a
little suspicious. Finally he replied:
Eyes, I'll give it to you now. if you'll
promise not to spend it and strike me
for fresh supply next summer"
The bargain was made, and the long
headed young woman took the check
and went calmly on with her plans for
multiplying it. closely though secret
ly watched by her somewhat skeptical
parent
Like most other girls, she had her
share of feminine accomplishments.
She sang little, embroidered a little,
carved wood little. But, unlike most
other girls, she did one thing well, and
that was to paint china. She had stud
led the art very carefully. and turned
out many unique and artistic Christ
mas and wedding presents for her
friends. But she was often disappoint-
ed in her most carefully executed
work by some blunder in the firing,
and so, she knew, were many of her
friends who painted less skillfully than
she. How to remedy this had long
been a problem with her, and for some
time she had cherished a scheme of
having furnace and doing her own
firing. and perhaps her friends, too.
for friendships sake.
This scheme she now proceeded to
carry out, risking in it the capital her
father had advanced. But she had
confidence enough in her own mechan-
ical and business capabilities not to
feel that it was very great risk. She
employed reliable dealer, who built
for her compact and convenient little
kiln in the cellar of her fathers brown
stone front. She experimental thor
oughly with her own work before she
took any other. When she found she
could trust her own skill she let her
friends know that she would fire their
china for them at the same rates she
had formerly paid herself 1t was not
long before she had patrons. The
girls she knew came at first because
it was so easy to run over to her house
with a frail bit of porcelain and not
run the risk of sending it She did
each piece as if it were her own. care
fully and lovingly. knowing from ex-
perience the startling changes pro-
duced on the delicate c0loring by de-
gree too much of heat
Her friends brought their friends.
Soon she could wait to light the fur
mace till she had enough china for
days work. She made from hve TO
ten dollars every day that she worked.
She paid the expenses of running the
furnace, and when she was ready to
start for Europe had money enough
for all her expenses, including new
Paris gown and an extra check OF one
hundred dollars besides from her proud
father, who talks of taking her into
his business when she comes back
N. 7. Star.