Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-03-16

considerations of matter of filthy
lucre.
Most certainly.
They--that is, the ladies, the
committee are seated in richly
furnished room, whose ample win
dow gives full view of fine lawn
studded with stately elms and dense
ly follaged naples.
Mrs, Summerbust chad the floor.
She was telling her companions how
they could each contribute to noble
charity and at the same time save
pin money. Mrs. Summerbust was
the wife of noted merchant who
"failed' twice, and was consequent
ly well-to-do. Her companions
were Mrs. Opengob, lady whose
father had left her quite fortune,
accumulated by shrewd business
management in the rag business,
and Miss Longwaist, a maiden lady
who was celebrated for her kindness
to dogs.
"Now, sisters" Mrs. Summer
bust was saying, eve can each of rs
DO our mite towards helping Gods
poor to keep the wolf from the door,
as dear Mr.. Lipsalve expressed it in
his beautiful sermon last Sunday.
We all need sewing done, and the
regular seamstresses are shamefully
high in their prices. So, with the
aid Of the "Charities,' we can find
enough worthy poor women who can
sew. and are glad to get something
to do at any price, to do our sewing
for us, and all the members of the
S. ?. V. f. can get the benefit of it,
and actually save money while pro-
noting Gods holy charity
The ladies fairly besmed with
pleasure, and complimented their
companion for her business tact.
"But what will your husband
say asked Mrs. Opengob, becom-
ing serious. "Won't he think it
mean of us to have our sewing done
when we have always bought our
things ready-made at his store?"
"Ob, Eve thought of that re-
piled Mrs. Summerbust. eve can
make it condition with our poor
people to buy their needles and
thread there, and I'm sure Mr.. Sum
merbust will manage to get some
compensation for his sacrifice of
your custom.
eyes, and here is another thing
We can do" chimed in Miss Long
waist. "Do You know, my nephew
says that he buys a dozen white
neckties every week, and pays ten
cents for them. Now why couldn't
we use the scraps of lawn that are
left over, and have our poor folks
make them up into tbs and sell
them to the young men Of our &C
quaintance? ! know they'll buy
them for sweet charity sake, espe-
clally if they can get them cheaper
than in the stores.
And 30 the good souls ratified on
till tea-time, when they dispersed
for the evening, well satisfied with
themselves, and anxious to report
to the members of the S. 2. V. E.
the result of their deliberations.
Thus was most cOmmendable
charity established, and many poor
girl, who would otherwise have been
left to exc out a miserable exist
ence in the vile atmosphere of
some shop, found the means for
earning an honest living by making
neckties at two cents per gross, ma
terial Except needle and thread)
found. Besides. the moral influence
of the S. p. V. f. sewing-room was
potent against the argument of the
Socialists, who only seem to con-
slider the material welfare of the
working people, and do nothing for
the upbuilding of Christian char
acter, which, after all, is of greater
value than worldly blessings, for is
not eternity longer than life? Such
sentiments were assiduously preach
ed by Mr.. Lipsalve, who spent much
time among the poor glrls, giving
them the spiritual comfort so neces
sary for those who desire to forget
the miseries of pauper's life in
this wicked world.
The community was shocked by
the announcement of the elopement