Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
A wOE &PEETER.
now Nj fHLA Avoaxs At
re.
sHE OEHoP OF HER OWN, is
-.LFUL ARTISAN AND DOES
A GOOD BUSINESS.

something nearer nome anu st0dy
the needs Of other women with the
idea of supplying their wants.
What il more wOmany than be-
ing carpenter? Aud who bat a
woman who knows how to keep
house understands the value of a
woman carpenter to respond to
her many needs for domestic de.
vices?
Mrs. Legion, a pretty, clever
little woman, has opened q carpen.
ter's shop uptown. She is a young
married woman, AMI has fine,
healthy boy baby playing in the
shavlngs about the carpenters
bench.
The neat little white frame
house in which this pretty carpen.
ter lives has a grass plot at the
back, and at the end of the yard is
a shed covered with morning glo.
ries, in which she plies her trade.
"What put it into your head to
become a carpenter 7" was the 6rst
question asked of the sweet.faced
little matron, after she had signi.
fed her Willingness to be inter
viewed.
"My own needs prompted me,
she replied, as she planed away at
the top OF a pine table. "I have
taste tor woodcarving, and before |
was married had done good deal
of ornamental work of that sort.
When | married aud began house.
keeping, had 10 solve the prob.
lem OF furnishing my home with
little money In these days of ar.
tistic furnishings, this is by no
means difficult one, hut what is
difficult is to fad a carpenter to
carry out ones idess. What is the
use OF havinga nice, delicate, ar.
tistlc little idea about a bookcase
or a table or cupboard If you must
confde 1t to some unknown ig.
noramus OF carpenter y
81 perceive" replied the inter.
viewer, gravely. She was a wo.
man herself and understood the
situation.
snow, | met with exactly this
experience" said Mrs. Leyton, as
she seated herself on a bench, pick.
ed up her baby and weeded out
the bits OF shavings from bis blonde
curls. "The consequence was that
| bought a set of carpenters tools
and some pine boards aud con.
structed my frames for myself.
Thus between rough carpenterlng
and the finer art Of wood Carrying,
I about furnished my own house.
81 fitted up this shed ss a car.
penter's shop and sent circulars
about the neiEhborhood. That was
year ago. Orders began to come
IN almost immediately. because,
you see, | had appealed to the ne.
cessitles of the people, aud that is
the first step toward money.ms.
king"
Here the little matron laughed
IN a cherry, contented way and
hugged her little son, who was halt
asleep.
"Of course, when was first
married. she continued, 81 never
thought OF working for myself, but
after couple of years Of expert.
ence OF life | cane to the conclu.
sion that an occupation is as nee.
essary TO q married az to a single
one. So hired an extra servant
to relieve me of the household du-
ties-I detest housework and love
tinkering with hammers and saws
and l became professional car
penter.0
might l ask il you make much
money ~ was the next question.
81 have made clothes, pocket.
money, nurses wages, aDusements
a summer outing and have several
hundred dollars in the bank
There was ring at the yard.
bell, which was presently opened
by good looking nursemaid. A
tall, handsome youag woman en-
tered and crossed the grass plot TO
the carpenters shed. Mrs. Leyton
gave her baby into the nurses
arms and turned to her customer.
The customer was evidently a
young bride and very much i'm.
pressed with the dignity Of her po
sition. She had made \ design for
a dlning-room buffet to ft into an
alsove. She had brought her de.
sign with her and submitted it to
the pretty carpenter.
The design was a simple but ar
tistic one-high and narrow, with
several shelves. upon which
plaques and cups we're TO he ar
ranged in aesthetic combinations.
eThere was also a little scroll
work sdorDment.
The little woman studied the de-
sign carefully, gong over the va.
rious points one after the other,
suggesting various alterations and
inquiring as to the exact position
of the cabinet with regard to the
room for which it was intended.
The cabinet was TO be really in
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