St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-07-12
TRUE PRIDE.
Story of q Brave Woman'e Battle
with the World.

with the World.
"Nhat? Go out to service? Nettie
Cabell. have you lost your senses:
Where is your pride?"
I'm the right place. aunty. There il
no need to draw hair-splitting distinc-
tions. II engaged rs q music teacher,
wouldn't that be going out to service?'
"Yes-that isl should call it obtain.
ing a situation. But q chambermaid.
A nurse! The idea is positively shock.
ing
MY dear aunt, l Am neither afraid
% ashamed to do what l am best fitted
to do. can not teach music; and II
could, the field is full, at starvation
wages: to say nothing Of the mercihss
din into sensitive ears all the day long.
Look at Mildred. When night comes
she is fit for nothing but . restless sleep
Of hideous crochets and quaverS No;
art is we'll enough for those that have .
calling that way. haven't"
But your lovely stories! They"
Are in the publishers hands, and !
must bide my time. II l could manage
to live upon pleasant ~fancies, l might
wait till their merit is decided upon.
But must keep h wolf from the door.
] will not be dependent upon my mother.
She must take care Of the others. II
my friends oppose me. I shall be sorry;
but nothing else is left for me-
IF you could only be content to wait
Or if you could get sewing to do"
Sewing! Yes. that is eminently re-
spectacle. l grant you; but break my
back and spoil my eyes? No; 1 can not
sew; but / 81 clean up . room and tidy
. parlor without smashing the bric-a-
brac. ] can take care Of little children,
for ! dearly love them. I shall not de-
grade myself nor my friends There
must be families where I can find .
home and the kind of work that pre-
serves both health and temper. / pre-
fer to be . nursery Roverness, and this
is what I shall apply for; but If I fail.
then I shall not be too proud to take the
other position"
why don't you answer some adver-
tisements," persisted the aunt; 1.-THE
papers are full of them"
II have written up at least . quire of
paper in that way" said the girl, who
seemed to be armed at all points; and
~ to car fare, 1 have squandered four
dollars these two weeks, running here
to find my services respectfully de-
clined. I could not be . shop-girl. The
battery Of eyes in > position so public
would confuse me into . regular nonen
tity. I can not sell books, or peddle
cosmetics, or push my way into public
Offices and private dwellings l have
o the courage, nor the address. And
! am truly thankful to have escaped the
necktie-making, the envelope-address-
ing and other like tortureA"
well, there is the Young Women's
good for, if hot to find employment for
such rs you-a refined, educated, we'll
born girl:?'
There you 60. auntie, on your usual
hobby. Refined, well-born paupers are
only too plentiful. One thing is sure-lf
there is any evidence Of good birth in
me, it Is the desire to achieve some
thing myself; NOT to be . drone simply
because the things ! can notdoare out Of
my reach and those l can Do seem be-
meath me. / have tried all avenues
My name is ON the books Of the Y. w.
c. A. They received me with much
courtesy, and promised to remember
me il any thing should come in their
way; but meanwhile, l prefer not to
starve. can no wait What do you
think OF Mrs Scilly who starves on four
,ents a day ut the shirt factory, rather
han earn four dollars . week 1T the
laundry tubs? Too proud to keep soul
Ind body together" |,
''She is very different" contended the
,erplexed elder lady. .sThose publish
ers! Why can't they tell you whethe
hey will accept your books? They must
know." |,
''Ah, auntie, the mills Of the press
,rind slowly, and are not always
sure for unknown writer's. II,
no doubt of ultimate success
Till that happy day dawns I must do :,
What my hand indeth to do"
Cant you do typewriting or short
land? Any thing but mental service" /
II have not the five dollars to pay for
cssons on the typewriter. nor the ,
to learn. to say nothing of the {
unds to buy an instrument Still less
an l undertake stenography. That Of
tself is . profession. You know how
aithfully l l have tried teaching at the
rphan asylum l wanted an occupation
hat would bring mi in 1t least adecent q
living. but which would leave me free
o write evenings There the labor was G
Q hard. and my nerves 6 unstrung,
lat when evening came. I could do Z
but rest. II ! can only get =
Uch . home y I wish my literary work /
eed not Be entirely sacrificed. ! want '
temporary homo till my pet career l
n be fairly started" U
Well, can't you ind odd jobs TO do
" the papers and magazines, Is Mrs q
linton did? She came to New York . .
Eranger. visited the publishers. and got .
much work - she could do" b
s'That was . chance in . thousand. o
unite. Mrs Citation has energy and &
ush beyond the ordinary. She gets p
Of all these people and finds o
ut just what they want She has the y
for fitting into places. She is b
,e one lucky person who trips up tho u
airs Of the Brooklyn bridge 1t the Y