San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-26
AND NOW SHE IS COMFORTABLE.
Devices of Typewriter Girl for Making
Life Better Worth Living.

Devices of a Typewriter Girl for Making
Life Better Worth Living.
She is brisk little typewriter in a
down town Office. Her hours are long
and she is far from strong, yet she seems
to stand her work much better than
many more robust girls. The other day
a woman asked her how she managed to
keep so rosy and cheerful,
why, think" she said, 1.-The secret ,
Of it is that humor my little wants, |
keep a regular storeroom of things in the
Office to coddle myself with. find it is
the trifies of life that tell on me. so am
particularly careful about tritles. If it
is winter time, keep a soft wooden cape
to throw about my shoulders if feel
chilly. | wear thick sOled, common
sense shoes in the street, but it takes too
much vitality to wear them in the house
all day, so change them for slippers az
soon as reach my desk. | never take
cold, for | am used to the change. If it
is summer, keep comfortable house
waist to wear at my work instead of az
tight fitting sack.
81 like to wear a nice dress, and | dis
like to STE the elbows look threadbare,
so | wear some black silk sleeves that
reach to the elbows. A black alpaca
apron protects the front of my gown.
IL am never worried if a sudden
storm comes up, for it cannot take me
unprepared | always keep a rubber
cloak, umbrella and rubbers on hand. II
doesn't cost Il great deal to buy the two
sets. and | cant express the peace of
mind it gives to have them ready.
For toilet purposes have a couple Of
clean towels, comb, soap, nailbrush, lit
tie mirror and whisk broom. Besides
these, have bottle of witch hazel and
a pot of vaseline for an accident
zone is always liable to tear or rip
ones clothes, so | keep little basket
with thimble, needle and several colors
of thread, if ! want to take stitch in
time and so save taking nine at home
at night.
There is one thing more, and don't
you laugh at it. have a wee alcohol
lamp and a jar of beef extract. | get
faint sometimes in the middle of the
forenoon. and then it takes only a min
ute to make cup of hot beef tea, and l
am fresh and ready for work again"
but where do You keep all these
things-the work basket and the beef
extract and the looking glass;" asked the
woman.
There is a little closet in the Office
where | hang my coat and hat. bought
two iron brackets and coaxed the Office
boy to put up a shelf for me. hung
my mirror on the inside of the door, put
my traps on the shelf, and am 'as snug
as bug in rug The closet is just
big enough to hold chair for me to sit
on while take off or put on my shoes.
There was only a little forethought
needed, and now am altogether COM
Portable" the little typewriter added as
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a Pleasing I>srsion.
Because they were more durable Mrs
Cailiper had bought table knives with a
metal handles. She almost feared that
Colonel Calliper might not like them,
but the Colonel seemed rather to be
pleased with them They are" he
said. Just such knives as have eaten
with in many restaurants. To eat here
at home and with Il knife like this is al
most as good as eating two meals at
once. New YcGk Sun.