The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-06
HOW SHE EARNED HER cAR. FARE.
A woman's Ingenious Device for Making
Money When She Was Hard Tn.

A woman's Ingenious Device for Making
Money when She Was Hard Up.
A woman who is now one of the most
promising artists in this city, and was
lucky enough to get two of her pictures
accepted by the Academy, told this story
of how she earned her first few pennies
in this big town:
when / came here five years ago
had just twenty-five dollars in my pock-
ct. l got q room-or rather cubby
hole next to the roof-in boarding
house on Fourth avenue. II was three
weeks before got anything to do. Then
place was offered to me as primary
teacher in private school, The salary
when you got 1t was fair enough in
amount. But unfortunately you didn't
get it until the end of the month.
"By this time there was such tre-
mendous hole In my twenty-five dollars
that couldn't afford to move up town.
The expressage alone would have made
bankrupt Of me, for had absolutely
come to such pass that hadn't enough
money to pay my car fare to the school
and back. explained the situation to
the landlady. She really was dear old
thing. She told me wasn't to worry
about my board bill. She was perfectly
willing to wait for her money until the
end of the month.
"That was one weight off my mind
of course, but had still to grapple with
the car fare problem. was in a dread
full pickle really. For four days !
rva1lyaI auary inch nf tba Z ,n,1ae
each journey. used to leave the house
at in the morning so as to reach the
school promptly at 9.
"Then found that my French heels
were beginning to give out, so 1 saw
that my efforts to save money by pedes-
trianism would only get me into deeper
water. Suddenly had an inspiration.
"There were three old maiden sisters
who occupied the double bedded room
on the second floor. They were with
out exception the fattest women / ever
saw. The most ETHEREAL Of the three
weighed 300 IL she weighed pound
They were all saleswomen in one Of the
big Sixth avenue stores. They used to
scramble down to breakfast in the morn
ing in fuster at the last moment.
Zone Of them confided to me that it
was their shoes which always delayed
them. They almost expired every morn
ing in their attempts to button them.
| She told me in tone Of the utmost
resignation that eventually she expected
their shoes would be the death of all
three Of them. Well, what do you sup
| pose did? l took that woman aside
and l said to her: Now look here, III
make q bargain with you. want to
make little extra money just now, for
am dreadfully hard up II you and
your two sisters will each pay m|
twenty cents week I'll come and but.
ton your shoes for you every morning
"The poor old things fairly jumped at
the offer. They insisted on paying my
first weeks salary-sixty cents-in ad-
vance. II left me ten cents to the good
you see, because on Saturday there was
no school. After the first week they IN.
sisted on raising my salary to an even
quarter from each. Well, buttoned
their shoes regularly for two months.
Then had to resign my position, as ]
was moving to boarding house up
town.
"When bade them goodby the poor
old things actually cried over me, and
presented me with the loveliest little
silver buttonhook You ever saw. sent
them tickets for the private view the
other night. They all came, fatter than
ever, and went into ecstacies over my
pictures. The eldest one told me with
tears in her eyes that ever since left
them they had been obliged to abandon
button shoes. Now, my DEAR she said
with huge sigh Of regret, we can wear
nothing but elastic sides. New. York
Evening Sun.