Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-07-16
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HOW SHE EARNED HER CAR FARE.
A Woman's Ingenious Device for Making
Money Whom She Wns Hard IIn

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 lirst few pennies
in this big town;
when came here tiye years ago
had just twenty five dollars in my pock-
ct. / got room-or rather vubby
hole next to the roof-in n boarding
house on Fourth avenue. Ii was three
weeks before got anything 10 do. Then
place was offered TO me as primary
teacher in q private school, The salary
when you got it 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
q 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
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 dread
full pickle really. For four days
walked every inch of the way-4L miles
each journey. used to leave the house
at in the morning so as to reach the
school promptly at o.
"Then found that my French heels
were beginning TO give out, so / 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 If she weighed a 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 a fuster at the last moment.
"One 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 l did? ! took that woman aside
and / said to her: Now look here, I'll
make bargain with you. want to
xaA
am dreadfully hard up. If you and
your two sisters will each pay mo
twenty cents q week I'll come and but
ton your shoes for you every morning.
1.-THE poor old things fairly jumped at
the offer. They insisted on paying my
first weeks salary-sixty cents-in ad-
vance. 1t 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 l
| was moving to a boarding house mp
| 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.