Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
FOUR FORTUNATE DAUGHTERS,
Whose Wise and Wealthy Mother
Trained Them In Useful Arts and
HandicPafts.

Whose Wise and Wealthy Mother
Trained Them In Useful Arts and
Handicrafts.
From the New York Sun.
There was once a wise mother. This does
not mean that the species Is now extinct
though some cynical people. whose top hair
Is somewhat thin, support the idea The
wise mother was the wife of a prosperous
father, who was a successful Liverpool
merchant She was also a descendant OF
one of the oldest and proudest families In
England.
Associated with this father and this
mother In the business OF family NE , were
prospect that any one Of the four would
ever be called upon to earn her livelihood,
mothers wisdom asserted itself. The eldest
| daughter received a musical education.
which in itself would have brought her a
an apprenticeship to confectioner and
pastry cook. She paid heavy premium
for 1t, but the things she learned to make
would have warmed the heart of the cold
| est critic to praise.
The second daughter was initiated into
| the mysteries of clear starching so that
her iaces and kerchiefs and other dainty
| fabrics were the envy of all her friends.
This wasn't enough to satisfy the wise
| turn, served her time at a large outfit
| ters. whose business was almost entirely
with India and the colonies. In that bust
ness success depended not so much upon
| the workmanship of the goods as upon the
manner in which they were packed. This
pack everything. from a tailor-made gown
! to Venetian glass ware.
incidentally 1t may be mentioned that,
| in packing for long transit gloves were put
into bottles and sealed up with wax. like
| so much catsup. This is because otherwise
| the thread would become rotten. causing
| Thus were two daughters armed against
fate and fortune by the forethought Of
| their wise mother. But there remained two
more to be cared for, and one of these was
| delicate and threatened with the loss of
| her eyesight. She was encouraged to study
| vocal music. This was to strengthen her
| lungs, and she could practice all day
| long if she chose in a darkened room, it
| did not tax her eyes.
The fourth daughter. much against the
| will of the wise mother, was as bent on
studying to be a governess as the ia
toward wooing. The mother wanted her
daughters to be proficient in directions
where their talents would shine with a
/ peculiar luSter because of the scarcity of
| competitive lights. But If her daughter
| was determined to be governess she
none would dispute. so a special tutor was
| engaged to coach the young woman in
university studies. Music and drawing
were added. not as accomplishments but
OF course, all of these four daughters
might have found their lines lying always
extreme wisdom of their maternal training
! would not have been palDable. But 1t
| happened that the governess. after lapse
| OF some years. found it necessary to earn
| her own living. She at once secured a posi-
| ton at q salary double the usual amount
| paid. This was followed by teaching the
| congregated children of several families
who sought for superior services. until
| hnally she had one Of the. finest schools in
| that part of the country
| Thanks to the wisdom of that mother
| every one of her daughters could have made
| a good living had the necessity arisen. FIX
| cept in the one case II did not arise But
| the training they had received was by no
means lost, even in the fortunate places