The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-29
SIDE TALKS WITH GIRLS.
Aunt Polly Gives Advice &, "a Girl About &,
Leave school.


Leave school.
Winnie May has written 20 Auur
Polly 10 say she Is 3 years old and cx-
school this year. As she does not in
tend TO so TO the high school. she wishes
Aunt Polly 10 tell her what would be
best for girl Of her age 10 do. The
question isn't an easy one 10 answe-.
Eo much depends on the girl and her
tastes and opportunities. There i one
thing she can do. though-she can make
up her mind to be firsr class and not
an average worker, 70 do thoroughly
whatever she undertakes.
Winnie May writes a plain. clear
hand, the spelling Is perfect, and the
punctuation marks ell in their proper
places These characteristics OF her let
Ger, which are by no means - common
As they might b.. have suggested type
writing and stenoEraphy. To obtain the
best results Winnie May would better
60 TO a business school and take up
these studies, together with bookkeeping
and Spanish and German The stenog-
rapher's bet friend next 10 thorough
hess l. general information She viii
need 10 read one good newspaper every
day, foreign correspondence, editorials
and all. and IL would be 4 good idea
also 10 get a good monthly review OF
the worlds events. General inforna-
ton i a friend worth cultiyating not
only by the sterOgrapher, but by every
business girl who wants 10 be = success.
Winnie Mays clear, steady writing
has also suggested drawing. Perhaps il
would pay her 10 take a course at Il
technical school and learn 10 make de-
signs for wall papers and carpets and
laces- The large factories where these
things are made employ 4 corps OF such
designers, many Of them women.
But if technical and business courses
are beyond the capacity Of Winnie's
purse there is nothing that viii give
more satisfaction than the sewing trades.
If Aunt Polly's girl viii learn dress
making thoroughly; if she Will not only
learn 70 cut and fit and sew, but viii
study up the history OF costume so she
will be able TO predict the coming fash
ion, for even in dress history repeats |
itself; if she Will go 10 the art galleries |
and note the artists color schemes and |
the folds OF the draperies on the sculp- |
tured masterpieces, she viii probably |
make more at dressmaking than at any |
thing else. Even if she only learns 20 |
sew thoroughly and is willing 10 go out |
a seamstress she Will receive from : |
TO s. day, and this includes one or two
good meals. Sewing stage canvas Is said |
TO pay well, and few women are expert
ut it. The field Is limited in this case
TO the larger cities, of course Stroud |
making is another sewing trade which
requires special skill, pays we'll and has
no dull seasons. There are many other
things no doubt which Aunt Polly hasn't
mentioned There is Just one thing more
she wants TO say, however--that Is, II
she had her way, little girls Of I3 or II
should not go to school this year, and
they should not go TO work III offices or
shops either. Thirteen Is a critical time
for most little women, and unless their
mothers are very wise they are likely to
develop more nerves" than they viii
be rid of az 80. Aunt Polly's girl should
study at home with mother this year.
She should learn baking and cooking
and sweeping and busting, and the after
moons should be given up 10 long walks
and books and receiving guests
The business of life for most women
is the making of homes, and very i'm
portant business il is too. For this rea-
son Aunt Polly believes every little girl
should be taught the trades which I'M
derIie the home This should be the
and the knowledge Of these
home trades Will not be in the way Of
any wage earning ayocation she may
learn afterward- AUNT POLLY.