Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-18

/ il j. an inter. ulE l"'I ~ NJ
! numbers success and pluck. in the army
. - ..,,,b workers in New York, the southern
,.irIs o,lt-r4nk those from any other Sec
| lions cf our country. From the sem
! tropical. Ianglorous slopes Of Florida u
! no ,.iap of Mason and DiXons ln' nave
! those CONTAGIOUS young spirits tNel th.iT
talents to the great mart giving w u'c
indulgence or an inertia, WINCH iHe ~
climatic influences. is bone q the.' hohv'
for the Lai Iy race of energy WHett 49,.
almighty collar is tire goal ana d Hus'''NS
Thrift the compensation.
PROFITABLE FAMILY PAKIN En-
SHIP.
There Is an interesting case or taieH'
Cd Young girl from Georgia, VINO lCd"H
that however fine were her "d'o'
color studies and various WORKS OF az
they were not sufficiently In demand at
home to give the much-nesded a'sl'.%ioo
10 the support Of n mother ana thr-e
sisters. she went to New York. ana LOT
several months her delicate work in Inc
art paid her board and rent for haH-
room. New York atmosphere IS a mighty
influence: it disdains any halfway eH'c'S'
l. either klndlGs inspiration into "a piaIe
Of glory or stamps II ort win pracu-
ca,itv The latter was what II dld lor
this southern girl. She chose pIaclCdi
success to struggle after the deal ~
dav she draws regular salary OF POW
from n large fashion concern Ior d,s'sn-
inf, drawing and COlOring fashion-plates'
in addition to which such outside work
as advertisement pictures and various
decorative drawings, another nSure IS
yearly added to her income. fIrst one
sister and then another joined her odch
bringing their talents with them 10 H.
crease the weight of the family purse
one OF them Is regularly employed IL q
writer OF what r. known IN Newspaper
variance as Syndicate matter being tle
letters on all timely topics. fashion Ials'
&c. which are disposed OF 70 ms sEhui-
cate or newspaper agency, IL In turn sell
ing the same article 10 several di1ereil
papers, with the understanding that they
are all 10 be- published upon the same date.
Another Of these plucky sisters illustrates
theee articles that are written, 50 that
IL ia a profitable as well as harmonious
partncrship. Last winter the mother was
transplantcd 10 New York also, but not
to "A boarding -hcusc. a fiat as full OF com
forts ~ it is Of artistic and attractive
furnishing awaited her with her quar-
tettc OF clever young daughters, and thus
success without fame or even any promi-
nence has been achieved by them.
HER FIRM sTEPPING-STONE.
The wonderful strides that art has made
in the past few years in bOOk-bnding mas
opened up a new field in decorative de-
signing The artist who IS so clever aS
TO hit upon an effective and new design
for a book cover is almost as fortunate
as a latter-day dramatst who makes
hit with a new play. l knew of young
| girl. a Virginian, who having taken up
| this branch Of art, walked quite bravely
into the Scribner's publishing-house one
! dav In quest Of work. She had no intro
| duction Of any kind. and did not even
proffer the information of her name TO
the man Of business who sat at desk
Uttered with new publications from
various concerns.
He was omlnouslv brief in his polite
refusal Of her proffered services, but she
| did not lose heart, so stu fingered on the
/ subject. Have you had much expert
encc?' he asked. mo" she confessed. 1T
/ is impossible" he said. "for us to engage
any work just now" then lifting book
from the desk with bold and original yet
/ chaste design on its cover he continued
/ I'm a tone Of final encouragement: "Of
course. Madam, now IL you could do work
/ like this" we would be too ready 10
employ all of your time" 81 did do that"
came from this young girl in a voice
I scarcely audible, so intense was her sur
| prise and delight at such tribute to her
work. IL was her first effort, and fate
made Il a firm stepping TO fortune. Sue
! cess for the blind offer OF Scribners repre-
sentative has been made good. and the
most attractive exteriors Of their books
! are the work of this plucky as wei az
talented young girl
EVERYTHING MATTER.
| There is a saying that everything Is
! grist to the journalistic mill. and truly
everything is matter to the New York
! bread-winner. one can not help but be
! struck with this whenever thrown in their
art circles, whether literature or srawins
| be their vocation. To the former. every
| chance incident of the least interest IL a
! STORY" and TO the latter every strong
\ contrast or harmonious effect is a pic
| ture. AS a case in point i recall an occa-
! sion when too or three girls sat chatter
/ ing In n New York clearinghouse where
several bright young art students and
! Journalists lived. At table sat one OF
1 the girls industrlously working at IAN
order In pen and ink, for some maya
| zine. A young fellow. member Of the
/ family. strolled In, and with an exhausted
! gesture. stretched himself full across tho
sofa. Some one looked at him. and said.
| "Umphl Home stretch" wild enough
| JOho hi VIII dh'SN' pu- thS humorous
! young artist exclaimed: "Ohl May have
thatY "Have what?' was asked. "Why
| that joke" she said 1t was freely do
mated TO her, with the conviction that any
/ one whose appetite for ideas could be
! tempted by the merest crust Of a joke
must be starving indeed A month passed,
and behold miracle had come 10 pass.
| That crumb let fall in skillful hands had
become the largest and most profitable
bread-puddng. In one OF the best comic
weeklies these appeared an elaborate and
effective drawing OF young fellow In
dress-suit with a dilapidated air. and
stretched full length across his bed under
neDlh was the significant title OF the story.
~ Home Stretch"
The young journalist of the party was
not 10 DO out done in catching IDEAS ''on