The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-22
WOMEN WHO EARN MONEY.

hard for it. and I DO not know n single
ono who has not some poor relation 10
support. When YOU say, as ! did. to one
busy woman. "Why don't your brothers
help herr" She viii look nc you and
answer Won. as hundreds Of them have
| answered me: "WhO can rely on men %
| steadily take care of poor rclatiOns2 They
| will splurge out with present. they will
| send some ridiculous and unsuitable gift.
but the man who regularly hands a sum
| Of money ont TO q woman whose only
claim on him is that she IS Of his blood
! and i7 Door and old is more than n man;
he is so exceptional that he's an angel"
OF course thore are foolish women: but
! the folly Of woman when Il comes 10
| spending money usually has n kindly feel
/ ing as ITS incentive. Speaking of folly not
! long ago. an elderly lady of my acquaint-
/ ancc was lett thousand dollars by a rich
! friend. a thousand dollars is not n great
! deal of money. but it was given because.
| whiio the lady 10 whom IL was left had a
! small income. there was always the possi-
/ hlitv o. sudden need OF money-illncss
/ or dooth-and the eivor thought that this
/ thousand dollars would be a nest egg held
/ for the day Of trouble. I dropped in to
! CONGRATULATE my friends. They have q
| sweet. old home. filed with furniture that
/ is ofd-flshiono1. and they are eentlefolks.
| Before 7 could say a word IN regard to the
! bcquct. my hostess said:
AGNES WEDDING GIFT.
Agnes. you must show Mistress Bah
your diamond brooch"
looked sufficiently surprised 10 invite
an explanation. This was 10:
perhaps you heard, my dear. that
Cousin Nancy left me "a thousand dollars?
Well. in looking over ms really hand
some things. 7 gave my solid silver tray
ana cream iug 10 Mary. when she was
married. and the pearls that were my
wedding present TO Louise. when She was
married. So there was nothing really
handsome LETT for Agnes. so when this
money came I went right down to Tiff
fanny and b0urht a diamond brooch. so
that Agnes might feel she was not neg
lecfc1"
TO Doe honest ! was so surprised that
] wondered that the r.ycr OF this money
dil not rise from her grave and indulge
in "a few words Of suiphur0us faint.
And yet the recipient of the brooch and
the purchaser thereof seemed 10 think
that what was right had been done.
Another woman. O. lady, was widowed
when she was twenty-five; She had
lame child. "a tiny girl Her husband
ltft only 20 two thousand dollar life in
rulhncc. me WIDOW ana hef chliu went
back TO live i'm a household where the
getting brea0 and butter was already
difficulty. and every mouth counted.
Everybody who knew the widowed one
felt glad about the lie insurance. Inc
people who were most intimate with her
best concluded that she would use u 10
open n lite neighborhood store, and so
make "a home and living Tor herself ana
her sick child.
ONE WOMANS WAY.
When / called TO see her was told
she was AWAY. / concluded She was Wis.,
itine some friends. Nv second call found
her at home. and then was told that
She had lust gotten back from New
York. She won't ON % say that she had
always wanted 10 see New York. and
that She knew poor Harry. who had ale
,,.a,s baan an indffirent husband vould
l.r. iu.,d hrr fo eo. and then too She
hadn't wasted her money on a lot OF nom
sense for She had stayed six weeks at
good hotel and bought herself pair OF
diamond eafi'H47' '-e ''.lu ,,lat sile lel'
tAat lNl' Wa. Sens .Di' nb7e' ne
cause when she was oeiu her niue titl
could nave ln,i"' -n' u'",,ioia9 were "l-
ways boou' iI'i 'i,is 'i,t-
thlIeu VAIN Aer ana li."7"' Hic h,'u uoli,
WHAT was IitnD +'l-9l M'."S, H''.'
that my sehaFl9r WI. ,-''.''" az .oIp-
hearted, lhey sile io'Neu us il 'ilou5H1
sne ought not TO Aate p-n1 lhe iloney as
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DUTY RHYMES III BEAUTY.
Yet the reward for duty done IS n
certainty. bat certainty that may not
come inst when y0u expect IL. How
mean YOU do feel when YOU let somebody
else do vour duty, How miserable and
low Won do seem not only in your own
but i'm the worlds eyosl IL must be
easier. ] think. 90 get over committine
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