River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-11-26

TO the Highest possible bidder the shirt
waists. hat pins, hight lamps, banjos,
e;S.. with which we are surfeiied. IL
will be more fun, and pay in the h..r-
gain
No sooner was the exc, utive council
dissolved than each girl set about put
ting in practice the various suggestions
of their versatile editor. The first as
sistant editor promptly hung out n
shingle announcing to the Rosebrier
public that from two TO four o'clock
every Saturday Afternoon she would
open her ON as a manicure parlor and
hair-dressing establishment, and that
she would also arise one-half hour
earlier every morning 10 await individ-
uaI calls for assistance. The latter an
Touncement was supposed TO represent
about the CT Attest sacrifice of which
the first assistant editor was capable.
The second assistant sent out written
slips TO every school maiden offering
her services as chambeTmaid one morn
I ing in the week for the trifiing sum of a
dime. Great was her horror to find her
oiTer accepted in every instance. How
ever. she faced the situation bravely;
I getting advice and a white prom from
The maid, who regarded the arrange
mcnt with marked favor. The Rose
brier Blue Book" became famous before
the winter was over. adding greatly to
/ the credit of the business manager and
tn the funds in the treasury.
The editor in chief received six dol
lars for her first gown. and not only that
but deserved it, too. Every morning she
, placed a huge basket outside her door
I in which to receive tlilapidated gar
raents, and the hour which she devoted
to mending was also converted into an
afternoon tea. Five Ger s was charged
for cup Of tea with crackers thrown
/ in. Not in the tea" as the business
manager explained in making the an
nouncement, but IN the bargain"
The auction was a great success.
Shirt waists, that had seen their best
DAYS, went for three dollars and half.
I Hat pins, that were bent crooked in their
/ well-meant efforts TO spare the Rose
l brierian brains, were purchased as in
: teresting souvenirs; while battered col
/ lege badges were positively scrambled
| for sxu,
When the four coworkers met to set
/ tie up accounts and to investigate the
/ treasury Just before the close of the
| school. il was discovered that not only
were they in position TO pay off the old
debt of Ss2. hut that the years expenses
I for the 49, had been met, and the little
/ PAPER, free and Runencumbered, stood
ready TO weather the financial storm OF
] another school year. TO say that the
staff regarded each other and the last
/ edition of the"?" with pardOnable pride
/ Is TO fail 10 DO justice 10 the scene. For
I the time being there was no greater pub
I LEGATION in the United States and nc
prouder group of editors.
1T is not Just because we have saved
/ the p that I'm so delighted" remarked
he editor in chief. as she putted herself
as well as the other three girls; lit is
because we have faced the emergency
! and il is ours. And we have learned
self-cOntrol, self-reliance, self-sacrifice
"a lesson in domestic economy, and how
to make tea in the bargain"
The closing remarks of the editor In
chief are noteworthy. not merely IN
their editoria significance, but as voic
ing the new sentiment of the twentieth
century schoolgirl. For there is a new