The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-10

themselves without an income or any
resus of support, to play the role of
l dr,or relation and live with their kin
3aks in e state Of dependence, wear
gg;,c the plainest if not the ugliest sort
I 4 clothes and growing old and really
a,ed Of life long before it is time.
s1his is exactly why, or the main rea-
|.Ou why, there are so many women
s,se earners to-day. But of the rea-
a.ous more may be. said anon. The
7,,ys Of wage-earning form a more in
a,tresting and, indeed, necessary topic
asr discussion and consideration.
a What good thing it is that every
|klessed one of US is ambitious-wants
u do and be that which will make our
1S.llows look upon us if not with envy
a.;th admiration for what we have ac-
'komplished and the high place we
aecupy. Yes, this is fortunate, it is
y ue Of natures best endowments. It
Aseps us long way from going as low
Il. iii is possible to GO even if it does
hot always take US as high as it is pos
Ajbe to 20. But what very wrong
aiea one sometimes entertains Of that
|sa,u!iug to be somebody
Il Let me tell you of little woman
= #zIho wanted to be somebody" Bless
As, heart, she was already that, always
Dad been, if one accepts the "some-
& Ssdy' as meaning a person Of bright
hts, gentle manners and upright liv-
sbg
4 There came a day when it was no
bnger possible for her to keep her
4 retty and comfortable home, with all
s refined surroundings. Little by
title, in the effort to keep up appear
bees and to fool the big, unheeding
bid uncaring world as to her real stu
ss}iou, her little all melted away.
aheu came the offer from relatives to
i've her a corner in their homes
Aere was little said about hearts
3ut she preferred to make an effort to
rn her support.
81 To the woman Of practical turn of
lind she went. There was just $50
!sween the little gentlewoman and
\ ant, so she must decide quickly what
4 pc had best do. The practical woman
3unted over with her her accomplish
snts and found them more ornamen-
than useful, and plainly told her
Is. Her education had been thor
$shly conducted, so far as it had
4ne. but the need of being at the
81 bad Of her fathers household had
3lled her away from the convent
hoOl before she was graduated. At
8a hool she had been taught to sew
# autifully, and her exquisite needle
;;zz9RTk vas we'll knogG TO her friend.
All" at length said the practical
BRman, "you can earn an excellent
felihood by doing fine sewing for
3ldren. You are so artistic that you
sp fashion the daintiest Of infants
bes, and there is always demand for
eh work.
# The practical woman stopped for
"a Fath, for she had grown quite en-
psiastic over the bright outlook she
a suddenly stumbled upon. The
81 |te gentlewoman looked at her in
81 nement and finally gasped: Il
f eamstress! Why, Jennie, what are
thinking of"
1@lt vas now Jennie turn to be sur
b sed.
But, my dear, you have asked me
tell you what to do, and have told
=. cannot see how sewing dainty
3le garments for other women is in
least degrading. 1t is work that
"a 39 know so we'll how to do that it
not weary you like new and un-
iliar efforts would
Put the little gentleEoman went
$y without word Of thanks, and
hy cried herself i'll when she
fhed home, thinking over and over
unkind and unsympathetic her
friend Jennie had been, how cru
unkind to expect her to do any
fg so commonplace when she knew
eT ambitious she was and how ten
y she had been reared. But the
YYe gentlewoman was not without
3h Of common sense, and finally
'9 prevailed. She went to work
\ efloning the dainty little garments
@ their strips of lace aud fine elm
Fpderies, and long ago she and JeG-
E kissed and made up, and she told
PRACTICAL Jennie that she was the
IL friend in the world because she
~ not aatterea her and told her she
clever enough to do anything"