The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-29
tally spent the money.

tally spent the money.
The answer came promptly and assured
! her that there was plenty of work fer
her and that they paid at the rate of
twenty cents each for copying short bust
! ness letters. If she decided to send for
the sample letter please enclose fifty
cents, as a guarantee of good faith.
Peggy produced fifty cents from her
Christmas board and sent it away with a
| light heart Twenty cents each seemed
very generous pay. She would not try
to copy more than five in a day; at that
rate she could earn her ten dollars long
before Christmas. She had really not
expected anything so good. and she won
dered a little at their paying so much
but supposed it was because they prefer
red personal to typewriter letters.
| She could hardly wait until the answer
to her second letter and the copy" ar
rived and when it did she tore it open
| eagerly She was somewhat surprised at
the length of the letter which was type
written and covered eight long pages.
The circular explained that copyists were
expected to furnish their own stationery.
But she sat down bravely and took her
pen in hand. When she had written for
| three hours and her fingers were cramp-
ed, her back aching and her neck stiff
she looked to see how much there was tc
dc and found that she was only half
! finished. 1t was almost dinner time but
she paused to do little figuring" The
result was astounding. Even allowing for
increased speed with practice and count
ing on all the time she could possibly
spare for the work she could not expecr
to make more than forty cents week
and there were only six weeks until
Christmas. It was a sad blow to the
dreams of avarice which Peggy had been
nourishing.
It occurred to her to wonder whether
she could get her fifty cents back but
| thought 1t was worth trying. She wrote
/ the advertisers pitiful letter telling them
that she needed work SO badly and was
| in such sore straits for money that she
could not take employment which offered
so little. She could not subsist, she fear
ed, on forty cents a week and support a
paralyzed grandmother and little blind
sister. and must try for something that
paid better. She returned the sample let
ter and would they please send back her
fifty cents?
By return mail she received a most
courteous reply. 1t was contrary to their
principles to return the fifty cents, which
was merely their guarantee against dis
appointment in their employees, but they
wanted her to get something for her
money. She might have her choice be-
tween material for printing a ladys pic
ture on a gentlemans watch" with ex-
PLANTATION of the process or 200 valuable
recipes, free. The recipes included such
| important information as How to cure
a tape-worm in three days" and How to
make spawned horse walk straight"
Peggy is still seeking a Get Rich Quick
scheme. And she has raised the sum
total of her desires. $1O.50
A Topeka debutante has a new party
gown which contains 20 yards of wide
linen 1t is trimmed very simply with
hemstitched ruffles and there are seven
ty-fve yards of hemstitching on it.
| and
particularly the palmer ones for whom 1t
is very important that they look their
best, has a period of hopeless ugli-
ness. Her complexion gets muddy. her
eyes dull, her hair stubborn and it is 4
positive pain for her to look in the nil
ror. This may arise from a variety of
causes. which sounds like a patent nedi-
cine ad, but it isn't. Sometimes she is i'll,
sometimes she is tired out and "all run
down. TO further quote the patent medi-
cine exploiters. but oftenest of all she is
bored to death. Just as there is charm
in woman equal to animation so there is
no foe to her beauty so deadly as
lethargy.
Adalina Patti, woman whose wonder
! fully preserved beauty is the marvel of
the world. says that active interest in
/ life as as essential to womans good
! looks as are baths. exercise and fresh air.
You must have" she says. "a real in
terest in something. Love something, if
| 1t is only a dog Keep your heart young "
Sarah Bernhard. another woman who
snaps her fingers in the face of time,
gives practically the same explanation
for her enduring youth and charm. Il
care nothing for cosmetics. complexion
treatments, systems of dieting and the
like" she says. "A woman is young as
long as she is interested, alert active.
Years do not count. but only what you
have to live for. When a woman stag