The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-11

Der of families in the county. Mrs.
Gowdy's first duty on most mornings
during the school months is to kindle
the fire. Then she sweeps and dustS
and at o'clock begins her duties as
teacher. Miss Ellen NJ. Bruce. also fol
man y years principal of Primary
School No. 10, in OsWego. has a half a
century record to her credit as teacher.
This term completes her fiftieth year,
and she now intends to retire. She has
taught over 10000 pupils, including
parents, children and grandchildren. in
this one school. Had been told when
1 first entered this building" said Miss
Bruce, the other day. that L would
continue to teach here for the next half
century 1 would have got out again a
good deal quicker than 1 came in. Yes.
1 have been happy in the school in a
way. but fifty years."
Are girls cheaper to keep than boys
There was a time when disappointed
parents who saw girl after girl added
to their flock, would console themselves
with the reflection that they were.
Boys. although belonging to the COW
eted sex. were undoubtedly a tremen-
dous expense, what with their edu-
cation and the choosing of a profession
for them. But 1--WE have changed all
that" nowadays. Not that boys have
CcdSc0 u DG expensive luAuTleS-Ont
dear, noi-but daughters can no longer
be considered cheap" Already their
education costs every cent as much as
their brothers, while after school, If
they happen to belong to high society,"
their clothes, amusements and jour-
neyings impose very heavy tax upon
the parental pocketbook. A celebrated
English beauty is said to have gone
through her first London season in one
little black frock. Probably no beauty
would dream of attempting such a
thing now. The simple gowns-they
seem generally to have been Of white
muSlin-in which our mothers achieved
their girliSh successes. have become as
incredible as the reality Of those girl
ish successes themselves. The modern
debutante is a creature of chiffons in
Vulnerable and expensive, and when
she marrfes-but that concerns the
husband, rather than the father. It
seems as if even the consolation of
cheapness had been taken from the
present-day parents Of relays of girls
A woman who makes it her life work
to secure secretaries, language teach
ers, polyglot walters, ETC., for employ
ers requiring them, has lately made the
following statement: Several women
recently applied to me for a position as
secretary. imagining, as nine women
out of ten do, that they are especially
qualified for a secretariaI position In
only one Of them was there anything
remotely resembling thorough
knowledge Of foreign language. One
applicant assured me of her perfect
efficiency in the language required
at once put her in communication with
the firm in immediate want of a for
eign correspondent. This woman was
an utter failure, requiring hours of
time and the assistance of a dictionary
for the translation of a few business
letters. The truth is. excellent posts ar.
to be had for thoroughly we'll trained,
well educated women; the half trained
specifically educated woman will In
evitably find herself left out in the
cold, and the more urgently this fact is
impressed upon those women who are
seeking for work, the better it will be
for them"