The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-17


She offered her services, which were
Immediately accepted. She could not do
fancy sewing, but had often laughing
ly remarked that she could mend twice
as well as she could embroider.
80 the girl with new idea went to
several of her friends, most of whom
accepted her plan with avidity.
she charged so much an hour for at
tendlng to mending, sometimes taking
the work nome. again spending the day
or part of it at her employers houses.
VI course she did not make "A large
sum, but 1t was an unriVaied vocation
and she was in constant demand
Some of her friends engaged her to
come regularly two or three times a
month.
1t was not as simple work as it APP
pears, either. She had special cottons
for table linen or lace curtains,or hair
like threads for the jagged tear in a
dellcate gown, or, perhaps, it was
gloves or hose to be attended to-
Another little woman, who used to
make dainty stock collars and lingerie
for Christmas gifts and fairs, turned
her dett fingers to account and grad
ually worked up a little trade to sup
ply brides-to -be with the thousand and
one little etceteras so trivial yet so
tedious. She marked or embroidered
the linen, hemmed the table-cloths
and napkins, and did many little things
that are great help to a busy fam
lily in preparing a trousseau.
Still another woman in adversely hit
upon the plan of attending to the de-
tails of the table when her customers
expected company, She saw that the
silver, freshly polished, was put cor
rectly in its place, that the decorations
were as they should be; that the can
dies and place cards were arranged:
that the candles in the candelabra
were long enough to last the evening.
| and that the right china was chosen
for the various courses.
When regular caterer or house
keeper wac not employed, this woman
remained behind the scenes during the
entertainment, to personally supervise
the serving of the meal, and a huge
load she lifted from the mind of many
an anxious hostess and bewildered
servant.
II woman has sufficient capital to
prepare herself, of course, there are
many employments to be undertaken,
from trained nursing to a secretary
ship, when, after good training in a
preparatory school, a little patience
and experience will procure a we'll
paying situation.
But before undertaking anything that
requires HlOllbilS VI even years III prep
aration she should cast about i'm her
| mind as to whether there is something
that she actually knows she can do
now; some new field, perhaps, or one
where there is less competition.
Then let her consider how to turn
that something to account, and with a
| fair amount of courage and a large
store of perseverance get to work.
Perseverance is perhaps the most
sAara
| ing employment. And, too, ii is an at
| tribute not always to be acquired.
| When a business man or woman says,
1--WE have number of others ahead
| of you; call some other time" don't
fail to return. Go! and, if necessary,
| go again and again!
People rarely hunt employees; if per-
sons happen in at the right moment
them are engaged on the spot. and the
only way to be on hand is to go fire.
| quently, and keep yourself in mind.
| The employer will think you a bore
and you probably are; but in the end
| 1t may be that he will like your per-
severance, and take you in the end.
A bookkeeper engaged an assistant
once, just to get rid of him. The man
was always at hand begging for work
until the bookkeeper, for very weari-
ness, offered him some work. The man
| ployer, who had at first given the OPP
portunity out of pity, kept the man
| permanently.
Every one has a place in the world
| and sooner or later finds that place
| There was a woman who was brought
up and educated to be a musician
who by mere chance started to write
discovered she had more talent for
writing than for music, and in the end
turned out to be a born journalist,
She tried one thing after another as
| opportunity offered. and above all
never said she could not do a thing
and after a term of using two or three
means TO earn a livelihood she became
so successful a writer that she gave up
| music and art. except as source of
| pleasure to herself. and became cele-
| brated as an author
There are hundreds of such cases. OF
course il is not wise thing to try too
many things at once; IL is both wear
! ing 10 the nerves and not conducive 10
| good work in any one line. yet neither
! is il wise to depend too much on any
| one source. at least until fiji mly estab-
| lshed, or until you are sure you are
doing what is both congenial and
! profitable