The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-27

shape bits of wood and metal. In time she became his assistant and worked with him three years. Then she was full nedged, and Mfr. Aver declared her as competent as himseH. Her health has been greatly improved by the viz orous exercise
 In a crowded portion of New York's earian girl who is a cobbler and shoe- maker. She makes the rough. heavy shoes worn by laborers at that. Her ,, story is full of pathos and illustrates that tender family affection one stuni- bIes on so often among the very poor. 1 The family, father, mother. and three children--Lena, the eldest, perhaps thirteen years old--came to America from Hungary. Soon the brother died Lena kept house, and her father peg ged away in a little cobbler shop he opened in their tenement rooms. One day he said 'Oh, Lena, wish you were Alex and Alex you. Then | Alex would be old enough to help me | in my work, and we could get more money" Alex was Lena's younger brother The remark of her father grieved Leaa. Then she thought. Why could not she. girl though she was, learn to mend and make shoes? She began it secretly, when her father was away from home. and became as skill l full as he was. When he found It out he was overjoyed.
 Lena became his assistant. Ere long | he too, died and the brave. tender girl has kept on with his cobbler shop since. supporting herself and the chill drer by means of it.
 Innumerable efforts. through offers of syndicate. partnership. matrimony and otherwise, have been vainly made to "do' Mrs. May o. Rucsell. the "oil queen of Kentucky" out of her rich holdings in the petroleum fields. She prospected for them herself, "shot" wells on her own account and kep' on through all discouragements. though she sometimes did not know where her next weeks living was coming from. Finally she struck oil sure enough: great gushers. One of
 first day. Her income from this and other wells is $500 a day.
 Mrs. Russell started in life as ste-
 nographer in Illinois. She met and
 was married to a man from Lima, in
 the Ohio oil and natural gas region.
 She went to live with him at his
 home and there studied oil wells and
 oil prospecting. How we'll she learn
 ed is shown by -her success in Ken
 lucky Even now she is worth $1,-
 900, ,000 and her career is only begin
 ming.
 If woman can originate some novel design or idea 1t Is fairly sure, proper ly carried out, to lead ner on to for tuns. Novelty Is what the f1ck1e world wants. Ten years ego Miss Frances B. Ste1rns of Boston was impressed with a somewhat original idea. She has utilized 1t to great profit. She opened in Boston a little sa1esroom, which she called a grift shop. The name slows what 1t contained, small and pretty objects, oftentimes artis- tic, that could be bought by those seek ing presents for their friends. The piv)t on which success for Miss Stearns turned was that she did her customers thinking for them. She offered a va riety of gifts which they could select from quickly. She also established a tea room in connection with the shop. The s-' eme took at once Miss Stearns added the sale of antiques to her business. She became rich enough to go to Europe and find art objects there, and all sold for high prices Now Miss Stearns is wealthy woman.
 Marilla Weaver.