Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-10-21

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! the earnings derived from literary work
| hy u man who. while not making Nteru-
| ture his life work or iueans ~ livelihood
has followed u Tor twenty years Here
| h. relutinui ~ whg' 20 woman can do
under similar circumstances,
While II .. impossible Co give minute
detail a. ca the sums received this woman
has kept careful account of the money
she has made bv writing - lring the
fifteen years concerned lhe has besides
brought up n family done most ~ tho
time her own houscwork and sewing. ana
found time for some church work and
some social pleasure
sixteen wears ago this woman. feelinR
that she must de- something TO aid ~
hearing the family burden. crocheted ha
hieS' h0ntees al - cents u dozen pairs
There wus % little baby % year old 90 he
attended 90. and hy dut Of great perss'
ycrnnce she was able fu earn 81 week
In tho meantime she was writing. ~
the request ~ an editor little news items
from her home locality for r. very small
country newspaper in another town. She
Ent free paper. and stamps and envcl-
ores and nothing more out ~ u hut the
satisfaction Of seeing her work In print.
which was something
There came about this time 90 the
wuman's home town city paper which
WIS making an enurt, hy printing a page
81 suburban news Co got foothOld In
spondeut u her place. hut the correspond
ert did not sceem tn he doing very good
work. and the woman decided 20 Try
10 ret tho work fDr herself
Waiting am a large Are In The vicinity
gave her material she wrote and sent ont
H little account ~ ~ 'l the city payer
Her pride md delight knew no hounds
when the next evening the unper printed
the Item, only very slightly blue pen
ciled
This satisfaction was added 20 very
materially the next dny when tho sub
urban editor ~ me pansr called uuun
her The result ~ the visit wis that the
woman was told tn sent In what news she
could get and me pay. while not munin-
cent. seemed like fortune after the
snr'gmHIi"g sNnsFIsure.
This wns eve beginning Unfortunately
the heglun-r did not deem u necessary
o. take account ~ the very sman sums
which she began a. make with hnr pen
For three wears she worked before II
dawred upoh her that she ought 20 get
some kind ~ au idea what she was earn
inE
So NJ tho h..-lunlng ~ tho year 1874
she started q system ~ bookkeeping The
results show what she WIS able "a do
white she WIS giving much attention To
hsr other housewnrk and tho children.
and little Co outside matters.
The wear tS1t netted this honnworyer
~ Al ~ This was earned IN 'ctual
news rouorilng Items heinz sent from
small village ~ probably only iSn in
hAhitnuts.
lt took the woman several wears to real
ize that human interest stories were Hs
acceptable Co. fhe newspaper a. actual
news When this hnully dnwned unog
hsr. things began 90 look uu. and frSN
TINT time ON she had 70 feeling - ihde-
pendencc which amounted to me belief
fhrt ~ necessary shc could tske care ~
herself md ~ her children
The vH1r iSnj brought IN Increase ~
Hbout srU uI4tirc Sg5s - Tho next wear.
" HIHN HHH la HH
home. also BROUGHT moro money. and
tre earnings footed up the nice sum -
sG-nS5
The newt was a bonner vcur. probably
hacuuse n work riri WIS k"nt who re-
usveH 'hs husv mother 10 some ~ tho
home duties. rho rsH'luts fu- this wear
we-a si.W-l ~ md fDr the next sS'pnS
TNon ensucd period " 100 ho1lih and
depression and generally discoIraging
conditions Tht ryurt.r Tor some rem
con. felt nS NJ ~" huttow had drunped
ont ~ everything and ns n 70 ii1 mot
any longer paw tn Keep up tho eternal
struggle The res ilt seems Co have shown
In the quantity n not he the quality ~
the work done. Tor the receipts THAT year
footed up only tu SiiH3i.
HnvinE refrigerated. th"rr seemed 20
D., littl, hope uf climbing hack tu the
heights 90 ts.i1. bat hN aud los things hs-
ruu 90 brighten. and 1851 showed a fnir
Increase over the previous year. with
xTtl .ti~ This seems tO have been the
turning point fur boz i'Ei there was
earned sf5i ~. in liu1 SJl22n while in
1906 Iut total tE.tu Uf'pi up Ntfh close
Go tho sl,Hn mark. reaching s,1l -.
Hy this time the woman lhd aMHk'uf'
20 th, ruasihilt'p4 of 'h' Wurt. md s'
wa, doing hssI's- flr regular news
Woik all sorts OF Itflr ut~ Tor women IS
departments ANA some little WHs!2'n"
work. ard uur department hfI been
started which brought % small sum r'gu-
Nr'y.
IN this same year paper give ne
sfngglIrE writ'r one or her strongest
boosts. by printing md paying Tor ~oW"
a. her verses This uus ned up "a new
field ana the profits uf Inc next two
years were materially Increased hy the
income derived from ih" little verses,
most of which We're written Boo u hImur-
I'm isnI tho first really ambitions stor,
WINS turned out. bringing from fNr Black
Cat after BE- bad been 20 is.d D. two
editors. Sii. To one month or lHll the re-
re.pts amounted tn si"2 ~ and th" whole
yefr footed uu to Sil'W -.
The record ~ inti eo far Dr. excellent.
IN Co June 20 the sum received amount
.d to S5ilTS Work o. Boo sight for July
and August which promises Hn Income
~ FROM Sfl tn $50 week. with perhaps
a similar sum Tor the ir~t week Boo Sep.
tsmber NtrlZlus work accepted and
more ready Co send out. VII probably
hrirg iu 'i'u before The end 81 The year.
The worker is confident or ~,f,hIuu the
- 21n mark. provided h'r health y SHARED.
and NJ 's uuIf. likely tUut this mark WI
be PASSED Besides the regular news work
much work Incidental to 'nc summer
season is being dem ui' u. ana the Mold
seems practically liwitl'ss. and ihe
amount uf work fo he done only bounded
hv physical conditions.
q might seem us n with go This work
and considerable home work lcsl les THIS
woman would NOT have tie time f0r
measures and rr"rDHfInu If iF 90 fact,
however. that she suioys lIfr Gr more
frnn tn musf joss busy people Social