The San Francisco call., 1906-06-01
PEOPLE and Things
BY LOUISE WELLER.


have been thinking over that All
engrossing subject for girls soday
"whatto do.'' and here:are some of tf.t
things l would imagine should End 81
place in the market:
Darning stockings.
Mending clothes.
: Cleaning clothes
Home millinery.
Helping on baking or cleaning
days. 49,
Planning meals.
Assisting dressmakers. miIliners and
small shopkeepers with their accounts.
Teaching children to dance.
Teaching little children 80 pronounce
distinctly.
Decorating show cards for advsrtis-
ing purposes.
Writing foolish litafe rhymes for ad-
vertising purposes.
Some. .women-not many-kn0w how
to darn stockings well. For those
women there ought to be continual em~
ployment. Stockings will wear out ir-
respective of season. quality or wearer.
Women who are not able to darn neat.
lY will not as "a rule darn. at all. And,
what. rs more. some gery competent
needlewomen dislike SO to darn that
L.
sides family darning there is what I
would be inclined. to refer TO as bach
elor darning -darnng the hosiery of
bachelors. That is the biggest field of
all. There ought to be big run on
darnfng needles.
Girls who can mend clothes and clean
clothes might, like the stocking darn
err enjoy both the patronage of fam
ilies and bachelors-sbachelo maids as
well as men. Girls who go out TO work
have little time to give their clothes
the attention they need. and / am con-
fident would be glad to find a good
woman to look after their garments.
AS for: the .bachelor-a girl who
mends we'll represents to him his ideal.
AT least. he always says so.
Mending as a business is likely to
put matrimonial agencies to sleep.
When a girl has that great "knack
for trimming hats" she can accomplish
maryels with a ribbon and a flower and
a bit of lace. Most women, irrespective
of purse or station, have mad passion
for hats, while the inexpensiveness of
hat made at home must appeal to all.
Milliners. get busy.
or on cleaning" day, or on both. not
only will find much employment,
should think, but will prove n blessing
to many overworked housekeepers.
The same way with the girl who has
the rare knack of planning meals.
Nearly every woman who runs board
ing house, well as nearly every
housekeeper. will tell you that all of
her work is child's play compared to
ha frnr n hot -f,,t
What shall we have for dinner?"
Magazines for women and writers for
women have tried. but not successfully,
to solve that problem for them. But it
won't work.
To plan a dinner for a family there
are two essential things that must be
taken into account. First and above
everything the natural tastes of the
people to be catered to, and then their
and with n knowledge of cookery and
the laws of health, and with a knowl-
edge of those she is planning for, can
make out a successful menu.
Girls who have taste for figures
might find employment. / should imag-
inc. in helping the dressmaker. the mill
liner and the many small shopkeepers
who have no regular accountant with
their books.
If they write a nice clean hand they
could also assist in preparing the ac-
counts.
Then always there are the children
to fall back upon for those who love
them. Very little training, or educa-
tion for that matter, is required by a
young woman who would teach a little
child to articulate well and pronounce
its words correctly Very young girls
could find congenial employment in
teaching children to dance.
Then there are the girls with artistic
tendencies. The girl who paints and
who draws those cute little figures and
the girl who writes poetry. Artists and
poets. unless they are capable, have a
sorry time earning their living. But
the girl who can find a way of dec
Grating an advertising show card. or
the girl who can write foolish. jim
sling little verse extolling the quail
tiles of breakfast food or a beer, is
not likely to go to bed hungry.
Try it, budding artists and poets, and
see.
According to Walter Castle, April IS
is a regular earthquake day-and when
it falls on a Wednesday, well, it is all
the better for the temblor.
This gentleman has just returned
from Guatemala, where he CLEANED the
remarkable fact that on Wednesday.
April Is. 1902, Quezalrenango, Guate-
mala, a town of 10000 inhabitants was
completely destroyed by an earthquake
Mr.. Castle is a remarkable story teller