The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-08

well buttoned. and should not forget | that run down heel makes one look literally run down all over Whether shoes are tied or buttoned, they should
 be in good order. If one has to stand 1 most of the time, ones shoes should have low heels and broad soIeB.i should fit comfortably over the instep and bt Of leather that does not draw the foot and make 1t feel hot and cramped. We should never be conscious of our feet Faithful servants that shey are, they are often shamefully iII-treated. and II is no wonder that they take vengeance
 on us by torturing corns and shock ingly disfiguring bunions ~ Look well to. your hands and finger nails. They are the distinguishing
 marks of lady. and lady Is Of nc class. The humblest worker in the
 hive may be a lady. and a queen can be no more. The working girl should be imper- sonal. By this I mean that she ought not to expect favors on account of her sex. Just as she takes care of hef health and guards herself from colds | and headaches and nerves and faint ing fts, that she may be able six days out of seven to do her work well and faithfully, SO she should guard her be- havior from foolish coduetry and af- fectation.
 The men with whom she works must think of her only as fellow worker, she has no claim on them beyond this. She is not maiden in society to whom homage is to be psn She is a wor ker on equal terms who demands only civil- i fty and fair dealing. If her fellcw- clerks and her employers are true men. and gentlemen, they will not trespass
 on her rights by paying attentions or
 giving invitations that she cannot with
 seIf-respect accept. Indeed, when a
 working girl surrounds herself with the
 cool aIoofnAss of pre-occupation, she is
 in small danger of being in any way
 disturbed. The vast body of American
 men treat women well. no matter in
 what place or relation the latter may
 stand.
 One of the joyful privileges of the
 poor girl who works Is that she may
 help her own dear ones. This Is not a
 hardship. On the contrary right-feel- ing girls regard it as a pleasure. The
 bond between mothers and daughters
 among the poor is even closer than the
 bond that unites those who have plenty
 of this worlds goods. A mother Is al- ways mother and daughter always daughter. but for genuine common sense, beautiful sacrifices and true he- roisrn, none surpass the mothers of the poor. Often they have struggled hard
 to bring their children up. Only the angels know what stern adherence to duty, what scorn of ease what vigil
 lant care may be shown by a mother
 whose little Kingdom of home is three
 rooms ir a crowded tenement, who has
 her hands full from morning to night,
 who washes. irons. cocks, sews, mends,
 sweeps, nurses babies. bears sometimes
 with tho caprice and whims of ne'er-
 do-well husband, and is cheerful and kind and true-hearted through every thing.
 1his mother is IS careful chaoe- rome to her young daughter as any mother in other circles can be. although the word chaperono may not exist Tor her When her laughter begins to earn money she takes 1t home to her
 mother. and her mother manages it and gives her what she thinks the girl can affcrd to spend. The privilege of heip- ing the home is ons of the sweetest and dearest privileges of working woman among the poor.