Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10
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- ONE French author who seems to
know a INNS or two, has It, that
1t Is all mistake about tho
W. neither region being paved with
Good intentlons that instead, 1t Is paved
with women's tongues. Also, that wo-
mans worst enemy is woman.
It is strange how tiny seed,
harmless little seed. yet, withal,
noisonous little seed, viii drop from the
Iips of a woman, lightly ever so light
~. upon that productive soil consist
ing of the different properties-earsa and
ewes, busy brains and tongues. and
jdleness; still stranger, how that par
tjcular soil Will take up that little seed,
causing 1t to sprout aud grow into a
dourishing and scandalous weed with
such marvellous rapidity that char
acter is lost.
"How can a working girl afford such
a gown
The smile accompanying this remark
produced it's effect. Ears perked up,
at once; tongues were let loose, and
the afternoon passed quickly, merrily,
and without fatigue, in one of society's
pretty homes. while the cards slipped
oasilyl through deft fingers.
The woman making this remark
prides herself on being very much in
society" and her special energy seems
to take form In reclining about in
pretty gowns, with her special interest
directed toward other wcmens pretty
gowns, and If 1t happens to be the gown
of q working girl, well-~woe be to the
working girl.
The working girl In question was
beautiful character. and at least well
bred and refined which is saying i
great deal more than can be said of
some folks and IL the society woman
We're one-third as conscientious, in her
tWenty-four hours of idleness, about
her remarks, as this little working girl,
about her work, the execution Of IL,
the wisest ways and means of saving
and spending the salary so well earned
and deserv ed-then, would there be
nothing to talk about. to hear, to write,
about. to read, save only that which
is clean, pure, good; the building mp
instead of tearing down of character,
and especially the character of as fine
n little woman as ever went to town
to honestly earn her bread and butter.
How can a working girl afford such
a gown? BY the labor of her brain and
hands day after day, month after
month, year after year. in an office, ana
who has a better right? Who is more
deserving of the finest clothes in the
land than the working girl? The in
dependent, highminded, cleanminded.
wholesome minded working girl who
honestly earns her good, clean money!
II took many months of careful saw
ing and self-denial, for our little work.
ing girl, at whom this venomous re-
mark was hurled, to be able to afford
that pretty gown--thpt innocent little
gown, that brought down cruel COM
ment upon the head of its high prin
chilled wearer. It's price meant the
lingering accuml lat'on of pennies and
dimes over and above the actual living
expenses, the tiny amount added to the
small savings account. each month, to
say nothing of the little sum that went
regularly to a relative. OF course.
such a suit seemed the height of extra
vagance to the woman with the habit
ual slur upon her lips. The girl looked
handsome in 1t, perhaps that was why.
But this girl would have also looked
handsome in n calico dress. Broad
cloth or calico, one and the same piece,
the girl might have still been deemed
extravaeart. But coming down to
facts, this suit was only one of the
many economies INDUCED in by this
conscientious and economical girl. AS
we mentioned before, IL was the saw
ing OF months, and in the end
II meant the saving to her
self Of money for wears, For that
gown lasted five years, and every time
II was pressed and cleaned and the
sleeves altered il looked like new. 1t
was a color that wore well. and being
fashioned by an up-to-date tailor, its
style changed but little in the amount
Of time It was worn.
How can a working girl afford such
gown, oh. but that was n mean
and wicked tninG to say! 1t conveyed
TO the ever willing and ready listen
crs, n flaw II. the girls character, Mt
Gree. AMI some things were said. and
the little Rirl heard about 1t, and wept
hitter tears into her snowy pillow one
night B,l, her friends knew. Her
tcal friends, who never expected to
reach that high and pure realm of So