The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-08-29
Earning
Money

Il never before realized how rich
ami" declared the little stenographer.
Last Wednesday evening 1 discov.
cred, to my amazement, that Croesus
and are in the same class"
Tell ME about it," said the book.
keeper. ''The firm profits so great.
ly by our invaluable services that we
are entitled to relax little in bust.
mes hours"
1T was the Ladies' Aid society,"" ex.
planned the little stenographer.
about a month ago the president re.
quested each one of us to bring five
dollars to be earned by our individual
efforts. The money was to be pro.
vided In one month from that day. II
was for special purpose and We all
promised that we'd do as requested.
There aren't many other girls in
that society. They're mostly married
women. So they talked and talked
and wondered how on earth they could
earn five dollars apiece. They went
on that way for two hours after the
meeting was over. You see, they
weren't supposed to bring any money
that was given them-so they couldn't
ask their husbands to help them.
"Well, last Wednesday evening the
month was up. OF course. I just took
a five dollar bill that I'd saved from
my last check, so was perfectly safe.
If hadn't earned it myself I wouldn't
have been able to bring it!
I'VE got there rather early-every
one was anxious to see If every one
else had brought five dollars. And oh,
they looked so worn out and tired,
and some Of them even looked cross!
when the meeting began we all
began to tell how the money was
earned-and that's what gives me my
wealthy sensation!
"You know Mrs. Ward. Her hus
band owns nearly half the city, be.
lieve, and she has all sorts of motor
cars and wears orchids all winter!
Well, she brought only $3.50! She
was almost in tears about it and she
offered to give the other 20 cents, if
they'd let her, out of her husbands
money. Everybody was anxious to
hear why she'd failed to earn the full
amount. What do you suppose she'd
done? Pressed her husbands trou,
sers!
"She said she had started right in
for she could charge only ten cents
a pair-and she knew there were only
thirty days in a month. So she hunt.
ed up all the trousers her husband
owned and pressed them the first day.
Then each day she pressed the pair
he had worn the day beforehand then
|she tried to persuade him to change
his trousers at noon sometimes so she
could press two pairs day, but he re
fused. She was counting up the days,
and at the rate she was going she
couldn't possibly get the five dollars
before the month was up! She made
him pay her each day. Finally, near
,the end, in despair, she took all the
pairs of trousers out of the closet
again and. finding, she said, that they
were little wrinkled from hanging
so long, she pressed them once moiSs.
It was that performance that ended
her earning powers. Her husband said
that tailor was cheaper and did the
work better.
Mrs. Cullen-you know, she gives
presents worth hundreds of dollars to
the church every little while. She
fairly keeps it running at times. Well,
she sold magazine subscriptions! She
said that she found all her friends al
ready We're subscribers for all the
magazines she had for sale. Finally
she had to canvass the streets, and
yet in order to make up the Eve dol
lars she was compelled to sell three
: subscriptions to herself and then give
away the magazines! We couldn't de
eide whether that was fair or not.
"Mrs. Briggs painted place cards!
She said she spent most of the
month in wondering what to do, ant
just few days before last Wednes
day she learned that special frient
of hers was giving luncheon. s,
she told the friend that she'd pain
place cards at 25 cents each! In ie
norance, her friend took her offer, an,
4 she brought the place cards to show
d 0ho Adu " iau6u AT IL HeIseli, ~
B she'd never painted thing in her lif
! before and she thought those simpl
: little things would be awfully easy
There was little red hill-she ha'
Just three color paints and didn'
4 know what to mix for other colors-
and on the red hill was yelloy
house with blue trimmings. Thos
= | wera tho three cOlors-and oil tho an
bellishments were of the same color,
They were really unique.
"Mrs. Broadway IA. a dear little al