The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-07-04
Earning
Money

ami" declared the little stenographer.
Last Wednesday evening l discov-
cred, to my amazement, that Croesus
and are In the same class"
Tell me about it." said the book.
keeper. 1.-The firm profits 80 great
~ by our invaluable services that we
are entitled to relax q 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. It
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, just took
five dollar bill that I'd saved from
my last check, so was perfectly safe.
If hadn't earned it myself wouldn't
have been able to bring it!
1--WE 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, l be-
| lieve, and she has all sorts of motor
cars and wears orchids all winter!
Well, she brought only $4.30! She
was almost in tears about it and she
offered to give the other 70 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
pair-and she knew there were only
thirty days in 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
I, 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
60 long, she pressed them once more.
1t 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 were subscribers for all the
| magazines she had for sale. Finally
she had to canvass the streets, and
yet in order to make up the five 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, and
just few days before last Wednes-
day she learned that a special friend
of hers was giving luncheon. So
she told the friend that she'd paint
place cards at 25 cents each! In ig-
norance, her friend took her offer, and
she brought the place cards to show.
She had to laugh at it herself, for
she'd never painted a thing in her life
before and she thought those simple
little things would be awfully easy!
There was a little red hill-she had
just three color paints and didn't
know what to mix for other co1ors-
and on the red hill was a yellow
house with blue trimmings. Those
were the three colors-and al the en-
bellishments were Of the same colors.
They were really unique.
"Mrs. Broadway is a dear little old
woman who just drives around and
looks sweet and dainty and goes to
church. She made q. contract with her
son to weed his whole lawn for five
dollars!
Actually, when it got to me to tell
how / earned my five dollars 1 really
felt ashamed that I'd done it so easily
1t didn't seem right! So Miss Brown,
who ia studying music and has time
making ends meet, and went into a
corner and hid while we listened. For
she had earned her money easily, too
Just took the five dollars paid her
for one Sundays singing in the choir!
81 wonder If all rich people feel