The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-10
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cred, to my amazement, that Croesus
and are In the same class"
Tell me about II" said the book
keeper, THE firm profits so great.
~ by our invaluable services that we
are entitled to relax a little in bust
mes hours"
1T was the Ladies' Aid society,"" ex-
planned the little stenographer.
about month ago the president re-
quested each one Of us to bring FIVE
doll"rs to be earned by our Individual
efforts. The money was to be pro
vided In one month from that day. 1t
was for a 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, 1 just took
five dollar bill that I'd saved from
my last check, SO was perfectly safe.
II hadn't earned it myself l 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!
'WAen 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 10 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
donef Pressed her husbands trou-
sersI
"She said abe had started right in
for she could charge only ten cents
q pair-and she knew there were only
thirty days In q month. So she hunt
cd 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 I'VE 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 a little wrinkled from hanging
so long, she pressed them once more.
It was that performance that ended
her earning powers. Her husband said
that a 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 1t running at times Well,
she sold magazine subscriptions She
said that she found al her friends al
ready were subscribers for all the
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
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 a few days before last Wednes-
day she learned that a special friend |
of hers was giving a luncheon. So
she told the friend that she'd paint |
place cards at rs 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 colors-
and on the red hill was a yellow
house with blue trimmings. Those
were the three colors-and all the en-
bellishments were Of the same colors.
They were really unique.
MRS. Broadway Is dear little old
woman who Just drives around and
looks sweet and dainty and goes to
church. She made a contract with her
son to weed his whole lawn for five
dollars!
Actually, when It got to me to tell
how earned my I'VE dollars really
felt ashamed that I'd done it SO easily
lit didn't seem right SO Miss Brown.
who Is 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, to,
Just took the five dollars paid he
for one Sundays singing in the choir