The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-23
HOW EDITH
 MADE GOOD

0| F you want to do something
 why don't you learn to trim 4 hats?" Edith's father said.
 looking at her over the even ing paper.
 Trim hats," said Edith disdainfully. Why, know how to do that already"
 "All the more reason why you should do it, then" persisted her fa- ther.
 But, father, there's nothing excit- ing about trimming hats. want to do something to make money; want to be independent; but trimming hats seems such mediocre thing to do. Why, I've done my hats and helped other girls with hats all my life. When I set about doing something in earnest. I want it to be something worth while"
 Did you ever hear that old saying about doing a thing well?" said her father.
 "I have," said Edith, smiling.
 Learn to do one thing well, and no matter how small it is, the world will make a pathway to your door,"
 Edith repeated it to herself thought Ut lSl d DlL W udL \ ucO ed of doing" she sighed.
 "But you know something about it, you have an idea about how to begin. It's for you to experiment and ind a way to make the work fascinating"
 That sounds promising; well, can try anyway" And Edith resolved to find a way to make. her work the thing of beauty that sbe had always dream ed career must be.
 Edith Lanning's father had been wealthy-just now he was facing a business crisis. Edith had always had Jplenty of money" At the school where she had gone for two years she had de- veloped a remarkable talent for hats. An old hat in Edith's skillful' fingers could be so changed as to give it diff ferent aspect. She used to do 1t as a favor for the girls, and her own hats were always models of Frenchiness. The girls used to oh and ah about her wonderful knack, and exclaim delight edly:
 "Oh, Edith, you could easily make money doing hats if you ever had to-"
 The idea that finally came to her was not particularly brilliant, but she re- solved to try it out. She invested small sum in straw, flowers, ribbons and maline. Then she walked through several hat shops, got some ideas and went home, resolved to try them out. After a hard days work, she had two hats ready for wear even to the s1ken Things fastened in their crowns. It had been so exciting making theE1, but she had refrained from saying thing to any one in the family.
 She packed both hats carefully in a hat box and went down to the little shop where she had seen them display ed. A rather slim. pretty girl asked Edith what they could do for her.
 "I want to see Madame herself" Edith explained sweetly, and moment later stout woman with gray hair came out of the inner room and looked Edith over in a superior manner.
 Edith took the mats out of the box and displayed them proudly. \"Of course you recognize these hats" she explained to the astonished woman. "I copied them from two models of yours One was priced at $28 and the other at $40. Both of these cost s8.6O. Do you think you would have any use for me here?"
 Madame looked at the girl shrewdly, taxing 1n neT yOutn, neT edSerneSS, ner attraction at one glance. Then she smiled.
 Young lady" she said finally, "I can use you. Would s20 a week do for a beginning? You can go into the design ing room immediately. Do you like this kind of work?"
 q love it!" Edith responded prompt ly, suddenly conscious that She was telling the exact truth. Her father had been right; she would develop the tal- ent that had been given her. Already sha waa on the right rnad tn srcnaes