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For Woman's Work.
GIVE THE GIRLS A TRADE.
It is a notable fact, which has been recog
nized by all who have interested themselves
in the reformation of fallen women, that
erring women are almost always of a class
who, for want of proper training, are un
able to earn a livelihood in any honest way.
Most of them are unacquainted with the
simplest of household arts, and have not
the first rudiments of any trade. This is a
matter to which mothers should give serious
attention. Dr. L. Anna Ballard, speaking
upon this subject in a little tract, entitled
“Danger to Our Girls,” says:—
“The uncertainties and changes of life
make it just as needful that the daughter of
the richest, as well as of the poorest, should
know how to care for herself, and to what
she can tarn her hand to earn an honest
living. A training that develops skill in
labor of any class is a tower of strength to
a girl when in temptation. A lack of any
industrial training is a direct leading-string
at sin and crime. This statement is amply
illustrated by the following fact, given by
Frances E. Willard in her annual address
to the National Convention, at Minneapo
lis : ‘Of eight hundred and seventy girls
and women who were arrested,and lodged in
one police station, in one month, in Chica
go, only one hundred and thirty of them
could sew or do housework, and none of
them had ever learned a trade.’
Nothing, except the grace of God, has
more power than industry and self-reliance,
to keep us true to ourselves in the midst ot
temptation.
We let the years in the lives of our girls,
when they should be learning a trade, slip
by thoughtlessly. It is pleasant to have
them at home, and they help mother carry
the household burdens, that are now be
ginning to grow a trifle heavy to her, and
possibly she is already planning for a home
of her own. In that case it is so easy to
think “Oh, it will be only time wasted for
her to learn some branch of business, as she
will not practice it much, if at all.” Just
here lies the mistake. Life is uncertain,
and riches often take to themselves wings,
and it lacks very little of being criminal
carelessness that allows a daughter to go
out in the world all unprepared to support
herself.
What would we think if our sons were
to sit about their fathers offices waiting to
find a rich wife, having “no possible means
of support”—that is, having no trade or pro
fession, and being obliged, in case the mon
ey of the rich wife, (provided they got one,)
was lost, to go to sawing wood, cleaning
streets or stealing for a living. And yet
there is about as much reason for the one
thing as the other. A girl should, in the
first place, be ashamed to sit about waiting
for Svine man to marry and support her;
and in the second place she takes great
risks in so doing. The man, provided she
“secures” one, might become bankrupt,
might die, or desert her, and I can think
of no more pitiful place than that of a re
fined untrained woman being obliged to
'support herself, and sonitimes children also.
The kindest thine; that a mother can do
for her girls, is to insist on their learning
thoroughly some one thing by which they
could earn an honorable living,later in life if
the necessity should arrive.
Maud Meredith.
Strltnttth
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tain pen by mail for 10c. George Bunce,
553 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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ed directions for preserving eggs over 18
months 10c. Box 82, Vienna, Ontario.
“ Mother is Thinking of Me” and “ Sons
of Veterans’March,” both sheets of music
mailed, post-paid, only 20 cents. W. S.
Knox, Minerva, Ohio.
15 packets labled flower seed 10c. Mixed
Gladiolus bulbs 35c. per dozen. Silver or
P. O. order preferred. MrsAjessie Lynch,
Box 293, Humboldt, Nebraska.
“ Removes the horrors of Childbearing ”
writes Mrs. Mabel Martine, Rochelle, Id.,
of Dr. Stainback Wilson’s preparatory treat
ment. Particulars from him, Atlanta, Ga.
Personal.—l will gladly tell anyone who
sqnds me self-addressed stamped envelope,
of something I made, which entirely cured
my face of blackheads, pimples and freckles.
Miss Ffora Jones, South Bend, Ind.
To the Deaf.—A person cured of deaf
ness and noises in the head of 33 years’
standing by a simple remedy, will send a
description of it free to any person wh<
applies to Nicholson, 188 MacDougall St.,
New York.
Send 50c., in stamps to H. C. Monroe
& Co., 168 N. Tenn. St., Indianapolis, Ind.,
and get prescription for Bad Breath ; Heart
Palpitation; Shortness of Breath; Hard
and Soft Corns; Bleeding and Itching
Piles. Reliable.
Dressmaking.—Ladies wishing patterns
cut to actual measure, or instructions in
cutting ladies’ or children’s garments can
be sure of satisfaction. For sample pattern
and instructions in taking measures, Ad
dress, Mrs. W. A. Allen, Marinette, Wis.
Agents wanted.
Raised Painting for Panels,Plaques,
Vasks, Jugs, etc.—Minute printed in
structions for this easy, and beautiful art,
will be sent to any address on receipt of a
postal note for 25c. Address, Mrs. E. S.
L. Thompson, Winchester, Randolph Co.,
Indianna.
Western Literary Bureau.—Lists
of periodicals that pay contributors from
25c. to SI.OO. General letter of advice
50c. Revision and correction at the rate of
25c. per 2000 words; 15c. each additional
1000 woids. Maude Meridith, man’gr.,
Dubuque, lowa.
Ladies.—The Bandage usually worn
during confinement, is always getting out
of place, and does much harm. Send $1
bill for improved Confinement Bandage
that cannot get out of place, is convenient,
comfortable, will aid recovery. Box 77,
Deer Creek, Ottertail Co., Minn.
Work at home for women and gins, $5
to $8 per day easily earned employing
spare time. Fascinating work, and in de
mand. A child can learn in an hour.
Full instructions for SI.OO. Mrs. M. E.
Worrell Jr., Quincy, Illinois.
For ten cents in silver and two two cent
stamps I will send full directions for etch
ing on linen tidies, towels, napkips, and
such articles can bedecorated and will wash.
The work easy and speedy. Address
Mrs. E. S. L. Thompson.
Winchester, Randolph Co. Indiana.
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. It relieves the little sufferer at
once; it produces natural, quiet sleep, by
relieving the child from pain, and the little
cherub awakes as “ bright as a button.” It
is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is
the best known remedy tor diarrhoea,
whether arising from teething or other
causes. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for “ Mrs. Winslow’s Sooth
ing Syrup,” and take no other kind.
FROM ALL SECTIONS.
We select a few news-paper notices from
hundreds with which “Womans Work”
has recently been favored.
Its pages include every phase of home
interests, and every department is pure,
spicy and instructive.— Roscoe (Dak) Mag
net.
It is a most excellent literary and home
journal; is of the purest and highest moral
tone, and we can recommend it to every
one.— Voice, Brevard, N. C.
Woman’s Work is a good publication
to have in the house. It is devoted to wo
man’s legitimate work, and there is nothing
cranky about it.— News, Greenville, Pa.
Surpasses anything of its class we have
ever seen. It is neatly printed and full of
spicy and instructive literature. Costs only
fifty cents a year.— New West Cimarron,
Kan.
The great wonder is that such a publication
can be furnished at this low rate. We can
cheerfully recommend this family paper to
our readers as one ot the best and cheapest
that has reached our table.— Clipper, Lander,
Wyoming
Woman’s Work is now one-year old,
and we think no better home paper is print
ed for 50 cents a year. Edited by a woman,
and assisted by some excellent writers from
North, South, East and West, it can not
fail to be a help in every home. Read one
paper and you will not be without it.— New
Era, Cerro Gords, 111.
We have lately received a copy of Wo
nan’b Work, a monthly published at Ath
ens, Ga., and edited by Kate Garland. It
has a broad range, touching all subjects of
interest to housekeepersand women in gen
eral Subscription price 50 cents a year.
Well worth five times the amount.—New
ton (Mo.) Monitor.
Just such a magazine as every true wo
man needs. Its contents are pure, truthful,
helpful, and tend to amuse, instruct and
materially benefit its readers. We of the
sterner sex will be made better by a perusal
of its pages, and we advise every man who
has a family to subscribe for it for himself
and them.— The Mountain Prospect. Moun
tain Grove Mo.
There is no home but would be morally
benefitted by the monthly visits of “Wo
mans Work.” It is brimfull of good
things from beginning to end, that would
tend to elevate the mind and uplift the
heart.
We can but marvel at its wonderful
cheapness.— Pleasant View (Tenn.) News.
Os all the many journals edited by wo
men, and devoted to the interests of their
sex, “ Woman s Work,” published at Ath
ens, Ga., is the best. The subscription
price—so cents a year—places it within the
reach of all, and that amount of money
could not be more judiciously expended.
—Sidney, (Neb) Democrat.
One of the very best papers that comes
to this office is “Woman’s Work,” a
monthly periodical published at Athens,
Georgia. A copy now on our table, is filled
with choice matter from cover to cover, and
shows both publisher and editress fully up
with the times in supplying the public with
popular yet wholesome literature.— The
Weekly Reporter, Dale, Ind.
In its chosen field it is not excelled by
any American publication. The last num
ber received by us contains some choice
poetical gems, excellent literary articles,
interesting stories, recipes on cooking, etc.,
which give wholesome instruction to the
reader and housekeeper. Subscribe to it,
you will not regret the small amount appro
priated in that direction.— Meridional,
Abbeville, La.
A pretty ornament fora deskis made by
taking three penholders, with pens in them,
and painting and gilding them; then tie
them together with a narrow ribbon, and
arrange them so that they will stand upright
like an easel; to this may be attached one
of the pretty little gilt or silver buckets
which can be bought at almost any store
where fancy goods are kept; if a tiny chain
is not already fastened to the bucket, it
can be tied to the easel with a ribbon.
This is intended to hold the pens. The lit
tle easel may be used as a frame for a
Christmas card if you choose ; the card may
be fastened by means of a cord, matching
in color the fringed edge of the card.
Jessie.
The path of duty in this world is not all
gloom, nor sadness, nor darkness. Like
the roads of the South, it is hedged with
ever-bloom, pure and white as snow. It is
only when we turn to the right hand or
the left, that we are laceratad by piercing
thorns and concealed dangers.