t : i r THE NEW SOUTHWEST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1881. MRS. PRINCE'S MANAGEMENT.- 'One dollar saved It two dollars earned." . So said young Mr. Prince, one morning, to her husband. .' . . ' . 1 "Ob, Sally, but I am tired of your musty prov erbs. They become your pretty lips as corn bread would a silver cake basket !" . J rs "Nevertheless, the cojjreadjnayJe-Arery-aft ji ceplabte-rless costly aud, more nourishing thaua - rich cake. "And as for my Hp, they are as nature made them f and if they do- happen to please a foolishly fond husband,. In t lie honeymoon,-that is no reason why they shouIdTwToI uo practical use to me and to blm.'V - -"This Is the'use 1" the husband retorted. " What he did as he said so may be left to the sympathetic Imagination of young married people. He had shown unquestionable taste in falling in love, If Indeed it Is ever to be supposed that men weigh ther canons of taste before they '.plunge. garah'e llps were beautiful ! . All the rest of her face waa in keeping .with, the lips, and her form waa in harmony with her face. And now," gentle readerTbe you manor woman, you may finish her portrait to your own prefer- ence. .Make her brunette or blonde, petite or full, as you happen to like best. But we will stipulate for the general Idea of the costume: the " mak Jng iip.'whiclk. whatever we may say, Is quite half of the matter in the question of personal attraction. Sarah was becomingly dressed. There was no show of effort to look,-fine, neither was there any neglect of anything which became a neat costume. Upon iny word, I cannot tell how she was dressed. The most becoming apparel is that of which you can recollect nothing, except that the general effect was 3hat Jt.ahauld-be,. Sarah was not brllttaut. She did not pretend to L 1 III cjl. i I a. uruiimncy. rsuv wure no expeiiaive ornaments, nor did she disfigure herself with any cheap and (raudy finery, j She aimed at nothing except to ook as the young wife of a man with moderate - expectations ami a moderate income should look. Perhaps she, did not aim even at that. Kvery- tning came, 10 ner naturally ana without any effort. . . . . - . -- . She had been taken for better, for worse,'? by .the Junior partner in a commercial house. -She iknew-h.e-.had no. nioney-eapUalrbufe that -hi ha of the profits was what his experience and his services were considered to be worth. Ills head rcgardfor them, and not at all the Gentleman's own pleasure: ori that If the'hbsljaiida do 'find gratification lit It, Iris dn1y that they rejoice to re wieir wives aeiigntea. a pleasant delusion while it lasts ( but when the crash comes, all the men and wometr.'too-say that the extravagant Mrs. Smith has ruined her husband ! Or if the bubble does not burst until the man -die, the In solvent estate Is put to the credit of the defunct's "extravagant ramlly." And though the" lamented deceased has been the most.exnensive Item In the collection, the lamenting relict frets alt the blame f ana sutlers mit thelneonvrnJence.""""""" Hut we are discurslng Into a discourse, Instead of sketching a sketch. So, " rerenoru a no wan ton," let us return to our two sheep and. the fold for their future lambs. .". - Harry carried his point, and the more expensive Vvmim - .. ,.. wJ I. .l I 1.1 I.... I. . ...111. K'uro lanru. nraii itMiieu, uuv it was wiiu a mental reservation, a determination secretly cherished, that what was wasted in rent should be saved In some other direction. "Trust a woman who -has made up her mind to accomplish her purpose, ior sne win do it. : On the first of January, In a year we need not specify, Mr. and Mrs. Prince took their new house. The gossipsln the, neighborhood were notajjttle amused at' the fewness, of the furniture wagons which brought the outfit. It was not to be denied that what furniture did come was of a very neat "and severely correct pattern but there was so Kill. - m . a t "V A t 1 . m -At ' t iuue oi ii :Amouious nine wrens, starting in housekeeping, like Mr. and Mrs. Prince, are very ant to select quarters four times too large for them. The wrens industriously pile up and cumber their dwelling Willi ail the apparently useless sticks they can collect, which, to them, -represent fur nishing iroods; and the real home Js In a little I may have been a little turned by the name of partner.- nut hers bless you, nothing could have turned her wise head ; not even marriage, a part nership which death only can dissolve, had done it. She had calmly accepted the. situation, as the politicians say,' and was determined to make the most ana best of- It. - . . ..Hut Sarah waa not designing or selfish. She .thought of herself, certainly ; but It waa of herself as the wife of young Mr. Prince, the "Co." of "Sarsoot, Twist & Co." And whatever wealth or srood or hannluess she hniMMTforf site trusted tore! through, liim. She would promote his welf-being -and nccessranTirtnistthat hers should'fotfowa a natural consequence. " She had never enjoyed a large income or had surplus money at her com mand, fctie was accustomed toadJust her lesires to ner power oi satisfying tnem. tsne una been educated in jeliKious-liorrutoXlehLiUicLiJepend- nce; TY esTTetrgiiuH ; for if-therc Is any poi n t of practical piety which In t bene day sought 'to be In sisted on, it is contained in the precept, " Owe no ' man anything." .J- ' " "Harry-Prince. tlii A-onrifr hinhand -was-Uv means so particular, lie hud always expended all J" he could get, And had trespassed a little, and sometimes more than a little, on his -future re- .:. ceipts. He had found no difficulty In' command (. ing the best salary, and hadnever lacked employ ment. He ought to' hare had a snug sum In re- serve, but he liad not. Hlsr dreHS was well, the first thought you had of him was that he was . gt up regardless of exene"," Not that he was flashy or tawdry in his style. He was constitu tionally incapable of anything not In good taste, r;And so was Sarah. Hut she had the happy faculty - : of making her little look meat, and of doubling the value of a small Income. He had a habit of -prewiring-whatever was elegant, choice and use ful, at whatever cost. Perhaps he waji not what Sou would call an extravagaut man, but hecerr ilnly was not a prudent one. -' " . , ' You may wonder how two such opposites came together; much stranger. things happen every . day, ,Love, they say, works wonders; and there was, after nil, a great deal of sympathy iwtwecn , them. They both appreclatetl the beautiful ; . Sarah had the faculty of making beauty out of scanty and simple material. And her husband had the less prudent knack of securing very ex pensive things somehow. ,Ve think,, and,, are probably not far wrong, that he. never, had any actual ownership In the .money which came Into ; his hands. It was all mortgagedbcfore he re ceived it. " ' . ' And this was the man out of whom Sarah ex- pected to make a prudent husband. ' How could he-Tnarryhlm ? You have aked that bef fore. We only know she did, and that plenty of prudent wmm-ti a-vtr-m rei ess- h u s b a n d 8ouc1TThet better for the husbands. The question under consideration, was the rent ing of a house.. Two houes were iu view, and the difference in rent was two or three hundred dollars. The husband 'considered that he could obtain the money without much difficulty. The wife thoueht. In hrr nulft way. tht h laior miirht be wall saved, and that even If the Jabowere-glvenf-andtheLamount-aecureuV-U might be much better invested than In the mere 5 ratification of a preference which she thought early secured, though 11. there had een no differ ence of dollars and cents therecould have been no hesitation. The husband declared for the dearer, the wife for the cheaper, house : and In the course of the discussion Sarah advanced the not very new apothegm with which our sketch opens t "A dollar saved Is two dollars earned." Musty this, no doubt, but certainly true, and capable of authentical demonstration. The dol lar saved is one ; the dollar earned, and not being -apentrwbiithothgr dollar still remaiust makes . two. . Playfully as to the mode, but earnestly and sin cerely as to the Intention, the wife resisted her husband's wish. But the result was reached which JQJ married JMe, The imsbawd-tmHf HHr-wn adroit flattery, that it is ail for the happiness of us wue mat he wishes to no extravagaut ininjtB. Few women Can resist such flatteryj even If they - - - v - - - ' . - suspect, they will not acknowledge to themselves. much less expose the leaven of human and male vanity and selfishness which Is hidden by all these honeyed words. If the lady Is welLdressed, the husband Is as pleased as she, and rather more, for be has none of the trouble of the. toilet. If she is well housed, and the house Is elegantly furnished, the husband certainly shares the gratification of an in is. ir sue is well fed and well served, tie Is not inainerent to pood Cotlee and a tileasaiit din ner. And if She likes vixitinir nul rauumeHts. Journeys abroad, aud a nice turn-out for suburban rides, It Is not to be supposed that he Is Indifferent. And, to crown all. If his wife ris pleased, he Is pretty sure to be made comfortable And so it hapciisthat many fond bride second ueariiiy tneir nusuand'a extravagance, accepting Hhoxiriipnatlon the compliment that It I all r; dinicuirWTPproaCh. Koyoung married I ;"?', i: : .. y..-.", prone to trannfer from furnlnhlng stores rAi? X ' l ' ... ' amount ot elegant lumiwr, at vat exiense, ., :: . i . Vn. . . ' i Aiiu nuniii iauKiiei tier ciuiei. laucn s ner ue- folk are .any while the part of the larire house actually pied is to' the remainder as a wren's nest. Sarah rriuce managed- belter. Mie became at once awfully fastidious.. Nothlnir wliich she saw J ieaed her, and the"result of her fihte was the urnishlng of Just so much of the house as-.they Jieelel. "We can add the rest as we want, you know, and get nicer things t" The cunning little man ager! "And they would need gol. servants. She Would have uo other. Wait till they had found them, for she did not want expensive furni ture for careless maids to ruin not she.". The tartmnntteiusl rr . - , ' - And so, on the first uay7or rebruary, uespite many discussfons, it was still the cam) that the big house was not half furnihed, and there had been no need to light more than one of the fur- jiiiccavor.10 turnhcaWLXuore than a third of the Jets in the house. In a fret, one rtnr ul ng, "we might just as well have taken a smaller house." . Acd-that is Just what I toid you !" ttnrwlfe: nloInel. Ilai rry looked at he rin a kind f suspicion, and made a tour alone through the bare, cold rooms. "Let us take a look In at Hetikel's, this morn ing," he said, returningto tire charge, w-hile Sarah was herttelf clearing away the, iM'autlful break fa t set which. Harry had secured by sending It-home as a present, and as a proof of his good taste. .. "What, Harry? rNow, In , midwinter, when there Is nothing to be seen 1 ' Not , for I must look at the SprlngjioveMtle before I buy. don't want to flU a bonne like this with the articles that everyboly else has rJectel." -; . -' This was meeting my gentleman on his own irround, and he left the house for IdtTbiiMlnesH, confused, If not convinced..; There was the light of latent roguery In the smile with .whlch'lhe bade hlmgoNi-morning. - In the course of the forenoon, the unwonted ap parition bf a well-dressed little lady presented Itself at the counting-room of Henry Prince's landlord, nne of the larioxt" real rotate owners In our irooti city of I'enn. - . Mrftv Princer-1 -believe," said the gentleman. She nodded,aud he went on to say, "I lioe there is nothing out of repair already, and that no alter ations are needed. We think yours is a flrat-class house, and the returns on real estate are really so small " ' .. "Nothing of the sort. sir. We are very well ac commodatedton well, Indwd. 4'an I trust you to keep a secret from my huand ? ' "A what ah?" stsminered the gentleman, who, being an old bachelor. reru old bachelor, M'atf ttAPUAitj lh tlwlkff n ii.l Ivl i9 m tfi I iku ff ta I nn ii vi f wua ' j i inii iiiri, rr L'Ja- - '"5. gentrWas su,iTOouTiv. irofeairon, when lady tenants came to him. They have such a way the women of demanding lmponlble clos ets and cupboards, and-expenMive paint and un heard-of modern conveniences, wnicn coiiaume all the profits of building houses to rent. Ha ran laughed at hi embarrassment. Tbetermsf -ouHrne are pay menTqiaaTteriy 7" Yes, ma'am," said the man, more frightened atlll ifor.hejuspecteLtbs.manaffiHg-woman of coming thus early to get a three or a six mouths1," or even a year's, postponement. "Yew, ma'am, and under the present demand, and the ruling high taxes, and high wages to mechanics, it Is the best we can do. 'I "liut I can do better." ald the lady. "Have you any objections to receiving the rent monthly?" "It is unnecessary, and entirely unusual, for a gentlemantn your husband's portion and credit." "l know that, and there's where tne secret is. For a purpose of my own, t wish to pay this once a .month. And Idou't wish he should know It. or anybody else." ou:arcilannThg: liut I knew your father, and have always beard the best of you. You are you ng, and " . 4 "Spare tne lecture tut mis uay two months," saia taran. "i am younc, so younir that I jean still remember when you trotted me to Itostoit to buy a jenny cake. Take this money now, and come around and take tea with us this evening, tor iny is titers saKe.". - . "Strange," thought the white-haired old ten tleman. as he lHwetl thejady out, even to the sidewalk.' "Strange but Jier mother awt si fine woman, and a very good' manager. I eertalnly win go round to tea mis evening. , v - Sohid.-Antlras taTah explained to her lius bandittiat he was an old friend, and that she had met and Invited him. and she was a woman enough to keep him in J he furnished part of the. house, (he evening weut very pleanantly Indeed. We ireed-uot follow the couple-through the. next two mouths day by day. The landlord was a fre quent guest, and was delighted with the daughter of his old friend, and with her huhand. And though lie wondered what the little game she was playing meant, he cared the less, since, whatever napened, by her monthly jayments he was. se-curpr-and held the stakes. ' - Af the lt of April approached, -'there came something likeacloud of anxiety on Henry's face. The rent was to be provided for, and the thing was further complicated by the landlord's being a proverbs,' had not . proved,. in the -three- mouths' liouHe-keeplng, so rcrjf goocj managerwhe had hiade frequent demands for money ; and she had insisted upon making all the house purchases, and obstinately refused, in the roost uncompliant manner, to come. Into his proMsit ions to order goods where people would have been proud of tlwir patronage.- TJie style of living "had been plain and satisfactory ; but he could not see where all (he money-had gone, especially as his particular tittle wife had never been able to find servauts to suit her. ' And on the 1st of April, that very day when he fancied that he had' the rent to look up, his wife . I . 1. - . .1 . . I . . ... Ill ... I -. I IV, i " nr. . ir :zr rrwonrdurlng that time-would only be worth 73 ctl leu t cookiirl-si x teen-dol la rs - a - mon t h, - and could Mini a waiting-maid for twelve."- "Ye, my dear." ; "And there are some lovely things In the furni ture line for our parlor; and such an excellent range can be had for the kitchen, and the land lord will give us ermlMion to put It in, I know. It will hot cojt more than a hundred ami flfty.,dol lars, all complete." - "Prlws have very much Increased, Sarah." "Oh, 3'es, I know; but the house hiust be fur?, nlshed as you have always said. We can' do It wllderodliuhand took bin way to the store, not half so anxious as Jie once' had Iweu-to Invest In movables. All the day long he worried In expec tation of the landlonl's collector. He had quite drawn his protortlon of money from the firm for the quarter; and now, from an empty exchequer were rent to pay aud a large houne to furnish. Of course the collector did not call we who are In the secret know whT, but Mr. Henry Prince had not an idea. Certainly the dream of married life had quite lot Its hues of glory. As to the rent, he thought he could get that mmehow, his famous mode In difficulties. And, for the furniture, If Tills .wife were only a reasonable woman, that could be had, too, on reasonable credit; but he knew she would rather the house should remain unfurnished than contract any debt. So, on the whole, he returned home In the evening feeling iltat.be waa a.very Ill-used man, . .;.... Hie wife had news for hrm. Ihe demand for houses had so Increased that she"had learned, and through the, landlord, too, that he could receive Jivo hundred -duliarw loiuia for fifs4awe.- vCsonfotind'him 1" thought-Harry, to himself, "he's alarmed for his rent. He might have sent for It before taking It for granted that he should not get It I ril call 'round and pay him to-mor-ruw If' I have-to pawn my watch I" but he said nothing out, and Sarah proceeded: "Five hundretl dollars would be so convenlentr you know.' It would pay our rent for the rest of the year, and longer," if we took a smaller house." Harry wlncetl ; for he . wondered ,(where the money was to come from for the first quarter. Waiving that part of the question, however, he suggested that finding a new house might be at tenderwlth some difficulty, and that It might be iquite as well to secure another home before turn ing themselves out or dnrs. Henry was evidently not In awrygwxl humor; but his wife was wickedly cheerful. "Suppose," she said, -"! should tell you that we can move to-morrow Into another house, and at half the rent of. thlsri- "In which narrow court, or What blind alley V "In neither court noralley.butoverthe Schuyl- Jitll, where we carl find, Just in time, the advan tages of a Hummer residence," and return next Fall, If you irtslst Usm it." "IWJWWl ish It, Sarah?" " "Unquestionably !" "And where will you put the new furniture? There will be scarce room In a smaller house for What we have," ' Itut we need not give, word for word, the residue of the conversation, esjieclally as a good part of it was done in pantomime very expressive panto- Mlmo I l...llili no. liiVlnii. . Tl.o ... I . ...I. inli I ills j ioiumiiine knik was io lean ner neau on ner lover husband's breast, and he never quite knew, until thin very hour, what a truly loving wife he had. and sensible as she was affectionate. 'There were mutual confessions. He learned - the key to Sarah's extravagance to-wit, that the had ob- talned the amount of the rent from him by false reiehse; nut me punisiiment he imssea ou ner or her deceit was not grievous, and she ttrttended to learn from him that he waa money-Just thenrrAa if she vi mi i And the decision was that they should accent . ....I ... I . .1 1 f .. Hlt3 U1MIU., III! .UIITIIUri kllO IICIUIW1.IUU WlkO jiossesslou, forth witlijoftheiilc-ilUls -cottag which narah bad discovered. . . The old bachelor landlord came in during the evening, but playfully refused to talk of business. He bale I lenry call In business hoars. "Or," he added, with a good-natured pretense atmalice, 'send yourwlfe. She is the first. woman with whom . I ever found it entirely satisfactory to transact business." "Spose, then, that shoul.l buy It? The lit tle I have' would be well Invested in a home or bur children." ' Henry did not know she had any aum In reserve, large or small, liut that did not strike him" so much as the purpose she avowed In the invest ment. The furniture they had was more than" enough. The five hundred dollar, Imhu was put Into paint and-Jepalra-JTlw lwu se Ixra nig by Iter o w n pu r chase Iter own proerty. She liad put what many ladles expend in a marriage outfit InaLhowse oyer her head, instead of finery for her person. And the. twain are as welKcontent as niarrie! folk could well be, In this world of mutuarault ami reMntaices. And they have been living iu their new house long enough to-prove that there waa sense in Sarah's forethought. The present sub ject of discussion Is, where a wing could best be added for a commodioua nhrsery. We are sure of one thing that Sarahwlll have her own way. And we are equally sure of one thing more that Henry will confess that ' nothing could be better. T "ONLY X OIHU" IN'Rl'LTM TO WOMEN BY WITNESS E8 IN A SUIT . IN INDIANA. In the case of Allen vs. Allen, to set aside fraud ulent reort of guardian on account of excessive charges for boarding, clothing and lodging a ward, trled before the Master Commissioner last week, a Mr. William Darker, who lives In Fulton town ship of this county, in his-testimony for the de fense made the following startling disclosure un der oath. He said: "I am the father of. six girls; have kept board ers ; broke myself up at it. It Is worth $3.15 per cents per week; bert-oard Is worth $2.25 more per week than her work." ' At this wonderful disclosure the counsel for the . rilalntiff, Messrs. Wood A Copuer, cried nut slmul-. aneouslv, the former, "I pity the girls," and the -latter, "Thank (lod-, I have but one daughter and that one Is married." So we -would say, heaven help the girls of our country. How they can keep body aud soul together un such wages we can't see. -Work by tin week, and fall In debt $2.25 per .week Just for hoard? This leaves nothing for idolblitgmedleiue, dH tor bills, eto. 4f-uelMs the caso we can exclaim with the counsel, "Pity tho Hor girls," It was shown in evhlenco that this girl waa hearty, robust girl ; never hal a physician to call on her, but once ; never bought but one bottle of medicine In her life; lived with her guardian from seven years old to twenty-one; worked lii4oor and nut; carrlel wooilfrom the woods; hoed In the garden ; planted corn, milked cows, churned butter, picked geese, washed, Ironed, serubled, dried ap ple, and baked; was dressed In ordinary clothes calico for Summer, llnsey for Winter; wentbare- foot In Summer and wore stoga shoes In Whiter; had fine (?) shoes tliatcost from $2.25 to $2.75apuir for Sunday. And yet, with all this work, she Is only worth 75 cents per week, while her ttoard Is worth -$a-.-l5, airordrrfgTohlsrlireTTer clothTiig lie sabl was worth $ fter year. Now let us see how .this girl stands at the end of the year: v . Ifcianl Ult rrwek.rii wr k . lt' i lt IiIhk , . fiatx) Work at 7Srii4s jie.r treeli In dlit st Ihe enl of earh year..; t..,r.f. .... rf:1s.sa ' ... aikoo uiuuSlXLKtt- Is not this an outrage uiton humanity ? Does anybody believe it? No wonder her guardian wanted to absorb the $700 or $10)0 that came to her through her soldier father who laid hi llfo upon his country's altar. This Is but a fair sam ple of many cases. Acxvrding to the oidnlonot many iH'rsons, a girl cannot earn her living by honest toil. What a base He. What a slander on female worth. Many girls throughout this fair land of ours perform more drudgery In one year than do their petted and more fortunate fort una t In that he Is a boy brother does In five. While the brother Is taught to "look hlghe.r"(?J ami sent to school, she Is kept at home drudging and get ting in debt for her board. -John liurnslde. whonwns his thousands of acres and "cattle Umiii every hill," thought, under oath, 'That audi a girl dressed ordinarily would not Come out even; could not pay the-.board, cloth ing, etc., by her work." Yet John liurnslde has a girl. He pays $000 taxes ter year.- Oh shame, where Is thy blush ? With such testimony before us, can anyone wonder at the increase of crime? Is It any won der that the American girl, rather than work out by the week to starve, be sneered at, scolled at and leat, prefers "an easier" (Js save the mark) lifer a life of sin and smiute? Is It any wonder that our . houses of prostitution are filled with women and girls who sell their health, beauty. and what Is; more prleeles than all, virtue, f ra few years of "easy life" ? American labor ng women are to-day In a far worse Vendition of slav ery than were the blacks of the South. O ye readers of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," while ryitg Mver-the imaginary wrmtgs awl suflVrtnge 1 or an overdrawn picture, you have but to in-k out uhiii your own fair land to see a far worse bond age of your own sisters who are struggling through a few yes r of thankless servitude to fill an early grave. How little is done to alleviate their dis tress? Is it not high time the pulpit was crying outagalust this great wrong; this wicked and false idea concerning the value of woman's labor i Tl,.. I. 1 1 .. ..... ..I.. I ... 1,.... - ...I I. as really presse.Jor 1 grows stronger Lday by day that will take hold of dldliot know all IheTthisquestlou and reform society. We are glad to "Dut It IslrgTlTai7aTrMTlont ItkertortllteTfere 1 OPcourse they removed ; but they did even bet ter than that. In the new house, at ther first breakfast, feeling like prince and princess in fact, In family disputes." There Is no dispute and no difficulty or di lemma in the csse.Jl Is Just a whim nf my 4wji-l as lwyravefagnaeAtiarafaMr Jjpjmnfi Harry, ira hftuld buy this charming tdace?1 "Why, Sarah! It strikes me that you" have taught me economy only to convert me to extrav agance, wjiere la the money to come from 7 know, however, for the honor of our own sex, that there are men, aud such were ou the witness stand,, who thought such a girl's work comes out more than-eTTOTonionieu "Whohad the nerve toaey" they never raised a girl that had not paid for her raising, and many of them more than paid. Hard, Indeed, must be the heart of that man, who lava Claim to the holy name of father who can Iu pub lie or private, ou the stump, on the witness stand., or anywhere else, say that his girls won't or can't pay for their raising, and more especially such an 1 one as t his glrlr iYople'm J-yicndVovingtoii. The pastor of the Congregational church a tfttrat ford, C-onn., Used the revised New Testament. Ttwrnfllceri senthim a written rder to return tor: 4iKin-aa(B-versloii. - "The Ignorance thus shown by a people to whose enlightenment I have devoted myself, says the minister, "so disgusts me that I. will no longer read any Scripture for their benefit. X have resigned." :-: ; , 4,.. . Jt 'A Tflffsaji