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stories, mostly for young people, to the Chicago Standard (our Baptists Denominational Paper) and some had received special mention from the editor. One of the stories was copied, without my knowledge,in a Des Moines paper and brought me considerable local publicity. Ellen Glaspell, the well known author, was at the very time a student at Drake University. I heard her read on e of her earliest short stories before the Literary Society there. Shortly after I was invited to read one of mine before the same group. For this occasion I wrote "Jim's Bouquet" a story advocating equal rights for men and women. Of course, my friends thought mine the better of the two -- but alas!-- Time had rendered its inevitable and just verdict! Miss Glaspell became a well known writer while I am unknown -- except to a circumscribed few. "Jim's Bouquet" was later published in the Woman's Journal and was the first one of my literary ventures to bring me any financial return
I earned money in a variety of ways. As soon as our house was finished we rented two of our upstairs rooms to students, and for caring for the rooms I received part of the rent. For some months I took care of a little girl a few hours each day while her parents were attending classes at Drake. I coached some high school students in mathematics and one girl in Latin, reading Cicero. I helped one dear lady who in early life failed to obtain much education, and who now in better circumstances aspired to hold her own in a women's club. I assisted her in preparing her papers, which practically meant writing them for her, and for this she was glad to pay me well. One winter I conducted a small study club for just such women and each paid a small study club for just such women and each paid a small fee for the course. I also caned chairs for a local furniture store. I has learned this trade at school and found it useful in repairing our own chairs. Always eager to improve myself mentally, I welcomed an invitation to join a very exclusive club at Drake, the membership consisting mostly of the wives of the professors. Its membership was limited to twenty give. All this helped and gave me a variety of occupations and interests.

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UNFOLDING YEARS, 49 stories, mostly for young people, to the Chicago Standard (our Baptists Denominational Paper) and some had received special mention from the editor. One of the stories was copied, without my knowledge,in a Des Moines paper and brought me considerable local publicity. Ellen Glaspell, the well known author, was at the very time a student at Drake University. I heard her read on e of her earliest short stories before the Literary Society there. Shortly after I was invited to read one of mine before the same group. For this occasion I wrote "Jim's Bouquet" a story advocating equal rights for men and women. Of course, my friends thought mine the better of the two -- but alas!-- Time had rendered its inevitable and just verdict! Miss Glaspell became a well known writer while I am unknown -- except to a circumscribed few. "Jim's Bouquet" was later published in the Woman's Journal and was the first one of my literary ventures to bring me any financial return I earned money in a variety of ways. As soon as our house was finished we rented two of our upstairs rooms to students, and for caring for the rooms I received part of the rent. For some months I took care of a little girl a few hours each day while her parents were attending classes at Drake. I coached some high school students in mathematics and one girl in Latin, reading Cicero. I helped one dear lady who in early life failed to obtain much education, and who now in better circumstances aspired to hold her own in a women's club. I assisted her in preparing her papers, which practically meant writing them for her, and for this she was glad to pay me well. One winter I conducted a small study club for just such women and each paid a small study club for just such women and each paid a small fee for the course. I also caned chairs for a local furniture store. I has learned this trade at school and found it useful in repairing our own chairs. Always eager to improve myself mentally, I welcomed an invitation to join a very exclusive club at Drake, the membership consisting mostly of the wives of the professors. Its membership was limited to twenty give. All this helped and gave me a variety of occupations and interests.