Vol. XV. 



OCT. I, 1887. 



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A VIEW OF THE OFFICE AT THE 

 HOME OF THE HONEY-BEES. 



.'^OMKTHlNfi IN REGARD TO THE BRAIN-WOUK OK 

 THE ESTABLISHMENT. 



E take great pleasure in giving yoii a 

 view, a little further along, ot our 

 otlice as it apyiears almost every day. 

 I have before given you sketches 

 and incidents connected with the 

 otlice work.'so you already know something 

 about it ; and many of our friends not only 

 feel familiar with our clerks by their signa- 

 tures, but I presume they know most of 

 them by their handwriting. Sometimes 

 when visitors call they ask questions like 

 this : " Will you tell rne which one is ' Lu,' 

 and where she works?'" or.'' Is this AddieV" 

 or '• iiessieV" or e.xpressions of a similar na- 

 ture. Well, I am going to try to-day to in- 

 troduce you, as well as I can on paper, to the 

 workers in this department. There are in 

 the room, I believe, twelve women and three 

 men. Msitors often ask the question, why 

 it is that our othce should be so largely of 

 the gentler se.x. The answei' I usually give 

 is, that it is a great deal according to the 

 law of the survival of the tittest. To be 

 correct, however, I think I shall have to ac- 

 knowledge that another item has something 

 to do with it. During all my life. or. at 

 least, of late years. I have tried to give work 

 to those who "seemed to need it most ; and I 

 believe it is true that it is much more diffi- 

 cult for a woman out of employment to find 

 a place than it is for a man. A man can go 

 and hunt work where a woman can not, or, 

 at least, can not very well ; so this has 



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something to do in regaid to who shall have 

 a place in our establishment, when there are 

 so many constantly applying forplaces. IJiil 

 after all, it is those who are faithful that 

 hold tlie places permanently. The Bible 

 tells us, you know, that he that iafaHlifnl 

 in little things shall eventually be intrusted 

 with more important responsibilities : and 

 tills has been the case with us. 



Perhaps the most important post in the 

 whole otlice is tliat behind the wire railing, 

 where you see four women at work at the 

 ledgers, keejiing accounts straight, and col- 

 lecting. This is. perhaps, the real founda- 

 tion of any business. If things are loi^se, 

 and not attended to in the book-keeping de- 

 partment, the business will go down, no 

 matter how well other departments may be 

 managed. Miss Mason, who usually signs 

 her name " M.,"" in her correspondence, has 

 the principal charge of the books. Three 

 j and sometimes four assist her in this work 

 during the busy season. Higiit close by this 

 desk with the wire railing around it, you 

 will notice the door of the large safe, or 

 vault. The books are all put in here over 

 night, and taken out in the morning by the 

 janitor. In fact, our ledgers are so heavy 

 (including the STo.OU index-book I have l)e- 

 fore told you about) that it would be quite a 

 task for any woman to handle them all. 

 This vault mentioned is one of a series of 

 vaults in each of the three floors. They are 

 built of such solid masonry that we e.xpect 

 them and theii contents to remain uninjur- 

 ed, even should tiur whole establishment be 

 destroyed by hie. All sorts of goods where 

 . there is much value in a small compass are 

 i stored in these vaults. The one that con- 



