The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-05-04
Slate Pencil Porfraits-.-No. q.
Nrs Si,nniink

world a-going.
If,here is ever found wanting any original chi,
ractcr TO complete the set, there arr general,
cn"u,h ready to be- what they are not AMI wha
they never can be without making themselves II
ji,ulous.
One ofhe luli,rous efforts Of this kind is mad,
by our 'rcnl Mrs. SrupkinS We must be, hrl
pardon Tor u,in; her n.mc in the paper We j,
1t wholly Cor her benefit, lest he should be thC
only one Of cur readers VII, vuulI No., take our
remarks To herself
Bonn when 4 very little girl in a snail country
village down east, and trained amid the rural
>rcues Of charming valley, tli> sweet bul oI
humanity male herself very useful IN driving the
cow, to pasture in summer aud hunting the hens
e.; in winter In the village school, all well
We remember the little brown school house aud
Bct>ey tripping it blryGot with her little dinner
basket, to AMI from the school room--NIrs, Simp-
hrn> remembers i, too. Speaks of the time rs
";hc romantic lays Of Childhood"
In the village school, She studied The common
branches taught there ill she WI, fourteen, at
which age her dear mother needed her assistance
Vt lone.
Al hi, time Brt>cy was sweet girl just
then ripcnins into womauhood, oud could she have
been les ambitious would have made an excellent
match for some good .taid farmer boy. But Bet
scy WAS ambitious and desired to cut a figure in
the world So she married Simpkins and came
west
Bctscy is now Mrs Sinpkns Mr.. Smplius
j. 4 lady, takes airs and aims to br quite arlsto
cratic. She Is a member of the Goldfish ari>tocra-
cy. She designs To make an impression on >o,ic-
". She succeeds. She makes several imprcs-
sonS. When she Is plain Bet,cy Sinpkins, she i
a good hearted, knll ncishbor social, sympathc;-
lie. LEX ho,ue Is then really delightful spot
Her husband happy man But when Sic BE-
chmcs Mrs. SinpkuS" AMI ignores Byt,cy, feel,
aristacratic, the mprcssi is different The inter
v.a between what she would be anil what she nat
uraHy Is Is 50 great as to make Mrs. Simpkin,
appear distrcs~inyly funny She then has little
intercourse with her immediate ucislLors Ncy.
cr calls to see them without her hat an! gloves
Never invites them to see her lest by placing her
self on a level with them they should become
familiar. Never then alulcs to her early home
True to her early impressions however, Mrs. :.
never fprgets to be amazingly economical. She
would maintain style. but cauNot afford genuine
plate. She therefore procurcs limitations in base
metal Her furniture is all in one ronm and this
also sayorins largely of the shabby gcu,ccl. She
u"ull give p'rtie, and make display Her stouc
ware however, Is not good enough She sends
her servant to Mrs JackplancS to borrow her
china and silver aud condcsccniinsly allows her
Youngest child to play the evening with Ms j.
children. Mrs. Jackplane, however, would ath-
Pr prefer not to have the troublesome little
hostage every time Mrs Simpkins has party,
but being only mechanics wife, she allows Bet
'ey Sinipkins to have her own WAY and give EN-
.crtainmcnts at her expense TO the Mutual Admi.
-atinn Society Of the co,!fi-h Gristotra;s
Not little amusing all this time i Mrs. Simp-
kins opinions Of her ncigl.bors. Her real opn-
ions she expresses in her conduct Her protested
opinions she expresses in her talk only Thccon-
,rarety hctwecn the two is quite remarkable
Snobb's wife, she thinks has seen good society
as well Is herself but as SnoLbs don't pay hi,
little honest debts, school bills, editors bills doc
tors Bills, dc,J she doesn't think his wife can 60
N the best society here. 1t never appeared to
ncr to be right for any to profess to belong to
lie aristocracy without paying their debts and
living within their income so a. TO be LAYING up
something. She therefore seldom visits Mr..
Snubbs Mrs. Jones ,le docs visit That i, She
puts On hat and gloves AMI goes and ,its sol
EMMY in Mrs Jones parlor, without smiling, very
stifliy trimming her attitudes. Mrs. Simpkius is
then dignlied. Her dignity is overwhelming.
Even Mr. Jones tabby cat can't abb it. Every
time utterly Mrs Simpkins has called, Tabby
walks out into the dining room. TaLby evident
IS thinks Mrs Smplns doesn't belong to the true
lristocracy But Tabby i, only cat.
SimpkinS, good soul, is now well to do in the
world People so close and pincllins generally
succeed He however cansct get along at all
times with lis wifc's notions He does not Ike
to be troubled too often in his own house about
liz beard boots and linen. lie does not see ei.
thcr any use for having towel to every plate at
dinner, and if lis wife "a mind to cut around and
be out nights visiting she may go alonc-that's
all.
Miss WEnStER's IcrrER.-Thc following card
has appeared in relation to Mis- Webstcrs letter