Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-02-22
From the New York Observer.
PUTTING ON.
BY JENNIE HARRISON.


ats a fact, George! she's the.
most disagreeable girl | ever knew!'
And finishinL the conversation with
this emphatic assertion, Ada rose to
put away her bonnet and cloak.
"Who is that, Ada? and why is
she so disagreeable" 1t was quiet,
pleasant voice. coming from the
other side of the room
'.Why Auntie! when did you come
liu2'' l.....- ..t
! -"Just now, as you were making
known to George that terrible fact
And am anxious to hear all atout
it myself" 'a" s.aT-S haa st'.
7 '-Well, I'll tell your" and down
fweBt the bonnet and cloak on the
bsofa 7sIt' 5 Alice Heston, the new
scholar; her father bought the stone
house under the hill, and moved in
last Fall, you know" Hoii
> sYes, remember; but Why do yoe
think Alice so dishgreeableS''
/ z's0h, siie pHts oy1 soi's $50 re 81
i"Puts on! what does she pat onf''
''Feathers, and silks, and fashions,
and finmmeryl" interrupted George,
llaughinely. .H-"f Te
I 'But that isn't what meant. She
!puts on such airs, Aunty! why it's
tperredtly ridiculous the way she aetsl
l don't believe there is girl in
school who likes her!'
rs she unkind or unfriendly or
selfsh?' '.r ...f. .Al'
why, no ma'am; she's kind and
friendly enough in her way; but then,
who can endure such a wayl Such
4 patronizing airs! and such con
I descending smiles! and such style
Iof talking, as if she had been study
ing the Dictionary all her life, and
thought she knew more than all the
rest OF us together! She isn't at all
like other girls! Everything she
does aud says is all affectation, and
that's just what can't bear?"
. Ada stopped to take breath; while
George laughed heartily at her ear
( ! nestness. Aunt Julia set as if think
ing. tor a few moments, and then
, said quietly. Il think there is one
kind OF putting on, which Ada her
self needs TO learn and to practice,
something which, if she herself
would remember to put on at all
times, would make her schoolmate
Alice seem much less disagreeable. I"
why, Auntie, / don't under
. stamd!'' an. -.t
"Can you help her any, George!"
Il guess so; think we studied it
lin the Bible class yesterday; in
| Colossians, isn't it?"
"The third chapter and fourteenth
verse, And above all things, put
on charity, which is the bond of per
l1ecmess"
/ "Wby, Aunt Julia! do you think l
haven't charity?"
''Charity is not easily provoked,
fthinketh no evil, hopeth all things,
1 endureth all things Put on this
i beautiful vail Of charity, and see how
4 Alice's disagreeable qualities VIII
fade away before it Charity will say,
4 Perhaps her manners are the fault
of her education, or of example, and
she is not 20 blame Charity will
! say,H have many faults Of my own,
and / will be not easily provoked
at hers Charity will endure things
that may seem disagreeable, and
hope hat pleasantef things VIII come
bye and bye. A wondrous thing is
this Charity, Ada! and putting on
this, the most beautiful of adern-
ings." H! I-I S-s-'.4 .4Fs ..1-
"How nicely you have made it all
out, Auntie. but it's so, much easier
to talk about than to dol"
= a'L -knoE.it, Ada, it takes 8 great
Ideal OF patience and practice and
! prayer to teach us to put on this
lovely !ornam ent. But OF, is it not
) worth. striving for. this most excen-
ent gift, which shall be like "a rain
/ bow in our eyes" helping US to see
,~hest the good equaliti'.s OF 'oGF conI-
panions; aSd like sunlight in our