Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-05-29
Select STORY.
kATE'S ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SKETCH FOR MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.


Really Kate, you have succeeded
very well. Where my daughters are so
truly accomplished dare not draw com
parison; but say to you that l con-
slider your education perfect And
thus speaking, Mrs. Lanark, woman of
five and forty, and the mother of three
grown up daughters, lay back in her
easy chair and gently waved her fan.
Kate, the youngest of the three daugh
,ers, had just arisen from the pianoforte,
where she had improved upon her last
course. She was nineteen years of age
and her form was Of the pure female
type-not robust, nor yet fairy like. but
after the fashion of those models which
the old Greeks used to adopt when they
wished to sculpture an Adriane or a
Tuphrosyne Touching her FACET
was oor,ainly sod lnoking face To
call such face pretty would sound tame
and Hat. Mrs. Lanark thsught Isabel
and Bertha were both prettier that Kate,
while Mr.. Lanark was of a different
opinion However, upon ore point there
was no dispute. The Judge would often
say-'Well, my little Kate looks very
good, anyhow And nobody had ever
disputed him.
Isabel and Bertha were the other two,
both older than Kate, being aged res
pectively twenty one and twenty three
They had graduated at a very fashion
able school, and were deemed very,
very highly accomplished and more
over, they were called beautiful
Judge Lanark was the father of these
girls. He was a man of means, though
not of large wealth He had been a
successful lawyer, and was now upon
The bench and his social position was
of the very highest. Governors had
been among his clients. and Senators
looked to him for counsel and assist
ancc. The Judge had reared two sons
and sent them forth into active useful
life but his daughters he had left to his
wife.
"Of course Mrs. Lanark continued,
after she had taken her seat near to her
father, y ou do not play as well as your
sisters, but it will come to you by prac
tice l think l may safely say that
your list Of necessary accomplishments is
full
Not quite said Kate, with nod and
a smile There is one more accomplish
ment to add to my list. l lcnged for it
many time when was at school and l
am led to long for it at many places
am forced tC visit | must learn to cook
To what? cried Mrs. Lanark.
To cook 2 queried Isabel and Ber-
tha in concert.
Ave- added Kate Il will not consider
my woman s accomplishments complete
until can, with my own hands, make a
loaf of wheaton bread fit to set before my
father
The Judge caught bis Kate by the
hand and cried: :
Good, good for Kate !
Isabel and Bertha smiled derisively
Their looks plainly showed that they
considered the thing ridiculous.
Mrs Lauark looked in surprise and
depreciation 1t seemed a reflection upon
her educational care of her daughters
Kate saw the look, she answered:
Il do not mean a loaf Of such soggy
stuff as some of our friends make with
cream of tartar and saleratus, nor yet a
loaf of the puffy stuff that comes 10 us
from the bakers. but | mean loaf of
such bread my own mother used to as
bake when was a wee child
Mrs. Lanark was Modified, bat not
converted. sh
'Ah, Kate. times have changed since /
was young
'For the worse 7 muttered the Judge
But his wife did not notice him. She
went on.