Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-07-17

| pHis, lake This auvlCc: be as pretty
as you can, or as ugly as you must 4;
but, whatever else you are, be neat
There is nothing on the visible earth
more unloyely than slatternly wo-
man. She does violence to nature. A
tumbled, disheveled rosebud is no less
an afiront to the eye, while simple del
icacy OF appointment can of them.
selves almost beautify a plain person,
1t had been easy enough for pretty
Molly to run upstairs just as Jim
swung the gate Of afternoons, tumble
of her soiled wrapper, twitch the curl
papers from her hair, and descend af.
Ter half an hours delay, renovated,
pulled. smoothed to q presentable ex-
tent, with some rose or ribbon tucked
bewitchingly into just the effective
spot, and smile and twinkle which
made all discrepancies Of toilet invisi-
bic. The little points where ineradic-
able untidiness made itself visible to
an experienced eye, escaped Jim's no.
tIce completely, and but for this "salt-
ing party" might have continued to
escape it until the time when, too late
for repentance, Mrs. Jim should have
seated herself-a disreputable vision
opposite her astonished husband at
his own breakfast table. But meeting
thus, day after day. and all day long,
the habits Of her life we're too much
for poor Molly. "What does it signi-
fy'-that customary excuse-was ut
tered once and again over tumblcd
dress, solled collar, tattered stockings,
till even Jim's gamoured ewes became
observant.
"Auntie,' he said one day, as in a
moment of confidence he leaned his
handsome head on Miss Child's knee,
Il thought the Pomfrets were well
off,"
well! Z! interrogatively.
"Well, they can't be, you know, for
Molly don't seem to have nice things
ike the other girls. Don't you think
they must have pretty hard times at
home. r
Jim" said Aunt Mary, solemnly,
happen to know what Molly has to
spend on her dress, and if you'll keep
it secret | will breathe it to YOU.
Will you promise?"
"les"
She spends exactly four hundred
dollars year"
"Is that IL good deal," asked igno-
rant jim.
Just then the girls passed slowly,
side by side bearing freshly gathered
basket of blueb"rrles. Grace in sim
pie well-iitting gown OF gray, knot
of blue under the white collar, blue
ribbon looping q shady hat over the
Furnished, perfectly braided hair; the
other in messy, tumbled white pique,
half the buttons off her boots, a crush
ed pink rose surmounted curls much
in want of brushing, and soiled kid
gloves. The contrast could hardly
have been more marked even to an in
w hew - said jim
From that day, as she in after wears
declared, Aunt Mary dated her tri-
umph. Not that Jim transferred his
affections then and there TO Grace
No. 1t was many months later that
the event happened, which filled ali
Dusenbury with excitement, and DR..
Goodenow's mind with unspeakable
wonder that 1.-THE child should be
grown up enough to entertain the idea
of such thing for moment"
Blu, from that time the spell Of Jim's
untdy little enchantress was broken.
In vain did Molly seek to lure him
back, even combing her curls for three
days running. He would not return,
comb she ever SO wisely. Sailing
parties were horrid," she from that
time and forever after declared. She
"never wanted to go to one again"
And SO they are" agreed Aunt
Mary Child, 'horrid for sham and slip
shod. But if young man wants to
find out what girl really has in her,
and how she does the little every day
things, that are going to make his life
comfortable, and how she's going to
look in the morning, or at times when
she isn't fixed up to catch his eye, l
advise him to pick up wife where my
Jim found his-down at salt"
Which sensible advice We com mend
to all whom 1t may concern.