Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-05-28
Eminent Women as seen by ''Gris. .

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Cinderella was the only child of
doting parents, but her mother dying
when she was little girl her father
married widow with two grown-up
daughters. Her stop mother institut-
cd several reforms in running the es.
tablshmont, chief of which was dis
charging the hired girl without re-
commentator and putting Cinderella
at work In the kitchen. Regretting
how poorly informed her own daugh-
ters were on the subject Of general
house work, she resolved that Cindcr-
ella should enjoy the advantages of
liberal education in that particular
Step-mothers are proverbial for this.
They neglect their own children rath-
or than see stcp-daughter como up
ignorant Of work. 74 Holr
But the proud sisters, instead of
growing envious when they found how
much more Cinderella was learning
about washing dishes, securing pans,
cmptying slops, etc., than they knew,
used to laugh and jeer at her. They
wouldn't allow her in the parlor when
their beaux came 10 see them, but
compelled her to sit in the kitchen in
the chimney corner.
One evening the two proud sisters
were in high glee because they wore
invited to grand ball at the Exposi.
tion building, given by hook.and-
ladder company, and taunted Cinder-
ella, as she was hooking up their
dresses, because she wasn't 'tinviied, too.
One of them got off a cruel and afro
cious pun. She said Cinderella was
better at hooking dresses than she
would be at hook-ap- ladder ball.
When tho hack came for the young
ladies and they rode gayly away, Gin.
derella was left cad and weeping in
the chimney corner, and this is where
the fairy comes in.
The fairy was very pleasant and
engaging young fairy indeed, one OF
the best that the boss fairy sent out.
OF wings she had "pair," which was
good enough TO draw to, and she had
often made her mile inside of Eli "a,
when she couldn't make anything
else She knew well enough what
was the matter with Hannah it was
The ball So she told Cinderella not
TO bawl any more about it, for she
shouldgo. She touched the poor girls
six;cent calico with her wand, and il
was Immediately transformed into the
most magnificent tulle MORO antique,
with bombazinc puffTngs Hutcd, and
an overskirt Of ginger poplin. / am
thus particular about her dress be-
cause all little girls will be interested
in it. Then the fairy fitted her out
with pair of the tiniest of glass slip
pers, worth at least twenty-five cents
u glass at any bar in tho city. She
took o pumpkin and scooped it out
(sho had previously scooped some
farmer out Of the pumpkin); she trans
formed it into magnificent skin
hand drag; she manufactured horses
of lizards, foolmen Of mice, and a big
old rat she made into rattling coach
man. As Cinderella mounted and
rode away the fairy admonishod her
that she must leave precisely as the
clock struck twelve; for if she danced
a moment longer, she would find she
had danced her fine gown into rags,
and would have TO come homo afoot.
and alone, across lots and a-crying.
Great was the sensation created
when Cinderella entered the ball.
The band stopped, walters paused as
they were bringing in beer, and all
were momentarily dumb with amaze
ment and admiration. The kings son
saw her and engaged her to dance
with him overy set, or set with him
every dance, he didn't care which,
He couldn't bear to be out of her com
papy. He had rather be out Of to-
bacco, or "out" with the old man.
Her proud sisters figured for an intro
duction, and allowed she was "real
sweet"
Finally tho prince invited her to
join him in glass of beer and n pret-
Eel, and the moments flew 80 rapidly
II was twelve o'clock before she knew
1t. As the clock was striking she sud-
denly recellected the fairy's admoni-
tion and started away as fast as she
could run, knocking over floor mana
gers and policemen When she reachd
the door some lizards croaking away
were all that was left Of her skin.
hand. She saw her footmon scamper-
ing off as mice once more, her coach
man was big rat engaged in dead
Iy struggle with terrier, wbilc her
coach, which was some pumpkins
when il came, was oil pumpkins now.
Her magnificent dress was turned to
rags, and she had to hoof it homo bare.
footed.
But why go onY Everybody knows
how she lost of slipper and the
prince found IL; how ho offered to
marry the young woman whom II fit
ted, how all the women in the king
dom particularly the big footed ones,
who always imagine their feet arc
smalD tried to put their foot in IL;
how II was at length found to. fit Cip.
derella to nioety, and how the good
fairy gavo her mn outfit when she
married the prince.
Little girls, who are inclined TO
murmur and repinc because compelled
to perform kitchen work, should draw
encouragement from this, and have a
particularly nice pumpkin, and a
choice selection Of lizards and mice on
hand, when their proud sisters 60 TO
tho ball TO which tho Cinderellas of
the chimney corner are not invited
That fairy may come around again