The Red Cloud chief., 1880-10-21

THERE are certain articles Of personal
property which ought In every house
hold TO be recognized and guarded As
belonging To the individual. and re-
spected accordingly. Among these,
not the least important Is the umbrella
In sunny weather an umbrella Is almost
universally regarded a an incum-
brance, and nine out Of ten people IN
the community il the prospects are
doubtful, prefer TO think that the ski.,
will clear, and leave the umbrella nj
home. But once let the rain pour down
in earnest, and the independent. the
envied, the happy person Is h person
who is provided against the storm. IL
is droll to observe the furry and fuss
which a rainy morning causes in some
improvident circles. Father and the
boys, who must 20 to business. march
off with their own special umbrellas.
but pretty Susie. delicate little Fred.
and careless Will, having none which
they can respectively claim, are re-
duced TO the state of explorers and
beygars. A corner III the lower hall,
from remote and prehistoric times. has
been occupied by umbrellas in various
states of dilapidation. Ii is 4 dim and
Evolutionary spot. Cook has frequently
complained of the umbrellas a. rubbish.
but they have been considered by the
authorities too good 10 throw away,
and now they are sought for as for hid
den treasure. Alas. ~ one superannu-
ated, faded, rickety wreck after another
is exposed in the light of the dining
! room, it is evident that they have seen
their best days. and are no more TO be
trusted for defense and comfort. The
older boy trudges off sturdily between
the drops, and the little brother and
sister find refuge under the reluctantly
lent, fragile, silver-plated. much-prized
silken umbrella of the mother, who
would fain have kept it from
school-rOom perils. The ordinary and
easily taken care. which gives every
member of the family his or her special
boots and gloves, should extend equally
to the umbrella, which in our change
full climate is u necessity and not a lux
ury. Much inconvenience. many squab-
bles and q great deal of undigniiied
fretting, would be prevented if each
person likely TO have outdoor business
of any kind were always properly
equipped to encounter the weather.
Sisters are frequently careless about
having their own collars and cuffs,
brushes and toilet necessities. One
uses anOther's, perhaps without the
ceremony of asking. The result is
that the neat and systematic girl is
trespassed upon by the disorderly and
untidv one. Matilda, who saves her
things, whose handkerchiefs are not all
in the wash at once, whose ruilles are
fluted, her laces in place, her collars
unfrayed, is used as n convenience by
the giddy Miss Patty, whose bureau
drawers are generally in confusion, and
whose things are astray here and there
about the house. Some free and easy
families carry this state of affairs even
farther, and wear dresses and bOnnets
i'm common, so that Lettie is seen in
Sarah's gown. and Maria appears AS
often as Ethel In the ~latter's hat. In
this way all the individuality of costume
is lost, and something is sacrificed of
the sacredness of personal rights.
Mother is, in such a family as this, the
amiable victim of her daughters. and
the chances are that she never has the
means for a complete toilet ready to her
hand on the rare occasions when she
wants to 90 out.
1t is every way better to be somewhat
disobliging in such matters as these
than to be too weakly submissive. Well
bred people should be careful to give as
little annoyance and trouble in the
world as possible, and to that end they
must learn to say "No" to themselves
if they are tempted to needless borrow
ing, and to the host of careless borrow
ers.-Christidn at Work.