Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-03
ronA Annf wonf

mou "a Int.i the business TLs AN e1ough
an told her I'd make some tip-top step n
Tor supper Don't you take an extry. It O
me. sarah she says. I'm goin' to fss> y
ploWn bread an milk while STAY There al,
nothin' betlern n sour cream fapjacks. put
call q real lady,"
MNathan guessed that the name of this ex-
Colieo delight was written on Dr.. Allis' Index
Erpmgdt0rtus, he nevertheless ate his own
snare with due satisfaction. and equally en-
1oyed the rich preserves, the fruity cake. the
set forth IN the best china to honor the visit Or,
who much to Sarah's Disappointment elected
brown bread and milk. after ALL
How 1t WAS brought about neither Aunt
Larkfn nor Nathan could have told but Ool-
olah's Sarah, whose Declaration Of Indepen-
oence had always read that she wouldn't live
stalled in that cool and spotless kitchen within
three days of Doctor AlliS's advent. Aunt
LaIkln having repeated for thirty years that
elutterin round to pick up after" and her son
being accustomed TO accept as final whatever
domestic views his mother promulgated, re-
celved the new d'spensation with submission
DOCTORS luggage appeared to consist In great
part in Franklin Square, novels. and the in-
Unite ricnes: in little room Of the Az
one afternoon TO had his mother comfortably
rocking In her large chair on the verand3, deep
In the fortunes OF the Greatest H3tresS in Eay-
Ing button holes, he said TO himself ''Allis is a
witch, bless her!" Yes. already it had gone so
iar that the unwom aniy doctor was "Allts" TO
him. And at tea this studiouS young sage, who
spent all his leisure in gardening among classic
roots. announced that as tomorrow would be
Sa urday, he was sure they could not ID De5-
yer tnanIo orlve over TO Betnesda brings. all
OF them. and spend an Idle day in that great
Vanity Fair.
But tomorrow 1t was Nathans turn. Ills
head was chained to his pillow with shackles
n q a IN I'm,
without the palsy Of the Will. 1t was fever,
Without the blessed intervals of unconscious
ness. 1t was the rack the thumb screw the
iron boot. II the faint STRINGS OF desire might
be called hope. he hoped his mother would not
prescribe msgnesia, or bring him the dreaded
BY by came DR.. Al1s, with noIse,ess
presence, cool hands low voice aud potent pre-.
scriptiOn. AS the slow hours dragged on che
heaoache yielded grudgingly, irresolutely, with
was free from pain but tired out aud despo a.
dent; Sitting In the cool dusk OF the honey
suekles. he said, ''rd give third Of my life,
Al!is, to buy on these headaches from the rest
OF 1t. sometimes think they Will shut me out
from any career whatever. Can't you cure
them, little GaleL?"
mo, Herr Professor, not while you invite
them, solicit them compel them"
Il. Ais? don't give them an inch of van
tage rise early, go to bed early. don't even
smoke, and fight them to the death when they
Nathan, ! should like to talk to you for your
good, though you'll hate me for 1t. You've
half forgotten that am female doctor, and
as person l am less Objectionable than you
feaIed 'Twere pity OF my life to disturb this
state OF amity. But at heart Pm professional
ABOVE all things. and you see l can'G advise
your mother lest seem dlsrespectful."
Lay on, Macduff,' dare say l sha'n't know
when FIN hit. And If DO feel the Whit and
wind OF your fell sword won't yRimper."
Nathan, do you know that your mother
Killed those SIX children whose little graves she
showed me today"
'Allls.o
Yes; although she would have died for any
ore OF them. And out that you were tougher
noTed, as well IS f1ler hoered, th an the rest
you would have completed the hecatomb
Your grandmother, mamma says. was eXacl ~
IKE your mother, all faculty. energy and
paint, windows and all-churn, get the dinner
for great family OF men folks take are OF
her chiiGren. and make pair Of pantaloons
before bedtime or course she was worryin','
with all her nerves on the surface, and of course
she had to Dequeath to her girls this same
cyeIWrought me ntal and physical condition.
Aunt Larkin, with less muscular strength than
her mother, has emulated her achievements,
and, half starved herself. has half starved her
children. first. In their Inheritance, and, sec
ord, In their rearing"
mother before her, made generous living prI-
m 81 duty"
That's just what say, Child. Generous
living is sure to be semi starvation. You have
light biscuit ana cake, and preserves, and
pastry, and insidious Il apjackS and rich dough-
nuts, and 1ncessant coffee. and salt fish fried
with pork scraps, and heavy boiled dishes
yelled In film Of fat, and fresh meats fried,
al sausages and spare-rib sp ere rib, tOujOurs
spare.rio What has your brain found In this
Barme eide feast? What food for your delic lte,
tense Leives? Doyou think 1t any wonder that
they collapse as 1t were, from hamilton twice
month or so? ALI your life you have gorged
your.elf lpaIdon the expression, but am Ia a
m mr. fCCOt nY0l f91
Dol aceous foods, imposing INDUSTRIOUS tasks on
our reoellious liver, which 'str!h es, and
SPREADS oisaffection throughout the ranks OF
Its associates. You are starving for vital phos-
phates DIDN'T you study phi! siology at scnool7
Perhaps YOU teach II. even, and what do you
care for It's sacred teachings? Yes. mean sa-
cree. here's religion Of the body, let me tell
you, un,egenerate boy. I've no doubt you rem
der into beautiful English that story OF NJ ar
syas and Apollo, and what Go you knoN or care
about our OWE skin, that texture OF miraculous
sk1il? You read that Minerva sprang from the
brain OF Jove But why should you expect wis
dom 10 be born from yours? You use It without
mercy sixteen hours day. You are subject to
tnat iatai Drain Ia which stupidity is always
like It. You never play. Why don't you swim.
ride. dance, row. play base ball, practice
archery. whist, and go TO town every vacation
NV heD,. AlllS? Why, there isn't time. l
leave out half the work ought to do as it is"
-, Ought a;i ought; on dear! how shall We stop
wv iO1A VA tnoG ousSCluduJ NuICu brushes all
your race? You have no pure sy In existence.
1t doesn't even seem that you have any love of
life In Itself. It's only useful for the work you
can wiring out OF 1t. You make yourselves less
than your moods and lenses, less that your
butter ard cheese. Time! II there isn't time
TO get we'll and keep well, you'd better change
Tor eternity, as you Will, my dear young friend
II you cont reform. know that the Kind OF
neadache which you and Aunt Llrkln are
cursed WI never comes except With over
WCIk and under feeding. she must go on to
suffer, poor thing though less. hope. But you
can cure yourself II you will. Obey me, ana
you snail De new man in year, giving me
that delight ia your growing health which an
artist feels in his growing picture"
Dear Aills, abhor bran, and mother would
never cook It,"
dear simpletoD, who asked you? No. you
shall nave delicious soups, and inviting meats,
and salads OF celestial lineage, and vegetables
and milk, and such bread az you have never
tas' ed. mace OF flour whose whole value has
not pad tribute to the miller"
But Obadiahs Sarah
"Oh. yes, she can. III teach her. We can do
mother that 1t is my lark or your within. or
what you VIII. so that We do not seem to su D.
vert the law OF generations or reproach the
old order with the new. Don't you see what a
new creature she Is since have m ade her rest?
And when she says, plaintively, as In her mo-
mentS OF rebellion she does, The house Is not
what 1t was Qf, peradventure Sarah has for
gotten to Set tie salt box on the right hand of
the sugar crock, instead OF the Lefty, reply,
Never mind. dear Aunt Larkln, the home Is
more DID you ever see Nathan so happy
ABOUT you, as now that you tuck up your feet
and lead In The afternoons. or go OUT riding
4 And fhny, chn &c, tIoy.n