Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-02

an told her I'd make some tip-top tiani acKs
lot roa suppsf; Don't you take an extry step for
brown bread an milk while stay There amt
nothin' betiern n sour cream fiapiacks. but
sat 80 1 iTa aa givin trouble! That's what
q II Nathan guessed that the name OF this ex-
toiled delight was written on DR.. AllIs Iade1
EIpu'9dto'7ns, he nevertheless ate his own
a snaas WIN Que satisfaction, and equally en-
1oyed the rich preserves. the fruity cake. the
clumolng tarts, and the delicate strong tea,
set forth In the best china to honor the visit Dr.
n MILO; anucn 20 Sarahs disappointment, elected
Drown bread and milk. after all.
, HOW IL was brought about neither Aunt
LaIkln nor Nathan could have told but Ooa-
daaas Safah, whose Declaration of Indepen-
uence had always read that she wouldn't live
out lor nobody" found herself permanently in
stated IN that cool and spotless kitchen within
Inree GAYS OF Doctor Alliss advent. Aunt
sne DIDN'T see the sense of havin' a girl
clutterln' round to pick up after" and her SON
oeing accustomed to accept as final whatever
the news I aaeA %in rs
on the one part and rejoicing on the other The
ooc.or's luggage appeared to consist In great
INIT Unite rcnes; IN little room, OF the Hat
hour Series" And when Nathan came home
one afternoon to find his mother Comfortable
~ c KID IN ner large CHAIR on tue veranda deep
In tne fortunes OF the Greatest He,ress Ia Eag-
ana instead OF stJrlng up plncakes or max.
Ing button holes, he said TO himself, .All,s is a
Witch, bless hsr!, Yes, already it had gone SO
iar tnat the unWom inly )c1or was 'Allts" to
him. And at tea this studtous young sage. who
spent ali his leisure In gardening among ciassic
roots, announced that as tomorrow would be
ga "a usosy, ne was sure they could not d. Det-
Vanity Fair.
,d But Tomorrow It was Nathan's turn. His
neao was chained TO bis pillow with shackIes
OF pain: It was seasickness, he said to himself.
WMnout the palsy OF the will. 1t was fever.
nas me blessed intervals Of unconscious
iron boot. II the faint STRINGS of desire mtSht
be called hope, he hoped his mother would not
presefi u, msgaesias or bring him the dreaded
By-and by came DR.. Allis, with noIseless
presence, COOL hands low voice, aud potent pre-
scrlptlon. AS the slow hours dragged on. the
neaoache yielded grudgingly, irresoutely. with
was Tree from pain. but tired out and despon.
0enI; Sitting In the cool dusk OF the honey.
As h me s al "a give third my NE
OF IT. Sometimes think they will smut me out
rom any career whatever. Can't you cure
them, little Galer?"
Them. solicit them compel them"
II, Ailis? don't give them an inch OF van
tage: rise e2rly, go to bed early, don't even
snt IKE, and light them to the death when they
Nathan, l should like to talk to you for your
5000, though you'il hate me for 1t. You've
a nan 5ergotten mat am female doctor, and
Ieaied. TWere pity Of my life to disturb this
s,ate OF amlty. But at heart Pm professional
ABOVE al thirgs, and you see l CAN'T advise
your mother lest seem diSrespectfui"
"Lsy On, Mscdun,' dare say sha'n't know
when Pm hit. And ii DO feel the Whit and
WHO OF your fen sword,' wont whimper"
"Nathan, do you know that your mother
killed those six children whose little graves she
show s,f, n me to-da'?"
.oYf1
one CT them. And but that you were tougher
fored. as well rs finer fbered tina the rest.
you would have completed the hecauomb
n npar grandmother' mamma says; was exac.ly
thrift She would clean two rooms in a day
paiLt, windows aid all-churn, get the dinner
for great family Of men folks take are OF
ner children, ana make pair OF pantaioOns
before d;lIne. OF course she was 'worryln','
WIZ an her nerves on the surface. and Of course
she bad to bequeath to her girls this same
Aunt LaIktD. with less muscular strength than
her mother, has emulated her achievements.
anG, hall starved herself, has half starved her
cnllcren, nrst. IN thelr inheritance. and, Sec
"Allis, you are wild. Mother, and grand.
mother before her, made generous living pri-
THAT'S just what say, child Generous
living Is sure to be semi starvation. You have
had the finest OF bread, and delicious, fatal
pastry, and insdious fl apjacks. and rich dough-
Luts al d 1ncessant Coffee and salt fish fried
with pork scraps, and heavy boiled dishes
Yelled In film IF fat, and fresh meats fried.
ard saussges and spare rib, sp Ere rib, toujours
spare.rto What has your brain found in this
Barme cide feast? What food for your dele ATE,
tenie nerves? Doyou think IL any wonder that
they collapse. as tt were, from hamilton twice
month or so? ALI your life you have gorgad
yourself pardon the expression, but am In a
temper fessional OF course) on hydro car
ool aceous foods, imposing INDUSTRIOUS tasks on
our rebeliiouS liver, which 's1rikes' and
81 reacs oieaffecttOn throughout the ranks of
It's associates. You are starving for vital phos-
phaIes DIDN'T you study ply siology at school?
Perhaps you teach IL, even, aud what do You
care for lis sacred teachings? Yes, mean sa-
cree. there's religion OF the body, let me tell
der Ito beautiful English that story OF Mar
sya and Apollo, and what do you know or are
about our own skin. that texture of miraculous
brain OF Jove. But why should you expect Wis
dom to be born from yours? You use IL without
mercy sixteen hours day. You are subject to
that fatal Grain which stupidity is always
IKE 1t. You never play. Why don't you swim,
roe. Gance, row: play base ball. practice
archery. whist, and go 10 town every vacation
"N heD, Allis? Why, there isn't time. |
leave out half the work ought to do as iC is.n
"Ougnt! ought! on dear. how shall we stop
your race? You have no pure Jsy 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 our moods and lenses, less that your
butter ard cheese. Ttmel II there isn't time
to get v ell and keep We'll, you'd better change
for eternity, IS you WILL my dear young friend,
II you Cont reform. know that the kind OF
headache which you and Aunt Larkn are
cursed wi h never comes except with over
work 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 shall be new man In year, giving me
that delight in your growing health which an
artist feels In his growing picture"
Dear Allls, !! abhor bran, and mother would
never cook It."
"Dear sinpleton, who asked you? No. you
shall nave delicious soups, and inviting meats,
and salads OF celestial lineage, and vegetables
and milk, and such bread as you have never
tasted. made Of flour " hose whole value has
not paid tribute to the miller"
But OcadiahS Sarah"
"Oh. yes, she can. I'll teach her. We can DO
IL all and more, II only you will persu ade 70 ur
mother that 1t is my lark. or your whlm, or
what you Will, so that we do not seem to sl b.
vert the law OF generations. or reproach the
old order With the new. Don't you see what
new creature she Ia since have m ade her rest?
And when she says, plsintively, as In her mo-
ments OF re beilion she does, The house Is not
what IL was Qf, peradventure, Sarah has for
gotten TO set the salt box on the right hand OF
the sugar crock, instead of the lefO reply
never mind, Gear Aunt LarklD, the home Is
more. Did you ever see Nathan SO happy
about you, as now that you tuck up your feet
and read In the afternoons, or go OUT riding
MS r6 hav, rhof ella