Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

I without fear 81 storm OF shipwreck.
Never were happier voyagers on snug
ger craft or smoother seas
1 I Bnsone N.Y. 4 fina4dR MRHeane
/ 6u&a pponsfhem II Thes brSwe 6lHEao-
TAIN 1t the helm Held fast with Y dmpet
voice OF cheer, while crash followed
crash. But he was old now, this Cap
tain Of , hundred stormsi suddenly the
voice broke, the strong hand loosened;
he was gone.
When thesstorm was past 1.-THE deck''
was empty. The ship had lost its mas
ter. and wife and daughters were DRIFT
ing in the narrow straits of poverty.
Miss TiBbs. the sdressmaker, was an
authority in Stirling.
sTheY'ye got the Capt MS own grit, -
she reported of the daughters, a few
months later. .sThey don't set down
an whine, but fest pitch In, an work
like mad. Miss Ruth's gold some of
her paintin's already, aE Miss Alice
| amt ashamed to git SEWN from, me. to
pay for her lessons. She s goin to make
| pictur's for books, an they amt goin'
to do halfway work neither-iest like
the Capt n fust class or nothin'.''
4 This was three, years, ago. Persist
ent study was bringing them through
the slough of amateurism On to
the high ground of professional skill.
| The winter lessons in New York
drained their small hoardlngs, and
ea;h spring witnessed progress and
4 bankruptcy. ass3'' 3'i' S9f ','R Oh
But incorrigible cheerfulness and in
genious devices ameliorated, even this
barren period.
why is not every girl taught a
trad" said Alice on one occasion.
"What breathless scramble we should
have been saved if we had mastered
our art before we needed to live by
| it,
my daughters" announced Ruth,
'tshall be trained to do one thing thor
oughly. if it is only to scrub floors"
A winter studio ip New Yorkwas
Their goal and plans for g COLDER flu
fture, when fame and fortune should
hobnob with them there, filled their
san Yh e fine 'e old paElos, wah,the Oriental
coloring and flavor, had become their
home studio.
'.Let US be esthetic if we ave daugh-
tiers of TOLL" Ruth had said. '.We must
spend the greater part of our time in
ChO Stuuio, 81 tAIC SLuulo SIlOu1u Uc our
very pleasantest room. If we have Wis
itors, we can to,s our painting aprons
behind the screen, rub the paint from
our noses, and smile "a bland welcome
i'm just two minutes.n s6sA e
Z It was the theory of the girls that
policy of stern repression alone saved
their fragile mother from overwork.
Hence that gentle reprobate was kept
under constant surveillance; even then
her encroachments upon the self-ap-
pointed household tasks of the girls
were scandalous, and family discipline
was maintained with difficulty.
The episode of the hat had just oc-
Cured. when a clandestine sound of
tinkling glass came from the next room.
'.Listenr' said Ruth. s'Mother is in
mischief again" -
:. Instantly two imperious girls de-
scended upon the@cpIprit.
This is our workr' - - 90
Surrender those goblets!'
k'.Now,sgo aft and rest"
And the little mother was whirled
into the studio and tucked up on the
SOFA, with a parting kiss, before she
could protest.
"Such rebellious parent.'' said
Ruth. look at this table nearly set
and the things all brought up from the
cellar. l wonder she doesn't sit up
nights to take in surreprit.ous wash-
ing!'
81 advocate eating on clam-shells
with chop-sticks, to be burned with
neatness and dispatch after each meal"
S' s6 ailss; i sE1iasss S4tiahe, .
assented Ruth. al
..Let us dignity it hereafter by repeat
ing poetry. We might, learns =
SOh. don't" cried Ruth" 1--WE
sfied. that Zone day 1 marched SOL
EMMY around the table four times, with
the soup tureen, and emptied the milk
into the flower pots besides. All in per-
feet time, and to the Ode to the Duke
of Wellington. A."
ave talk" said Alice meditatively,
''as if poetry were useful art and
dish-washing profitless, yet we could
live serenely q thousand years without
a poem, and would be discouraged in
less than five hundred without . dish
THAT is one of the raspihg things
about life,' scolded Ruth. ''All great
things are accomplished bysmeans of
so many aggrayating small things" Il
81 found that out long ago." saidi
Alice. 1.-THE only way to be really
comfortable is to do cheerfully lots of
uncomfortable things"
~.sI-weuld much rather do something. i
heroic once a week and omit bed-maks
ing every day." was Rurh's comment.
A few weeks later two stalwart young
men were tramping through Central
Park talking together earnest'y. II
! . Stirlinge' repeatedaJack King, in !
amazement," do you know anything
about Stirling?'' /
- !..Rather. Mycousins live there, and
I went to school there-but why this |
sudden blare about Stirling?"
ITO think that you knew all this |
time" muttered Jack. I
"knew what"
'sOh. nothing"
al like this" exclaimed Joe, "back-
ing out just when you've worked up a |
fellows curiosity" Il
'.You would chaff me-
.SoAthat's it, Whogis She?" I
! That s.jgstEwhat I want yoa to tell |
me. ~ - 1 II Ia L
Il thought You were fire-proof. How |
did it happen5"
I .Asawher coming out of Cooper In
stitute, one day last March, The first I
look fin shed n1e'tfIlfn
..You, Or ali men, Jackr'
Don't chat, old man, I'm hard hity Y
No woman ever before t
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