The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-02
VER-SENSITIVENESS

"There, that's the second time I've
met Mrs. Adams within week, and she
has not noticed me-" said Mrs. Clark
to her friend and neighbor, Mrs. Sum
ner, as they left the store of Jordan,
Marsh & Co., Boston. "If that's the
way she is to treat her husbands par
ishioners, she'll make herself unpopu-
lar, and hurt DR.. Adams influence be-
sides"
(Which was Mrs. Adams?" inquired
Mrs. Sumner, ''the lady in brown, who
stood at the embroidery counter? /
noticed you looking at her several
times"
eyes, that was Mrs. Adams, and l
don't understand whyin the world she
did not speak to me-" replied Mrs.
Clark in a most emphatic tone.
Don't be too harsh in your criti-
cisms, suggested Mrs. Summer. "Isn't
it possible she did not see your"
Didn't see me!'' said Mrs. Clark,
sneeringly. Glow could she help see
ing me? Why could not she see me as
readily as Isaw her? Ihayenot heard
that her eyesight was poor, haveyou?
But / will tell you what / have heard.
Mrs. Bates told me that she came ola
very Extraordinarily in Providence,
who think more of books and literary
society than of anything else, and she
was wondering what sort of a minis
ter's wife she would make. But she
will find that it will never do for herto
put on such airs here in Boston, that
is, unless she does not care whether
people like her or not"
go, you don't mean all that" said
Mrs. Sumner, In a quiet way. 81 fear
you are getting a little excited, and
prejudging Mrs. Adams. How do you
know bat she is an absent-minded per-
son, and was SO absorbed in her pur-
chases and her own thoughts as to be
oblivious of all about her? or, she
may be near-sighted, and / know that
n~ear-sighted people are less observing
than Others, owing, probably, to the
fact that they do not expect to recog-
nize friends readily. Now, / am near
sighted myself, and so Ihave great
sympathy for such persons. My son
told me once that he should think /
would lose all my friends, for I so Of
ten failed to recognize them on the
street. And thess, more than that, i
forget names, and am frequently NOR
titled when meeting friends to find !
cannot call their Names"
"You have plenty Of excuses" re-
joined her friend, "but Idon't believe
Mrs. Adams is either absent-minded or
near-sighted. Z isst think Mrs Batesis
right, and shehas made upher mindto
have a few select friends, and sort of
ignore the rest of us, and ] will insist
that it is not the thing for q minis
ter's wife to do" and Mrs. Clark with
out being aware Of it, had raised her
voiceso high thattwo younggentlemen
passing them as they walked down
Washington street, remarked:
"Hello! there's trouble. Some poor
minister's wife is being hauled over the
Goals, and quite likely her husband will
have his resignation sent in TO him
soonl"
Like enough" responded his COM
pdHlOH. DuI then, tney drt always
criticised, ministers and their wives
too. They are either too strict or too
liberal, too extravagant or too econ
omical, too we'll dressed or too plain
" dressed, too aristocratic ortoo pie
beian, too reserved or too free, and SO
on, and SO on. | tell you it would
take more grace than | am possessed
of to 60 into that business
The ladies soon stepped into q res
taurant for lunch, and while sitting at
table waiting for their orders, contin-
ued their conversation on the same
subject.
Mrs. Sumner said: 81 agree with
you. Mrs. Clark, that it is a part OF q
minister's wires duty to make herself
agreeableand affableto all, although
know somed isclaim that they have any
duties in the church beyond those Of
private members. But in all my ex-
periepce a pastors wife and children
car help or hinder the work and the
influence OF q pastor, by their conduct,