The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-11-25

when to plant corn, and how to secure
full crop of oats in spite of unfavOr-
able Observation-Disclosures.
The only dissipation INDUCED in by the
[ young ladies. who never went much into
society and who have gone into it still
less since they lost their parents, is a
| qualification of their love of horses. In
the stable. which is fitted up with all the
modern improvements, are kept. in adj
dtion to the carriage horses and those
used for working the farm, three splen-
did Arabian steeds OF rare beauty and
speed. These are called into use da ly
by their misiresses. who are all three
admirable horsewomen. Totally with
out fear while in the saddle, they dash
about the country, making visits to
! their pensioners, of which they have
hundreds in the vicinity. going on err
rands to the village, and occasionally
making calls on intimate friends who
live within riding distance. Ii is no un-
usual thing for all three to be out on
| horseback together as early as six clock
in the morning, breathing new fe and
vigor in the fresh air of the breaking
day and galloping along the ill-kept
roads and over the stubble of fields
newly harvested. Home they come at
length, their cheeks aglow with tie eX-
element of the run, and their horses
covered with foam and dust. And they
are not only skilled riders, but they are
skilled grooms as well. Nothing they
enjoy more than rubbing down their
equine pets with their own fair hands
and currying them until they come clean
| and sleek from under their vigorous
| manipulation. Many n country horse
doctor knows less of veterinary sc ence
than do these girls, each one of whom
is as fully able to bandage strained
fetlock as the most capable of DIR. Hui
dekoper's pupils in the University of
Pennsylvania horse hospital.
Brave girls they are. too, living here
in this great country house. a mile from
any other dwelling save those of Their
tenants, and with no man nearer than
the stable to afford them protection.
Six women servants sleep beneath the
roof of the old brick mansion and four
Spitz dogs and great Newfoundland
keep guard without its time-furrowed
walls. They employ one coachman
only and an assistant. Thew wear no
livery. and the carriages in which they
ride are as plain rs the typ. cal pipe
stem. No crest or coat of arms or even
monogram is upon the panels of any of
their vehicles, and there is nothing
whatever, in the appearance of the
Drexel equipage of Sunday morning
as it rolls over to Eden Hall. con> ent
situated a mile and three-GuarterS from
the homestead, to indicate that it be-
longs to O,her than modest country
famil, in ordinary circumstances.
In the convent grounds the girls have
erected beautiful brown-stone mauso-
leum and chapel of Grccian arch tee
ture, and here rest the remains of their
lamented father and mother. Here
each Sunday they come to worship and
to offer PRAYERS for the success of their
many charItIcs.
To DO good with the wealth and to do
good without publishing it to the world.
to AVOID letting their left hand know
what their right hand dOeth. was the
teaching of the estimable Mrs. DrcXel,
the extent of whose benefactions was
not dreamed of until after her death.
This good woman, it was then learned.
had for years pad the rent of over one
hundred families in this city, had sup
piled many more with coal and provis-
ions. and had never refused her good
offices to one of the deserving poor. 1t
is estimated that she spent $40, 900 each
year in tightening the burdens of the
needy. and when she passed away tears
fell in many home that she had done
more to brighten than any one else
would ever have thought of doing. Mr..
DreXel, too, was charitable man in
every sense of the word, doing good
quietly and unostentatlously in many
quarter where it was entirely unsus-
pected.
In Philadelphia, as we'll as at Torres
dale. the recipients of the benefits of the
Misses DreXels ever open purse are to
be found, and it is said that together
they cxpend in this way a sum roughly
estimated at upwards of 100000 per
year, while their list of pensioners con-
tains no less than $50 names. The
House of the Good Shepherd in this
city, home for waits. and strays. and
orphans without the means of gaining
for themselves livelihood. is supplied
altogether with Undertaking for the
inmates by these worthy young ladies.
At present the Misses Drexcl are
making preparations to extend their
bounty still further, and have gone to
Europe for the purpose of visiting the
free educational institutions of the Old
World and getting an idea of the best
method to pursue in the direction of a
protectory for boys. which is already in
course of construction at Eddington,
lovely spot on the Delaware river abou'
four miles above Torresdale.-N Y
World.