Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-07-17
TWO NOTABLE DAYS.
Soap Day" and Rose Day With
the Baldwin Twins.

the Baldwin Twins.
al do believe this is rose day. said
Infant, standing on the top step of the
ycranda in delight.
81 know it's Soap-boiling day. as
serted her twin sister, who had been
baptized Marilla Victoria when shewas
baptized lnfanta Isabella. nearly fifty
wears before. These twins entered the
world at Il period when ilowcry, daring
names were the extreme of fashion.
and previous TO the great rebound to
plain and strong Ann. Elizabeth. Mary.
Hannah. Jane, and their various com
binationS. Infant came very near be-
ing labelled Lovcy Lucilla. and she
felt thankful for her escape, and even
attached to her diminUtivc,
Belle would never have suited her
(,he was not a belle) while Infant did
not shame her (shc was more or less an
infant At any ace). She was slender
bl,o-o,od and smooth -slinood -,
~ ~ ~
'''oo'n '"'' "i''N'tS cou'u S'"rce'N
make their indcntation. And it never
ceased to be appropriate for her to
wear her halr IN a braid down her back,
'led with ribbons the color OF the dress
she wore Infant herself could not
separate the gray halrfrom the blonde,
nor dld She care whether it was all
blonde or all gray. She S%campered
over "A fence and swung in the cherry
trees. Her long tranced girIhood
never ended; ana the slow life of the
farm simple as grass and wholesome
as new milk, kept up the illusion that
time was eternity. In their neighbour
hood these twins had been the Baldwin
girls when they first toddled into meet
ing, when they went oil to be educated
ut an expensive school. when they came
Il to paint and to play on a granC
piano, when their parents died anC
they took charge of the farm; and tn,
Baldwin girls would probably be then
title when they should become con.
temporary withall living grandmothprs
Occasionally Infant felt Il shock from
the growing power of young children,
1t was so astonishing to see Il creatur,
who was a baby but a short time ago
shootng aiolt, long-armed and long
legged n announcing itself in the
teens, such phenomena did not aston
lsh KIIla, however She resented them
Though she had the same fair complex
ION ana comeiy make as her sister.
deadly drop OF acid had been added It
her nature, Her shoulders were bent
she loved to hear people talked about
ana TO MI the corners OF her nose witt
scorn' she felt abused by much tina
had happened to her on this planet
and yet too insignificant in her owl
personality TO take II out OF the human
race as She desired to do. The free
"om' ease ana scope OF mmarrie'
Wohlaiihooo were IN no wise apprc
''a,'d n' h"F' because SHr lived %nn'irrl
u""'f lhr Il'lIc nthlth and horizon d
I'r own skull these traits made Rill
ali "il'oiiiior'a9.e houNemate, cspec
lally IN winter When the twins wcr
showed IN with their books and house
keeping Still. Infant loved Rilla'
Ho'lrneNS along with Rilla, Their
was strong diversion in being ,colded
ami She always felt such a dcl.iciou
warmth around her heart when sh
made 1t up with RiIla and gaze her
handsome present, ortook double turn
at the cooking.
Rllla was gerry parsimonious, an
felt bound to distort herself with age
gowns and long boarded hats. Br
Infant felt unhappy in any color exceI
that tint Of gray which has the though
OF wine in it. On this very rose da,
though it was early in the morning
She wbre a clinging gray dress of tha
light wool texture called shally BY tn
dry goods dealer in Jersey Center
And a good background it would max
for all the roses Infant could han
upon it. Nothing made Rilla lift tn
corners of her nose higher than In
iantS flower days. But as Rilla woul
be lifting her nose anyhow, and coul,
really scent no harm in these silent fe.
rivals, Infant continued to observ
them year after year, and to afford he
sister that triumphant sense of super
iority which we all have upon behol,
ing others absurdities. There VIZ
crocus day. when the first flower
broke the sod and made heavenl
beauty in the dark spring. Infar
dccked herself with them, and pl
them on the dinner table. More abul
dainty satisfactory, however, W;
lilac day. 1t took Il critical e,
to discern the exact date.
the lilscs Drowned about the edge
then, alas! lilac day had slipped pas
They were not to be gathered too sool
either, If their full soul of fragran,
was to be enjoyed. On lilac day Il
FAINT walked under burdens of lavend,
bloom. The walls, the picture
brcathcd lilacs. And at nipbt sl