Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-04
WOMAN AND HOME,
A SHORT STORY OF FAvoRIfISM
AMONG CHILDREN.

AMONG CHILDREN.
Mary Clsmmers Success 6atrimony-
Physical Observation-Disclosures Not {,
Blame-A Congressman's Wife-Live I
Down-stuned Eggs-In Paris.
Visiting at the house of Q well-to.d'
farmers family one day ? lady was show,
by ono Of the children, a very bright ant
pretty child, perhaps 10 years old, an auto
graph album in which she had collected I
number OF the names Of her school friends
Her manner was little pert, but not dis
agreeably 30, and it seemed merely to indi
cate to the visitor that the child was I'M
commonly bright and had been too mucl
petted The autograph album disposed Of
the child, whose name was Efie, took gold
locket from her neck and displayed It Will
an air Of pride. Various other little me
mentoes were brought forth BY her to enter
tain the visitor and then she retired from
the room to help her mother in the kitchen
Presently pale, timid little face peepsd
in.
How do you dos" said the lady, pleas
antly. Il suppose you are another Of Mrz
Bells nice little girls?'
The child opened the door wide enough
now to admit her whole person, and came
hesitatingly forward She was evidently
older than Efiie, but looked scarcely larger
and her face had q slightly pinched and
very sad look
Yes" she said, In manner the reverss
Of Ef5s's, Il am Susie-but I am not very
nice"
"Not very nicer said the lady face
tiously. you look to me like . very nice
little girl, indeed
The child's face flushed with pleasure, but
she kept on steadily: Its Efiis that's nice.
Efies very nice, indeed"
yes" the lady admitted, GEffie is nice,
but don't believe she is any nicer than you
are. Now you get me your autograph al.
bum and your other treasures"
Susie looked surprised
Il haven't got any" she said slowly.
SThat was papa's Christmas present to
Effie-but had a white apron" she added
as If trying to still a little discomfort that
would rise within her
Later it transpired that Susie had nc
locket, nor hardly any of the other treas
ures in which Effie appeared to be so rich.
A pathetic feature Of the case was that the
child seemed to have become so accustomed
to having fewer things than Efile that 1t
hardly occurred to her to imagine that she
might have these thinga At the table 1t
was "Susie, do sit up" Look pleasant,
Susie;" you must excuse Susie's awkward
ness, until l was very indignant Efiie
was scarcely reproved at all After supper
was over Effie sang q little song.
Ill
"She can't sing" said one of her older
brothers, with an accent Of contempt
Nobody else seemed to perceive ii, but q
few moments later the lady ON looking
sharply at the pale, plain little face observed
a glistening tear on her lashes, which she
fastened to wipe patiently away.
THAT little Susie Of yours seems to me an
uncommon child, the visitor found chance
to say when the children had retired
The mother, an obtuse, rather vain, but
well meaning woman, looked surprised
you mean Efiie, don't your she said
NO; Susie, the pale one"
''Oh! we don't brag much on Susie. She
amt really sickly, but then she amt strong,
and she can't help around like Efie She's
a reader, Susie is, and she amt ugly, but
she has aggravating little ways and she amt
Il don't see why" pursued the lady, 'ishs
may not he so snowy as Efie, but she Is to
me q very interesting child / should say
that she needed Q great deal of petting and
and bringing to the front
more, perhaps, than Ellie"
The mother thought a moment. Perhaps
she fe.t a little resentment, but the lady
could not refuse saying what she did had
Q t,x,v
indignant
perhaps she does" she admitted Her
father thinks she's rather the unluckiest one
we've got, but maybe noticing her more
would do good We do find a great deal OF
fault with SUSIE and she's a great reader
and good at her books But you must own
she's homely and clumsy somehow"
No, the lady would not own even this.
and with few more words, which she tried
to make very telling and very judicious,
she took her leave.
1t was not her lot to ses more of this fan
lily for several years, but she had every
reason to think, from the reports she heard,
for when these girls had grown to woman
hood, Ellie turned out to be a commonplace,
vain, though by no means inefficient woman.
and aided largely in the support of
the family. when misfortune came upon
them She later married missionary and
became one Of the most illustrious OF the
honored and noble missionaries wives
America has ever sent forth
Is there in your own home q child who
attracts little attention; whose plain face or
slow mind or awkward figure frets you and
.nv,tt IIxr fs-l
Are you better to one Of your children than
another. Are you not, perhaps smothering
the choicest plant in your garden under a
load of misunderstanding, unappreciation
and undeserved blame!-Atlanta Constitu-
ton
Mary Clemmer's Journalistic Success.
To the growing multitude Of those who
look to the pen for daily bread and who
are yet fain to win by it some portion of
the personal repute which is gained by in.
dustry in tho so-called liberal professions.
Mary C.emme- was a sympathetic ami
singularly interesting figure. For great
many years she was in the technical and
most exacting sense a woman journalist.
and punctually conforming to
the strict conditions Of her calling, yet she
never iuSs thc hSlrO u oboAuOucu tue eu-
deavor to accomplish something that should
make a deeper and higher mark in litera-
ture than the ephemeral productions of
journalistic hack For the most part of the
res dura domi-from an early age she had
to support herself, and she long supported
her to write as the scribes.
but she was not on that account content to
live and die in the unhonored treadmill Of
She began to write for money before she
was twenty, and she continued to toll in the
same groove until her happy second mar
riage, which occurred but short time be-
fore her death at II gave her at last an
Of writing not what she
must, but what sho would Not that while
eisure seemed unreachable she INDUCED in
repining over the rigid requirements Of our
trade, or cherished any feeling but the
OF every honest workman who
finds work enough to do This is proved by
the uniiagging and exact fulfilment Of every
journalistic duty which she assumed Not
,nly was her correspondence for a very ex-
Tended period an unintermitted feature Of
the New York Independent, but she spent
.hree years in the Office OF Tbs Brooklyn
Union under . contract to supply column
ally, and she never by 30 much as one day
violated or evaded the stipulations Of the
contract