Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-09

1 OOh I hhO"
which is the %jolliest sham-the educa-
tional end of the club or the stocking
and nightcap end. Do you?''
ooh, girls! 1 got q pair of gray stock
!ngs at the last give-away with thirteen
blue darns IN them. Now, l won wear
over ten darns, and thirteen's an I'M
lucky number, anyway; so I threw them
into an ash barrel"
There was convulsive laughter from
all, and then a serious voice declared {:
cts no laughing matter, girls, and
I'm not going again. I've got self
respect, if l am a working girl. and 1
can't endure Mrs. Dash's airs any
longer. She makes such q din on the
words, working girl, that l am tired of
the very name. Working girl, indeed?
Her own father was a soap-boIler!''
When the merriment which this out
break caused had subsidized, l ventured TO
turn round and say: "Beg pardon, but
L couldn't help hearing your converse
ton. 1 should like to hea something
more about the club
Four young girls eyed me sharply a
moment. Then the one with a serious
voice said: 'FIt's a club especially or
ganized, the lady SAYS, for the education
and elevation of working girls. The
meetings are held in her parlors even
iugS, twice a month, where we are lee
tured, or entertained, or sat down upon,
as she happens to feel
"But why do you go, If it does you no
good and gives you no ~pleasure?'
because VIZ have so few places to
co." she answered plaintively. An
other girl i%nterposed: "Oh, its fun to
set two hours in the splendid parlors and
hear Mrs. Dash 20 on. Besides -
throwing herself back with mock humil-
ity, ''its '%eIevating' to be told how
TO behave on the street, at church, the
theater-and how TO keep our places in
the world az working girls-how TO speak
and bow to a gentleman, or, working
man; and how to clean u nails."
All four nearly choked witt laughter,
which was very contagious, but l ap-
pealed to the serious one for an a%ccurat
statement.
cts nearly as she says. Mrs. Dash
wants to help us, 1 suppose, and when
she hash t anything to lecture about she
sends for her jewel casket to let Us loo
at the diamonds and other things. She
knows we're honest, or she wouldn't do
that; but it makes the old buds she gives
US on Charitable nights look awful
stingy.'
'tI'n tell you what's the matter with
Sue,' interposed the madcap; ''she
had a dozen night-caps fall TO her. They
were too old to get through q wash tub
safely and, as no city girl wears night
caps, and she don t own a grandmother,
She 3 been our on the club ever since
81 suppose the worthless duds were
overlooked, - added the serious girl,
''for once a quarter Mrs. Dash collects
her cast-of fnery and divides it among
the club girls. Sometimes we get very
fine and nice things; besides, it Is fun to
go to a swell house q see nice things.
o, but it's comic when Mrs. Dash poses
and twirls her bangs and bracelets and
coughs for the right word to come, and
to see her turn up her eyes when she
feels plous-oh!'
1 did not believe half of it, but I after
wards verified his account. Ny lady
means well, no doubt, but she needs
more of the cream of human kindness
and less of the skim-milk.
.
In Lent our wealthy women turn 10
charities, and usually their efforts are
wisely directed. Every church has its
feminine organization for the aid of poor
folks, and, with all the fun that may be
made Of some of the whIms of benevo-
lence, our women are good and kind to
= destitute. What If they are some
singular. in their methods? Ism It
.ivilege OF our sex to be perplexing-