Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-02-22
THE NEGLECTED RICH.

lace and rose-colored draperies from my bed were
tucked in behind the pillow on which lay my
throbbing temples. On the other pillow was
little bunch Of white pansies Cousin Miriam had
sent up to me and my headache. True, Miriam
has no money, no embroidered bed linen, no Chip
pendale bedstead, no rose-colored draperies, but
Miriam never has headaches, and Miriam is always
happy, and-my eyes rest on the pansies.
Do my senses indeed deceive me? No, the pam
sizes are-they indeed are-peeping over each
others shoulders at me; each white face is the
counterpart of Miriam s-the smile, the dancing,
laughing brown eyes and the halo Of golden hair.
Something soothes my head, as the touch Of cool
ing fingers on my brow, and the panses, trans
formed into little white-robed maidens, hold con-
verse at my bedside.
'Who are you, you queer little things; tell me
who you are?" said l.
"We," said the brightest one, over whose head
seemed to rest halo Of radiance, "are the little
sisters Of the neglected rich"
Neglected rich!''' said I. ''Are the rich
neglected.
1.-THE most neglected people in the whole
world" answered my halo bonneted visitor.
"And what do you do to administer to them
little creatures of sunshine
ave do great deal-let US tell you.
''You see there are people who have been rich
for generations, who are both deaf and blind. We
administer to their infrmties. Some have con-
traction OF the heart and liver. We relieve in
many ways when they will allow us.
erich people are inclined to encourage deafness
and blindness; this brings on enthusiastically
they become oblivious to everything and everybody
but themselves, and bye and bye they have the
worst kind of dyspepsia you can imagine-spiritua
indigestion which puts them at outs with every
body in the whole world, even with themselves"
By this time was listening so intently to my
little lecturer, and all the other pansy faced maid
ems were nodding assent, and altogether it was so
convincing, was charmed. She went on:
''Now there are hosts of rich people who are
trying to be happy with furnture-art furniture.
This is the most ridiculous and erroneous idea in
existence. If furniture made people happy really
the shop proprietors would be in perpetual state
of bliss. Then there are quantities of people
whose happiness depends on having things bet
ter than their neghbors.
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and the most difficult to reach. They suffer from
ennui. We treat this disease with great success"
"Do you? How? Doyou ever treat headaches?"
eyes, indeed. We came to treat yours. It's
better already, isntit?"
And grasping hands the pansy madens danced
around in merry circle till they were all out of
breath and the air was filled with the delicious
aroma of wood violets
When they had subsidized begged them to tell
me some of their experiences.
"We have done great deal of work through
the Kings Daughters" said one who had not
spoken before. "The scoffers called it 'sum-
mng'-and named it among the 'fads,' but for all
that, it made many a heart light when it reflected
at night the little good done during the day. 1t
afforded temporary relief, at least, for some Of
the deafness and blindness The rich, YOU know.
never take kindly to reforms. But we have moth.
ing to do with the neOnle who give to rreot obo;