The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

so IN making up this D00K i INVOKED ner Dote
ter Judgment, and she says she tried TO win-
now the wheat from the chat, but as there
was not quite enough wheat to make q book,
some chaf will be found in the pages.
However, ssid she. ~ think the beautiful
cover will make up for that. It Is the bind
ing that sells a book nowadays. It looks 30
pretty on the perlor table,
ttJust SOL said ]. eI have long observed
that 1t Is fine dressing that makes tho lady.
Il doesn't matter what her contents are pro-
vidsd she is gilded and garnished on the out.
side.nn Mrs. Arp looket at me with one OF
her looks, and I continued my broken re-
marks by saying: 81 allude, OF course, to
these fashionable ladies who are stuffed and
padded at the milliner's until you can't ten
where cotton ends and desb and blood Begin
"What business have You to knowp said
she.
"None-none at all; said !. It's all hear-
say, and it may be q mistakes SANDER.
Women love ornament by nature. and / love
to see them arrayed In beautiful garments
that come high and hang low. II were
rich you should wear diamonds and pearls
and dress In silk velvet and Siberian fur,
bnt as I am not rich, don't
like to see any lady dress finer til you
do, but still / don't tconsider 1t q sin for
woman to dress fine and wear jewelry ie she
can afford 1t. You remember that Isaac
oOhu 4bO1OSS0 Pon eA0 SA8H1
half a shekel each and cost about seventys6ve
cents.n
t'Extravagant ioverIs said Mrs. Arp.
"nAnd you know I continued, "athat the
fields are dressed with flowers and the heav.
ems with stars and the birds with plumagan
eyes, said she, .tthe male birds are very
lne-the rooster and the peacock, for In
stance. The hens have to 60 In their every
day clothes n do all the work and scratch
for the chicks, while the males go strutting
around in their 6ne clothes and do nething.n
This unexpected comparison upset me for Q
moment-Mrs. Arp always upsets me In an
argument. But I rallied to my position and
said: "@Just 80, just 30, exactly, and It - be-
cause birds are Of the earth earthly, and 90 p
man. but woman was not made out OF dust;
she didn't evolute from the animal-Dame
Nature finished up with her and quit
"Her prentice hand she tried on maa,
And then she made the lasses, OH
Mrs. Arp smiled one OF her smiles and said:
'aThat will do now. Burns wrote beautiful
poetry and loved all womankind. II he had
been faithful to one it would have been het-
ter for him and for her. But what about
your booka Do you expect 70 make any
money out q T. or are you Just publishing
1t for fame or for funa'
IA little money said ], ga little fame and
some fun. You know that the author Of Q
book don't get much money. I hope to real.
lie Is cents q copy and to sell enough to keep
you in missionary money. One copy q week
will do that, won't It'll"
She never said anything. She seenned TO
be reading q paper-the missionary paper.
She must have read something tender and
pathetic, for suddenly she looked at.me and
remarked: swell, I hope the book win sell
and bring you enough money to make you
ood oonofortoblo To Tho ponp1o kko
your letters I should think they would like
the book, for your best ones are all 10 there,
and the illustrations help out the stories.
Uncle Bankers Fight with the Blacksmith
Ia O splendid story, and so Is the 'Sorrel Hair
and the chapter IN music, and the tSayan-
nah Cousin and the Georgia Cracker and
you driving thu rarrylog. ANY one Of them
Is worth the subscription price. l have half
a mind to take an agency myself and sell the
book. It looks hard for the author 70 get
only IS cents and the agent who sells the
book gets more, but / suppose that Is bust
ness"
ut Is hard on the book agents, too" said
I, "for they get none of the tame and none
of the fun and are never invited to stay to
dinner"
She continued to comfort me with hopeful
remarks and some critical praises Of my q n
dom literature and q tender reminder hat
'Anno Dominin was gaining on Us both, and
soon, very soon, we would have to lay down
the needle and the pen and depend on Others
about Carl and Jessie and wondered how
many days they could stay when they came
home Christmas. She soon became recon.
ciled when the older children left us, but she
can't give up these two-the last Of ths lit
ter. It nearly breaks her heart. What in
tense, anxious interest did these mothers feel
In the daily accounts Of little Julia Stovalrs
case. "Who DO you wish to have herf' said
I. II don't know" said my wife. % fed
so sorry for both the aunts. know how
they love her. I do wish 1t could be 20 that
Jniia would divide her time with them. I
wish they would all make friends just Tor the
child's sake.n
And 80 when I came home with the morn
ing paper and saw her look Of inquiry, I told
her It was all settled just as she wished, snd
everything was calm and ter'ne: l think
she rejoiced almost as much az the little girls
kindred. II WISH" said she, that every
motherless child had an aunt 80 loving q
so able to care for her and bring her up to
womanhood. There is many an orphan that
nobody wants and nobody will take except
DR.. Jacobs, at the Thornwell orphanage
We must send those children q nice Christ
mas box this time. There isn't q member Of
our church who can't put in something
something to wear or some books to read
Our own grandchildren may be left as poor
and pitiless some day, and maybe what we
do for orphans now win be paid back to
them. There Il an awful responsibility upon
us all, but the rich psoS1sdont seem TO know
It. They wait for Sn1kexyS come to their
doors and beg, but Eshsyer hunt for it"
That is q fact. And misery won't gofn
many cases. Misery had rather suffer than
to beg. Misery will sleep cold rather than
for a blanket. Christmas Will soon be
here and then we will gather our, focks to
gether and be happy, but there arethousands
to whom Christmas Is nc more than any
other day. Let all do what they can this
time to make the poor and the ~friendless
happy.-BuLARP, in Atlanta Constitution
P. $50 many friends are writtngsme
about the book tEAt 4 wish to sayIthat the
price is.$1 so, and3if tho money L. sent to the
Constitution; Publshipg Company, Atlanta,
Ga, the book wiAiiIbss sent by mail with its
covers ana. pictutasS and wheat and chaf,
and ifit donas ave you q DOCTORS bill ] can't
help 1t, I hayGdone my best. q. A
BUILDINGS eight and ten stories
high8are not too high when the
streets: ares broad, but beyond that
there: Is hardly any surrounding
spaceinsa city wide enough to make
them proper. indianapolis, with her
broad streets, could stand buildings
Of great height well so far as seemli-
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