Smyrna times., 1893-10-25

meals like this entirely alone? Ethel,
I'd give you four years with Madam
What-d'-you-call-her to see you such q
practical housekeeper."
II wish 1 were," said Ethel, humbly.
$50 it IS You alone have to thank for
this delicious creamed ish9 I'm par
ticularly fond of it, but 1 can hardly
ever get any-certainly never any as
nice as this. Please dom set me down
as lost to all sense Of propristy If 1 ask
for little more"
Flushed with her modest triumph,
Emily offered her breAd-pudding with.
out the apology she had determined to
make, in defiance of what she knew to
be good taste.
"The proof of the pudding is in the
eating" Emily reflected, as her uncle
begged for his second plate. He de-
clared that it was just like the pudding
Grandma Seabright was famous for
making, when he was a boy.
Auut AotCtof 5mtty SAtNt OA uoA
goodnight visit in Miss Bradley's room,
sit all turned out right, as you said. 1t
was much better than trying to do
fancy things that l couldn't do WE'LL"
''If you have a speciality, cultivate
It," Miss Bradley said for answer.
1t happened that before Aunt Mar
Cia's visit was ended Emily came in one
day from a call on some of her friends,
said there was to be church fair, and,
of course, she must make something
for the tables.
II wish l could think of something
new" she said. Do you suggest some
thing, my wise auntieT There are al
ways the same Of things--tidies and
sOfa-pillOws, and scahets and plaques.
l don't paint, you know. and I'm tired
of making aprons for my contribution" j"
THE question to ask is, what can
you do best? Is there nothing you do
especially well2 Haven't you the
secret of making something other peo-
pie like, but cannot successfully imi-
tateP"
II hardly do fancy work at all, Aunt
Marcia, have never found time for
it,"
Then she laughed.
II believe the only thing l have G
talent for making is the irOning-hOldeI
old Aunt Sally Brown told me about
Have you ever happened TO see one
Aunt MarciaP They're very con
venient, aud it puzzles every one al
first to think how they can be put to
gether."
Then make ironing holders" tran
quilly answered Aunt Marcia. "IfyOU
have a speciality, cultivate it,"
"Oh, not for fair They will look
to kitcheny beside all the fine parlo
ornaments.
"If they are useful they will sci
readily, and you will be doing gOOC
service; and that is the main point, il
it nOtP Besides, there may be charm
in their novelty"
II will, auntie, declare l will ! YOl
always help me out I"
Emily ran for her patterns and scrap
of material.
Emily came home from the first even
ing of the fair delightfully."- annOuncin
the success of her unassuming work.
"Every one of those ironing holder
was sold within an hour, and the girl
are begging me to make some more be
fore the fair is over. We are anxiou
to make all we can, you know"
At her work next day, Emily said t
her aunt, who, with Mrs. Seabrigh
lent help in the good cause.
. "How much more sensible it was fo
me to make these, as you advised, tha
: to try some bit of fancy work just bG
: cause that is what the other girls do
, couldn't have done that well, and
would really have been only waste (
= time and material"
4 "If you have a speciality. cultivAt
It," Miss Bradley said.
II Emily interrupted her with q laug
THAT has familiar sound, aunt
/, believe you think 1t one Of the maj
o principles Of morality"
g "It certainly should have a wiser a
It pliCation than is usually given it. Mar
y people make only half what they migl
i out of their lives, because they i
their special talents rust out in disuse
% Emily looked up quickly from b
st work, fixing her eyes steadily up'
g. her mother.
10 "YOu hear, mammaP"
N Mrs. Seabright smiled, preOeivil
se her daughters thought, but she sigh
e. too. Emily ran into the next room
e look for m:slaid bundle Of material.
II am afraid YOU are putting ide
Or into the child's head, Marcia" M
pt Seabright saidl "she has been wantiI
o. for long time to study medicine, a
the fancy seems to grow stronger al
J stongeF, in spite Of ell we say"
success to her speciality I" answer
re the unyielding Aunt Marcia.
30
&c
Of A Great Monument.
10 II is estimated that ffty thOusa