Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29

earnestly: II can't think Of a single thing
of which 1 am particularly vain, except
my writing. The girls all envy me my
very English hand, and, you know, II Is
divinely illegible. L think 1 will resolve to
reconstruct my penmanship. i know that
Will please papa, for he likes me to write
things for him sometimes, and he declares
he can never read ii after it gets cold, and,
for that matter, neither can i" she added,
naiYey.
Jennie" called Dorothy.
Il think / will cultivate my feet she
replied refiectively. II do love to remark
that 1 wear ones because, you know, they
are small for a girl of my size, but I'd
rather have the toothache than break
pair OF ones. / think i will add that
l will try to correct my bad habit of ex-
aggeration, too"
Louise"
81 think 1 will try not to laugh so much.
Even II my teeth are fine, 1 wouldn't like
to have man say of my smile what he did
of Maria Evans, that L practiced II before
the glass, so as to get it to exactly fit my
teeth and mouth, as one tries tailor-made
dress"
Mora, trot out your individual sins.
I'm going to be good to my mother!
| she announced promptly, almost paralyzing
the girls.
My patience, Nora, you haven't been
beating her, L hoper" gasped Jennie.
"Oh, no; OF course, / didn't mean that
| exactly. But you know my mother is de-
| voted to me, and all her unselfish life she
has smoothed things out for me, and tried
10 make me have good time. She isn't
strong enough to go out much, and does
| so enjoy my telling her of our little ad-
ventures, but I'm always in a hurry, and
sometimes 1 slight her. 1 heard her telling
lady only yesterday that she got her only
glimpse of the world through my eyes now.
and 1t made me so ashamed to think that
/ had been so neglectful of her pleasure
that L wanted to box my own ears. I'm
nf M a q nd n
mothers as we ought to be; We are prone
to forget all the sacrifices that they have
made for us, all the love they have Law
ished on us. and take 1t as a prerogative
| rather than a privilege. Now, you hear
me! During the year 1895 whoever Is
sighted. pushed out Of the way, or sat
upon, it isn't going to be my motherr'
"Bravo!' shouted the girls approvingly,
while Bobbie said gently that perhaps that
would be good sentiment to add to the
general hst-a suggestion that was speedily
adopted.
IT'S my turn now. girls" remarked
Dorothy. after she had written the last
resolution, but my sins of omission and
commission are so numerous that I'm just
going TO put 1t, Dorothy will emulate the
eleventh commandment and that will
cover the whole business. Now this is the
way the resolutions read-IH put the In
dividual resolves first
"Bobbie-Will return to cOmmon-sensa
principles In penmanship
Jennie-Resolved to confine herself to
the strict truth-when 1t promises not to
oe uIsaSreeaole. And to make things more
comfortable for her understanding
"Louise-Will call a halt on smiling Tn
display her teeth.
Nora has concluded to be good to her
mother, and give her own soul a chance TO
grow-so have we ALL Mem: Sara will be
glad to know this.
Dorothy stands pat on the eleventh
commandment nice men given the prefer
ence."
Now here are the resolutions in general:
I'VE positively will not use rouge during
the year of 1S95-it's vulgar, anyhow, and
going out Of fashion, girls
I'VE will tell the truth when II will not
hurt, and keep our mouths shut when it
does
I'VE will do kind acts In a kind way. To
do ii otherwise destroys its value
Whatever we find to dislike in others
We VIII correct in ourselves. Mem: This
refers particularly to chewing gum in pub
lie and giggling
I'VE Will try to be helpful at all times,
but not off1ciously so.
I'VE will cultivate the graces of virtue;
then yalor-that means to quit screaming
at mice and spiders-then benevolence;
then loyalty; then reverence; then faithful
ness; then tilial piety; then friendship, and,
lastly, the right government of the state.
That doesn't mean woman's suffrage, ex-
actly. but just that We will try to be en-
honor to our fathers, those of us who have
them. / stole those ideas from old Con-
fucius. Now, girls sign it quick, and let's
get our beauty Sleep"
While they were signing the unique doc
ument Bobbie explained to me that the
very latest fad in social life is "Resolu-
ton party" where the girls of set meet
to make individual and general resolutions
for conduct for the coming year.. Such a
waste of time and clean paper!
When / went up to tuck Rose in and give
her a goodnight kiss, 1 found her with her
head on her desk, fast asleep, and under
her elbow was a printed list of George
Washington's maxims, which she had
copied from list to '54th." and had COM
menced on a second set, which were mark
ed Lefty,
/ felt so lonesome with no resolutions to
keep me company that l actually sat down
and wrote out Washington's last maxim,
which is comprehensive enough for the
whole fifty-four, and il reposes against my
dressing case mirror:
Labor to keep alive in your breast that
little spark of celestial fire called con-
science" SONORA SARA.