Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-27
its natural tone under the stimulous OF
independence.
A FALSE PRIDE.

AFALsE PRIDE.
! Now, there are some girls who will
turn from Ellen, beiving that she has
lowered herself. In fact, I know OF
two, who heard the perfectly awful"
state of affairs this afternoon, who
have decided not to know her. But
bless you, it will not hurt her in the
least. One of thss girls lives on an in
come derived from a shady gamo-
ling den, and her father does
not appear at any of her lat homes"
because she is ashamed OF him. The
other girl lives in splendid
mortgaged home, and the life Ia har-
assed out Of her poor father to support
the style she and her mother deem nee
essary. 1t may not be many months be-
fore she is placed in like position.
Then what will she do? She cant even
cook. A friend with whom l spoke OF
the courage that Ellen had displayed
said that she would not stay there long,
for she was TOO bright. 'She will work
ND Into something BETTER" she said.
| WHY not work up where she is? Faou
| lous sums are paid for cooks. To De
sure, they are called "chefs" after they
get over hundred dollars q month, but
| they are cooks all the same.
The stomach is the seat OF the soul,
and what better work can one nave
than feeding the immortal parton man?
| Mind Is all right, but you can't starVe
| it and the body will live right on AID
put on rotund proportions, as though
! mind was a small matter. But you go
| to feeding yourself on sour bread, sog-
CIV potatoes, boiled coffee, and badly
prepared meat and see what sort OF an
animal you will get TO be. Just cut OH
all Injuries, and you see life through
blue glasses. Limit yourself In the me-
cessities, and you raise the red nag.
! Cut of rations entirely and the under
taker is all the servant You need. You
rememb Der the poet says:
| We NAV live without poetry, music and art,
We may live without conscience, ana live with
We NAV live without friends, We may live with
Rut civilized man cannot live without cooks.
! He may live without books-whatls knowledge
He may live without hope-what is hope but
He NAV live witho ut love-vhat is passion but
But where is the man who can live without
dining?
So. after all, may not the cook play a
far larger part in the plan OF life than
she is given credit for? And II she does
her work we'll and feeds your bodies on
wholesome, well-cooked food Is she not
accomplishing quite as much as the one
who labors to buy the food? One pro-
duces the raw material, the other serves
up the finished product.
THE SOCIAL SLIGHT.
Last night was resting on couch
| back of the library curtains, when the
girls came in from riding party, and
as thew sat around in various attitudes
of comfort known to girls, they be-
gan to talk about Ellen. Some
of them, notably those who
| had been reared in more conservative
manner, than Dorothy and Elaine,
doubted the wisdom OF the step she had
taken. [ was pleased, however, that
thew talked in a sensible way about IL,
and that they were not disposed to cut
her ACQUAINTANCE, though they were pos
tive that ''society" would close to her
the doors that were once open. That Is
| true. but il will be small loss. Society
ia great big octopus that swallows up
a good many more souls than 1t saves
after all.
Society is sometimes sorry for Its at
| tennis at ostracism," said Elaine, as
she smoothed her gloves out on her lap.
"And l have known instances when IL
all but went down on its knees to coax
babk people of note whom 1t had sight
ed, unwittingly, Of course. Society Is
dull, generally speaking. and likes 70
have presidents, like the Senate. l
know a woman In Chicago that society
would like to get possession OF, but II
| never will"
or course there was chorus OF 10,
| tell US about her." and she smilipgly
complied, for Elaine is right clever.
She saw that it would show the more
conservative girls that her ideas OF en-
pobling labor were not chimerical, as
they had been practically demonstrated.
est is the best you ever told me-
cried the baby critic when at last the
story was read to her. You send IL TO
| the paper, so that some other children
can have it read TO them she said, and
without faith that IL would succeed
| Kate sent the story away, smiling
rather sadly at the throwing away OF
two postage stamps, which meant loaf
OF bread less for herself. With taste
for writing. but unaware OF talent for
! IL. Kate had never tried to ex-
ercise natural gift, ana was
| perfectly amazed, !our weeks
later to receive letter from the editor
of the child's paper, check Tor SO,
and a request for more short stories OF
the same clean. healthy tone. 1t was
shortly after that that my mother went
to Chicago, and quite by accident dis
covered the daughter OF her old friend.
Kate was just beginning to get on her
feet again, and her success was already
assured. She is now one OF the most
popular writer's Of the day for the
Young: but she lives quietly, and sim
ply ignores the people who were so un-
kind to her when she was struggling to
| live"
The girls were very quiet after Elaine
finished; and her story had evidently
impressed them deeply. But Hates
misfortunes were no more, perhaps,
| than hundreds of women undergo every
| day. They do not attain 1.-THE OF her
success, however. because they give up
despondently and let the world crush
them. Women must learn to be-
gin the struggle just where they can
Law their hands on honest work that
comes easiest and most natural TO them;
always striving TO improve on the
! situation. but not TO the point of max
ing one discontinued with life. The
| work that lies nearest may sometimes
be distasteiuI. but life's bitter and