The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06
THE NEWEST WOMAN.
From - WashIngton So.

grleVeS me 10 see with severe DenulnS
Of her pretty hrow-"that you are not
quite so coEQmodiously domiciled as you
have led your friends to believe. Indeed,
fan TO observe the costly statue, or the
curtained recess which hid painters
masterpiece. or the bric-a-brac which
adorned your special sanctum-or the
jardiniere OF exotics-or-"
ooh, come now, don't be hard on
fellow if he tried to cheat the world
little with his optimism, but L found
parallel for every parable
Parable is a very mild expression"
put in Miss Polly. Il call it lies
1.-The bible name sounds BETTER he
suggested, mildly, land more appropriate,
besides. I can illustrate every assertion.
For instance'-he pulled aside the cur
tain before his one window-"this is the
curtained recess. unembellished, I ad-
nit but there is a snug ledge here, from
which look down upon my costly statue;
there it is-old Ben Franklin. shedding
his benign presence over that dingy
square. Is he not as much mine as he is
yours and Mr.. Smiths next door? That's
! the sociological light to view II IN; and
| the painters masterpiece is a little farther
| off, but visible to the naked eye. The
simmer of the bay is exquisite in the
sunlight and on dull ad murl1y days 1t is
| COrOt at his best it might be a Turner
| just now, it is sub a brilliant dash of
| color. And the bric-a-brac-I assure you,
| Miss Polly, that broken-nosed Juno on
| the shelf just over you head, is a marvel
| of the rare antique
| how can you account for them2'
my greatest treasure" he announced,
| pushing a single flower pot in view. This
| is sprig of rose geranium that q certain
young lady dropped from her hair last
| Christmas at the Carrington's. ball Are
| you sausfied?'
mo. All those half-truths are worse
/ than lies'-with a queer little catch in her
| voice, then with a sudden change-"Roder-
"wen?"
! 1--WE come to eat my lunch with you;
/ it's dreadfully improper, l know, but
| maliciously, my little Office was so small
1 that sighed for more spacious quarters.
| Are you sure your clients will not inter-
| rupt us?'
Il think may assure you safety on that
Every well, then, I shall spread the
| feast" cried Miss Poly, springing up and
| grasping a fat black bag which had nest
/ led unnoticed in her lap. Remove your
/ ink and quilts from your desk into the re-
| cess, also the legal cap and those heavy
| tones of Jurisprudence and The Heavenly
! Twins, with whitening scorn. rs that
/ the way you spend you time, ROderick? p.
| only In my leisure moments" he
| "Do you know" said Miss Polly. 1--WE
been thinking it over calmly and deliber-
ately and I've come to the conclusion that
! progress and poverty don't pull together at
| all Theoretically, it's all very well to
\ strain a point and say they do, but COM
/ ing down to facts, with a smart thump
/ of her closed fist on the desk. lit doesn't
| more in common with the giant strides
/ of progress than-than-'
| You with me, suggested Roderick
| She sent a reproachful glance across the
| desk to where he sat in the recess.
cant you be imPersonal for just two
! minutest she asked. Il like to generalize
| wide of the mark and narrow down grad
| ually and logically to my objective point
| 1t is such a mistake to think that all
| women jump at conclusions. The new wo-
| man is above such things"
You must be the very newest thing in
women, he said, in an emphatic tone OF
She shook her head mo, we haven't
reached the superlative yet"
We! Then you are one in the ranks?
tinctly offended "You don't suppose l
| have come here for nothing?"
81 thought fiattered myself that the
pleasure Of my society had something to
''Nonsenser' She flushed up to the roots
| of her pretty hair. Don't be foolish
Roderick. | came here with purpose; do
=! am" he assured her. perfectly; now
oh well" biting into another sweet
biscuit, ''let us discuss things first
What things?"
How provoking you arei Why, pro-
" better
gests itself; wen get to the point some
''The first point you spoke of" ques-
toned Roderick.
We'll, then, fire away
Thanksi your elegant Invitation puts
me quite at my ease. viii fire away
You see, Roderick. poverty is relative, as
most things are, of curse: the absence Of
money means the absence of so much
more, not only the material necessities
existence har Of -,
soul and mind, which crave-not lux
ury-but careful and judicious nutriment
Can you follow my flight?"
You soar high; it is hard work"
Keep up IS best you can-Fm coming
"The point?"
Presently. have patience. The hand
full Of very rich do a vast deal for the
great army of the very poor, although
they don't get. half enough credit for it,
But that kind of universal beggary is
not the sort / mean. 1t is the genteel
poverty that is the bitter foe to prog
ress Too proud to beg, too honest to
steal-its votariss stand apart jim dumb
suffering and fail to grasp the remedy"
He smiled at her eagerness: it was a
bitter, rather hopeless smile.
There is no promised land unless we
go in a body to seek it. If our class
of poor were only kinder to one another.
more conflding and less suspicious in
their intercourse if they would stand
shoulder to shoulder-why, W hat an army
of workers we should beI'
"Chimerno, Miss Polly. we can't set the
world revolving the other way, else the
delinquent clients, would step backward
into my anxious clutches"
Polly opened her eyes.
why, thought your creed was op-
timismw
well, it is. with reservations. 1 don't
believe in fairy tales, however, even
though. told by the most bewitching of
frederick, wish you wouldn't talk
that way; it hurts.
Il beg your pardon"
"And shakes my resolution to say what
have come to say. You wouldn't have
me go away without that, would your
Not for wrolds."
But. Miss Polly seemed suddenly to have
lost her tongue. She sat staring at Rod
erick's masterpiece. gorgeous bit OF
turquoise bay dotted with white winged
sail boats.
pride is a very selfish thing" she re-
marked at length, apropos of nothing
That depends said Roderick.
1T has done great deal of mischief"
insisted Polly.
only in the sense that one can have
too much of good thing sometimes"
Yet proud people are not often happy"
He reflected, gravely: Il give you the
inside track of the argument there"
frederick j afraid Won 2 re nroud