The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-19

pleasant TO neatly-dressel child. are very
api-more' the pity,-to be the very re-
verse 70 one who looks Ike street
urchin. And the child who is snubbed
without knowing why very naturally
grows rude and defiant I'm turn"
NO have nothing 20 say about those
who cannot dress their children respecta-
bly, but about those who are careless De.
cause 10 is only boy What n he does
tear his clothes and use them no faster
than tho girl? In this case that I am
speaking of. the girl would be kept pretti-
~ dressed. even IL she wore cut her cloth
Ing twice as fast as she does"
Yes. 1 grant that she cares for such
things and he doesn't. That is tho worst
OF IL. lie ought TO care how he looks. and
She ought u learn 10 care-fOr something
beside herself. Then look at the difference
between the boys room and the girls"
vision OF bare little room covered
wi'h duh carpet and holding a luxur-
iously comfortable bed but no other signs
OF luxury Whatever flashed before Edle's
mind. She sprang 10 her feet with a flush
on her checks and something very like
tears 20 her eyes. though she laughed.
1t seems 10 mo that the end OF this
conversation that comes up strikes me
very hard very time. / can't stand this
any longer"
She did not stop for any sketch. but
She went straight home. and though She
was not quite sure that she meant 10 do
c. told her mother what she had heard.
The mother with a little red spot on each
Qcheek, said something about the i'm
pertinent meddllng OF outsiders"
But LQie was just. NO, mamma, |
don't think-Im not sure that il was any
body who knew us. only 10 fitted so,
and-ycs Pm sure IL was true-mamma
We mustn't let Jack go looking so. III
help. l really will"
And this energetic young person OF
seventeen years set about her reform at
once. When Jack came home he found
her busi.y arranging some OF her trea-
sures I'm his room.
What are YOU moving into my room
for?' he asked wonderngly.
Pm not I'm only going 10 give you
some CT my pretty things because your
room looks so bare and mine is so nice"
"Ohw Jack viewed both the statement
and the apartment suspiciously. "Then
| spose / won't have any peace. and
somebOdy'u be all the time saying, Jack,
don't touch that"
no. I'm going to give them 70 you.
Don't You see how much pretticr ay
room is than yours? 1 don't want It TO
be that way
Jack stared and surveyed the place
with his hands In his pockets. but he
made no further comment. The next day,
however he came home with "a gay pic
ture for which he had expended a dime
of his precious savings and announced
that he thought IT would be nice for my
room" Edie stifled her artistic horror
framed Il for him In autumn leaves. and
helped him 10 hang IL on the wall
She has kept tolerably good lookout
for tern sleeves and missing buttons.
And she has been so ready with clean
waist. q better hat and a suggestion mat
the bare feet should be clean II not shod,
before they stray from home, that Jack
who grumbed at first. Is beginning 10
take IL as the proper thing.
There has been "A decided Improvement
in Jack. but to Edie the gain has been
greater still. She is learning thought NJ
ness. helpfulness. and unseliish care Tor
another that all must learn VINO W.
have their lives like the Master No'
to be ministered unto but 10 minister
Kate W Hamilton. in Forward