El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-28
PENALTY OF CHARITABLENESS
After All Her Labor She Was Snubbed
for Her Pains.

After All Her LABOR She was SnuoDeu
for Her Pains.
"Are YOU much interested in charita-
BILE work ?" asked the girl with the eye
glasses.
81 was" returned the girl in the fur
cape. I'm afraid that hereafter my
charity will begin at home and go no
further than next door
.'Ah, you are wrong there" said the
girl with the eyeglasses. "Of course,
II does discourage one to have the waif
in whom she is interested pick her peck
etand the destitute widow for whom she
has been prosecuting her friends crit
icise her taste in millinery; still, the
broad principles of humanity
Look here" said the girl in the fur
cape, fiercely. lit is all very well for you
who are engaged to young clergyman
to talk bout the broad principles of hui
manity-Tm surprised that you don't
use capitals in speaking of them-but
for my part I'd like to see little less
public charity in some people and a lit
tie more common humanity"
"Oh, if you mean in regard to pauper-
izing people by"
Il mean nothing of the kind. Now,
there is Harold"
Il was wondering how soon Harold
was coming into the conversation
said the girl with the eyeglasses,
softly.
lit wasn't Harold, exactly" said
the girl in the fur cape; ''it was his
mother; she-is interested in charity,
you know"
"Of course. n woman with nose like
that couldn't be expected to keep it out
of other peoples affairs"
|
self" said the girl in the fur cape, stiff
| Iy. "Haroid is thought to look great
deal like her
"Oh, THAT is. by the way. I heard
t6at you bought gold thimble the
other day. Have you been doing much
| fewing?''
"N-not very much. Oh, Elsie. if you
will never. never tell as long as you live,
I'll tell you all about it. You see, Iar
oId's mother has somehow gotten an
idea that l am frivolous person, and
last week well, I decided that I'll
show her how practical I am
'WelI. and did you?"
1T was this way-I was, of course,
anxious for her good opinion
"M-yes; I understand that she has
good deal of money in her own right"
"She wants Harold TO marry prac-
teal girl, so I gave up curling my hair,
bought n pair of boots a mile too long
| for me and asked everybody 10 call me
Margareet' instead of Daisy"
Yes. and what was the result?"
| 'She told Harold that she hoped she
was the one. not she, who was mistaken
in nv character. and casually men
| Toned the fact that she thought every
Young couple should own the house in
which they set up houseIlceping."
| "Oh. Dali mean Margaret, how per-
| fectly lOvely!"
Wasn't it? Then I heard that she
| was interested in an orphans home. 50
| | decided to become interested in it,
too. | told her that would make a lot
Ct garments for the orphans. and you
| should have seen her surprise and pleas
ure,'
so you really made garments for
the children? How did you go about
ito"
Il made one. bought a lot of stuff;
| the people at the shop seemed 70 think
| it rather unsuitable for the purpose.
but it was so pretty that I couldn't re-
siSt it. I had expected mamma to help
| RE, but she showed such 4 lack of in
| terest in it that I just shut myself up
alone and made little dress all by my
self"
you don't say so. How long did it"
Take me? \ week. When it
| finished I decided not to wait until the
others were made, but take it at once
to Harold's mother. When I got there
I was 50 proud and so excited that I
could hardly open the package and hold
up the dress for inspection"
"And wasn't she surprised?"
''She was. She-she held it in her
hands long time, turning it this way
and that. then she asked me"
"Where you wanted to live when you
we're married?'
"No; she-she asked me what on
| earth it was '-Chicago Times-Herald.