Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-10

length Of the face; the face from the
chin to the hair is as long as the hand;
the arm is four times the length of the
face; the sole of the foot is one-sixth
the length Of the body, and six times
the thickness of the hand in the thick
est place equals the thickness Of the
body.
PENALTY OF cHARITAeLENEss.
A1tor All Her Labor She Was nubbed
for Her Pains.
Are you much interested in charita-
bic work?" ash>.d the girl with the eye
glasses.
II 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,
it 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, ficrcely, ait is al very well for you
who are engaged TO a yourT clergyman
to talk about the broad principles Of hui
manity-I'm surprised that You don't
use capitals in speaking of them-but
for my part I'd like to see n little less
public charity IN some people and n lit
tie more common humanity"
"Oh, if you mean in regard to pauper-
izing people by"
81 meal nothing of the kind. Now,
there is Harold"
81 was wondering how soon Harold
WIS coming into the conversation"
said the girl with the eyeglasses,
softly.
"lt-it wasn't Harold, exactly" said
the girl in the fur cape; cit was his
mother; she-is interested in charity,
you know"
"Of course, a woman with n nose like
that couldn't be expected to keep it out
OF other peoples affairs"
II think she has q very nice nose N.Y.
self" said tho girl in the fur cape, stiff
'y. "Tarold is thought to look a great
deal like her."
"Oh, THAT is, by the way, I heard
that you bought a 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, Har.
ODDS mother has somehow gotten an
idea that 1 am a frivolous person, and
lost week well, I decided that I'd
show her how practical I am"
swell, AID did you"
ut was this way-T was, of course,
anxious for her good opinion"
"M-yes; ] understand thnt she has n
good deal of money N her cwn right"
"Shr wants Harold to marry a prac-
tical Cirl, so I gave up curling my hair,
bought n pair Of boots a mile too long
Tor me and asked everybody to call me
'Margareet' instead of Daisy"
YES, and what was the result?"
"She told Harold that she hoped she
was h one, not she, who was mistaken
IN my character, and casually men
n the fact that she thought every
young couple should own the house in
which they set up housekeeping!"
oh, Dali mean Margaret, how per-
:fectly lovely!"
wasn't it? Then,I heard that she
was interested in an orphans home. so
I decided to become interested in II.
TOO. l o her that I would make n LOT
CT garments for the orphans, and you
@shouiu nave seen her surprise md pleas
ure!"
. s You really made garments for
the children? How did you go about
it?"
II made one. I bought a lot of stuff:
the people at the shop seemed to think
u rather unsuitable for the
but it was so pretty that I couldn't re-
Sist It. I had expected mamma to help
me, but she showed such a lack OF in
terest in it that I just shut myself up
alone and made a little dress all by my
self"
you don't say sol How long did it"
Take meP A week. When It was
6nished I decided not to wait until the
Others were nndo hut foLo - ~ o,oo