The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03

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burden she was wagging along in sucn a
tired fashion was just about right for the
back of a farm horse, says Dorothy Mad
dox, in the Philadelphia inquirer" Five
fingers clutched the unwieldy telescope
that had been packed until its gray sides
looked ready to burst.
a sorry looking bag and a sorrier look
ing female. I hazarded a guess about the
woman. She was evidently on her way to
a new service place.
1t was all surmise, OF course, but some
thing told me, as gazed after the weary
creature, that she had skipped out Of one
home and was skipping into another.
Skipping must not be taken literally. In
reality she was dragging her feet, and it
seemed to me that such a forlorn shuttle
would never get the woman or her burden
anywhere.
What made the picture to me more fer
lorn was the hour. 1t was twilight, ME
lamps were beginning to twinkle here and
there, an hour when / always feel deepest
for the homeless.
Through the shadows women fitted with
an expectant look on their faces. They
seemed to be eagerly wishing to reach
their destination. They were prosperous
looking women, with a CHEEKY welcome
waiting them. The woman with the bag
had a hard face. AS | passed it in the
gloom it seemed to me such a homeless
face.
Why should a woman drifting from Pill
lar to post not look hopeless? It may be
her own fault, but that fact does not sof-
ten the trouble. 1t really makes it sadder
to contemplate. for a woman who drifts
- - ~ 1+,nr ruonras1 a npspr-1O-
well.
The TOUCHES soul rebels against this
slur. It seems to sink through the hard
est heart crust. down., down even wnen
the heart belongs to one not given to sen
timents.
The world is teeming with inefhciency.
When a man is a failure he can take 70
breaking stones Oh the road, he can d.
something, but the poor thing abe %
cope With certain tasks ana with no ssaefa
cannot even become a aaless
she las had training.
In some occult way this cou.ntry mas oe7
come flooded with careless, ood-for-loth-
iags who dernard a living. n re os7er
part Of the laboring world would sAe
waste, the slothfulness, tie igneIaEee ne
tolerated as it is IN me kiscae1rs y -
fired homes.
/ honestly think the present state ap-
palling. Tke type winch |
liz the cleaning is a positive Synonym lsr
misery.
sac carries the trail Of her wretehedness
wherever she goes. She IS a hoHae-
wrecker. a person % be feared she mag
mean wei. she does rot know, Il Y
her ignorance that ID al against hef. IS
il any wonder that s.e s9eada two-tiiiG5
OF her time rome nGnslns9 lse II aay
wonder taat nishtfaI Aads her on her
way to new enviroasgentas
She never seems quite so well pleased
as when packing for q starr. She wilt
lug and tug her belongings from honae 20
home sometimes ctleerful.y. sometimes
sullenty. but always with q latent spark
of hope somewhere in her soul for IS she
not making a changer
Change is her very life. She IS not con-
tent 10 stay long enough with one mis-
tress to be taught anything. Forward
is her motta-nof onward to perfection,
but toward a new place
She does not seem deserving Of one
plying thought. She does not seem ca
pable of approaching consideration she
is a failure and she does not know il.
do pity her. / pitied her type the other
evening when | met it drearily waggins
under a weight that was monstrous- L
pified even more the mistress who must
I try to make something of material that
a man would bother with for one hour or
one day, maybe, no nge
Lady Helen Vincent is one Of the beau
tiful sisters of one of those beautiful
irish families that have like theS1un-
nings, both surprised and delighted Lon
Edon society. There were originally tour
Duncombe sisters in all. daughters OF the
Earl and Countess Of Feversham- The
eldest. Hermione, married the Duke of
Leinster. enjoyed the reputation of being
as lovely of Character as she was fair OF
face. and. %unhappily, died a very few
years ago.
The second sister, Cynthia, IS married
to Sir Richard Graham. Lady Helen
Vincent is herself the third daughter,
while the fourth is Lady Ulrica Dun
combe. who devotes herself chiefly to her
studies at Girton, and her little Leinstef
nephews. OF these four women Lady
Hell n Vincent is as purely blonde as the
Others are dark of hair and eyes Nine
wears ago, when just out of the school,
room. she married Sir Edgar Vincent, a
diplomat. and since that time she has
lived a greater portion of the while In
vienna and -Constantinople. where her
husband has been stationed. In both
these cities she has held a very promin-
emit position among both the English and
native residents, not only on account
Of her beauty and wealth and her hus-
ii u. H. lt~t, Mar 1n,f hac1l1ca of her