The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-10-13
INFLUENCE OF CLOTHES.

Poor and Sick.
knten frocks Of purple ard he'll.
trcpe for church-xoing mission visit.
ing and good work generally. arc beng
made for the consistent aad CO. 'ai-..
tlouS MOm~h- sayr ne New " Coz,
mercial Advertiser. Sirpiic.ty anG
occurrences characterize these (. i
as rule, and the clinging, ga 4:
soft fabrics, such as nuns veii.. Z;
| cashmere and canvas are chosen ratasl
than the more aggressive and wcr.i.y
cloths or rustling materials. One good
soul whose Lenten duties take varied
forms has what she calls her 'h y
dress" This she wears 10 /. -
and recitals and lectures on &. -.
and psychological phenomena, a.
as to the wards where the child; =.i
wait her coming as eagerly as flowers
long for the sun. Il don't believe in.
the cld-time philanthropisS in little
gray bonnet and black s::awl," says
this Lent lily.
Il think poor people and 'shut-inS
| are more observing and more aJrecia.
tive than people who hustle aDout II
| the world. and l know that tl=y love
pretty clothes and are pleased to think
one puts on her very best 10 go to see
them. One small girl at the post grad
uate always sizes me up with her big
blue eyes the minute l enter the ward:
Then, when l sit beside her bed %
talk TO her. she smiles and strokes my
mum. plays with the charms on ny
chatelaine and tells me how pretty 4
look. how much nicer this bonnet ~
than the one I wore last week ana
other bits of information that she LAD
probably been cogitating on and stoI
ing up FOR days. It makes me wary, !
assure you. and If am not as smart
as usual l fairly quake before tho
scrutlny Of the blue-eyed one who
loves visitors, but. above all, smArtly
dressed visitors.
My girls. like thei- mother, have
not much money to SPEED, SO they trJ
TO give time and energy instead. One
of them teaches a class of little bar.
barians how to sew and The other has,
a kindergarten catechisu: class. Tho
girls are both in their teers and feat
neither OF them has the gift of teach.
Ing. SO discreetly avoid questions
about the progress the children ARE
making in sewing or religion: but
do know that the little heathens OF
Hester street think Polite q sort Of
eel dressed angel. who is q fair teller
NJ stories. and Nell tells as a good joke
that the. Saturday morning following
the day on which she wore her fox boz
ios the first time. the attendance of hef
class was about one-third as larGS
again as IL had been before.
The observing pupils had told tnS
neighhorhood low the teacher had let
Teresa Giovanetti wear the wild beast
around her neck because her hsu-
stitching was well done Poor Nell
had her hands full that morning be-
tween her efforts to teach the increased
number and her anxiety for her
precious boa. that was being walked
around the room. one child holding
Its head and one its tail. letting thu
legs claw along the floor. She de-
cided to make . virtue OF necessity
and q Le1ten sacrifice Of the boa. It
became the plaything Of the class. but
aided Nell's efforts to maintain order:
at the first threat to take the fox
away from them the children became
"a submissive as 4 class Of cherubs.
Dress is great thing when peoe
pie are TO be cheered and hearten.d
mentally as we'll rs physically. 4 chate-
lane AID pretty hat. fashionable
fruck and big maj will sometimes in
tarest and ancse suffering child az
much as picture book and fatter and
Please a poor old soul shut away from.
the poetic and stereot. ped bunch Of
fcwers or bundle of tracts"