The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

30 Sarah went flying here and there.
= She had to answer hundreds Of
gu igns every day. She had to
,,sr7 how mauy buttons and strings
>, 70 a child's make up, and sew them
m as we'll. She had to keep the
,-iIiren amused by telling them
tories. She had to stop fl shts, aud
rsdiste in qIarrels. She had to learn
s,w ta.aI dirty bottles are to teething
b,7as. aud had TO walk them and sing
-, rnam. and dress and u7draSs them,
al 5sT long. S0e mad Co wash the
l..s faces without getting soap in
ria lorg dashed eyes, the round, open
m7urhs. She had to keep them out Of
rss fire. to drag them back from stair
,,sas, to watch that little fingers we're
mt iammea IN doors, that little shoes
rsre properly blacked and laced. She
Rad TO learn ell about drafts, and
.,-aens. and coverings, and shaded
-f,1t lights Sac had to see the chill
4,an were not overtired, or ove excl.
,i or teverish; that they ate enough,
mr. not too much, and regularly. She
had TO repair rips and holes aud put
II patches; to clean one garment, and
s211ge another, and urn a third. She
s,9 to learn to love all the ''tiresome,
.rtv brood Of brats," as the second
gsistant called them. And she cid it,
10 By the time a month had gone
b. gil the toddIers and prattlers turned
vSarah as flowers do to the sun. And
.,ssv was the sat 5 action Of the ma
r,a. aud great the amusement of Mr..
g3 Ms Miggs, when Sarah related
be-, experience in this new field.
"Iwld Mrs Harrington Brown that
rc- we're studying hard" said Mrs.
Wgzs. And she said: Sociology, l
s.P2-s@ know dear Sarah is inter
sssl II ina, kind of thing. Oc, ia it
e.dll.0gyl Ny girls are taking a
course in 20 logy and phi l)sophy wi h
Professor ZF~a1tbraunen, at Munich,
nov, and, sre delighted to be putting
II their time so usetully and making
the D OF themselvea.'"
That Is just what 1 am doing, ma
rs. I've got through r~oastology and
59l9logy ana bakeology, and now l
sn taking a course Ct pathology
SUD ~darnO!ogy and c~hildology. And
you can't ,5Ink how fond " grown
9: ny brigade, as 1 call them. l have
La green uniforms, and Miss Nj fiji
h5s the red, and you shouli see q
i-sTeLce Tnat woman il a greedy,
.iz7, selfish wretch, and she just hates
'1.s2 poor little things. l mean TO re-
P2rt 1er when I leave. l am not sup
posed to have anything to do with the
res but half the time I go to their
rescue. Sle is e. coarse and careless.
Cut We need ten women in each Of
tlose wards. And when l think Of
aL the girls l know who are looking
!f Missions and Work, and paying not
find them, and sitting around all
hopes and discomfort waiting to mar
Fsomebody-almost anybody just
Ssh could send a couple Of police
lsl and march the girls all down and
u. them at work In that ward, and
ave them one year Of usefulness to
snembsr, anyway, forever after.
,lose fifty children to wash and dress,
az button and unbutton, and feed,
10 Ta,Ch and tend, would take the
~5'Vous p~rostration and society non
sense AMI sentimental jim ANS out OF
-sn sooner than anything else. l
~so.ng to be q true woman
heard of a nurses place in Belle
We this morning, and snail apply for
-! mex month. OF course 1 haven't
"25 to take the full course. 1 can
earn something, 1 know. You dent
N--" how queer IL feels to be nobody,
'-A mean, nobody 10 particular.
Used 3D. 0ridle up when matron
mp sally or 'Miggs,' and told
rub IF a table or do the grE,,e,
t5H sharp about it, too. But l
-a2srad D c6 and my beloved
a1, and that always pulls me
.- time aud keeps me from being a
Or maCron is coed enough to
lam one Of the beat help the has
lad; Heel more faJtered than I
say by that"
D1tI l. must be awtullg hard work,
remarked Mrs. Miggs. Il
~ tHInk how you stand it
g ~. you seem to thrive on it, old
believe your head is level in