The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-30

the horrld woman sat down on a veran-
ia chair and laughed until she cried.
why. those are onionHT she exclaimed,
pointing 10 a bed that thought was com
posed OF the finest carnations, and that
~ parsley. ana those are radishes. ana
the big oval ia full Of bectal on. dear. u
II too droll Excuse my mirth. but you
should see your facet And then. when
she saw / was really becoming offended.
she changed suddenly into sympathy and
Kindness. promised me enough seedlings
from her own garden % nll my beds and
was really very nice. Hut I couldn't Eet
spv,r g. 1 called Mike. who. poor fellow.
looked puzzled and unhappy.
'ShuTc. an 1 ala just as yea tould
mcy he exclaimed. ruefuily, scratching
his head. "The package with the red rib
bon scz YOU around che house. and the
package with the green ribbon back of
the Kitchen OF course. what told him
was directly opposite, but what was the
good OF blaming him. Tho deed was done.
my garden was Spoiled and Mrs Brown
mad "a story that would delight the neigh
borhood or course we transferred the
vegetables and fcplanted the beds. hut
the weather was hot and things faded
away. aud. as / said. my garden was not
q success. But enc thing. however. ! dld
succeed in obtaining. and that Is expert
cno@."
Rochester, n. y, boasts woman
butcher. Miss Daisy Stevenson. said 20
De a convcrsationaiist and an excellent
executive, who for two years and a half
has welded the cleaver, at FIRST auf@tt-
tuting for hor sick father. Rather than
allow stranger to take the business. this
young lady. not yet thirty. opened the
market and has made Il a success.
There ~ one other in the trade. a lady
In syracuse. n. y When asked how she
liked her task she replied II Il not
through choice that I do the work. but
because q Is a means Of support for The
family. 10 was difficult az first. but now
IL does not seem harder than home work.
1 am my own boss. which means great
deaf I open the market az $50 IN winter
and & In summer. / nnd II difficult to get
good help. anyone can sell good cuts. but
n Is the odds and ends which go TO make
up the proai. and which must be disposed
Of as we'll / very seldom lose anything
from, bad accounts, as my customers are
prompt. II / send statement and re-
coive no return. ! Immediately drop those
neo,,le from my roll ana refuse TO trust
them again. September Success.
u am glad from the bottom Of my heart
that ] got over being child before tho
modern theory OF education set in said
young man who writes for che fhhadei-
phia Press.
II was asked recently by publishing
firm 10 write a little book OF tales for
very small children. Remembering the
stories / liked when I was a child, ! set
ghyly TO work. 0ud IN short space 81
time submitted my FIRST story Il hnd
the Inevitable Prince Charming IN u. In
Tess than a week my manuscript was re
turned.
I'VE ike your story very much the
publishers wrote. and with trihlng
alteration Will be able 20 use a. We do
not wish TO publish any children's stories
chat have a love interest IN them
We'll I killed on Prince Charming and
nut IN a wicked stepmothcr The pub
fishers promptly told me that they could
not use any stories that portrayed cruel
~ ~ any form. They especially object
to cruel aepmothcrs as tending 20 give
children who might have eteIgnotherH
OF one kind or another false and unjust
ideas.
II murdered the cruel stepmoihsr and
trimmed the story 20 ~ a giant The
publishers politely objected They could
publish nothing that might wnken a spirit
Of murder0uEness in their littie readers
Ia had the hero kin the giant-and they
didn't like giants anyway. because they
brighten children. and modern educators
disapprovc Wen. IN my last resort.
changed the tale 80 u hinged on tho
devotion OF a boy TO HE sick mother.
They sent me word by return poet that
advanced thinkers In the kindergarten
line will not permit the use OF books in
which illness II mentioned in any shape or
form We want 20 present 10 our lit
tie readers only the beautiful and improv-
ing truths OF life
naVa nm then i thank QCn1ENa@ I
had chance 20 read a few old-time chill
dren'a stories before the reign of the
beautiful and the improving set In"