Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-15

was cold and drcary, there were always
flowers on her table. Il am s,au u'w'
some one sends her flowers S sh ~ ,e >"
mused. One day the girl went o"1 nnnch
bad storm and came back with S" hs,i
Of vioiets. She had got very wei ana i n.tn
pneumonia Three days later she died.
The physicians said she had starved 10
death. There were but few thinss 10 h,'t
among them were found several IoTist
boxes The teacher made INQUIRIES IN"
found that a shabbily-dressed little wom-
an with brown eyes had been puyinS ~"
ers Of this florist all winter l.,
But II there is much that Is dreary III
the life ofthe struggling student. tnr.e
is much that is bright and satisiact 10,
and a well-balanced girl manages TO nay
, many good times In small way Sne
is absolutely free She makes no enort 10
keep up with anyone's code but her own;
which is an excellent one. by the way. II
she goes to the opera she and her chuhh
put on their bicycle skirts and go rush.
without the slightest care for what thS h
ia shionable acquaintance may say Sne
lunches at Parkers when she feels IKE II
or to be more exact, when she can III
times carries "A Boston bag. although
when she first came to town she declared
she would die irst! She often sketches
people in the cars regardless OF their
comfort or discomfort. ana have KNOWN
her to walk b:Icns and blocks down Inc
street humping into someone occasion
ally. TO r.t an outline picture of some sol
diers or Chinamen or an eccentric char-
acter and if she meets Il friend who l.
thoughtful enough to tell her that the
action in the sketches is simply great,
she Is quite happy. She is apt to spend
many evenings at the library. looking ike
a tramp on wet nights, and lost In some
good book. She is not afraid OF the dark.
so she comes cheerfully tridgnS nome
alone IL her roommate is not there.
Pleasant afternoons find her sitting on
camp stool sketching some sailors down
at the wharf or one of the queer little
streets of the West end. She never tires
of the old cemeteries. Surely you have
passed her and her friend with their vio-
through the iron fences trying to make
out some name on IL tombstone. Then
again you are very likely to see her with
her tMateria Medica' under her arm,
down at the Quincy market. Possibly all
the girls in her house are going to have
a spread tonight and she has to get the
Holsters. She is rather glad to be out ana
see the hurry and rush. and she is sure
to walk home by way of the Old Hancock
Tavern. She is often at the .aatinces-
not down in the parquet rafting the pa
pei. in a box of candy and telling her
cornpanion how perfectly dear Faver-
sham is as Henri Beauclerc,' but You
will find her away upstairs in the top
balcony AT the best plays. She is very
quiet both in dress and manner and YOU
can see that she is enjoying every breath
of some fine work. She is the best chap
eroned girl | know. because she chap
orons herself and she is in the way OF
doing things we'll. The students life
NAV not always be an easy one, and
that which She makes for herself. but her
life is certainly never lacking in interest.
one girl summed up things pretty well
when she remarked that a student iitc
is made IN Of dark streaks ana bright
spots.-Ethel Shackelford in Boston Tran
script.