The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-04-11

might be reason for it ?"
mo. What reason?" Mrs Ward
looked up suddenly from her work,
startled by Mr.. Wards manner.
81 think he enjoys Barbara's COM
pany."
"Richard Ward! You don't mean
to say that Ralph 1-orton would
marry Barbara"
81 not only think he would; I
think he WILL replied Mr.. Ward,
quietly.
Mrs. Ward was too much surprised
at the unexpected suggestion to offer
word of comment at first. The
thought of such thing was so new
to her that she h-d been totally UNI.
prepared for it.
"How would you like to have Bar
bara for your Minister'S wife!" Mr..
Ward asked, in the bantering tone he
sometimes used.
MRS. Ward was on the point of re-
plying little sharply. But suffer
ing had done it's mellowing work in
her life. Before Carls death she
would have resented as an unpara1-
leled impossibility such thought as
| that of the pastor of the Marble
| Square church choosing for his wife
even a girl like Barbara, his inteIlec-
tual and Christian equal. But many
| things since Barbara's coming into
| the home had conspired to change
Mrs. wards old habits. And, as Mr..
Ward asked his question now, she
saw picture of Barbara and Carl as
they had been one evening a few days
| before the chiId's death. His little
arms were about Barbara's neck, and
! his pale, thin cneek was lying close
against hers.
| eff it should come to that" she
| finally answered Mr.. Wards question
! slowly, 81 am sure there is one wom-
an in the Marble Square church who
will not make any trouble
Mr.. Ward looked surprised. But,
as he went out into the front hall to
lock the door for the night, he NUT
tered: "a man can never tell what a
woman will say or do when she is
struck by lightning"
| During the week that followed Bar
bara spent all the time she was able
| to spare from ner own work in Sc
curing facts connected with her pro-
posed plans. Mrs. Ward herself went
with her to several well-known
| houses in Crawford, and introduced
her to her friends. In every instance
| Barbara found there was the great
| est possible interest in the subject,
but no two women seemed to agree
| as to any policy or plan. There was
unanimous agreement on one thing;
namely, need of capable, intelligent,
| honest servants in the house, who
| were to be depended on for continu-
Gus service, or for at least a period Of
several years that might be reckoned
as continuous, the same as a bust
ness man could count on the con-
/ tinuous service in his employ of a
! competent bookkeeper or clerk wLo
was necessary to the welfare of the
| business, but no more so than q
competent servant in continuous
service is necessary to the welfare
of the home.
'The trouble is" one woman after
another would say, Gin the girls
themselves. They do not have any
ambitions as a class. They do not
wish to be taught. They resent adj
vice. They are ungrateful for nearly
all favors. They do not thank any
body to try to improve their condi-
ton. We are tired of constant efforts
made to solve an unsolva BILE problem
with the material that must be used"
Still, in spite of all discourage
ments, Barbara bravely determined
to go on, and her next effort was di-
rected toward the girls who had ex-
pressed willingness to go into serv-
| IN, inc Of tho CT
and factory.
She managed to call all these to-
| gether Saturday evening at her own
home and with her mother helping her
she made a pleasant evening, serving
some light refreshments and enter
! tanning the girls with music and pic
| lures.
There were eight of them in all.
Two of them had had little expert
ence at house service. None of them,
Barbara found on questioning, was
really competent to manage the af-
fairs of a household. Two were
American girls who had lived on
| farms, and had come into Crawford
to accept small places at Bondman's.
Their experiences there had not been
pleasant, and they were ready to try
| something that promised at least a
temporary financial relief.
Barbara gave little impromptu
talk before the girls went home, and
ended by asking the girls to ask ques-
tions or talk over in a general way the
i prospects of housekeeping service as
she had described it to them.
do you think, Miss Clark, from your