New-York tribune., 1903-02-11
PART l

PARI l.
My Aunt Caroline possessed narTeoqs Vel 1;a AMOUNT 2I5
of executive ability. and she was also
with force. achievement as simple 10 ller d. -
Wa Wa oheerat ewes that were set wide apart and
in entire situations at one conlp t i-4 of
glance. Caroline possessed also the spIao prI a
the reforrner and she longed TO reorgaIze psoI,le
and 4aa their aef ae9 decisions so uerng
Judgment that she invariably succeedeq IN + TeuuC
terms and producing correct results Aunt Earo-
line had individuality of rare ana 3 Rronoa1csff f
fbe term - good form AS tribute Individual
ism She had her own name in the city directory
where it appeared directly IN advance oL - reI aIse
as Wen as good nature and indulgence and ne
always seemed mildly appreciat1ve OF nls VILE
Nothing was ever a care to capable Aunt Caro- arc
lire. She member of three boards 9t 4l t0I4 ~
managers a strict pariamentarian. presldennt OF
three or four clubs prominent IN chQ[cr 15 M IN GA
~ f-' yooI,eroen+s leader Of the society
in town and a Snakespearian enthusiast ole @ tooA
French lessons painted OF cnlnas s tbi taf owns
and her own and had taken ,ii our n1e ers ner
fectly groomed and well behaved aIiaL@ell' liI7Ae
was never a woman 10 compare WIN neI, 7 -aid
to Margaret before we married We sh4I
live across the street from her and she VIZ VIZ. ~
hest kind of q friend. Uncle Jacob is qulet nItt
VINO never saws much, and he never lnter1eres
With nv aunt she has full rein to do as she
wife for this particular meInptr OF my lsa-iI1tS 49,,
We were on wedding trip was very anxious 5
havra
mistake when they try to influence women u ii1
each other. ,,,-,. ,,aroii,a,s daughters
have was Margarets comment a month iateI.
r was her first comment and had listened for II
and Cordeiia Odd and cid fashioned aren't they
.+rI,eI- re "a rIiv names OF two generations ago.
7 said Aunt Caroline likes them because they
are substantial and sincere; She THINKS Lhere IL
artistic value in severe and honest fashlons- -
And yet she does not impress me as a person
who would select names OF that sort ror Gn1.ared aIt
it They are very pretty, well behaved girls
in NV life She tells me that she employs hair
dresser and manicure by the year 70 come twice 4
carfa1 Observation-Disclosures which she must live up to-
Il don't know she manages. responded,
but certainly no other woman on earth accom-
plshes so much as she does | have often tod
teach other women TO be a. capable as she Is.
u have been studying your Aunt Carouhe : fneth-
DDS Margaret remarked one evening. after re-
month had passed but I had not hastened
wife's verdict. II find that she has every hour
f bG cum i the r,lor,in tetu-eer and 9 and again
iloGi m rs Il, iet uI hltlvasn and The gIris and the
servants consult her at those times Friday after
noon from I t, she spends with her daughters
She has one week in every month in which she
paints chIr1 and another week ior iacen1aking. ace
She keeps up with all the new books. Sne deV9teS 9
a selected interval in each day to some work that
needlework At 10 in the morning she makes a
tain days that are devoted to social calls that are
regulated with Timetable ezactnesS , sne pans ans
paper on the tabourette al the side OF the bed so
that when a particularly good idea suggests itself
she may strike a light ana Jor Il down One day
nf each month Is devoted to millinery. when she
rof1lrbishps the hats of the family; another dav
woman comes in to mend, and three other days
seanstress Is expected She even has telephone
hours and she Is never at home over the telephone
at other times. ,,,.. :, =
said. -.
ooil, IT <h, isn't insane she will soon XIII her-
self No human hetng can keen speed np al the
ftrae tuvt Caroline rests
Margaret may be devoid of executixs ability. but
she mas the spirit Of prophecy, Whenever she
prophesieS ! regard her statements With appre-
Your Aunt Caroline is very IN Margaret told
ms rhen 7 entered three days lzTsr