The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-09-21

We started out yesterday with the
| thought in mind that we would look just
/ a little for something pretty and good
and not strive always for something to
/ stir the blood with sensational emotion.
I At the very first corner before we had
walked a block, we observed three per
sons in a wagon. 1t was a respectable
outft-a good team Il painted wagon
ana well-arranged harness. A ruddy old
farmer held the lines and beside him on
the seat was a well dressed young man
thai you would have known had seen
much more of the world than the rest
Besides these two-and you would have
known that they were father and SON
there sat just back Of them in chair an
(. old lady that impressed at once that
she had seen very little of the world out
/ side O. her own country home. She was
neatly dressed enough but a little bag
that she held by strings upon her arm
looked so much like the good old ways
/ that one could but decide that she had
seen but little Of the world as it is known
today.
The mules were shy Of things in town.
put me Olu fictil iiClu ti1fiit St'fiNy ~ N'tN>
! lines till the young man alighted from
the wagon and lifted the old lady to the
ground. He helped her then to smooth
the wrinkles from her dress and picked
the few blades of wheat straw away
that chung to her cape. 1t was all very
plain that this young man was proud or
his mother Every move and motion
showed that his contact with the world
had not blunted those affectionate in
! stincts nor was he ashamed of the be
havior that stamped her being ig
norant of the ways of the world.
This was all pretty to me. As | con
tempiated the scene it came to me that
/ this young man was a jewei-a thing be-
yond price But there We're some more
/ pretty things before [ had done with
! them.
II was plain that the old lady had never
been on an electric car. il she had ever
seen one before AS the car rolled up she
was all in a furry. The young man held
her gently. but firmly, by the arm and
would have pushed her on the car. but
/ she would not have it SO. She had for
i gotten something back at the wagon and
! she was not going To leave without 1t.
/ She had forgotten to kiss the old man
, goodby.
( topiS LUZ l4tt age Hi4N tfttith4y Aitppci
to the side Of the wagon and at the front
wheel she tiptoed and raised her face to
/ the old man upon the seat. The old man
leaned over and kissed her and she went
upon the car with the son, while the ia
Their drew up his lines and drove away.
Was that not pretty?
! think it was and as for me, ! would
rather pull the lines over that team with
such a woman by my side than to own
all the wealth OF a Morgan and direct
every railroad of the world.
/ ] have written thus as q hint that we
might find many pretty things in this
world that We never dreamed of if we
would only open our eyes to see, but
have also taken this circumstance to i'm
press those people who have written to
me and to some who have exploited their
IDEAS ia the periodicals about their de
sire to help our country women into an
easier and higher life, that they are only
wasting their energy and throwing their
sympathy away. l never saw one Of
these 'prominent club women whom
have been referred to and [ hardly guess
what a prominent club woman is but
/ feel almost sure that they are the ones
that should be piued, one thing is Ger
tam, the honest and satisfied women Of
country lie do not need your pity
Perhaps when you, my dear ''promt-
ncnt club women are Haunting your
silks and satins under the flare Of the
midnight chandelier. these country wom-
en- are laying peacefully al rest with q
baae upon their arms and stars peep
through the chinEs aDprovingly from
heaven.
When daylight breaks in the east. per
haps YOU prominent club women are
tossing upon uneasy beds distracted from
the strain Of tne night before, While your
country sister has arisen with the morn
ing and is out among the birds ana flow
ers breathing the pure air that hales
from the hills to paint their cheeks with
red and lend a sparkle to the eye thar
passes not with The dying Of the wine
in Inc mornings.
! desire to make no false imp essions
nor 50 cast any odius reflections in this
connection. / know that il is not all OF
the country women who can idle and
stroll among the flowers in the mornings
nor is 1t all of the city ladies who can
afford to flaunt their finery at the clubs
DER nights. While perhaps the prom
incnt club women reVel amid the Whirr
Of the club room, thousands of that same
city 60 nor reve amid that whir nor
C ud they enter there. Other thousands
OF that same city have no desire 10 revei
Ntli4i t'As NtNtb i'Viti tiit- tlttrA 81 g. sat
sfed with their own affairs at home anl
it is not these who are haunting opinions
and wasting sympathy over the country
women who are satisfied themselves
know that a large majority OF country
women have other FISH TO fry" than
stolling among the birds and flowers in
the mornng, bur / also know mat a large
majority OF city women have other fish
to fry than attending clubs or living up
ta the idea that prominent club women"
would impress for the country women
orer whom they are SO much exercised
There is not a city that could be named
where there arc not thousands of women
who iaoor as hard as ever a country
woman labored- between those who must
labor the advantage is all for the eoun-
try.
So say to those who have asked for
me to reply to questions upon these line,
that ] honestly believe that the easiest
opportunity. the happiest life and the best
results are 70 those who are satisfied
with country Hfe-dissatisfy them All
this would not be So nor wouId +ba
world be better So say to the "nrorr-
inent club women" and TO all who have
asked my expression save your pity and
store up Your energy for some otber lino
PERHAPS ! would be justified in alvisin,
You To save both this pity ana This o,ore,s,
for the poor LITTLE obi11,o.