The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-10-05
SHORT SKETCHES
From the Pen Of Miss Anna NJ. Snyder,
While at the Fairview House

Another day couple of young
ladies, accompanied by two Sis.
ters IN their black robes and white
vestments, come for an all day
picnic outdoors, bringing their
dinner with them. My cousin
makes coffee for them, and they
eat out in the yard under the
trees. One young lady-the one
who seems to have charge of the
party is the most typical New
Woman" | have yet seen. The
New Woman. | nave heard and
read so much of her and now. at
last, l see her. In this instance,
she is undeniably good looking.
Her voice Is peculiarly resonant,
and she walks with stride
when she does not run. She
wears no corsets, unless very alb
breviated ones. Her dress skirt
is likewise very short, and has a
pocket in it; and when she talks,
she has a way of squaring her
shoulders, jam ming her hand
still farther in her pocket, her
feet firmly planted on the ground,
and she delivers her fiat in such a
self-assertive voice and positive
air that it makes me want tolaugh.
Positiveness is written all over
her so plainly you could never, by
aly possibility, put her in the
negative class. Why, the very
bang of her small Oxford shod
feet would settle that. IG seems
so queer to see the two types; or
one might say, the extremes of
the two types meet, aud be such
good friends as these people seem
30 be; for the Sisters faces and
hands are as white and delicate
looking as if they had never seen
the sun; while the ellnen vestments
about head, face and breast are
as pure a white as it is possible
for them to be. Their voices are
low and carefully modu ated, and
in all their movements they are
delicate and refined; almost sin.
lcky" so.
Their black costumes with the
white about their faces reminds
me of nothing in the world so
much as corpse in casket, how
ever these "corpses" are very hu.
man and sensible of discomfort
yet, at any rate; for after they
have finished their Luncheon there
suddenly risesmoaning and grOan-
ing one of the sisters who
puts her hand to her neck under
the swathing of linen and declares
she has been stung and asks the
other Sister to investigate. She
does so but can find nothing, nei-
ther mark nor swelling. The New
Woman girl, full of life and health
does not seem so promptly SYM
pathetic as the suffering sister
evidently thinks she might be,
but laughs and suggests that pos.
sibly it was a flea or mosquito,
whereupon arises discussion of
how nadly mosquito bite hurts
sometimes, as the sister prompt.
ly tul us down the suggestion that
it might have been flea. But
as the meanings continue and
"she knows it is gong TO swell.
she just knows 1t will" the SEX
treme" girl goes to the house for
hot water to bathe it and the Sis.
ter waits with a face which would
do credit to one of the martyrs.
While |, who am sitting on the
porch reading and can see and
hear it all. wickedly wish / could
introduce her to a genuine live
bum BILE, bee and lot her see if she
could tell the difference between
that and a mosquito bite. Itisn I
pa bit nice or sy mpathetic IN me
know, but then suppose country
air naturally makes one unsym-
pathetic especially such mountain
ozone as fills ones lungs up here.
Again party consisting of a
couple of gentlemen and three or
four ladies', comes for a climb tC
the sum NIT and, of course, must
have a drink from the well, which
is equipped with bucket attach
ed to a rope and raised and low
cred with a wlndlass attachment
and 1t is curious to watch the baf
Q.... .To.t af this oc~a ., <~o..,. -,