Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30
ONE new YEARS RESOLVE
Because She Kept IL, One Woman's
Life Was Made Miserable.


"Il never make another New Years
resolve as long as ! live. 4 sighed the host.
ess.
HIM Suppose you failed TO keep
yours z replied the guest. 'Pshaw: il You
had. you'd have been wearing wings in
stead OF furs and a halo rather than a
picture hat
II kept mine. but II gave me a lot OF
trouble. You see, X was the first New
Years since my marriage. n / felt It
necessary to turn over a Very white new
leaf, so I gesolved-S-
Never to tell another hbs Then I hops
Anne did not ask you IL her new gown
was becoming"
Il did not-neither Gid she. II she had.
/ would have at least told her thar Il was
more becoming than the last one. / re-
solved 10 give up society and devote my
time TO charity. 1t is really so difficult
to induce Arthur TO go anywhere that r.
Might as well rave the credit OF Civ
ing il up voluntarily Still, II you cried
each time hat he refused, lie would bring
you candy and flowers. and"
And spent 80 much money on them
that ia have to give up a hot or two, be-
sides having my complexion spoiled by
the candy
Not to mention the the doctors bill,
II it made you III. See?"
Nor the fact that ia have TO take the
msdicines No, / resolved TO devote my
self 10 good deeds-I alwaysfdid like Civ
ing advice"
WAS Arthur d~el.ghted?'
II suppose SO. He was reading his pa
per when / told him.. II fs queer, but that
absorbs him as much as curling my hair
absorbS me
Men are 40 queer. Did you really keep
your resolve?"
.sM.hm; / gave a silk waist that came
from Paris to a woman with three starv-
ing children and even showed her how 10
make 1t fit her. Their 1 went 10 see a
blind woman who lived in an alley. ana
took her a bunch of roses and a lovely em-
bro,dsve6 doiley. And there was Elaine.
wiz ~~-4r Old q thing for anybody told
re- szlS ought to be ashamed. when was
devoting myself TO the poor"
And was she?"
mo. She remarked that / was wearing
a new fur boa, and that ] was evidently
not depriving myself OF imported hats. |
told her that had to set the poor a good
example in neatness.
True. But"
Eyes. II was raining when 7 came away
from the h'iad wcman's and ! sent her
gran.-@ Cor s cab. He never returned.
and / found thai my watch was gone, too.
When 4 told Arthur. he
Eyes, go on"
'IIe said that charity not only covered
a multitude of sins, but a. good many dol
lars as we'll. Well, ! caught a cold thats
day and was sick a week. The COOK
promptly left, and in boiling two eggs and
making some u~ndrinkable coffee Arthur
burned his hand, scorched his coat sleeve
and broke two cups. He blamed that all
on charity"
''Of course
MIN. Then, we had to buy a good
many tickets for charitable entertain
ments. and all my poor people got out OF
work and said they'd rather have money
than advice, so Arthur"
Complained? How like"
"Yes. Finally Mrs. Swellstyle decided
TO give a colonial bazaar. and asked me to
help. The costumes were 70 be rather ex-
p~ensiye, but the proceeds were to do great
good in buying Photographic copies OF
good pictures on which the starving poor
could feed their hunger for beauty. l
consented 10 help, but"
Arthur"
"IIe said that If 1 continued my chari-
table deeds we would soon be objects or
charity ourselves. He hasn't refused 70
go anywhere with me since, but II you
will believe 1t, Elaine. IS telling every
body that my good resolve was only a
scheme to bring about that RESULT
Elisa Armstrong Bengough.