The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-31
Modern Woman
Two Women Whose Heads Can
not Be Turned by Money-Mrs
Killien VIII Keep on Scrubbing
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Recently | have read of two women
whose heads are level. Both have
fallen heir to considerable fortunes;
both take the matter as calmly and
p"hilosophically as if they picked up
thousand dollar bills in the street every
day. One of these philosophers is Mrs.
Mary Smith Killien. a bright faced
Irishwoman who scrubs the floors of n
great Office building in New York. Mrs.
- Killien is Il widow with two daughters,
whom she has brought up by the labor
of her hands. Her pay is only Il few
dollars a week, but when she got the
news that Il brother had died and left
her $4,000 and that the money was
waiting for her she said: Sure, this is
very unexpected. I'm. not needin' the
money particularly, but it will come in
handy for me daughters. They will get
an eddycation for themselves, but their
mother will stay here m scrub an
earn an honest Twin. If l wint home |
suppose I'd hang out the w.u,cr all
day an get as stout as an elephant.
Why should | quit work because I've a
few dollars? Would ye expect me to
lay down like an ould woman? Indade,
I'm continued to work as long as God
Almighty gives me strength
The other woman whose head is
packed 50 fIl of good. strong common
sense that she cannot lie daZed hy good
fortune lives in Washington. She is
Mrs. Edith Sage Emerson. niece of
Russell Sage. She is not going to con
test her unc.e's VII. but will accept
thankfully the $4,000 Uncle Russ
widow has gwen to each of his nieceS
and nephews. She appears to be the
one Sage heir who remembers the fact
that she never earned a dollar of the
Sage fortune and there is no reason,
therefore, in equi"', why she should
get any of it. When she gets the 500
600 she will go to Europe and study
art, which she has longcd to do for
years.
Only weakminded women and old
Aiti III ~ uoldSS wv III tlV past.
Don't do it. Look forward and al
ways look for something brighter and
better than the past has brought, do
ing your best to deserve ii.
Do you know what Herbert Spencer
said? I'm the history of humanity the
saddest part concerns itself with the
treatment of woman. C~annibalism, the
%'torturing of pri"oners. the sacrificing
of victims to ghosts and godE-these
have been but OCCASIONAL. but the treat
ment of woman has been universal and
constant. The amount of suffering she
has borne is beyond the Imagination"
Here Is the story of a hysterical man
and one of those air o%bstructing. dust
catching lambrequins: Edward Harri-
gan got up in the morning and lighted
a gas stove to get breakfast on. The
flame blaZed up and set fire to the
mantel lambrequin. Edward screamed
for help. His wife ~fainted'-at least
the newspaper young mar said she did.
Neither of the nervous pair had sense
enough to grab that fool drapery and
choke the fire ont. which could have
been done in half a minute by any
body with a head on. Instead an alarm
was turned in. and the fire department
came. wagon, hook and ladder and ell
CINE. A dozen gallant firemen rushed
In and put the lumbrequin out. The
extent of the damage was the loss of
the l%ambrequin.
Thirteen men were out in a launch
in the Housatonic river. The launch
struck a log and sank. The men were
thrown into the water. Two women
who knew how to run a launch put
out in their own boat and rescued all
of the thirteen men.
l have heard a choice bit of slang
which Is new to me. A salesgirl in a
dry goods store was imparting to q
companion one of the thrilling conf
dences which young saleswomen gen.
orally exchange when a customer in a
hurry is waiting for them. The girl
who heard the tale raised her hands,
looked upward and exclaimed, well
now, wouldn't that put your eye out?"
Out of thirty stories in a recent
months issue of leading magazines
seventeen were by women writer's.
There is no other fiction writer today
so popular as Marie, Corelli. Nearly
100000 copies of her last book, 1.-THE
Treasure of Heaven" were sold in
Great Britain on the day it was pub
lished.
The recent marriage Of Miss Louise
Forsslund and Mr.. Carey Waddell was
the union of two American literary
people. The wedding took place at the
Sayville On. " home of the brides
father. Why | mention it especially is
that by request of the bride and groom
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