The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-26

and then all the way down she talked
against the authorities for allowing
such things-as If they could help it
and when we got home she cried-you
it was northumberland ever since then
she's been perfectly daft about babies.
Why, whenever she sees a woman 60
ing along with one she thinks the Door
thing is going to leave it some place:
and now she's in with those charity
workers and says she won't leave New
York at all this summer"
Il don't care" protested the guilty
mother, cit would have frozen to death
in just little while, and it's done SO
often. Why, up at the Catholic Pro-
tectory they put out basket at the
side door, so a body can leave their
baby in it and ring the bell and run
away; and they get one twice week
sometimes; and this was such a sweet.
fat little baby with big blue eyes, and
it's forehead wrinkled, and it was all
puckered up around it's little nose"
"And that isn't the worst of it," the
relentless daughter broke in. "She
gets begging letters by the score and
gives money to all sorts of people, and
a man from the Charities Organize
| ton. who had heard about it. came
and warned her that they were i'm
postors-only she doesn't care Do YOU
know, there was poor old blind wom-
an with a dismal, wheezy organ down
at Broadway and Twenty-third street
the organ would hardly play at all,
and just one wretched tune-only the
out-and ma bought her a nice new
organ that cost SIS and had it taken
up to her Well, she found out through
this man from the Organization that
the woman had pawned the new organ
for $40 and was still playing on the
old one. She didn't want a new one
because it was too cheerful: it didn't
make people sad when they heard it,
like her old one did. And yesterday
ma bought an Indian"
"A what?" asked her brother. in
amazement.
"An Indiana tobacco sign"
"You don't mean it? One of those
lads that stand out in front and peer
under their hands to see what pale
faces are moving into the house across
the street? Say, ma, what you going
to do with him? There isn't much
room here, you know
| Il didn't buy him for myself" re-
piled Mrs. Bines, with dignity; II
wouldn't want such an OBJECT"
"She bought it, explained his sister,
for an Italian woman who keeps
little tobacco shop down in Rivington
street. A man goes around to repaint
them, you know, but hers was so bat
tered that this man told her it wasn't
| worth painting again, and she'd better
get another, and the woman said she
didn't know what to do because they
cost $25 and one doesn't last very long.
The bad boys white him and throw
| him down, and the people going along
the street put their shoes up to tie
them and step on his feet, and they
scratch matches on his face, and when
she goes out and says that isn't right
| they tell her she's too fresh. And so
ma gave her $25 for new one.'
But she has to support five children,
| and her husband hasn't been able to
| work for three years, since he fell
through a fire escape where he was
sleeping one hot night" pleaded Mrs.
Bines, ''and 1 think I'd rather stay
here this summer. Just think of all
| those poor babies when the weather
gets hot. 1 never thought there were
so many babies in the world
"Well, have your own way" said her
son. IF you've started out to look
after all the babies in New York you
won't have any time left to play the
races, I'll promise you that
'Why, my son, never
But sis here would probably rather
do other things"
II Think" said Psyche, "Id like
Newport-Mrs. Drelmer says I should
not think of going any place else.
Only, of course, can't go there alone.
She says she would be glad to chape-
rome me. but her husband hasn't had
very good year in Wall street. and
|
herself
MAYBE began Mrs. Bines, IF
you'd Offer"
"Oh! she'd be offended" exclaimed
Psyche.
'I'm not SO sure of that" said her
brother, mot if you suggest it in the
right way-put it on the ground that
you'll be quite helpless without her.
and that she'd oblige you world with
out end and all that. The more see
of people here the more think they're
quite reasonable in little matters like
that. They look at them in the right
light. Just lead up to it delicately
with Mrs. Drelmer and see Then if
she's willing to go with you, your sum-
mer will be provided for; except that
we shall both have to look in upon
Mrs. Juzzlebraggin here now and then