Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-23
Modern Woman
Two Women Whose Heads Can
not Be Turned by Money-Mrs.
Killien Will Keep on Scrubbing
Floors as Before :: :: :: ::

Recently | have read of two women
whose heads are level. Both have
ALLEN heir to considerable fortunes;
10th take the matter as calmly and
Ihilosophically as If they picked up
thousand dollar bills in the street every
lay. One of these philosophers is Mrs.
Harry Smith killien. bright faced
rishwoman who scrubs the floors of a
.reat office building in New York. Mrs.
killen is widow with two daughters,
whom she has brought up by the labor
IL her hands. Her pay is only few
lollars week, but when she got the
iews that a brother had died and left
Ter $4,000 and that the money was
Waiting for her she said: Sure, this Is
tery unexpected. I'm not needin' the
honey particularly. but it will come in
handy for me daughters. They will get
In eddyeation for themselves, but their
hother will stay here an scrub an
Narn an honest livin'. If wint home
Iuppose I'd hang out the winder all
lay an get as stout as an elephant.
INhy should l quit work because I've
lew dollars? Would ye expect me to
lhy down like an ould woman? Indade,
I'm continted to work as long as God
klmighty gives me strength
The other woman whose head Is
lacked so full of good. strong common
Iense that she cannot be dazed by good
ortune lives in Washington. She is
nj nf
Russell Sage. She is not going to con-
est her uncle's will, but will accept
thankfully the $4,000 Uncle Russ
gidow has given to each of his nieces
md nephews. She appears to be the
me Sage heir who remembers the fact
hat she never earned dollar of the
Iage fortune and there Is no reason,
herefore. in equity, why she should
let any of it. When she gets the $780,
100 she will go to Europe and study
lrt, which she has longed to do for
fears.
! Only weakminded women and old
men in their dotage live in the 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 it.
Do you know what Herbert Spencer
bald? I'm the history of humanity the
Baddest part concerns itself with the
Treatment of woman. Cannibalism. the
lorturing of prisoners, the sacrificing
Af victims to ghosts and gods these
have been but occasional, hut the treat
7 f1feht OF woman has ueen 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 obstructing, 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 man said she did
Neither of the nervous pair had sense
enough to grab that fool drapery and
choke the fire out. which could have
been done in half minute by any
body with head on. Instead an alarm
was turned In, and the fire department
came, wagon. hook and ladder and ell
gine. A dozen gallant firemen rushed
In and put the lambrequin out. The
extent of the damage was the loss OF
the lambrequin.
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 salesgrl in Q
dry goods store was imparting to @
companion one Of the thrilling conf
dences which young saleswomen gen
orally exchange when customer in
bury 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 outT"
q -
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. ''fht
Treasure of Heaven" were sold In
Great Britain on the day it was pub
lished.
&S
The recent marriage of Miss Louise
Forsslund and MIR. Carey Waddell was
the union of two American literary
people. The wedding took place at Tho
Sayville IN. " home of the brides