The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-11-16

airy This exception was Dorothy Mr..
Winters was cditOr.in-chief Of one Of
the large city papers, Clarence was re-
porter for another, sister Mary was q
schoolteachcr and sister Lucia wrote
for the magazines As for Mrs. Win
tiers, she was president OF the Brown
ing club secretary Of the Woman 3
club. and an active member Of vari-
ETY. Of other clubs too numerous to
mention.
It would seem rather strange that In
a family so stepped in the atmosphere
Of books and newspapers there should
be one black sheep; although to cali
Dorothy a black sheep were certainly
libel, for IL there ever was white,
sweet. dearly loved lamb In any flock,
she could lay claim to that distinction.
The term is only used to convey the
idea that she was different from the
others. While they were all studious,
thoughtful and serious In their tastes.
she was the gnyest. most careless and,
so they all declared, the most frivolous
little body In existence. Everyone
loved pretty Dolly. She was so sweet,
uatured so generous. so full OF vitality
and Bprightlincss, that 1t was impOssI-
BILE TO do otherwise
II never happened that anyone ever
questioned tho domestic talents and
iuclinatiUns Of Dorothy. 1t had been
settled when she was quite small
child that Nature had intended her
for little housewife She could make
the most delicious desserts and the
most toothsome confectionery, she
had such beautiful taste in arranging
the dining room table and kept the
house so fresh and orderly that no one
over suspected that she abhorrcd the
dlshpan, hated to make beds. or was
III de faint and sick by the sight OF
raw meat when she went to market
To select her fathers favorite cuts.
Dolly never said anything about It.
Naturally. no one could be supposed to
know
Now. It frequently happens that the
careers laid out for rs by our friends
arc not always tho ones We should
select II lett 90 ourselves This was
tho cas-" with Dorothy Secretly she
lonCod % be literary Ike tho rest.
instead Of domestic She did try to
write sometimes. Just as the others
did and worked hard over some cX-
trcmcly Indifferent littlc stories which
wero destined to travel many weary
miles between herself and various pub
fishers
Dorothy knew well enough that her
writing was very poor. and soon
ceased TO hope 10 distinguish her.
self In this way As a matter of fact.
she did not like TO write n alt and
only ala so because she hated TO bo
q drono In this literary beehive II
vas simply "A bore To her. and she
spent much OF her time making
sketches on the margin OF her paper.
as Tommy Traddlcs did In David Cop.
porncld. only instead Of drawing skCl,
ctuus she made curious brownies and
grotcsauc animals that 10 certainly
would have been no sin To Worship.
Tor they were Ike nothing on earth uT
In the natcrs beneath the earth The
family called them Dorothy queer
cows"
At laa, she dcspaired altogether.
and when the rejected manuscripts
had all come back SHE umb'rl them
In a icap into a drawer. which she
never opcuod without a very down In.
tho mouth aort 90 feeling Ii i 90 be
feared that just the lcast lt,,r bit
o. grain ut bitterness Was Ia Duru.
thys heart when she thought III the
position of tho household director 10
which she had been so summay,ly relic
gated 10y her aNrrtiouato friends sun
The old longing 70 do something kept
pulling away at her. and whom she
began 60 beg 20 hc allowed % take
drawing lessons at the Art Institute.
her mother said
Why not let her Do IT, The dear
girl has a good many lonesome hours
when We are an away or busy cvcu
II she ls SO domestic Looking after
the house doesn't take all her time %
Why ~ course" said Mr Winters
IN there's anything lu the world that
can do Go Et,o Dorothy a pleasure
I'm only too glad
oh. certainly" said sister Lucia
IT Will glNe hyy something 20 think
Of, even Il she doesn't accomplish
much with &c"
And SO Dorothy Wa entered In one
81 the classes ~ the Ant Institute.
and then the family. absorbed i'm It's
own moro imrostag; aGgus at once
T-ucericd 20 forge, all about &C. 80.
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