Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01

ford past o'clock We very glad get back.
An Inhospitable Host
HOW charitably she that CHASTITY experience!
IL 1t is dear and lovely disposition, and most
valuable one that brush away indignties ard
dscourtesies and seek and find the peasanter
features ct an experience. Susy had that DISPOSE
ton, and it one CT the jewels of her character
that had come to her straight from her mother 1t
is feature that was left out of me at birth And,
at seventy, have not yet acquired it. l did not
60 to Vassar College professionally but as a guest
guest, and gratis Aunt Clara (now Mrs. John
B. Stanchfeld) a graduate of Vassar, and it
to please her that inflicted that journey upon
Susy and myself The invitation had come to me
from both the lady mentioned by Susy and the
president of the college, old saint who has
probably been gathered to his fathers long ago;
and l hope they. enjoy him; hope they value his
society. l think l get along without it, in
either end of the next world.
We arrived at the college in that soaking rain.
and Susy has described, with just suggestion Of
dissatisfaction the sort of reception got Susy
had to sit in her damp clothes half an hour while
waited in the parlor; then she was taken to a
reless and left to wait there again as she has
stated | do not remember that presidents name
and am sorry He did not put in an appearance
until it time for me to step upon the platform
in front of that great garden of young and lovely
blossoms. He caught up with me and advanced
upon the platform with me and was going to intro
duce me. said in substance:
You have allowed me to get along without Your
help thus far and you will retire from the platform
l will try to do the rest without it.
did not see him any more but detest his men,
ory. Of course my resentment did not extend to
the students, and so l had unforgettabe good
time talking to them. And l think they had good
time too; for they responded as one man. to use
Susys unimprovable phrase.
Girls charming creatures l shall have to be
twice seventy years old before l change my mind
as to that / to talk to crowd of them this
afternoon students of Barnard College (the sexs
annex to Columbia University, and think l shall
have as pleasant time with those lasses as l had
FROM SUSY'S BIOGRAPHY
stopped in the middle of mammals early history to tell
about trip to Vassar because was afraid would
forget about it, will go where left Oft. Some
time after Miss Emma Nigh died papa took mamma and
little Langdon Emira for the When Elnlra
Langdon began to fail but think mamma did not know
just what the matter with him.
A Belated Confession
WAS the cause of the child's illness. His mother
1 trusted him to my care and l took him long
drive in an open barouche for airing. 1t raw,
cold morning; but he was we'll wrapped about with
furs and in the hands of careful person, no harm
would have come to him. But soon dropped into
a reverie, and forgot all about my charge The furs
fell away and exposed his bare legs. BY and by
the coachman noticed this, and arranged the wraps
again; but it was too late. The child almost
frozen l hurried home with him. / was aghast at
what had done, and feared the consequences. l
have always felt shame for that treacherous morn
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