Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-07

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the chest as he is-as any one can see
he is! Ugh" Daisy shook her shoul
ders with shudder. "If | had to
marry man with nature like that
close and mean. you know-I'd get up
some night and gently lay wet towel
over his nose and mouth. Then. you
know, he'd be dead next morning. To
be sure" she went on. there's Pete
she might sport up for him-but he's
such an Indifferent thing! Give him
his meals and that's all he wants. He
doesn't look at girls. Not even at me
after stopped to condescend to jolly
him little"
"You entirely miss my point, Daisy.
dear" Georgiana had returned grave
Iy. "My object In offering Eunice a
pretty gown is to try to awaken In her
a sense Of the beautiful on much
higher plane than that you talk about"
Seated on the window sill beside the
object of her benevolent intentions,
Georgiana led up tactfully to the mat
ter Of her gift.
"Eunice," she began earnestly. her
eyes on the distant horizon which was
Just beginning to deepen its evening
hues, "do you ever feel. In your near
ness to nature here, how really we
ourselves are part Of all this Won
derful beauty? 1t seems to me that
this environment" she added, with
| out waiting for Eunice to reply,
fought to make us sensitive to beauty
in every detail Of life"
Kinross grinned behind his news
paper and settled himself to enjoy
the conversation. He was finding
Georglana very diverting.
Eunice looked up from her book. her
dark eyes dreamy and absent
Sensitive to beauty even to the point
of feeling out Of harmony with our
environment If we are not tastefully
dressed" Georgiana went on. And
3d." she ended gracefully, laying the
gown she held across Eunlce's lap,
81 want to give you this pretty white
gown"
Eunice's eyes grew wide with a
questioning surprise. You want to
give 1t to me?' she asked wondering
ly. But why?"
Kinross. from behind his newspaper,
found himself listening intently to hear
what Eunice would say
Because | feel" Georgiana smiled
encouragingly. that even so trifing
a thing as our clothes can help us to
get into right relations with life"
The girls puzzled gaze seemed try
ing to make 1t out. But before she
could reply Ollie leaned forward and.
eagerly examining the embroidery and
rufiies on the pretty dress lying across
Eunice's lap, asked with undisguised
covetousness, did you wear it fur
nice or just fur SO"
"Oh, wore it for NICE" Georgiana
smiled.
"Eunice she never did think at the
cloes much like what do" Ollie add
ed insinuatingly.
THAT is perhaps commendable to
certain point" said Georgiana gently.
"But one should give just enough at
tention to outward adornment to let
It express something of the inner life
The refinement Of our thoughts and
feelings or the lack Of 1t is often sym
bolized by our dress. We should cul-
tivate our natural inclinations for ex-
ternal harmonies-it Is not right to be
Indifferent to them-they are a legiti
mate part of life."
She had addressed herself to Eunice.
and the girl, still looking puzzled. an
swered uncertainty. But when the
lack of harmony with ones environ.
ment is fundamental mere eXterna!
adjustment can't help things"
GeorgIana looked nonplused. Daisy,
fumbling the pages Of book she was
not reading. dropped her lower lip in
astonishment DR.. Kinross put down
his paper from before his face and
took his pipe from his mouth. Even
Ollies face expressed surprise.
1--WE need not ever let our environ
ment rule u.s." said GeorGiana, looking
as though she had lost her bearings.
but making an effort to recover her
self.
~ am the master of my fate.