The sun., 1908-03-22
THE GOODNESS or ELIZABETH.
Sequel TO story by = Boy VINO Was NtttheF
Very Good Nor Very Bad.

Very Good Nor Very Bad.
The school teacher and the clergyman eat
In their accustomed nook near the back o.
the ferryboat, where 1t was their won't,
when they CHANGED 10 meet, TO shorten the
trip by discussion Of their efiairV In gem
eral, and now and then, on the part OF the
teacher, Of a case In particular.
At present she was following out the
pattern in the oilcloth on the. floor with
the point of her umbrella.
1T would be a good figure TO give tho
deGign Glass, she unused. Il wish / could
remember it. But could not even copy
It TO save my life, and yet ] have 70 teach
drawing, with little laugh. we all have
10, you know
-You consider Of course, that method
ia the thing Of the most vital Importance
in your work, said the clergyman.
Il am supposed to- replied the school
teacher boldly, after another fixed stare
at the figure But don't
The clergyman only looked his SurpriSs
in reply.
But the power Of suggestion, he began.
"You recognize
sOh, yes: recognize II is very impor-
tant, but there are 30 many cases in actual
practice that il will not reach. By the way,
do you find 1t Of great benefit In your pro-
feesion-I mean calling?'
What kind Of case would you consider
beyond the pale Of the power Of sugges-
tion?' asked the clergyman, ignoring the
question.
aOh, do not theorize about II, you know.
I have not time But there are always
ccses coming up that ere quite different
from any the psychologists tell you about
There ives one yesterday.
sYou see, the power OF suggestion seems
q little vGporous as a weapon sometimes.
And do you know, | believe that personah-
ity-but want TO tell you that story b.
fore we get TO the slip.
sYou know where teach. Well, get
all sorts, mostly foreigners. "a the EiSAsA
work often give them half Of a story and
ask them TO finish II in their own way.
did that yesterday.
Il told them about little girl named
Elizabeth. She started out one morning
with the resolve that she was going 10 Be
AZ good all day as though II were Sunday.
Her Sunday school teacher had told her
that little girls should behave every day
lust as though 1t were Sunday, and they
were trying TO be as good as they could
sThey should not put on their kind and
polite manners just when they put on thedr
Sunday dresses So when Elizabeth put on
4 K i "A that
going 10 be very good all day.
aShe had not gone very far. only 10 the
first corner, when she saw another little
girl standing on the corner crying.
sThat is where left the story for them
10 finish and tell what Elizabeth did. Well,
this is the way one quiet, demure little
fellow did IL
-He was a boy who had never attracted
my attention in any way In particular
serious and taciturn He never did any
thing TO be punished for, nor yet anything
10 ariy positive degree oommendable. In
fact / never thought much about him IN
any way until yesterday His story was.
| in plot, IL not in rhetoric:
Elizabeth saw the little girl crying, 20
she went up 10 her and asked her what
was the matter
girl, and a big boy took one of them
away.
sS@Oh, that is too bad said EHSabsth.
what did you dor
s'soh, cried Help! Helpp Just Ike that
said the little girl
"Why, Is that all the louder you called
it5' exclaimed Elizabeth.
""Yes, replied the little girl, have .
bad cold and l can't call any louder than
that
$50 Elizabeth took the other quartsEI"