El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-01

HIS is the story that the Bachelor
Woman told the other night to
group of other women who
were sitting on the gallery of a sum-
mer hotel
have a sister, said the Bachelor
Woman, who is married AMI lives in a
dull and uninteresting little town in the
middle west. She is married to a good
man, but one who isn't particularly gift
ed at money making and so. as there
is big family of children, her life IS
hard-wOrked one, full of sacrifices
and deprivatiOns.
Il never go to see her without being
appalled, at the tragedy Of the common
place that such an existence means for
a woman who was born beautiful, and
bright, and talented, full of the joy OF
living. appreciatve of everything that
is fine and beautiful and elegant as
my sister was. The days, and months,
and years for her are just one drab,
mOnOtOnous round of cooking and
cleaning, and sewing, and mending, and
walkink babies with the collie; of wash
ing dirty little faces. and spreading
bread and jam, and settling childish
squabbles. and making over Sadie's
dresses for Jennie, and executing a
thousand heart-breaking, sordid little
economies.
The Dream of Rest
ITO say that 1 am sorry for my sis
ter is putting it mildly. / am filled
with very passion of compassion for
her, and 1 never look at her tired, worn
face. old before its time, or at her poor,
work knotted hands. without wishing
that l could just snatch her up and
take her bodily away, and wrap her
for a while, at least, in ease, and COM
fort, and luxury.
For long time we have had such
a plan in mind. and she has looked
forward to it as the old peasant in the
poem did to going 70 Carcasonne. Just
think she would say when we built
our Castle in Spain. HON heavenly it
will be to be somewhere where 1 can
sleep hole night through without hav-
ing to get up to get a child q drink,
or see whether one has gotten uncov-
ered?'
"Oh she would say, Won't it be love-
" not to have TO get~up in the morning
and get breakfast, and get John off
TO work, and the children off to school.
and rush through cleaning up the house
so that 1 can sit down TO my sewing?
l am going to take a real holiday, and
] am going TO lie abed half a day, and
have nv own breakfast in bed.
Rest From Cooking.
Or it would be, am going to
steep my nerves in quiet, and take such
a rest why, DO you know, Tor 10
years there hasn't been q minute of the
day, or night, that 1 wasn't just in a
CULVER, listening for a baby's ery?'
Or perhaps she would say, Just think
how enchanting 1t. Will be to sit down
to a beautifully appointed table, with
lights and flowers and exquisite silver
and glass, and not even know what you
are going to eati l am so tired of get
ting up meals, and trying to cooh up
cheap cuts of meat so they will taste
like filet, Mignon or spring lamb, that
by the time 1 get it on my table sim
ply can't eat
Yes. dear. it will all be lovely 1
would say swallowing hard, and when
you take that great holiday Of yours
we are going to do just everything that
you have been dreaming of doing
The Vacation Begins.
We'll, the years went by and some
how We never got off on our wonderful
trip. One summer the children had the
measles; another, one of our boys broke
his arm: another the husband was all
ing, and many summers there were
young babies that could neither be
take nnor aeft. so our air castle re-
manned up in the air.
This summer. however, the gods
were on our side and everything was