The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-08
A Study in Psychology.
By Aunt Jerushy jenkins.

= A Study in Psychology. =
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When Hezekier cum from the mill
Tuesday night, he flung The Herald
and News in mi lap, sorter grinned
and sed:
"'Well, Jerushy, Humanitas is
tootin his horn agin.''
"What the matter with him
now?" I axed.
"Blessed if I know! he's got mitey
nj two collums Of hi flown sentiment
in thar, an I bin ehawln on it all
the afternoon and can't swaller a
bit of it-much less digest it."
Hezekier an the boys sot down to
supper an I proceeded to read. Pur-
,ty soon O lade down the paper, an
tHezekier sorter laughed an sed:
"What's the matter, ole wo-
man?'
"Matter enuff!' sez I. II see,
mitey plane what that feller thinks
Of cotton mill peepil-an' his CO.
pinion amt very complimentary
nuther. He says we don't know
enough about physiology" to
know good thing when we see it;
but if I could lay mi ize on him, I'd
make him think I was "conyersed"
in physiognomy enuff to size him up
proper! An he shore "stretehed
his blanket" till it tore slap in two,
when he says I intimated that "lady
iworkers in cotton mills were not
:posted in health science" Health
science nuthin! I never mentioned
sich a thing. I guess cotton mill
women have got sense enough to eat
when they're hungry, drink when
thirsty, and battle when dirty, and
under sich favorable circumstances
an conditions health science can
take keer Of it's self, T reckin.''
Hezekier had now finished his
supper an wuz drummin on the ta-
;ble with his fork, an lookin mitey
serious.
"What you studyin' about?' sez
II. He answered: stI WIZ lest
a thinkin about what Humanitas
writ about improved mersheenery
maxim our conditions worse, the
days longer, etc. That's a darn
"Oh, he jest quoted that from
some big eneiclopeedy Of useful in
formation. His idee wuz to impress
US with his immense profundity, ]
guess
".Shades Of mi departed ances-
ters! you're gettin sorter hi flown
too, amt you Jerushy?''
"Well, I haint got a Webster 5
underbridged dicshunery fur nuthiu,
an I've sorter got a hankerin' fo1
literary fame, I've bin a studyn
it, since Mr.. Aull reckognized mi
furst attempt at ritin,'' sez I.
"Well! well! but to return to Hu-
nanitas. What do you think about
him anyway?" axed Hezekier.
elm not goin' to say, just yet
You know that I'm a woman OF
strong contrabunction and when ]
pass mi copinion on thing I'm hard
to consequence; 50 it won't do fol-
me to be in hurry-I might happen
to BE- rong, an that wood hurt mi
reputation.' .
: "He sed somethin' about child
labor law, too, didn't he?" eontin-
nered Hezeher. -..
; "Yes, he jest did mention it, an
to mi mind that's the most I'M
portint subject Of awl. You know
they won't allow children under II
to work Lick IN the mill, no differ
ence how big an strong an wilhn
they air, an at the present hi price
of ratioas, lots of mothers air COM
PEELED to leave the children in kee1
of a servant an go to work herself
in order that the children may be
fed and clothed, while in school
Now mothers don't mind doing any
thin under the sun for their children.
But here's the rub. School is over
about 3 o'clock, an then what? In
stead Of being. allowed to go in the
mill and help father, mother, broth
er or sister for couple Of ours,
these mischievous imps are turned
loose on the streets to smoke filthy
cigarettes, learn flthier language:
an lay foundations fur Incidence an