The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-23

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 to pummel them hard with the big umbrella. Even then she didn't get what was coming to her; the lads ran off laughing, though one showed a welt on his forehead from her blows. The men only looked their disgust and went back to work. Fan cy the butter-in clothed with a lit tie brief authority! Without it she felt herself equal to being judge, jury and policeman, moreover, her blows were much more severe and danger ous than those which reused her line moral wrath.
 A newspaper sent me once to See sundry people that I might write something directly to their profit, and indirectly to the papers. Nine peo- pie received and treated me like duchess at least; the tenth, whom I approached as politely as I knew how paid no heed to me whatever. Af- ter waiting ten minutes l murmured that I would go; was sorry to have %as t1Tning s9 0nss Sesrd stop You say you come from the - naming my paper; well, I'll have you know I'm it's main advertiser. I'm going to write to 1t to discharge you to- morrow" I bowed in silence, again turning. Again the voice thundered. ''Why, damn you. you look as though you thought yourself as good as am.''
 .'But not by any means in your class" I could not help saying; then went officeward, to report and tell my principals if my head were de- manded my resignation was ready. was told to make myself easy, that no- body outside could occasion the dis charge of an employee who did the duty in hand There the matter rest ed so far as I was concerned; if the man held to his threat never heard of it. But I very much fear if my employers had been women the mere potentiality of a threat would have made them send me packing. This because of later cognate happen ing. Passing the big shop in com pany with Q woman who was rather expansively philanthropic and certain ly very charitable to herself. she start ed in. I hung back, giving my req son. She heard me impatiently. should miss a bargain she said. "You told me you needed underwear, and they are selling union suits here at S9 cents that everywhere else are a dollar.''
 She was quite sincere It was in1-
 
 point of view. She thought, and truly, that my bit of money could make no difference whatever in the trade of big house, whereas the saving I was denying myself might mean something to me. In fact she could not get it through her head that I valued my self-respect higher than 33 cents, the sum she wanted to save for me. She was professedly my warm friend, and had not the least
 40 T revelation never hindered her from . single bargain at that particular es- tablishmen
 A very rich woman came to me, ,giv ing a false name. to engage me for piece of work peculiarly tedious and exact1ng. There was no possibility of getting anything but money out of over it was to be a compilation for private circulation. The lady was very gracious at the outset, said flat tering things of my capacity-she had heard of me through my publishers, and had come to me, although a man was eager to do the work, because she believed so in her own sex and al- ways favored women. We talked for two hours; then she asked my price I named a sum barely equivalent to .up her hands, crying: why. the man will do it for that! You're like the rest-think I'm made of money"
 Then by all means let him do it once, looking rather fearfully about her as though fearing she was to be sandbagged. I never saw her again, on business. I did see her on pa rade, so know her name and estate | Victoria, queen and empress. was closer kin than most mothers to her son and successor; the sons father was her first cousin. Thus the two had almost identity of blood; also identity of breeding, in that both grew up facing the throne. To each there came opportunity for service to fellow creature that should also be service to the race at large. Let us see how they embraced it. One of the Queens maids of honor was Lady Flora Hastings; she had the misfor- tune to be beautiful, and thus to please the eye of the prince consort But there was no breath of scandal until the young woman fell ill of an affection that distorted her shape and gave the cenSorious room to look ask ance. She protested her innocence to the Queen, but was sent away in disgrace to die-and prove her inno- cence. Here was woman's jealousy of woman translated into woman's cruelty to woman, when another | course would have been so high and fine; when the Queens countenance would have soothed dying bed and made the evil minded hang their heads in shame. Further, it would have been far reaching in it's effect; what a queen had done in suspend ing judgment other women would feel they also must do. Perhaps the Queen was sorry; certainly she tried | to heap honors on the family of Hast | ings. I set it to the family's credit that it kept religiously away from | court until Edward VII. reigned in 1 his mothers stead.
 Pity he had not reigned twenty years earlier; he might but for wo4 ! mans jealous clinging to power. Thir- l ty years rather than ten of his large | unchristian virtues would have been | worth a lot ocivilization. That is. | however, a Aggression. His oppor- | tunity came likewise through a wo- man, a poor, mad, once beautiful creature who had damned herself ! with the most dreadful accusations.