The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-22
KANSAS COMAEHT



Beauty as life work is no good
Ihe old adage declares it to be but
SKIN deep anyway and. like all other
skin games, the person who backs it
TOO neav1ly finally loses. It's too thin
70 stand the test of years, and we are
always finding little pieces in the news
paper, away down in the corner some
Where telling of some noted beauty OF
FORMER years who has just cashed in
her checks in some out of the way
poor house
The latest returns from the morgue
tell or Nellie Hom1ick, once the belle
OF Urbana, ILL.,, the state university
town, and the prize beauty at the Chi
cago Worlds fair. Nellie died the
other day in a New York hospital
without friend to shed a tear for her
sad end.
And Nellie was something of a goer
in her prime. She had all the boys of
little old Illinois u. dippy about her
and waiting in line for an opportunity
to take her to a show, or driving be-
mind the most spanking team that the
Drpana livery barn owned, or walking
down the shady avenues in the gentle
springtime when the young mans
fancy does its annual turn. Nellie never
lacked for human compaHionship of
the male persuasion, for she was a
favor1te with saint and sinner, Jew and
Semitic, learned and barbarians, for
Nellie was pretty in seven different
languages and dialects, and all schools
of art recognized her.
1t is said that Nellie didn't have to
study or be useful or kind or good.
What other people needed these little
accom- mp1ishments for Nellie did with
her regular features and peach and
cream com plexion. She could put a
doctor of philosophy over the ropes in
two rounds with her eyes, and many a
savant who could extract the cube root
with his eyes shut, couldn't solve her
snile-and sat up nights trying to do
it.
When beauty could buffalo learning
at this rate, and keep a string of will
ing slaves in attendance, what was the
use of irking ones self with tiresome
old lessons and annoying tasks2 Echo
and Nellie made a chorus when they
answered: Nothing"
So Nellie's beauty grew and bios
went to seed like cockleburr. When
Nellie found herself busted up in busi-
ness, pulchritudinally speaking, she
didn't have pin money The result
was that Nellie often hungered for a
box of bonbons like Charlie used to
give her, and a plate of that ice cream
of old would have kept her alive for a
whole day.
But Nellie had made a business of |
being pretty, to the neglect of some OF
the more stable lines, and whatever is |
won by beauty has to be kept by beau |
ty. Nellie didn't have a cent left in I
her beauty bank That's why Nellie |
died IN the charity ward of q hospital !
the other day.-Ottawa Republic.
MOTHER
The most unseIhsh person in the
world is Mother. There is no sacrifice /
too large for her to make, none too |
small that she does not enjoy. The (
home life centers around mother. Her I
counsel is sought on the most import /
ant matters and the most trifiing de- /
tail of any plan must have her ap-
proval. When a member of the family /
goes for a trip it is mother who gem
erously plans and prepares and sees
that everything is arranged for a
pleasant journey When a storm sud
denly breaks forth in the middle of /
each bed chamber, lowers the windows I
and draws the curtains, taking every /
care not to awaken the sleeping child |
rem. When sickness invades the home
and death turks just beyond the little
family circle it is mother again who
grapples with the grim prosecutor as
hour after hour and night after night /
of herself she watches over
the bedside of the disease stricken
child. And when the crisis is passed
and hope aWakenS life to contravene
against death, mother slips softly away
for a little rest She falls asleep Sc
'enely happy that her service and sac
-ifice has saved the life of dear one.
Everything that Is dearest and
sweetest in life in some eway is linked
Up with mother The home is a mere
mouse without mother. And yet we
wonder If the home always appreciates
nother.-Atchison Champion.
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