Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10

of that journey, when he old before his time and
let his WEAKNESS appear at home, and kept his cheer
and strength for his sick people abroadwould do?
Could Molly stand it? She looked about at Moly's
lovely and stroked Mollys lovely gown. Could
Molly do-the sort of things that Molly mother had
done to make home sweet to MORALLY tired man?
Molly came in. 1t early in spring, and the air
keen and sweet Her cheeks should have been
finely red; but they were pale instead, and the light in
her eyes that of trouble and unrest.
"Tve been down with the Settlement girls" said
Molly.
Molys mother put Sidney Matthew'S card back
among the vioets and laid the box in Alolly's lap.
Molly took up the card unsniling.
did you his little verse;" asked Mollys mother
as the girl was replacing the card without looking at its
IF star could be violet too.
And a violet
I'd know thing more like your eyes
Than just poor vioets are. "
The shadow of dmple flashed at her mouth corner.
"Poor Sd!' said she. Il don't how he spend his
emily and sat down the bed without noticing the pale
folds of the party gown Indeed, it only by quick
foresight that her mother rescued of it from
being sat upon. She loved every stitch of that gown
1--WE been down with the Settlement girls" said
Molly again. "They were telling MEETINGS.
Moly's mother sat very still, looking down at her
seemed rather work roughened. "What things Sweet
hearth" she said at last Molly kept silent, staring
with eyes that did at the little gray suede slip
pers that stood beside the long gray gloves her dress
ing table.
Things that knew only the names of before,-about
children in the slums about little girls who have
care, about poverty and wickedness of all kinds, and
what it's like when people are cold and hungry
"Those very terrible things, said N1oy's mother.
They We're only words in the dictionary before, said
of the people, rather think I'll be trained
nurse, and do district work. said Molly.
"You would feel like that" said Molly MOTHER "of
course
the world, and yet you 60 around Jolly anything,
pottering-yes forgive Only after learning what I've
learned today wicked to have dear, cOntencd
home like ours, to spend time embroidery"
Moy's mother touched her roughened finger to her
Fps as though it hurt
Embroidery, and all the little tiny, everyday things
of the house"
"Does it seem So Dear?'
"Oh Mother, there girl there who had never
had chance Miss Wayte talking to her as came
must die. Her poor face with the paint upon it, her
poor high heelcd shoes I'll at the side, her
nervous laugh and pathetic slangand she younger
than Il"
"And what then, my darling?'
"What then? l have seen this poor, wicked, dying
thing Wicked? Who am to say So who have been
sheltered and petted all my life while she caught
like mouse and tortured a mouse is by cat? What
could she do? And you say What then?' Why-then
Am | to put on my pretty new gown tonight and
dance? What right has to be happy in such
world! And there were others. A little thin, one
legged boy-oh, such eyes, Mother- poor Italian
woman whose husband had been killed. she had week
old baby in her shaw and Others. How can dance
tonight? Shall one dance graVes!"
"If there were no other place dance, said MOllys
mother very quietly.
4There is no other place, and should not dance