Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-07

| I NafiggeNYOne respect is verS diner
ent -ffctn4 what it was a ceneuSy ago
Then there was one head to Che fauig
ly, the husband Now. 1t Is e3aimed
nine-tenths of the young womsn OF The
world. including the wealthy sasses.
work V This fdueatfF shem toba self
dependence II -s.'.,, issir srata moth
ers knew spthhsIf R -
Charlotte Blake was one sf these
girls who worked. Work to her was
not ne0=ssnry! sHe9 father wae abun!
dantly uble2 to support her. lot she
could not bnook hileness. She nossess-
ed q good voice and would hase liked
to 60 on the stage had her father not
objected As Iit was she gave music
lessons But WHEN she religased her,
self to Henry Psmeroy hef lofef OBJ
jected To her doing anything wtatever.
20 she gave up teachtnguiI y 9ci
She had been eagased several 10 nonths
without henrine nHythingl ffen her.
fanee as 70 thelr Cnilrriaee. anA time
hanging benSy Oh her M nds. sl1% spoke
-
SIN gettiags fIiugss into shape for,
that" lie said Leave 1t to mex Just
as soon as I'm ready III let youknpw."
''Doa you PROPOSE always tif keep
your Affairs to yOurself?' Sb III
''Why would you wish to heakabout'
themf Ydni W6,Is1Bst ufderstanlbthem
and yOsr. COinions upon them SvOdid
zVYlv hNP NAF I'M In Nor saAs.A
to a mountain trail. Give him hfss
head and ball carry you safely ETryf
to guide him and he'll spill yOHp
This was al that was said ab6nt the
matter at the time. Miss BLAKE CON
: tinued to 'ds nothincs while Nr.S POM
eroy pursued Tie even tenor ef his
way without mentioning his affAlrs to
her. He was devoted to her inSother
respects. taking her to the theater. 10
drives amt aff'bfding her other amhse
ments. Indeed. he treated her tn the
old Fashioned wsSy as his father had
trearesI tIasI n6tlifr AZ his grandfs ther
had treated his grandmother. y '
But Charlotte lived in a diKefent
age FROM his hother or his eFansf
mother She hdd been developer She
was itching to assume her part Sf the
Sandy heaayark. = ,Self eontroR was
one Of 81 rsaaithresl II ~ ,s5yeiora
ment, and tnaL sen control ssauIea
her, havihx 1sYSReRD YpetI 9p YtheSmat
ter that most Interested Ter, to refrnin
from doing, so aGln. NeverthfltsS
there was ~ kpoAifgiqS 2fpe Sltbin
Miss Blake wasa representatives Nf the
twentieth century woman. IN 4
Meanwhile the flowers came segnl lar-
> ", and her Tfanre sSas NOT spnrEng of
his Invitations As 10 the flowers. she
sent them 10 an Invalid whom shn 70
garded her especial protege. and some
Of the invitations she declined These
methods OF cOurtship did not interest
her. Pomeroy nUt having risen cO
modern methods. kBsw or no other
way 90 shuNv~ his devotion. VhAis she,
being a modern giEl, had, no use for ht,
tentions IA vogue half a century le
fore
One evening Pomer6y Rppenre red at
her home and said: Il am happy to an
nounce that my affairs are nov IN con
dition to take you, from your fatii"-
and support you In The same. style ns
that TO wIh,h ton Nave been ace =,
toned" rod ri. b9r0rEgTD 'sdi
what am 1 10 d0T taEi q.g,,sG Il
What are you, o., dot don't uaGe er
stand you. -, - = nrrgualbrI -
81 infer from what sou say that you
ants. who will take every care Of tee
house. i re rnotbInE, TO OeeupE HH'
My mind will be u lyasuumPus>Sf
what have Isdies always, doner
81 am not GnaceTBed With that |
have never considered IHarEAage eFei,
In the present day, only know that
1 am a woman. have earned a 'Aaib
cheney 20 taie care OF myself and dUiI'r
need any -ufY~ TO- take-care of me- u
/ could be- as q vUs rFtad woman. 3
partner I'm my husbands s affairs 4 sup
pose I should be Interested N TnTrrt
mony. Az w. tyg4I dat think l have
any use for 't
The lover stO0si axiia Il, and f1isHia .
Gee coutinueS4-a 5Tots . u7li buE.
.q have Found the PERIOD OF engage
ment insipiq You have sent me Dow
ers and thealfr sifckets- , J only Yon
dered that Won didn't send me a doll
Now you propose To set me up In yOrf
home a. waai hguss Iantsr a1qf&'.
cover. I decline the honor. am about
to sign a corrssR fp fgp on the stage
I'm going 20 try occupying myself IN
the profession, ef MUSIC for, tw9 years
but am practical enough, TO 1EealiTe
that II i opce eater UPON thst, Rs9tes-
sion i shall doubtless Eollow-tt es hSs1a
as my voice lzsSs 9'nar Is WANT nth
ers have done! aud I SEQ roreaAoni viii
l should DE- an e1 certfor" % 7'l''7 A1'
Pomeroy was So taEan aback- that for
awhile he did not know what 10 say
'1t seems to me, be said hpGllT
that rod aIei ttdtbeaik g<Al1AJtbS tco
fast as / am too slow | see that nm
not up to date in tha matter Of a court
ship or In my estimate OF the -n4Oderr
position OF q wife l viii meet yOu
halfway win take you as a part
ner as wen as one 40 love II you vii
give up the career ron have chosen tc
accept the partnership"
'tNow you nre proposing sornethin:
that meets my conference" said Char
lotte. Il agree TO your terms"
But the care of n fff1fiy threw n.
wife back 10 the siainso OF beg .gyard
mother. She fOnh1 It Impossible ~
supply the waats Of hsr, cts ldTaJi Yp'
learn enough about her husbaBd'S o. y Is,l
ness to eoDsnlsl Yiib RinF iste y igeEfly
The consequeqee Ore = tii4 Il she patural
ly dropped into her own sphere. Ieav
Ing her husband to occupy his alone.