The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-26
Her COLLEGE CAREER
BY HELEN DEAN.

II was something unusual in our vii
lage for a girl to have aspirations for
4 college career. and then. too. that II
! should be Joe Millers plain. freckle-
faced little Maggie. who had gradu.
ated from high school with honors,
but no flowers. Indeed. flowers had
not entered largely into Maggie's life.
After her mothers death she kept
house for her crippled father until
he died.
II Maggie heard how she was crit.
cised for thinking Of spending her lit.
tie inheritance 30 foolishly. she did
cot let 1t affect her. She went to
college. and we did not see anything
Of her for four years. When she came
back. we scarcely recognized Joe's
girl in the tall. beautiful young lady
who was so kind and sweet to al
Of us. that we began to think college
might be a pretty good thing for . girl.
after all. But 1t was as We feared.
Maggie Margaret, as she called her.
self-had ideas: she couldn't settle
down.
Mrs. Slower said she came to her
house one evening and told her that
she was interested In domestic sci-
ence. and that after having given the
servant.girl problem much study. she
had come to the conclusion that II
good, capable girls would take up the
work, the standard would be raised
and this noble profession lifted from
the depths to which It had fallen. She
then asked Mrs. Slower point blank
whether she would let her daughters
20 out with her to service. 4rs.
Slower has weak heart. and she had
. spell right there.
Maggie was not easily discouraged.
She visited all her girl friends, but
not one was sufficiently interested In
the good work to sacrifice precon.
ceived ideas Mrs Ivan. however. said
that she had presented the matter to
her in such AN attractive light that
she really thought of encouraging her
Anna Belle. but, as she argued, II
might ruin her future prospects,
young man fraom Spring Dale was
calling at the Ivan home--and that
Joe Mllers Maggie had nothing to
lose In that way. We really felt
sorry for Maggie II she had stayed
at home. she might have eventually
married some plain, honest man. but
now. we agreed she was matrimo-
nially dead. No man would stand for
q woman with queer ideas.
Maggie succeeded in getting q posi-.
ton as cook with the Van Skiver's
down on the River road. We heard
through their nurse that when the
eldest son came home for vacation he
spent too much time In the kitchen to
suit his mother. so she told her cook
she didn't need her services longer.
She went to the city In the fall and
secured employment with q college
professors family We heard nothing
Of her for about two years. then Lit.
Teton had sensation. A marked
copy Of city paper was sent on
Van Huett.hAilier.
Rather unique wedding took place
on the Goth. at Hall Crest. the summer
home of Prof. Andrew Arlington. Miss
Margaret Miller and DR.. Henry Van
Huett were united in marriage
Mrs. Van Hluett is interested In so
cial work. and was employed as a do
mestice In the Arlington home. where
nestle in the Arlington home, where
marriage ceremony took place in the
kitchen. according to the wishes of
the bride.
Doctor and Mrs. Van Huett viii
leave for an extended trip abroad"