Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-02-20
HEX COLLEGE CAREER
BY HELEN DEAN.

II was something unusual In our VII
lage for a girl to have aspirations for
a college car -, and then, too, that II
should be Joe mlllers plain, freckle-
faced little Maggie, who had gradu-
ated from high school with honors,
hut no flowers. Indeed, flowers had
not entered largely into Maggie's life.
After her mothers death she kept
house for her crippled father until
ne died.
II Maggie heard how she was criti-
cised for thinking Of spending her III
tie inheritance SO fooHshly, she did
not 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 all
OF us. that we began to think college
might be a pretty good thing for girl,
after all But it 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 AID 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 chat 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, Mrs.
Slower has a weak heart, and she had
a 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
1 her in such an attractive light that
she really thought of encouraging her
| Anna Belle, but, as she argued, 1t
might ruin her future prospects-a
young man fraom Spring Dale was
/ calling at the Ivan home-and that
/ Joe Millers Maggie had nothing to
| lose in that way. We really felt
sorry for Maggie. If she had stayed
! at home, she might have eventually
4 married some plain. honest man, but
now. we agreed, she was matrimo-
/ nially dead No man would stand for
4 a woman with queer ideas
Maggie succeeded in getting posi-
ton as cook with the Van Skivers
down on the River road. We heard
4 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 a sensation. A marked
copy of city paper was sent on.
Van Huett-MiIIer.
Rather unique wedding took place
on the both, at Hall Crest, the summer
] home of Prof Andrew Arlington. Miss
/ Margaret Miller and DR. Henry Van
Huett we're united In marriage
Mrs. Van Huett 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"