Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-26
THE EVENING STORY.
DECISIVE EDITH.



Edith was the positive kind. At the
tender age of seven she selected the trim
ming for her own hats. And this In spite
of positive mother and three advice
proffering older sisters. Il know what
| want yelled Edith, and usually she
attracted such "A crowd in the millinery
shop that her ashamed mother. and furi-
Gus sisters were glad to give it to her as
soon as possible aud get her out
At the age of ten she abandoned the
Methodist Church. which three genera
lions of her family had worshiped in and
been buried from. and went over to the
baptist Sunday school. Il like the wall
paper better" she explained Those lit
tie angels flying over the windows in your
church aren't 50 pretty as the pictures IN
mine
Her mother tried to argue. but hope
lessly. Her sisters stormed. her father
got angry You march straight back
next Sunday" he threatened. Afterward
her mother drew him aside. Don't be
harsh" she pleaded shell make a
scene" So he. made wise by experience,
gave in. and Edith was henceforth Bap.
tist-and dear, perfect little scholar
her new teacher took pains to seek her
mother out and tell her.
When Edith was thirteen she was han
tonboy and half saint Her sisters never
enjoyed the latter transitions, because
they usually ended in a row, and Edith
did what she pleased Just to show them
that she could When she reached the
maturity of fifteen She declared sol
emn, deep hatred for all Insecurity, ex-
cept her father.
Dear it's such a relief, her mother
sighed to EdithS sisters. who We're en-
gagged to be married at that time BE
cause YOU know she might have been
wild about them c'then' meant the high
school boys and YOU know We couldn
have managed her." And the gentle
s;ray-haired woman as Il secret reward
allowed Edith twice as much spending
money as her older sisters had been
given.
The sisters, being engaged and 50 more
assured. stormed at their parents. You
give in to her disgracefully. You must
quit" they said.
Il wish l could" said Edth's mother
Then, prodded by them. she dec AIRED frm-
" to her youngest daughter, Ed th
your father doesn't like Your joining three
girls clubs. He says
TELL him to lump it, then" GROSSLY re-
torted Edith and bounced out the front
door.
married Edith watched the proceedings
interestedly. but she can1idly told the
family and the pub ic that she didn't
mink much of her two new brothers
I;oobs was one expressive word ap-
f,ji"d And they're not rich and they re
"ut guud-Iookns, and Jim looks like a
tstuiq and Fred makes me think of 4
'a.py Boston terrier. she g.ggied
what did you pick them for" she ask
~ her sisters pleasantly.
That strained the relations between
them and her to begin with Then. be-
ing married. they assumed wisdom and
4 guardianship that they had not dared
before III they don't quit nagging at
me-" Edith coolly told her mother. II II
tell everybody in town that Fred yells
when the coffee isn't jusr So and Jim
Ipouts when the grocery bill is dollar
bigger than the week before. And III
think of other things to tel. And if l
can't think of true things I'll make up
some" Her mother warned her sisters.
And they subsidized. Edith had habit of
fulfilling her promises. But they glow
cred from a distance. Edith's father
watcher her worriedly. but he paused