The Ordway new era., 1915-05-28
Suppressed by Her Uncle and
Cousins, Size had Hard
Glrlaood.
WORKED IN FLORISTS SHOP
Being compeIled to Learn tho eusl.
meas. When tho Time Came She
Opened Her Own Gssablit.r
ment ana Succeeded.
uy OSBORN MARSHALL.

N''ps''h''s "''N''''
Tho main difference between the
story OF Clara Cnrrick md tho fairy
story OF Cinderella lies In the fact
that while tho old.timc Ella OF tho
Juvenile was IA neglected stcpdaugh.
tor, tho rcui fesh.and blood Clara OF
tho story was n much,abused niece,
Tho story book heroine sat In the elm
ders und scrubbed tho pots and pans
for her naughty stopsisters. but Clara
Carrick spent most OF her youthful
days behind the counter In her uncle's
dorist shop while her much.indulsed
couaius attended school. took music
lessons, went to parties and other
wise passed their days AS young girls
are expected to do
Old MIR Carrick, tho uncle OF Clara
Carrick, had n monopoly OF tho flower
selling busincns In u certain small
college town In New England more
than n decade ago. Tho name Carrlek
was synonymous in that town to all
things Horticultural. Whether you
wanted to buy u wreath to lay on n
soldiers grave on Memorial day or
whether, as \ student In the small
college, you wanted to send an oifer'
ing OF American Beauties or Eillarnies
to ono of the pretty town girls. you
went TO Carrick's, and usually you
would have been waited on by Clara.
who seemed to 1.-Two behind the dlngy
old counter In an atmosphere OF flow
or pota. Usually when you went into
tho store her nimble young fingers
were working on some set piece" for
q funcral--a task ut which she wns
particularly proficient.
All the students know Clara Car
rick, for Mt some time during their
four ycars' course they had sought
the flower market. aud without an
exception they all liked her bright
uycs and happy smile, But though
they sometimes asked tho Carrlck
g,ris--thr florists two pretty daugh-
tcrs--to 20 to College dances, no one
ever thought Of asking Clara.
Had to Teach AsrsslS.
Clara had been loft fAthcricss and
motherless when shc was about eight
years old. and she had been taken into
tho household Of hcr uncle on the un.
dcrstaudtna that shc should not make
burden OF herself and that she
should help In tho storc, When the
school inspector came around. as he
occasionally did. tho uncle evaded his
questions Ms to whether Clara was
being sent to schocl And no one In
the town felt eufllcicntly Interested to
report him for 40 doing.
Hut Clara used to get hold OF her
rousins' school hooks after they got
very dit',cult matter for her to teach
herself many of tho lessons that her
cousins had trouble In mastering
Aud all the t,me abe was learning
moro aud moro about the florists
business First she simply waited on
customers Then she became so prom.
Client at making bouquets and set
iicccs that MT Currtck tntrusted her
With all OF this work. and this some-
times kept her busy far iato the night
wiring aud arranging the many bios
toms that were needed in tho de-
tsens Then when hcr uncle made
the discovery that she had been study
t,e arithmetic by herself. after ALLOW.
iaE . suitable time for his assumed
fnser to wear on. he suggested to her
tha, she take charge OF the accounts
A,d tho sending out OF the hllls
''lf you haven't enough to do and
caa waste your time reading books
that aren't meant for YOU. you might
xrt busy and do something to pay uu
hack 4 little for all the money We
lave had TO spend on YOU" was his
Say Of indicating that he would like
her to undertake, this new work.
The next task which wss given TO
Clara was that OF going to the flower
market, This she WAS expected to
,,o first when she had arrived a, the
age of seventeen, II involved going
% the nearby city and choosing and
purchasing the various cut flowers and
PLANTS that were needed In the bust.
ness
1t Was an epportunity TO get away
trom tho tedious bondage Of the shop
and to see little Of the world, ha,
thr strl was not easrr TO do It. In
fact. TOR the nrs, time In her rather
trVlns experience with her uncle, she
reselicd.
Mas Ashamed etsher Clothes,
The rSasra fer her reeeitsan her
cousins were not Ions IN discovering
NSscr little Clara MAS ashamed OF thc
clothes she werc-the heavy, stacS
serge dresses that were sivea TO her
Ny her taecns,derA;e relatives She
so,ssd 10 wear trim sh,rtwsistsS rib
BON avs and leather belts, even II
eAcy were the old ones discarded by
aer cousins, As = mark Of grsSt In
nutscaee. Clara WAS allowed to do this
TOR \ while ard thea the uncle dc
ctdcd that he ccs,id not a9ord the ex'
pence, for although the shtrt~ais;s
we're Old aud although Clara "a; up
after her dsys ~Nrk ~ss done to