The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-11
TOOLS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

TOOLS OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
"For they alone have need of sorrow,
And they alone are poor,
For whom in life Loves holy angel
Hath opened not the door,"
A poor seamstress who works hard
and whose daughter is in depart
ment store, said to me the other day:
Il promised to give my girl birth
day present. That day rolls around
soon. Now what do you suppose she
wants me to give her? You never in
the world could guess, so I'll tell you.
! have been limiting to her that my
poor purse might allow her nice,
suitable pair of everyday shoes, that
she could go to work in and loook de-
cent instead of shabby, as she does
now. She turned from me with a
dissatisfied look and asked quickly:
Mother, won't you please grant my
greatest wish long for few paint
brushes and materials to try with"
Wasn't | angry to hear such foolish
request, and we, poor as church mice
Soundly / upbraided her, coming out
and telling her that her mind must
be affected. She must imagine she
was living in an air castle of gold!
Nothing / said daunted her nor
changed her longing in the least. She
became so downcast it worried me
night and day. Finally l saw my
way out of the difficulty, which my
kind heart had brought about. / will
give my girl the money-three dol
lars-which will be her gift from me.
She will have perfect right to spend
it as she pleases. / will not bother
my head any more about it, / con-
cluded."
"The purse was empty when the
three dollars was left beside the
alarm clock on her table. For days
after never was a word spoken be-
tween mother and daughter, after
their hours Of toll, as to what was
done with the amount. The girl still
wore shabby shoes and a shabbier
dress. Her cheeks were little paler,
showing Enthusiastically that she had
remained up long past midnight. She
was up at the first streak of dawn,
long before others were astir, and out
of the house, threading her way on a
mission of heart interest to her. She
did not mind the task of art nor the
heavy parcel she carried, which she
put safely in her room. She had a
better appetite than ever before, and
it was easy to see that a new am
bition lent buoyancy to the workers
steps.
Circumstances were against her, |
when her mother upbraided the young |
toiler for idling money and her time
away with paint boxes, which she had
at once bought and studied over in
doors and out.
Art became her calling. Her talent
was one of success, a gift. She had
free rein to mold her future talents
despite her early hardships of being
kept back in tolls beaten track. Proud |
was that poor mother that her girl
had made her own way in the world |
to fortunes top round. / have won
dered since knowing of her plucky de-
termination to win against all odds
if there were not others equally as
ambitious if they were allowed to
take their own bent, without let or
hindrance, instead of being hampered
by circumstances.
Mothers hearts are most always
bound up in their daughters welfare.
But they do not always have the same
views, or understand some of the mo-
tives which impel them to forge
ahead, if circumstances are not dis
couraging. One and all must pull
together if they would amount to-
anything that is superior. A musical
genius may have the house Uttered
with one and all of the latest sheets
of music. She may drum on the
piano, apparently in dream. If not
checked, she is liable to take up the
study and make an enviable name for
herself. It's part of young peoples
aspiration. Don't check them.
Miss Libby's reply to your letters.
Correct name and address must be
given to insure attention, not to print
Use ink. Write short letters only, on
one side of paper. Address, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Four Girls Love Him.
Dear Miss Libby: We are four
young girls, deeply interested in al
nice young man, who seems to have
no choice among US. How can we
help him decide which stands the best
chance of winning him? E. F. ]. e.
The young man is simply courteous
to four pleasing girls but not in love
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