Evening star., 1915-05-15

She was very poor. In westmore there
are two kinds of poverty. The Hodges
| who live on the Cold Spring road, are
| poor because they are improvident. II
! they had q thousand dollars today to-
morrow they would again be destitute
Helping them is like pouring water
! goes in. They were born to saualor
Unless their poverty freezes or starves
f, them it does not distress them.
! Hannah's poverty wns different She
, had come of parents who had been
! proud. honest. striving. frugal: hal
been reared daintily and taught to
have a taste for all the best things Of
life. IL she had had only bread for her
supper she had eaten il prettily Will
q napkin She had been "A timid fran
child and learning had come hard for
her. Her parents had left her a tiny.
! income. She tried TO supplement IL bS
earning with her hands. Naturally. her
physique was not made for such toll
and she broke down. Since then she
had done odd jobs-a little darning.
sewing. candy making or cake baking.
/ She had for her home a room in the
! house OF poor woman. Hannah felt
| that she was doing a little good BY
renting this room and paying for -
1 promptly. She could have lived rent
! free at many houses. but that was NOR.
| than she would accept Wherever and
I however she could she tried TO make
some return for what she received This
deep sense of obligation Influenced all
that Hannah said or thought or did.
Where other women gave money, o.
| wit Of sufficient leadership. she esNc
! cheerfulness. appreciation. love. deyo-
! ton. She made her whole life sub
! servient TO these qualities. Yet she was
often far from happy. Hannah ,eallzed
her poverty and her limitations.
To-day. sitting there beside Mrs
Roger Hilton. she kept her smile add
her look of placidity over "A very trou
bled heart. 1t was her ftftieth birth
day and she had received tableful of
postcards little gifts pleasant notes
As she looked about the room she
| women who had remembered her
women to " HON she could make no
I turn at all. The thought was in itself
q pang. She felt like 1arpeia sutro-
! Gated under her burden of shields And
her whole unselfish soul cried out liz
! longing to be able to giNe-giye IL
some such measure as she was given
| unto.
After the meeting there was a pleas
ant time of chatting and refreshment
Hannah ate expensive green salad.
sandwiches, imported cakes with the
rest. But she ate them in a different
spirit They we're another shield added
| to the mountain over her
She walked part way home with Miss
! Norman.
They meet at my house next time.
Hannah. Don't forget" said Miss Nor
man. 81 wish you'd come to see me
some time
Thank you, I will. gratefully. Miss
Norman
They parted. Hannah went toward
Mrs. Wares. AS she mounted the
stairs Mrs. Ware. a hurried, worried
woman in faded percale, came out of
her room.
II heard you. Hannah" she said.
Wait! I've got something for you.
The postman left it while you were
away and / put IL in the clock so
the children wouldn't get hold Of it
She vanished a moment and reap
peared with the letter. 1T was the
only thing that came this afternoon.
suppose you got all your remem-
J brances this morning. Did you have
! good time at the meeting?"
Delightful. Mrs. Ware. always
do have when / go. Thank you for
s taking care of the letter. BY the
way. tell Mary that I'll give her some
, OF my postcards for her album. I
D love them just for their sentiment,