The Washington times., 1915-09-07

-HEY met at the commencement
marty OF the girls college
the three women who had
graduated from that college
some years ago.
One of them was in widows weeds
ana one was smartly dressed in tho
say fashion Of today and one was
plain little woman in quiet apparel.
and they went away from the
crowded reception and wandered
down an old path they all knew and.
then. they sat down on a worn bench
under an old, old tree in Paradise
Lane. and talked.
"what dreamer you always were.
May" said the plain little woman to
the widow. Toll us, did your dreams
come true?"
And the widow spoke and smiled
} and there was something sad and yet
something very youthful and tender
in her smile.
"yss.". she said. my dream canno
iu .yssy San o' .st St " and nae .Se Ssy ,msS anisS
again to keep her lip from Quiverins.
Mine came true" said the smart
worldly woman. and oh! wish It
voice. though 1t was gentle, was cold
and somehow not quite pleasant to
hear.
What the Rich Man Gave.
Il married, rich man-you know I
always wanted to travel. Well, that
came true. all right. l haven't done a
thing but travel for years. Around and
around the world we 10. in trains. In
yachts, in motor cars. on the backs Of
camels-and once we almost drove q
"a ~ - .xri@ Jail
band he'll never be happy till he owns
q circus and travels with 1t. And I'm
homesick without a home to be sick for.
And Joe and ! never see each other
alone; there's always party-I do hate
parties. And Joe Is always tending up
to some woman for my sake and I'm
always tending up to some man for
Joe's sake. and every time ! see a
woman with Q baby in her arms my
heart burns and l wish 1 was in her
the dream Of riches and position and
hadn't"
The other two laughed to prove to the
woman OF the world that they were
not in the least sorry for her. for they
then the plain woman spoke:
II had dreams. too." she said. a little
singer. you know. and have the world
at my feet. and / was going to take
all the money I made in my music and
spend 1t In cha wanted
to build for children. Oh. fancied my
self a regular Florence Nightingale with
voice Of Tetrazzini and the millions
of Mrs. Russell Sage and was going
to be always good and always generous
and always kind-and look at me
II have just exactly $29. 70 in the bank
Il looked 1t up yesterday to be sure.
I've never been in a hospital In my life
and couldn't sing a note. really sing
It I mean as It should be sung. to save
the nation.
My dream didn't come true. I'm
afraid I'm wicked enough to be glad
OF It.
For oh, somehow. I don't know why
or how. but. oh. am very. very happy"
And they asked her about 1t. the other
two. and she told them the simple story
OF a quiet life in a quiet home with a
good husband and four beloved children.
A Real Triumph of the Year.
1.-The years have fairly dubbed BY"
said the nuiet woman. II don't know
how they've Rone-I never have time to
think. There was the year little John
had the whooping cough and the year
little Mary couldn't get on In the
kindergarten and tho year william be-
gan to want to fight every boy in the
neighborhood. and the year Martha be-
RAn to take an interest in her frocks
and wanted to know some way to keep
her noBe from beine shiny without using