Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
NELLIE BLY, WOULD BUILD
MONUMENT TO REAL GIRL
Declares Family Martyr Most Pa
thctic Figure to BE Found
In Life.
SACRIFICES ALL FOR HOME
Invariably Feminine and Is I'm
happicst OF Bcings-iood and
Noble, but Foolisi,-Devotcd 10
Last Degree and Suffers Greatly.
ny NELLIE; RLN.

would build A monument 20 the
ss.ddsst and mos. palhetie Inquire in
. ,en,hs ,i ,nm,;y marty. she Is In,
of married martyrs. OF them. unhap-
piest Of beings write later.
,.! retet now only to that particu-
iices her life for the rest She is
legion. But she is always daughter.
sister. niece or aunt.
! met ono today. She works Has
worked since her fathers death left
4 widow and sin daughters stranded.
That ina vas years ago. Excepting hsr.
slaVins she managed TO support that
family. Two daughters married, both
sfapensiyi. The mother shook OF re-
ing hrst-born. the one who welded the
~salthier man.
The martyr keeps on. without as
found her today in shop select
ing dainty oldrose nisntgown.
suits your darh hair beautifully"
love them she broathed raptur-
ously. MS for sister. she Is III and
] thought this gown would cheer her
Take one for Yourself" urged.
1t suits you 20 we'll"
Can't Afford I.u1urles.
for oh; ca cant ano5h such lu1u.is7
y. Denying herself INDUCING her
family. Depriving herself OF JOY Be.
stowins II upon the others. This has
Good and noble: Yes, but foolish
L'fe has laugh. me that sacrinccs arc
100 often unappreciate and unrc-
wlrd1 Ts, famiiy sra,l,nae is TOO often
family takcs II lacks even the de-
oeney to Acknowledge
AnEthinE rnreived from stranger
even though the slit were a triho.
But the dcdica ton or life from the
family MARTYR IS accepted AS mat
knew family martyr scorned as
shaoby because. she had nothing lef,
FOR her own adjournment after provid-
Ing for the family. knew An aunt
scorned for her ignorance by children
she had educated. knew a sister
sighted by snobhsh brother whosr
success was due TO her care and WORK
Daughters Imposed On.
Ana Tor mothers and fathers WHO
have rn!strcatcd and outrageousiy i'm.
posed on daughters, who were their
know a daughter who nursed nor
mother two years through An incurablc
her, tending The poor suffering ones
wants with Ciod-likc love and tender
oess- The no'hHr would have no ono
mother dying by inches. gee. Never
I'D thAt tender smile fan.
fet ,Io havs see, ,ha' girl SICK T.
Inon inc floor. when out Of sigh, and
hta az 1in and an, cry frantieai,y
can Sse "SG %h no my ' poor mo,he f3nqo
ME die Lot me dc
rep rnsn H. h., o % s .nr ANIL am rog,a
We this7 She mus, do it for her
mothers sake. Had she no heart.
Had she no feeling?
Back 10 Her Tnak.
tnd ,he marytr. with a, loving smile,
n -
helped her assume, would 20 back to
nor terrible task.
20 her family gathered around her ped
want her 10 have my stock. It's
H.. ! hay Io- t" j9sve BIT van, her 10
The ground vas not Ne, settled upon
Isr conn ~hen Al SHE left Vas turned
>: stock VAS included
We mus, All have a share IN that
sstcck nc others maintained, and the
YOU" he promised
This martyr Went TO work She had
20 md some means OF blott;ns out the
memory OF nose Two terrible years o.:
suffering and agony. She has, artcr
i've years taken the Keen edge OF her
pain.
Father Becomes Invalid.
That father has become an invalid
Ihe other children have their homes
1They DO not wish 10 be annoyed Win
mat she mus, give up her position
md come home Ia nurse her father
In:!! ne dies. They rite: y. Is Your
Intii he dies. They write: 1T Is YOUR
Fhey never think they have an equal
7utN They sec no obligations on their
part. They have no desire 10 stcr!hcc
their comfort or welfare.
the martyr mas n pensiontd Dos!-
ton II She leaves, she loses her
pension. When her father dies. she
has no prospects OF getting her posi-
ton hack. Her father and her family
nave refused 10 conaIder salary for
her service 10 her father.
Poor OLD MUD.
Ater No PASSES away she can ONLY
ioo!' forward 10 being "a poor old maid
without home or means. 10 drift, alone
wanted by no one, uncarcd for by All
She Will be looked upon as /. nuisance
ana treated bore
Her own relatives Will be Tie frs,
10 complain that she never married
ana they viii al! write her long Letters
hi!ed wien ice-coid advice about going
!h,o some home 10 spend her last days
Regardless of the consequences
which she realizes az well as |. she
is going. Rather she has COM
pfeached long. matter of-fact sermons
10 nor. laid exhibit after exhibit
ocfoFe her. | pictured tho consequences
- herself and the dismal. poverty
stricken old age which will lie her
II made no difference More un-
se.hsh and heroic than the martyrs
VINO walked into the arena az Wild
beasts or 10 the burning stake for
More unsc!iish, ! say. For the re-