The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-04-25


down something he had found out
about one Of the considerations in the
night.
He's always finding out something
about those old stars just when we
want him to pay attention to some
thing else. And, oh, | forgot to say
that / know 1t is constellation" and
not Consideration" But I used TO
call them that when l was little girl,
and Mother said it was good name
for them, anyway, for they were a con-
sternation to her all right. Oh, she
said right of afterward that she didn't
mean that, and that l must forget she
said 1t. Mothers always saying that
about things she says.
Well, as I was saying, Father didn't
know until after breakfast that he had
a little daughter. eve never tell him
disturbing. exciting things just before
meals.) And then Nurse told him.
/ asked what he said. and Nurse
laughed and gave her funny little
shrug to her shoulders.
Eyes, what did he say. indeed?" she
returted. "He frowned, looked kind of
dazed then muttered: Well, well, up
on my soull Yes. to be surer"
Then he came in to see me.
don't know, Of course, what he
thought of me. but I guess he didn't
think much of me, from what Nurse
said. OF course I was very. very small
and l never yet saw a little bit of p
baby that was pretty, or looked as If
it was much account. So maybe you
couldn't really blame him.
Nurse said he looked at me, NUT
tered. "Well, well, upon my soul -
again. and seemed really quite interest
ed till they started to put me In his
arms. Then he threw up both hands,
backed off, and cried, "Oh, no, no, no ~
He turned to Mother and hoped she
was feeling pretty we'll, then he got
out Of the room just as quick as he
could. And Nurse said that was the
end Of 1t, so far as paying any more
attention to me was concerned for
quite while.
He was much more interested In his
daughter. We were both born the
same night, you see, and that star was
lots more consequence than I was
But, then, that's Father all over. And
that's one of the things, think, that
bothers Mother. / heard her say once
to Father that she didn't see why
when there were so many, many stars
a paltry one or two more need to be
made such a fuss about. And 1 don't
either.
But Father just groaned, and shook
his head, and threw up his hands, and
looked so tired. And that's all he said
That's all he says lots of times. But
it's enough. It's enough to make yOu
feel so small and mean and insignifi
cant as If you were just a little greer
worm crawling on the ground Die
you ever feel like a green worm crawl
ing on the ground? It's not pleasant
feeling at all.
Well now. about the name OF
course they had to begin to talk abOu
naming me pretty soon; and Nurse
said they did talk a lot. But the!
couldn't settle it. Nurse said that tina
was about the first thing that SHOW et
how teetotally utterly they were goin;
! to disagree about things.
! Mother wanted to call me Viola
after her mother, and Father wante
! to call ME Abigail Jane after hi
mother; and they wouldn't either on
| give In to the other. Mother was sicl
and nervous, and cried a lot thoS,
days, and she used to sob out that |
! they thought they were going to nam
! her darling little baby that awful Abb
/ gail Jane, they We're very much mis-
| taken; that she would never give he
consent to it-never. Then Fathe
would say in his cold, stern way
Every well, then, you needn't. Blu
neither shall l give my consent to m
daughters being named that absur
Viola. The child is human being
not a fiddle in an orchestra ~
And that's the way 1t went, Nurs
said, until everybody was just abou
crazy. Then somebody suggeste
MARY" And Father said, very wei
they might call me Mary; and Mothe
said certainly, she would consent t
Mary, only she should pronounce
Marie. And so 1t was settled. Fathe
called me Mary, and Mother Gale
me Marie. And right away ever,
body else began to call me Mar
Marie. And that's the way it's bee
ever since
OF course, when you stop to thin
of 1t, it's sort of queer and funn.
though naturally | didn't think of |
growing up with il as did, and alway
having it, until suddenly one day
occurred to me that none of the othe
girls had two names, one for the
father and, one for their mother I
call them by. began to notice otht
things then, too. Their fathers an
mothers didn't live in rooms at o
posite ends Of the house, Their father
and mothers seemed to like each othe
and to talk together. and to have lit
jokes and laughs together. and twink
with their eyes. That is, most Of the
did.
And ii one wanted to go to wal
or to a party, or to play some gam
the other didn't always look tired ar
bored, and say, "Oh, very well, If "
like" And then both not do 1t, wha
ever ii was That is, never saw Il