Evening star., 1927-11-17


lensed her to express in words
thu things she had in mind.
"I, is not vour short skirt. lack OF
covering hobbed head or high-pitched
voice TO which | object. Nellie. but
your manner toward older persons.
@E-or instance" Nellie urged
"Jf rou have the only easy chair IN
tbe room. il never enters your head
10 offer il to your mother or me. rms
manner, or lack Of manner Is trhea'e"
IN a dozen different ways during tne
d3v. When your mother and were
cirls. of % and less. 10 years in an
othe, nprson gave that one the flSh'
To claim and receive every aitehti"h
and consideration from us,
Mother does not feel inc IaC, VI
such attention the girl pr"'eS'eu
"perhaps she does not express VIZ"
she misses in YOU
Mother is too young to 'eel me
lack. the girl said wisely. neNe'
fail in respect to grandmother do l:
H"So. her aunt admitted.
nNark IT down as virtue No l. Aunt
Ellen. In he future" she sald grave
1v 'I hope | may not err IN respect
to Won. 7 have so many things on
nav mind that have little time 10 h@
on exhibition or to look M people
wears. really do not know no" o'o
you are
edged. ;...,;o,,,
"You do not hook it. Nv omission
should tatter YOU. Aunt Ellen.
Irf the days which followed. Ellen
Bradley had no need to reprove he
nice At frst the reformati"n va
rIcaSing and 1atterinc. hut al'rl
u,eo,,s rf tAn Strir:est consideration
hogan to wear uron her. she c"'llh
scarcely move or think without tecelN-
Ing attention from her niece.
"EeslIv. Mary" she complained to
her sister, Nellie is dear girl. but
she goes to extremes"
'FOr instance?" Mother Mary sug'
yested,
"She follows me around as if were
an old woman. She will not let me
do the slightest thing for myself when
she is present. The other night when
,he Harleishs were here she acted
like paid companion to an Invalid.
1t soon attracted Mrs HarleIshs s at
tention.'
Her sister laughed. 1T naturally
would: YOU look so healthy and
young"
She places me in a most embar-
RAISING position by her continuous re-
srect and desire to make me COM
Portable We were speaking of
Greece
Her sister smiled and waited.
You know how | enjoyed that trip
20 Italy and Greece-that | Just over
flow when | get to talking about it.
/ stood up to mark off certain space
to make clear my meaning. and | CON
tinued talking-on my feet. Nellie
stood up at once with just manner
of respect which Mr.. Harleigh felt
obliged to follow Mrs. Harleish, lit
tie dazed, arose too. | thought they
were going home--in the midst of my
speech ] was about TO protest when
the reason dawned upon me. | sat
down and they all followed me. Only
for a moment did l rest in peace.
Nellie brought me a foOtstool and a
few moments later placed a cushion
between my shoulders. The Harleghs
looked ae each other and ! saw smile
creep around his mouth. If she does
not stop, she will have me feeling.
thinking and acting old"
There was a long silence, during
which both sisters were thinking
gravely of problems old and new.
Mother Mary found herself repeating
q sentence she had often translated
from the Latin into English in her
student days: ''Thimes change and we
change with them
II am As" she said
1t brought no response from her sis
ter.
do YOU remember our mother at
nv age?" she questioned.
Certainly"
'Am / like her-at this time?"
''You are neither as old in spirit nor
fr dress" Ellen Bradley acknowledged
You look and act years younger than
mother did at As"
Why"
Her sister laughed
Il judge it was the fashion; late Vic
torian."
Exactly. Do you remember how
we were taught to wait upon her to
such an extent that she drifted into
helpless old age long before she
reached her SEVENTEEN birthday"
Ellen Bradley stiffened: then she ac-
cepted the joke upon herself Why
should she expect her niece or any one
to do things for her that she could do
for herself? The slogan of the age
was, steer aheadr' The man or WON.
an at the wheel had no time to stop
for every stick For pebble in the way
She herself was unlike her mother and
without desire for a likeness
Il want Nellie to love and respect
me-" Mother Mary said softly. but ]
have no desire to make a maid Of her
as mother did of us. Perhaps 1t was
the revolt in us which has caused the
present-day reaction. / don't want my
daughter to take any job from me-
the job of doing things for myself"
DO you think Nellie UNDERSTOOD"
The average girl of the day is