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small morocco book, bare feet, and Cordelia was. out in the | FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
“There isn't much that any of us can | a squirming kitten in her arms. “Daddy,” | as she took out a
- tell you about her, Judith,” she said, | she said, joyously, “I gave Cinderella a with the front cover torn off. In the red hall, alittle pink-cheeked angel in a ruf- | ee
i quietly. She lived only A yeas. you kw Bice bath, ang I've kepther clean afl day, | glow litin the Gite the faded writing, on fled nightie, her yellow curls a shining | DAILY THOUGHT.
when the baby was born. It was | so when you came you could kiss her | open page was perf distinct. The mass, her blue eyes wide. i —
— during the last five months of her life HH a ob, Daddy, 1 found a | script was immature, ormed, waver “You little unmitigated scamp!” Sam | Good comes to pass
that wrote the group of songs that Ss yesterday,” she went on'ing as a cnild’s, and blurred as if tears whispered as he snatched her in his arms. | We know not when nor how, for, looking to
: — her fame musically willles: won. There a sudden rush of interest,—"the ' had fallen on it. Galvanized into atten- “What do mean walking around like What seemed a barren waste, there starts to
were ten of them in all, each one | loveliest lady!” | tion, Judith read the first page at a this at bad girl?” i view
s— was the expression af the cry of a wom- | “As as mother?” Sam asked, | glance. “I want to go to sleep in your bed,” Some bunch of grass,
“The little toy dog is covered with dust, an’s heart in the great crisis of life. “The , hoping with one skillful | July, said the voice. Or snarl of violets, shining with the dew.
But sturdy and staunch he stands; Song of Love in Death’ is considered the Sticke to brig the Saeel, wistful little | when he came home to-day to dinner Well.” be answered, “let's go in and —Alice Cary.
And the little toy soldier is red with rust, most remarkable. She had never com- | smile to his wife's lips, and to banish the | 1. yrought me the first printed copies of see if mother’s awake. If she is, maybe —
And his musket molds in his hands, posed before her marriage, and 5a gh now ing kitten from his daugh- | 0 songs. He was so proud and happy Shel: take you in.” Of late more attention is being given
Time was when the little toy dog was new anist she had only moderate ability ter’s mind. | 1couldn’t tell him then. I've tried and Judith’s strength came back to her in to the decoration of the hall, for people
And the soldier was passing fair, undoubtedly, the music came from her| “Oh yes,” the fickle one assured him, |, 104 2nd tried to be honest and confess. 2 clear, strong tide. All the blood ebbed | are at last beginning fully to appreciate
And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue | OWn emotional state at that time, strange | candidly, uch lovelier than mother. | p+ 1 can't. I just can't. If he knows I from her face as she leaned down and | its importance in making or marring the
Kissed them and put them there. as it may seem. Her work ranks very | And I asked mother who she was, and am a thief he will hate me. He could lifted up the smallred book. Her head | effect of the entire house. The hall af-
: = . high among Contemporary composers. | she wouldn't tell me, and 1asked Aunt | oo. "ae cand And 1 have wanted Dummed with noise, and everything | fords the first as well as the last impres-
"ow. dos's you gs Hl 1 sume; he said, She Wald Sombly have wih an even Celia, and she said the lady's name was | ooo him always. When 1 played geesied fay away. With swift, tremijing | sion of the Interior, und by it the taste of
: : Bh Yived. for sam. was i Helen’ rs please hit : gers she tore out five pages from the | the owner is apt to be j Its loca-
So toddling off to his trundlebed, teaching her, and with thorough equip-| The man's eyes went to his wife in a She Sos 30 lian the Af Se kn hot | oak: and laid them in the a | OE al 10 3 umn. arrange-
He dreamt of the pretty toys, ment her gifts would have reached a |sudden lightning-flash of comprehension. | ne 00 "Chen he leaned over me in flames. | ment of its furnishings, are most import-
And as he wasdreaming, an angel song more perfect development. That's all I|So this was the trouble! that queer, breathless way, his face all “Judith!” Sam was in the doorway ant to the comfort of the family as well
Awakened our Little Boy Blue— know about her musically, As to what | “And the boys was bad today,” the i a Ys tea Barer with Cordelia in his arms. "What under | as to that of guests and strangers.
Oh, the years are many, the years are long, she was herself, | know even less. Sam | little eager voice at his knee went on, so much, that he was so happy that 1had the Sun are you having a bonfire for to- | It should be well understood by archi-
But the little toy friends are true. married her simply from propinguity, of confidingly. “And Jack said Aunt Celia been given the great git, at first | was Might?” he laughed, ashe came toward | tect and owner that this room is a means
Ay, faithful to Little Boy Biue they stand, course. She was an orphan, the daughter | was a big, black devil—" 100 to tell him they were not her. His voice sounded as if it came | of access to all the other rooms, and con-
Each in the same old place. of a minister—they were people, I | Sam took the little nestling, rose-leaf mine, that sister wrote them the year be- from a great distance. “Wait until we | sequently should be treated as a thor-
Awaiting the touch of a little hand, think. She and her sister were | hand 1 and led his da ter to the | ¢0 "‘he died. And then for the first Set there! i : | oughfare and not as a living-room. Easy
The smile of a little face. boarding in the same house with Sam | door. “Run along now, »" he said, | oo i came over me what it meaat to .. In a moment, Sam,” she said, stead- | chairs, open fireplaces, tables with books
And they wonder, as waiting these long years | (We think now that the sister had con- guietly, and gently pushed her outside. have something to give him. Then he IY: Her fingers had a wild strength as and magazines are all out of place in
through, sumption,) and Helen was in a good t Cordelia was not to be so easily dis- began to teach me for he said it was re- she tore at the book. ! this semi-public room, and should be re-
In the dust of that little chair, many of the same classes with him at|posed of. Her soft, determined voice | ohioyie that | could produce the effects Secrets?” he laughed, as he bent over | served for the more intimate parts of the
‘What has become of our Little Boy Blue. the Conservatory. And then suddenly floated back triumphantly. I did with such Nd udce Un ability. | her. And then the smile froze on his | house. Separation between the public
Since he kissed them and put them there. the sister died. And a few days after- ‘A big, black devil! Do you hear me, face. His hand closed down on her | and private rooms should always be
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—Eugene Field. | Ward Sam, without a word of explana- | Daddy—do you hear me? And Aunt Celia | _. : : shoulder in a grip of steel. It seemed as | manded. Then thc stranger will not
tion or warning to mother and me, gave | said that if mother didn't spank him she | roa Co a A kioed™ Nm if long years went by. At last, “That ushered suddenly and unexpectedly in
SE [ wen - | would do it hersel . But n't— | He quoted to me something from a book will do,” he said, quietly, and something | the intimacies of family life.
THE SHADOW. ness, and married Helen. It almost kill- | nobody didn’t,” she finished, disappoint- he was reading. He said,"Any deep hu. IP the cold anger of histone seemed to, This room should be stately, the f
wean bi for us both | Go down-stairs, Cordelia,” he said, | Ma experience gives the soul a chance ‘Strike at ber, beart, and sever it | a young oly
Judith stole cautiously from bed in swift | 1 po educated a my | with the Pach to severity | 10 5¢¢ God. It is the heart's message on {TOW TC he little girl : A Jee | 2 upholstery Gi substantial —_
response to the fretful that came | chance | never saw Helen, but mother | that he could ever assume to this A the great mountains of transfiguration (oe, Pet elite gr the oor | 8 consoles. Combination a is
from the nursery. “'Sh!" she whispered, | taveq with them several times, and she | guiling young vender of gossip. His lips | Nat YOU have wrought into your music.” SW. oo 00 or 20a 1 win | Should be avoided; for they are Both
anxiously, “Mother's oyming, precious. said she was 3 litle, big-eyed wisp of EE ee nuns] P® | Then I cried a little because I was afraid, | pe Ars Bn id come | a on Xe are ug-
Don’t wake poor !" But warn- | creature, afraid of her own shadow, and | Judith was standing Do he bureau, and he sat down in the big chair and JL YIC WT ICE hie ge ae lees 10 pe
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ing was too Ae Be a | not willing for Sam to get out o trying to fasten an evening gown of gray 1004 me ee gn He openly mutinuous, he spoke harshly to | of hats and overcoats. A mirror on such
I ng hand win Jched | “Oh, One | sight for an instant—she had rather a|silk. Her hands trembled with nervous | jib o% otf JHC why Iam unhappy and Der. ‘an article of furniture is generally ob-
gone he gromnc Secpl, why | meri nwbolsame igpoiion, imag | hai, and her ps wre firmly loud | not mys, a he save When 1 Gapied | sDoas) bd you Corel Goi* | seured by wrape, and 50 a best hung
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t you assassinate him? Sam about three months after their mar. He walked up to her and fastened the him not to have the songs_published he by. “Now will you please tell me what| There should be a closet where heavy
But Judith had alread ia said, ‘It is your own beautiful heart and °Y: < : a :
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naughty lite disturber of her nightly | Shout cveryshing I Know." Clit hed | behind, and. ine iors rave rondereus. sie | And they are a gift to you, so. that you | Then his harshness melted, and she saw | and” hat rack should be provided, but
peace. She crept in beside him, and once eyes met Judith's | loved and yearned for was in his voice | turn may give them to the world, to "git TO UL HIS SE oy pt >
the warm little ball had cuddled down in smiling. she said, Irankl willie was 18 VOICE | make men and women everywhere be- | hy are you trving to burn poor | combi a seat or mirror. A carv-
her arms, a soft cheek burrowing content- | “Gam married Helen out of a So REY: { mepiouch, gr" he said, hend. | lieve in beauty and goodness, and in the | Helen s Journal? I did not think you |ed chest is most desirable, as it serves as
in her neck, the summons was in Oy. | I0l in On hes Apdant bo holy wiracles of life. His face had the Would be capable of such petty mean- | a seat and wi contain rubbers and
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by oh Std ~ i ness.” His voice shook. "I thought you | the many odds and ends that so often
afterward he cared for her because the thipzs that have looky like the painting of Sir Gala. | %Cu | tr sted Give it to mor YoU | litter a Dall. If genuine old: Itakiaw or
Saloni he wag ‘railing, But he Been Soubling you a Yo AdowS. HR de lunked 20 good, and that 8 | Her hands relaxed in blind obedience. | Spanish chests are out of the question,
» . looks up or ou're worn out wi -tending. : ic | It did not matter now. There were only | modern reproductions may be had at
thi children had found the wi Helen > hy you with a man’s deep fi not a boy's Now Celia’s here, let her look out for the BiG Wil we jer Jogi ne gry | the songs left. And then her eyes Aid prices not ruinous. Some of the Arts
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flighty passion. It's character that kids, and about with me and have ed wide as she handed him the book. In| and Crafts societies provide beautiful
Bite he 387 bi to what 2 ad Bosh us ail in the long run. . . . And some fun." The rain drove against the Ad gjster is dead and no one will ever | her unseeing haste she had torn out the | chests in a variety, of Pliny i the best of
n a 1 oo fair don’t think you need ever feel jealous of | window in sheets. The shadowy room : | last leaves, the ones that held the music, | which are usually copied from fine old
2 Soot dead wife—and yet — she Helen. : was lighted only by the pleasant fire- . August. and the written were still there. | Dutch, Flemish, or English models.
be 8 8 ye Judith wiped her eyes, smiling. Her |light. Something in his wife's silent| “His mother came to see me today. She rose suddenly. A porcelain umbrella holder is a nec-
ly dreaded the small alienations and | face had its usual look of sweet control. | clingin i ike hi ite, | “Gi " | essary prono design
( ) , g to his least shred of careless | She looks like him, only her hair iswhite,! “Give it to me, Sam,” she pleaded, soft- ornament. A unced
associate aie po She gs gh ad | The ! t touched the man’s heart. He | and instead of laughing like his do, her ly. “Oh, you must give it to me! Don't | should be avoided; those at the best Jap-
a By an mention ol the a band loved hovered about her lips, and | drew her to him until her head rested on | eyes smile, but her face has the same read it—don’t—don’t Give it to me, and | anese shops are almost always satisfying
womat n) er husband's prasence, Ww her eyes were and tender. - his breast, and her eyes, blue as fringed high look. She brought me clothes for | let me keep it for you.” in color and design. The mirror should
now se stopped w i Bs “I'm glad you me about it all,” she | gentians, met his for one long moment. | the baby. Such darling little things! | “Nonsense,” he said, curtly. “I will | be placed where there is plenty of light to
baby close in sullen ous Sepinete. said, simply, “I wouldn't have beensuch | Then one of the children down stairs | And three of the dresses were his. I| not have the poor girl's things desecrated | see into it, and low enough so that the
Sam's sister . omg areive in t a I never have been before—" shrieked. Judith sped to the rescue, | cried over them. I was in bed when she in this way. I am ashamed of you. | woman visitor will have no difficulty in
pi ig on Sge of Ri le an A visits, Down-stairs the front door slammed | and the return to the commonplace was | got here, and she came on up to my Judith. And disappointed in you utterly.” | arranging hat or veil.
phi a as a wa loudly, and in response there was a gen- | made. He dressed, and afterward went ' room, and was so sweet and tender to| “You shall not read it!” she said,| If the hall is sufficiently large, a fair-
5 jo hed ings,and what- | eral exodus from the nursery. The three | down to the music-room, and began to | me. Before she went away she lay down | passionately. “I can’t help what you | sized, substantial table may be provided.
ever was, 8 would ow it boys slid down the banisters at a terrific | play rag-time with a dash that was irre- | on the bed beside me, and took me in| think ot me—oh, Sam—" On it may be placed the card receiver
a as Yalsting in the Wording and speed, and pretty little Cordelia trotted | sistible. He did not know Judith was be- | her arms, and talked to me as if she re-| She crouched back in her chair, her | and a jardiniere for a foliage plant or
ay Seale 0 go ig a e har. swiftly down the steps, her sleepy arms | hind him until she laid a timid hand on | ally cared. She said I must be self-con- | hands over her face. He lighted the gas | cut flowers. As a rule, the hall does not
pil rom tl SR Ne a de rg t- | outstretched to meet the love that never | his shoulder. trolled for Sam's sake and the sake of | deliberately, and sat down on the edge of | provide a good background for cut flow-
ey! Io Re Tw rt with | failed her. With the boys he was often| “I can’t go to the concert with you and | the wonderful gift that had been given | the bed, the book in his hand. The bril- | ers, but hydrangeus and other highly dec
chief a oe running riot ag on Sharp a ey ye Celia toa. Sans phe said, rapidly, jlar me. They all al about God, = I do Ban: white light From the lamp flooded grative | blossoms are effective BN La
voice ng wi m not to urge her. | not fear him. y Sam. e knows room. e fire died slowly; finally | often relieve an entrance of an air of too
breasts refused to be quelled. And— | her with the prettiest deference imagina- | “Jack has a little cold, And there are | he will hate me. I can never tell him.” | the dancing flames ceased De great severity. Small flowers or
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ble. other reasons. I wouldn't be happy to There was the steady sound of pages | with a heavy perfume should not be
at the Memory<-Jam had remarked with | Judith tened her hair hastily. » < . September. | being turned. y used. A pot of azaleas makes a charm.
Somewha at Siitcsssasy fos he push-| ‘Phe baby tugging had puil- | The man made no- answer, but with | When sister died there were twelve | After a long time heard him lay the | ing dash of color, and is especially wel-
ed] back fi Cc ak rom table, that he | ed at it until it was into soft dis- | quiet eyes on her face began to play a | Songs in the book she left in her portfo- book down. “Good Lord!” he whi , | come in a dimly Tighted hall.
wi e Wo ey a Busse for the | order rippling girlishly about her gentle s slow accompaniment marvelously. | lio. She did not think they were good. sharply, and then again, in a pid In a hall of moderate size only a small
‘ fre n by knew a about manag- | face. A soft color crept into her He hummed the words humorously, yet | She said a woman who had been an in- | voice “Good Lord!” He got up stiffly, | stand for holding a card tray will be
ing them, for as long as she took care of | and her blue eyes had a shining look as | not without underlying meaning. valid all her life, and had never known | anq came toward her. His face looked | sible, but this should be substantially
them herself he joayed that they would | she smiled at the tall man standing in any of the great human experiences | 4.awn and old. built. In a more pretentious house, a
! A the doorway with the child on his shoul- ~Come to me in. my dreams, and then could not put them adequately into mu-| « » 13s es ?
Celia knew intuitively as soon as they | der. He — decidedly handsome in a BY day Talia he well aguif, sic. But I think it was because she was | « 1 Re OL raion, he said; slowly. Parnes EE I oe ine:
were left alone that there was something | virile, masculine way, and his face, keen- oF thus the night will oft repay always starved that she could write of | yi qieh 1» DT CT
on her sister-in-law’s mind that she want- | ly alive and intellectual, was The hopeless longing of the day.” fullness. She made the ideals that are ia acen shoul
ed totalk to her about. But the day was | that of a man who had faced hfe. richly | Do you realize, Judith, that it's pre- in everybody's heart never to be satisfied — ea a blindly. “Try Tr
so interrupted by the demands of the | on all sides of development. But for ail | €ious little I see of you these days out- | articulate. And it is because of this that | not'vo judge her, Same’ her voice failed | The walls of 4 good-sized hall can be
boys that it was not une] the rainy twi- | the charming comaraderie, the droll, | Side of dreams? Inever get a chance to | jt has its appeal. That is why Sam cares | itor)” ! most happily treated with ing, but
themselves. At last when Judith closed | an indefinable, veiled something, beauti- | thrown at my head. I'm selfish, dear, I| me. It is his dream of life in the music piteously for her mother.
the door firmly between her own room | ful and strong, a quality of fine reserve, know, tut, the same, | nk br would un: he hi “You go to her,” Judith He | wainscoting, well oned to the
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fies ro toro longer if we | a love song, one she called ‘The Trans i i yan Jas ol SOT aE on. Talley Yul.
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I and Kind: | ed To dn a over his | ‘I can’t go to-night.” He played on soft- me, and plays | fino ang ra I Try a ental will
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