110
THE WEST SIIOHE.
February.
Similar Cases, Dash, the Editor, Mrs.
Scracee, Tornado, the Hon, Mr. Ho-
reas, Nullus, Mrs. Merrywell, Miss
Shame, young Tandem, Mrs. La Place,
the Tool catcher, anu 1 ami found old
Mcne, peeping into a kettle, boiling on
the range in his own kitchen, and lec
turing Mrs. Mcnc and the cook.
"Mrs, Menc, I thought I ordered this
fish to be kept till to-morrow, and a
picked up dinner for to-day! 'There
was nothing left Mrs. Nleue? Do
you mean to tell me there was nothing
left? And a pudding! Mrs Mcnc,
will you look here? The woman is
making a pudding! Fish, and a pud
ding, together! Burning out the candle
at both ends! And you talking about
new hats for the children! There must
be some old things in the house, l.ook
them up, look the in up, Mrs, Menc,
riiid set the pudding away, do you hear?
Fish, and pudding, in one thy ! indeed !
"Jlcrc is an idiot," said the Fool
Catcher, with strong dUgittt. "You
should have mar
ried a five-dollar
note, Sir, It would
have cost you noth
ing, and you need
never have spent
it. Fall in line,
Mr, ; but hush,
what is that?"
An J listening, we
heard Mrs. Wor
reit. "Oh, yes! I get
the woman, my
dear, at little or
nothing. She has
neither home nor
friends, mid is glad
of a shelter; and
he is not await
of her own vahu
She is n perfect
He a in s tress; has
t.isle and judg
ment, and I should
pay two dollars a
day for the work
that 1 get nut
her at a dollar a
w e e k. As you
hay, I think 1 am
in luck myself; but
1 am always on
(lie look-out for
such lucky chan
ces, I get all my
work done in that
way, I can aflord
to dress well on
the money I save."
"Ah! Madam;"
i r !e d the Fool
Catcher, suddenly
stepping in before
her, "as I told Mr.
Cruet, Heaven is
in account w i t h
you, and of such
a you will exact
usury on every
penny that you
have gained or
saved out of the
poor and nltlictcd,
and you will find
it a I call nl debt to
pay. Fall in line,
Madam, You are
penny - wi-e and
Miul-loolish."
So we marched
on Mis, Wor
reit, Mr, Mcne,
Cruet, the Similar
Cases, Dash, the
K d i t o r , Mrs.
Scrag ire, Tornado, the Hon. Mr. Ho
icns, Nullum, Mis, Merrywell, Mis
Sharpe, voung Tandem, Mrs. l.n Place,
the 1'oofCaUher, and I when wemet
Miss Ulew, in n dingy, rumpled gown,
and the ugliest bonnet that could he
bought for money.
"You an- n pretty Fool Catcher!"
cried Mivt Blew, scornfully scamiin
Mir line, "A man or two to save ap
pearances, and all the rest to go free.
Hut wait till the new order of things
comes about. Then we may h:ie
female Fool Catchn , and men may gel
their desert for their meannevs," stu
piditv,oKtinacv, ugliness pettiness i r
itnnv, malice, and abuse of women gen
eral) v. only wih they would make
me Viw Catcher," he said, grimly,
curving her linger tike claws.
"Is the new order of thing at hand?"
n-ked the Fool Catcher, ipiietly.
"No; nor won't Ik," snapped Mis
Ulew, "till women pluck up a spirit.
Men arc like doukevs "
fWW ww wff
I- ,V3 it
, Ha.... mmMMafm, nar.
"But, my dear Madam, you can lead
your donkeys better with thistles than
sticks. Tact, and conciliation "
"Have been tried for the last six
thousand years!" screamed Miss Blew.
"Men are to tyrannize over us, because
it is unfeminine to show temper and
resist; ant) we are to look pretty, be
cause men like pretty faces; and wear
neat gowns, because men like neatness
in women. But if we only get a dinner
semi-occasional ly, we must not mention
it, because the only remedy is, more
trades and more wages; and as it tickles
men's vanity to think that he is the
centre of woman's universe, and that in
him she lives, and moves, and has her
being, the best he can do for working
women, who live ami move In them
selves, if at all. is to wink at their exist
ence, and continually hold them up as
dreadful examples of what may happen
to women without his protection; tell-
us, meanwmic,
in muscle and endurance, and how in-!
ti'iiiir in !i. 1 1. !.. i
. i
l" . e ,,UI
' . lllllll UK"
eutl.
I I
i m- a iiiiu'ri'iu-c w llti Ic Is I
I he sluri .
Imc us
,.
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...ii .1 iiiiiiui-, iiiiu a.
MVt, and let us diin.MWrate uur intVri-1
rilv. So far it ha- been millions of:
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1. 1 1
"fall 111 line. Madam!" interrupted
.he Catcher, who had lisicned
W illi somelhing like
are grains 01 wneat
7
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..s iiius.ultuii- 10 men
fruit of tlie svneni
ui verv naiiirallv
naiiirallv opise ii, when vou stand in
need o! their sympathv and hcartv co
oH'iation, instel."
And so we maivhed on Miss lllcw.
now leeme we arc
MAN'S MOST FAIT I Ft L FB1EXD
i
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the ti.-ures dilU r-1
III
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1.. Z
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ticMiann
nros.
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interest. "There
in all this chall, hut 1
, l:
. , I
as jMissinie tnev
supiMise vou the
m :ui ocalr. and
Mrs. Worreit, Mr. Mene, Cruet, the
Similar Cases, Dash, the Editor, Mrs.;
Scragge, Tornado, the Hon. Mr. Bo-1
reas, Nullus, Mrs. Merrywell, Miss j
Sharpe, voung Tandem, Mrs. La Place,
the Foof Catcher, and I till the Fool
Catcher stopped us to listen to Mrs. I
Gnat. I
"There, Gnat!" she was saying, "just 1
like you! Forgot it, of course 1 You j
wouldn't have forgotten it if Mrs. Wal-
liker had asked you! Toiling and
slaving, you say! I suppose you ex
pect to have a w'ife and daughters for
nothing, Sir. I suppose you would
like us to turn our
them the year through. Mirny ex- and the woman had just stolen beans
travagant! She don't dress as well as J for her children, she said, looking half
Laura Wallikcr! Always talking about : imploringly at Mrs. Pharisee.
silting at your ueskl vv here woukl ;
you sit? or as if you cared for any thing
outside of your counting-room."
"Yes, but he might have cared for
his home," suid
softly
.
"". i vou wouia
YnuVm.1.1
urn Km iii
.i .
I,
. .' ' ""
"iiiigniers, ami Mx
lint 1 i, r 1!. .....if. 1 .... .
tu drop!" "
-W Hi .. ;i, .1
... . . .., 1 ..V
siieu in uie lornailo
S;MB torward with his'e '
loinurv formula of
tinai
And
. we marched on-M,,.,;,,,,,
Miss Ulew, Mr. Worreit, Mr. .Mene
- ,roel, me .similar
M, scragge, lornailo,
11011. .sir. noreas .Minus, .Mrs. Merrv.
wen, .miss MlariH'.
Mrs. La Placi-.thc
-till we overtook Mrs. PhariseJ , i
..... in a crowd ",, '
woman caught in the M , fiichi
aprontnl of Ivans. k
' 1
old gowns, and wear j
the Fool Catcher,
....
no
willing to es. i
. : I
.itura a lection. !
?
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ee
servants to
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s:.i.l 1 1,. 1...1
"Kill in li ' ."
l,IW' Xlr-
Cases, Dash, tin
i...
vounir Tan.l,
K.i.l Cateh., ... V
A movement of the crowd brought
Mrs. Pharisee and the woman face to
face. Mrs. Pharisee was fresh, clean
and spotless, from her stockings to her
collar. Her face was fresh and spotless
also, with here and there a line for
Mrs. Pharisee was not young but
lightly drawn by small anxieties. The
woman, though ten years younger than
Mrs Pharisee, looked older, so haggard
ragged, and begrimed was she. No
stranger contrast could have been made
.Mrs Pharisee was proper; the woman
wa reckless. Mrs. Pharisee was neat
the woman was filthy. Mrs. Pharisee'
was on her wav
And vou ce where vour theft hn
liroujjlit you und them," said Mrs.
Pharisee, answering her look. "Why
will people lie bad, when, in these Hv
of light and of the
(ioopcl, it is just as
report success,
have the
ovueui
cnce.! "l h;"' bl'
niittiiiiF n iY.: ...:.u i A..
,mKM' I
to sugar m exervwav. Fruit that is
. .' "
mpuie a second Dolling. 1 pick
.""it.wash it, ai..l drain offasmuch
of the water n missIKI.. TL.n T
:. : T.
me'thinT "ZZ ZJT.
;"UCD
M th" ." ' I
1 lasie .it t ... u
Krui, pre.rvc7'h,
ccllent."
W hile two men
near i urest Crove,
' K s !""".'
, r' "d fou,ul whcre the
Z J" , "."" "fl" over which
m ""1 Krown "
"K"C!--, ,,f " alut seventv-five
year mil.
to evening oravpr-
dispensation of the
easy to be good ?"
1 he f ool Latch
er choked.
"Fall in line!"
he gasped, when
he had recovered
breath. "If all
the virtues and
proprieties have
been able to make
nothing better of
you than this, I
wonder what you
would have devcl
o p e d had you
been born, like
this woman, not
to days of light,
but "to days of
darkness; not to
t h e dispensatiou
of the Gospel, but
to the dispensa
tion of the devil!
Fall in line, Mrs.
Pharisee."
And so w e
marched on Mrs.
Pharisee, Mrs.
r:... w:.. in....
vjiihi, ,iiim
Mrs. Worreit, Mr.
Mcnc, Cruet, the
Similar Cases,
Dash, the Kditor,
Mrs. Scragge,
Tornado, the
Hon. Mr. Dorcas,
Nullus, Mrs. Mcr
rywcll, Miss
Sharpe, young
Tandem, Mrs. La
Place, the Fool
Catcher, and I.
P II ESK IIVING
F It V I T W I T II
Hone v The
Los Angeles Vr
alii says: Below
we give a recipe
furnished us by
Mrs. Pullee, for
preserving fruits
with honey. We
are well satisfied
that in n short
time honey will
take the place of
sugar in canning
a n d preserving
fruit, as it will be
both better and
cheaper. We
hope that if other
ladv i caiters have
tried experiments
of this kind they
that others may
oi meir expen-
experimenting with
tmn superior
"u F' '
. .
fy, m measure,
then boil it until the
1...- ..j
Z 3"
were cutting wood
Washington countv,
cut into a tree three