1894 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
287 
WOMEN IN LIFE AND LITERATURE. 
THE LA.TE MISS PEABODY. 
W ITH the careless thought we give 
to much that does not intimately 
concern us, the mention of the death of 
Miss Elizabeth Peabody in her 90th 
year, and the fact that she was Mrs. 
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s sister and had 
Margaret Fuller for a friend, suggests a 
lonely lengthening out of life, days pro¬ 
longed beyond the associations and in¬ 
terests that could have made life worth 
the living. But with the least concep¬ 
tion of Miss Peabody’s character, such 
impressions vanish. Her friend, Thomas 
Wentworth Higginson, says of her that 
“ she had perpetual youth and eagerness 
to learn.” She was a woman of enthu¬ 
siasms, of plans and hopes and thoughts 
outside herself. Her own comfort, her 
ills, her years were not her supreme in¬ 
terest, and, escaping so much of self, she 
escaped much that helps to make women 
grow old and lonely and neglected. 
It was Elizabeth Peabody who first 
preached Froebel among us, after mak¬ 
ing a trip across the seas to study his 
methods. Who knows but the wisdom 
of his urging “ out of the individual into 
the freedom of the universal” may have 
helped her, as it will help each of us, to 
peace and joyous living ? 
Miss Peabody has been classed as a 
“ pie-collegiate woman.” She is thus 
placed in contrast to Miss Helen Shafer, 
who has also lately died. Preeminently 
a collegiate woman was Miss Shafer ; a 
graduate of Oberlin College, Professor 
at Wellesley and then for six years Presi¬ 
dent of the latter college. Even to read 
what others say of her is potent to breed 
high resolve and a great yearning to be 
and to do. Who shall say how great is 
our debt of thanks due to Miss Peabody, 
and such as she, for the now open doors 
that make such culture as President 
Shafer’s possible to women ? Some one 
has thus summed up the lesson of Miss 
Shafer’s career for others striving to at¬ 
tain the ideal womanly life: “ Out of her 
faithful, steady endeavor in the path of 
duty, out of harmonious adjustment of 
her plans to the will of Gcd concerning 
her, out of the clear insight and broad 
outlook which a consecration to noble 
ends is sure to bring, she stood at last 
crowned with honor, love, obedience, 
troops of friends.” prudence primrose. 
THE BETTER WAY. 
“ T vSN’T she going to marry Herbert 
A Grey?” “Yes, so they say.” “Well, 
I only hope he will be better to her than 
he was to his first wife. Why, he never 
would let her carry a cent of his money, 
they said, and if she sold an egg or a bit 
of garden truck, he was sure to hurry in 
for the money as if he were afraid she’d 
steal it.” “ If that is true, Mrs. Brown, 
I do indeed pity her.” 
It was at a social gathering where the 
two talked, and Marion Lee, the bride- 
elect (an unintentional listener), heard 
it all. Did she believe it, or did she set 
it down as idle gossip ? 
Three months a wife, and a happy 
home was Marion Grey’s. Very dear to 
her were the two little girls who timidly 
said, “ Mamma,” as she crossed for the 
first time her threshold. The gossip 
heard before her marriage had been en¬ 
tirely forgotten, when at the breakfast 
table Mr. Grey spoke : “A good many 
eggs in the house, are there not, 
Marion?” “Yes, some dozens, I be¬ 
lieve.” “Well, the regular collector 
When Baby was sick, we gave Iier Castoria, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, 
Have you seen our new terms to club- 
raisers ? If not, write for them. We have 
work for every one at a fair salary, and 
pay every night. 
will be here to-day; he is perfectly re¬ 
liable as to count and pay.” 
During the forenoon the transaction 
was made, and Marion laid aside the 
little roll of bills and change. Mr. Grey 
came directly in. “Collector been here, 
Marion?” “Yes.” “Thought 1 saw 
him drive by the barn. Pay you? ” 
“Yes, §3.70,” “That’s good, where is 
it ? ” “ Right in the clock case” (with a 
steady look into his eyes). “Yes, that’s 
right” (counting and dropping it into his 
pocket). It was well the door closed as 
soon as it did, and Marion was left alone 
with her outraged wifely feelings for 
the next half hour. Not the money ; 
what was money ! But the—(who can de¬ 
scribe it) feeling of the want of confi¬ 
dence (it seemed to her) that made her 
eyes glitter, and her face so pale, as she 
went hurriedly about her dinner getting. 
Into all this came the sound of children 
talking. The door softly opened and 
two little voices called, “Mamma, are 
you here ? The door was shut so tight 
that we was afraid you wasn’t,” and two 
faces were held up for mother’s kisses. 
A tear fell with the kiss—more tears 
came to wash away the angry feelings— 
mother love conquered, and the voice 
that called “Dinner, Herbert!” five 
minutes later, was even in its tone, as 
was placid the face into which he looked 
anxiously as he hurriedly answered the 
summons; for Mr. Grey had noticed in 
wonder, the look in his wife’s eyes as he 
took the roll of money. The look trou¬ 
bled him as he went about his work 
again. Little things came back from 
the years gone by ; deeds he had not no¬ 
ticed then, or thought lightly of, if no¬ 
ticed. Perhaps there was a better way ; 
he would try. 
“ Marion,” (laying the roll of money by 
her plate as he spoke) “ I just wish you 
would keep all such money after this; 
it will come handy at times wuen I am 
not around the house.” And to this day 
Marion does not know what she an¬ 
swered, or if she spoke at all, but her 
husband seemed entirely satisfied. 
EMILY H. STEEDMAN. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
Don't Let Duties Conflict,— There is a 
tendency in this age to let the pendulum 
swing to extremes. Woman’s first duty 
ought never to confiict with the second. 
Each is to look at life as a whole, and 
then decide for herself how she can 
make the most of herself and of those 
given into her charge. There are so 
many honest, legitimate, reasonable, 
easy methods of broadening the life, of 
enlarging the horizon of the average 
house-mother. mrs. o. f. w. 
Homemade Playthings.—The child that 
must play alone, oftentimes wearies of 
amusing himself, especially if the 
weather, or indisposition keeps him with¬ 
in doors. My little five-year-old boy has 
been so happy with some homemade 
playthings, that I wish to tell about them. 
I took some pictures of children’s faces, 
pasted them on pasteboard, cut them 
out with bodies, and dressed them with 
different colored tissue paper. I then 
put a piece of pasteboard behind each 
one so that they would stand up. A 
young lady visitor became interested in 
the work, and made the little lad a most 
interesting group of children. Being 
very fond of animals, the child began to 
work himself. He pasted pictures of 
horses, cows, etc., upon thick paper, cut 
them out neatly, and gave them props 
so that they would stand up firmly. 
These children and animals amused him 
for days; they furnished material for 
circus parades, shows and exhibitions ; 
in fact all the entertainments that a 
lively boy could think of. s. e. h. 
Women in Photography.— The New York 
Herald recently offered a prize of §50 for 
the best photograph made by a woman. 
Napoleon Sarony, Oscar Pach and Mr. 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.—Adv. 
Marino, leading photographers of New 
York, acted as judges. They expressed 
great admiration for the fine work done 
on many of the pictures submitted. The 
prize was awarded to Miss Emily V. 
Clarkson, of New York State. The 
Herald says: “ Photographs were sent to 
compete for the prize from almost every 
State and Territory in the Union, be¬ 
sides, several were received from British 
Co'-umbia. Many of the views were 
taken by young ladies while traveling in 
Europe, while others represented scenes 
in India and China. There were family 
groups, pictures of children, landscapes, 
pictures of churches, of horses, dogs and 
cats. Indeed, the subjects were almost 
as numerous as the pictures, and all pos¬ 
sessed more or less merit.” 
CRUMBS FROM OTHER TABLES. 
If called to sing, sing, 
If called to soar, soar, 
If called to burrow, burrow. 
But in everything, and forevermore. 
Be thorough ! Be thorough ! 
— Anonymous. 
....New England Par.mer: “The de¬ 
faulting cashier is going out of fashion, 
for the cashier is now a girl in the 
restaurants, the drug stores, some of the 
large retail stores and hotels, and she 
doesn’t default. The feminine book¬ 
keeper does not bring a confused and 
“After-the-Ball ” head to business in the 
morning, because she doesn’t drink ; and 
men say, who know whereof they speak, 
that she is accurate, is more neat and 
conscientious, and is satisfied with much 
less wages than her brother.” 
....The Popular Science Monthly: 
“ A man not only does not need a uni¬ 
versity degree to enable him to drive 
a street car, but the possession of a uni¬ 
versity training is not likely to sweeten 
for him that particular kind of toil.” 
....Alice Cary: “We are too much 
given to sighing for the far-off and un- 
attained, when right around and within 
us are the means and sources from which 
we might draw if we would.” 
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