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Show A 1 criivlual SlcmoiUl. Ono hears so o'ten lit these daya cf ol'icr memorials th in coeily marbles on wonders If the fashion of piling dollars dol-lars over the graves of Aur love 1 ohm In theeha-Hfof rich carvings nnd pulhdied (.hulls will not somo day have gone out entirely. It is tho person of wealth who do these things mid It is they w ho nro flnlingalnoro satisfactory way to honor their dea 1 In ono of the beautiful homesof north em New York there lived until the uk. rnlilg of tho Clef Julyadiar Utile fair haired girl, whoso Puritan name, l'riseilli, fitted well with her quaint gracu nnd demure daintiness Hhe was a jo) ous child despite her gcutlouii), an 1 tho l'oiirth to her was full of delightful de-lightful auttciiatlous. As usual, lire works had iwn ordereel from Now York and ever) pre juration made torn rv daily gala day to celebrate the recovery of n )ounger brother from a scrioui nnd threatening illness Unt on tho Thur-.-da) lrnforo little Prlsellla was uudde il stricken with lunlignnnt diphtheria mul tlunday she died, her lut pruttlo full of tho glories of tho l'ourlh vvhieh would never dawn for her. Instead of lavishing money over tho soulless body of her little daughter as It lies lutho village graveyard, the stricken mother has taken another way tj per 'ulunto her memory. There Is In bt Christina Homo for Sick and Com airs-cent airs-cent Children in Saratoga n I'rlscllla room an 1 n l'rl'dlla bed, ierttuily en lowed Tho littlo girl's playthings nud belongings, Iter books and many of liTtiltle gowns halo been taken thero for tho comfort nnd l leasuro ef Its oc t it pauts ns the y ccmo and go, some dir ct from tho room to I'riscilla's otn hume l)oudthe grave' and uthersuut ngnhi Into the worl 1 for a lime An 1 lu cowing cow-ing jloustirings for the sister mid bnthir which Prlsclllihas left, the share that would huvo been that little mal leu's, veero sho hero Io claim It, Is lobe put aside for tho )ounganiTcrirwho will 1m In the PrlsciiUrismiottho home. L utd an) "storied urn ' bofo lasting and lmi tlful n inouuinent ns thisr ller Point of S'lcvv In New York Times. |
