| Show TE HIE WAY ONE OE LITTLE HAD O TO DO 00 DOI I If those of us liS who have enough nail and nailI I to spare even though we are ar worried as to whether both hoth ends will wili meet I this time or not could know of the almost terrible problems which con confront confront front other women I wonder wondel if wo we I would ever eCI have the heart to fret fuet or 0 I parade our puny worries before the I eyes ey s of those thoo who know what whal real reali i agonized apprehension 1 I means lOan in cans No Xo anguish h can equal that lint which a aI woman reels feels for or those dependent o 0 oher 01 I her liet he whether it Is a sick or disabled husband ir II a family of children nut Hut when It is both hoth bothIn In lii every ry day life we see many man In Instances Instances stances of this thui th Is and a friend was tell LeU telling LeUIn lag ing In me inc of one just the thc other day HOI for could not noL conic como just when she wanted lieu hOI so she sho wrote recommending a Mrs Irs Smith I She looked ed her hel up and aud found her ller name on a door of a cheap apartment ho ise where there lucre were children at nearly nearl door loor and window Entering she found in a small kitchen containing a coal stove stoe on which simmered a Savory stew a acou I cou le of stationary washtubs used as a n tal taU JP MI u ironing board sewing machine table tahle covered d with dressmaking material and three chairs My I friend Ls is L a t kindhearted little busybody and when she sho found fO out oulI I that Mrs Smith could do her hel work sho she b l gan to draw her hOI out ont in order I to ascertain hot her I lieu her in any auty all wa Mr Mus 11 rIIS as Q 0 lit little littie I tie tle U woman 1181 asi widow I Have you ariy arI children 1 rc Ie my ray friend frienT asked as ciJI I I have ha vo five I f f How Sow old are aie was l r h question She must have hae seen that Interest and not nol curiosity was prompting my m I friend for she answered am her willing willingly ly y and promptly I I I Tho Th oldest Is sixteen and the lie youngest Is s seven I I Do ne you OU support them yourself I 1 she he was risked I Yes Yeh I do ito and anti I E have hare no help from fromI j I anybody either My I husband died lieI j I about six years ago a o oI He left you sonic some insurance money did he ho not nol I Not n a cent she said He lie believe he lec In insurance He said that he lie liei heI I could always make malce enough to take tale takeI I care of us uis I J got myself Insured al f t most nuit tho ho th moment he died I Did he have any money mono saved up upI I He lie I Jo lund had dollars aud auni that q at atI I wa vai all I had hail Then Thea she related the story of n l r rI husbands death and anc of the struggle le I abe rhe iud I d lurid had to keep herself and ane hor her horI I children from starving ever since Site Shu had taken cheaper apartments anti by rising at 5 she man mana a agu to lo do a little work before It was time thiu to get her children off to school My II friend wondered at her h r rosy cheeks ch ks lieu hor smooth thin hair her hor un unlined lined face and calm serene eyes nut But ButI I as she came caine to know her heller better she I realized that she conserved hot her he nerve nere force foice Every Even ounce of steam team that thuit most women waste in useless talk in lii fret I i ting thug over OCI Ci what cant be helped anti and andin antiI I in Idle Idl trotting trolling to lo and fro this Vivo o oI I man put iut Into the engine which doe I her hor wheels of life U Uhe She he hc wasted no energy nerg she mlp m dp I count H is 1 1 1 R X t I |
