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CURAJDE GOOD
Suppressed by Her Uncle and
Cousins, She Had Hard
Girlhood.
WOHKED IN FLORIST'S SHOP
Belnn Compelled to Learn the Bu.
ness, When the Time Came She
Opened Her Own Establish'
ment and Succeeded.
By OSBORN MARSHALL.
(Copyright, MeCluro Newspaper Symlt-
Tlio main difference between thu
story of Clara Carrick and the fairy
Btory of "Clndorolln" lies In tlio fact
thut whilo tho old-time til la of the
juvcnllo was u neglected Btepduugh
tor, the real ilosli-and-blood Clnra of
tho Rtory wib a much-abused niece.
Tho stoiy-book heroine Hat In the cin
ders and scrubbed tho pots und pans
for her haughty stepsisters, but Clara
Carrick spent most of her youthful
dayB behind tho counter In her uncle's
llorlst shop while her much-Indulged
cousins attended school, took music
lessons, went to parties and other
wise passed their days as young girls
aro expected to do.
Old .Mr Carrick, tho undo of Clara
Carrick, had a monopoly of tho flower
selling business In a certain small
college town In New England more
than a decade ago. Tho namo Carrick
was synonymous In that town to all
things llorlcultural. Whether you
wanted to buy a wreath to lay on a
eoldler's gravo on Memorial day or
whethor, aB a student In tho small
college, you wanted to send an offer
ing of American Beauties or Killarnles
to ono of tho pretty town girls, you
went to Carrlck's, and usually you
would have been waited on by Clara,
who seemed to Hvo behind the dingy
old counter In an atmosphere of flow
er pots. Usually when you went Into
tho atoro her nlmblo young lingers
were working on somo "set piece" for
a funeral a taBk at which she was
particularly proficient.
All tho students knew Clara Car
rick, for at some time during their
four years' course they had sought
tlio flower market, and without an
exception they all liked her bright
yes and happy Btnlle. nut though
they Bometlmes asked tho Carrick
girls the florist's two pretty daugh
tersto go to college dances, no one
over thought of asking Clnra.
Had to Teach Herself.
Clara had been left fatherless and
motherless when she was about eight
years old, and sho had been taken Into
tho household of her uncle on tho un
derstanding that she should not mako
a burden of herself and that sho
should help In tho store. When tho
school Inspector camo around, as ho
occasionally did, tho undo evuded his
questions as to whether Clara was
being sent to school. And no ono in
tho town felt sufficiently interested to
report him for bo doing.
But Clara used to got hold of her
cousins' school books after they got
through with them, and It .as not a
very difficult matter for her to teach
herself many of tho lessons thnt her
cousins hail trouble in mastering.
And all tho tlmo sho was learning
more and moro about the florist's
business. First sho simply waited on
customers. Then sho becamo so profi
cient at making bouquets and set
pieces that Mr. Carrick intrusted her
with all of this work, and this some
times kept her busy far Into tho night,
wiring and arranging the many blos
soms that wcro needed in tho de
signs. Then when her uncle mndo
tho discovery that sho had been study
ing arithmetic by herself, after allow
ing a suitable time for his assumed
anger to wear off, he suggested to her
that sho take chargo of tho accounts
and the sending out of the bills.
"If you haven't enough to do and
can waste your tlmo reading books
that aren't meant for you, you might
get busy nnd do something to pay us
back a little for all tho money wo
have had to spend on you," was his
way of indicating that ho would like
her to undertake this new work.
Tho next task which was given to
Clara was that of going to tho flower
market. TIiIb she was expected to
do first when bIio had arrived at tho
ago of seventeen. It involved going
to tho nearby city nnd choosing and
purchasing tho various cut flowers and
plants that wcro needed in tho busi
ness. It was an opportunity to get awaV
from tho tedious bondage of tho shop
and to seo a little of tho world, but
tho girl was not eager to do it. In
fact, for tho first tlmo in her rather
trying experienco with her uncle, she
rebelled.
Was Ashamed of Her Clothes.
Tho reason for her rebellion her
cousins wero not long in discovering.
:Poor llttlo Clara was ashamed of the
clothes she wore tho heavy, Btuffy
sorgo dresses that woro given to her
!by her InconBldorato relatives. Sho
longed to wear trim shirtwaists, rib
bon owb and leather bolts, oven if
thoy were tho old ones discarded by
her couslnB. As a mark of great in
dulgence, Clara was allowed to do this
.for a while nnd then tho undo de
cided thnt ho could not afford tho ex
penso, for although tlio shirtwaists
'wore old and although Clara sat up
aftor her day's work was done to
-wash and iron them herself, her undo
"-TH-nwHryOTimBi
discovered that the amount of fuel
consumed in beating tho irons mado
a perceptible difference to him that
hia niece would eventually drive him
to tho poorllouso with her extrava
gance, Whilo Clara was being curtailed In
tho matter of fresh shlrtwalata her
cousins wero dreaming by night and
talking by day of tho dancing frockB
they would wear nt tho approaching
college Junior ball.
"I wonder why I cannot go to tho
dance, too?" Clnra aBked her cousins.
Clara had a way of snytng what sho
thought, regardless of the probable
outcome. Then sho went on, boforo
her cousins could explain:
"If you are going to say It Is be
causo I am not as pretty as you are,
you needn't waste your breath, For 1
am pretty. An old lady who camo into
tho Btoro tho other day told mu I was,
and Home of tho HtudentH have Bald
nice things to mo. So there!"
"Mayho you aro pretty," udmltted
tho cousins, "but ou haven't anything
to wenr, havo you? You don't think
you could go in your serge every
day dress, do you?"
It was tills speech that started Clara
thinking and started tho train of
events which have brought her to her
present position.
Bought a New Pink Gown.
Sho thought all day about it, and
at night when she was trying to Bleep
sho decided to take tho money sho had
saved from Chrlstnins presents and
make a dress which would be appro
priate for the ball Accordingly, the
next time she went to the city to
buy flowers for her uncle she made
a tour of tho fashionable shops, and
came to thu conclusion that her gown
should bo mado of pink with gold
spangles.
Shu wasted no tlmo, but bought tho
pink satin, a paper pattern and a
thousand tin spangles. Then at night,
Instead of reading stolen text-bookfl,
Clara devoted her tlmo to fashioning
that pink party dress, nnd after that
to sewing tho spangles on till sho
could keep her eyes open no longer.
Tho dress was finished In a couple of
weeks, and for a few foolish moments
she imagined that the question of go
ing to the college dunce was settled.
Sho tried thu dress on and paraded
beforo her mirror and convinced her
self that her resplendent gown would
be an attraction to any student. Sho
decided to tnko her cousins into her
In Her Own
confidence, show them tho dress and
nsk them to see that some student in
search of a girl for the danco be in
troduced to her.
But when Clara had decked herself
out in the pink satin and spangles, and
her cousins had heard her request,
tho heavens of their wrath descended
upon her. They wero horrified nnd
shocked. They called for their father,
who was dozing over his paper in tho
sitting room below, and for their moth
er, who was putting the last stitches on
their own party dresses, and Clara
was revealed in "nil her pink nnd
spangled effrontery.
That was tlio beginning of tho end.
In a moment of wrath old Mr. Car
rick declared that ho would give his
nleco a homo no longer. Ho neither
wished nor expected hor to take him
seriously, for he know well that sho
was most valuable in his business, und
that alio knew as much as ho did.
Clara, however, took him at his
word. Sho had Just jasBcd her eight
eenth birthday. Sho was of nge, alio
answered firmly, and sho would go tho
next morning, never to return to bo a
burden to him. Still tho old man did
not believe sue meant it, and it was
only when she had actually packed
up her llttlo belongings nnd left tho
house that ho realized how great was
his loss.
Opened 8hop of Her Own.
Clara Carrick now faced tho world
with tho best posslblo equipment for
a young woman of spirit a thorough
business trnlnlng, a-thablt of long and
hard work nnd tho ability to Hvo on a
very little. Her Undo Carrick, In
Bplte of himself, had given her tho
best posslblo opportunities. Even tho
fact that sho was very nngry when
sho left tho homo of tho Carrlcks
contributed to her success, for in that
spirit of uuger sho dared to do things
that othcrwlso she would never hava
ventured to do.
With the llttlo money that Clara had
not exponded on the pink satin nnd
Bpnugles sho went to tho next town
a new suburb which was bound to
grow within tho noxt few years Clara
remembered that her uncle hud unco
said thnt there was good opportunity
to mako money as a florist in that
community, and for thut reason sho
went In that direction.
Sho first mndo a tour of tho placo
nnd visited each florist's 'shop on tho
pretext of buying flowers. Sho then
went to a real estate ngent and, still
dressed In her shabby black sorgo,
told him she wanted to rent a Btoro
suitable for a florist's shop, licforo
tho day waa over she had chosen tho
moat promising location In town for
her venture. Then, having arranged
for a week's sojourn with a poor worn
an near by, she wrote to her uncle, de
manding that he send her by return
post tho small patrimony a few hun
dred dollars which was laid away for
her.
The following day, while sho win
waiting for the money, alio made out
u list of what she would buy with her
few hundred dollnra. Tho list Includ
ed n small new wardrobe first of all
sho felt hopelessly handicapped in the
old black Horge the payment of bur
first month's rent, tho purchase of tho
simplest sort of fixtures lor her store,
a small outlay for announcements nnd
tho purchnsu of a stock of flowers nnd
supplies.
All this happened some twelve years
ago Today anyone who lives in tho
suburban town where Clara Carrick
still does business as n florist knows
that sho hns achlered rucccss. Other
women have gone Into tho florist busi
ness and have failed, but thoy hnve
not served an apprenticeship llko that
served by Miss Carrick.
Damage by Rogue Elephants.
Roguo elephants aro very active
again in Assam and Rs. 100 reward
Is offered for tho destruction of a
big tusker that has killed a boy nnd
seriously Injured a man in Handura
village, Kampur, and also killed an
other man In tho Gulmarr village
Us. CO Is also offered for tho de
struction of a gunda elephant which
hns appeared in North Lakhlmpur
and has been damaging crops. He
chases anyone who attempts to drive
him away. Height about eight cubits,
Flower Shop.
drooping ears, spotted trunk, straight
backbone, tall about three and one
half cubits, clrcumfercnco of the foro
legs about threo and one-half cubits,
and of tho hlndlegs about three cu
bits. Rb. CO is also offered for tho
destruction of a gunda elephant de
stroying crops in tho Slbsagar
subdivision. Tho elephant comes
through tho grants of Ghiladharl
tea estato from tho Doyang re
serve. It is about nlno and one-half
feet in holght and without tusks. The
doputy commissioner of Nowgong also
offers a reward of Its. 100 for tho
destruction of a solitary big tusker
that has killed a man in Situpur vll
lago and Injured two other men.
Calcutta Mall,
Like to See Homes In "Movies."
In dlfferont parts of 'the country
Bomo of tho wealthy owners of statoly
homes and beautiful grounds lmvo be
come bo enthusiastic over motion pic
tures that they have, flgurntlvoly
speaking, given tho key of their places
to certain film comrinnlos with per
mission to uso them when needed.
Thoy take a pride in seeing tholr
homes exhibited on tho screon, and
naturally, to tho moving picture pro
ducer tho estates of tho wealthy aro
desirable for several reasons. Thoy
lend perfect atmosphere no wooden
stepB, no tin fountains, no plaster
cast statuary. Tho ornamental trees,
lawns, und shrubs, tho private lake
with its water lilies nnd graceful
swans, nnd tho substantial, majestic,
marblo terrace, cannot fall to satisfy
even tho mobt exacting critic.
Sport of Queens.
Mrs. Styles This paper speaks of
"the sport of kings." Is thero not n
rport of quoons?
.'Irs, StyloB Suro thing croquet.
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WITH THE SACRED
Float ever, droop never, forever, old flag!
Though the armed world assail you, what coward would lag
To rise In defense of our beautiful flag?
By a thousand campflres have the vows of our sires
Ever been that the flag should still reign;
And they battled and bled till the rivers ran red,
But the flag floated free from all stain.
Let us keep it unfurled to enlighten the world
Right's emblem as ages go by.
Ever glad to the sight Is that banner so bright
As it ripples In glory on high.
Walter G. Doty, In National Magazine.
FIRST TROOPS TO
ENTER RICHMOND
Thirteenth Regiment of New
Hampshire Volunteers Lays
Claim to the Honor.
FOR many years there was discus
sion of tho claims of several bod
ies of Union troops for tho honor
of having been first Into Richmond,
the capital of the Confederacy, on
April 3, 1S0C, a few hours, or possibly
only nn hour, after tho Inst men of
tho gray had filed out of the city.
The chief claimants for tho honor
hnvo been tho Thirteenth regiment of
Now Hampshire volunteers, of which
John M. Woods, former mnyor of Som
ervlllo and now department comman
der of tho Massachusetts O. A. R., was
n member, nnd the body of colored
cavalry, the Fifth Massachusetts, and
that day led by Charles Francis
Adnms, son of the then minister to
Englnnd
There hns been much said, nnd there
was much to say, on both sides. The
actual priority would seem to bolong
o the Now Hampshire regiment, nnd
somo of the fncts of tho Btory of that
great day aro summarized hero.
Informal Surrender.
The mayor of Richmond with some
of tho citizens mot Oenernl Weltzel a
llttlo boforo seven that morning a little
outside the limits of tho city To that
point thero had ndvanced a detach
ment of Union pickets, perhnps fiO to
70 men. Hero an Informnl surrender
took place.
Then Oenernl Weltzel nnd his staff
proceeded Into the city, followed by
Lieutenant Prescott and his force of
plrkets, nnd preceded by n sound of
tho general's orderlies from tho
Fourth Massachusetts cavnlry, com
manded by Major A. II. Stevens, The
general established his headquarters,
ns Ih well knriwn, in the house which
Jpfferson Davis had mado tho White
House of the southern stntes. Jnmes
Ford Rhodes says that the evacuation
was completed by Heven in tho morn
ing, and NIcolay and Hay nay that
Lleutennnt Prescott reached capltol
square soon after that hour.
General Weltzel soon Hent back an
nldo with orders to get the first bri
gade he could find and bring It In to
act as a provost guard. At tho snmo
tlmo ho sent word for all the rest of
the troops to remain outsldo tho city
and tnke possession ot tho Inner line
of Confcdernto defenses,
Marched into City.
Tho first brigndo met by tho aide
proved to bo Ocn E II. Ripley s hrl
gado of Oen Charles Dovens' division
of tho Twenty-fourth nrmy corps. This
brlgnde was headed by Ivcns with
tho Now Hampshire regiment to which
John M. Woods belonged They
marched Into the city with colors fly
lng and bands playing and reached the
capltol some tlmo between eight aud
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FLAG SHE LOVES
nine, on a glorious spring morning.
Meantime thtyicconil ordi r had been
Bent nnd carried about, but somehow
it failed to reach the regiment of col
ored cavalry which had then for sov
eral weeks been In the command of
Colonel Adnms. Thoy wero posted on
tho extreme right of tho Union lino,
and thoy obeyed nn earlier request
from General Dovens nnd It was tho
only order of which they know any
thing, thnt they advnnco Into tho city,
and thus this colored regiment, headed
by the grandson of ono president and
tho grent-grandson of another, earned
for Itself a sharo of the glory of that
morning.
Oenernl Weltzel himself in his ro
pnrt savs:
"At daybreak I started various di
visions townrds Richmond. Oenernl
Dovens' division camo up tho Now
Market road and tho cavalry, under
Charles Frnncls Adnms, Jr., camo up
tho Darbytown and Charles City roads
1 directed them all to halt at tho out
skirts of tho city until further orders.
I then rode ahead of the troops, along
tho Osborno Plko, nnd entered the
city hall, whero I received tho surren
der of tho city at 8:15 a. m.
Troops Placed In Position.
"Mnjors Stevens and Graves had on
tered a llttlo ufter 7 a. m. . . . I
ordered In Immediately after my ar
rival a brigade of Dovens' division un
der General Ripley as provost guard,
and ordered all the rest of the troops
into position along tho Inner lino of
redoubts about tho city. . . .
"Tho first troops to reach tho city
wore tho companies E nnd II of tho
Fourth Massachusetts cavalry, who
wero the escorts to MaJorB Stevens
nnd Graves, and tholr guidons wero
tho first natlonnl colors displayed over
tho city. Next camo the pickets of
tho Twenty-fourth corps After that,
as I was In tho city nnd not on the
outskirts, I do not know what cnpio,
nnd It Is a matter or dispute, both di
visions claiming tho credit,"
Wherever the credit goes It will fall
somewhere In Now England, and prob
ably upon Now Hampshire for prior
ity, nnd Massachusetts will havo a full
sharo.
Fooled Enlisting Officers.
They tell n tale of an amusing In
cident that occurred nt a recruiting
hendquartors In Indiana, whore nn old
mnn with flowing gray beard and
white hair offored himself ns a sol
dier. Of course, ho was rojected. Ho
cald nothing, but. hastening to n bar
ber shop, had his hulr dyed nnd a
clean shave. Then ho enmo back, nnd,
declnrlng his nge na "rising thirty
five,' was unrecognized ana promptly
enlisted.
Illinois Woman a Major.
Governor Yates ot Illinois mndo tho
wife of Lieutenant Itoynolds (Seven
teenth Illinois volunteers) a major.
She accompanied hor husband through
a long campaign, and was presont at
the battle of Pittsburg landing. Howi
ever, sho did no fighting und her com
mission was a roward for tho Im
portant service she did in taking caro
ot tho wounded.
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Backache Spells Danger
Census records show that deaths from
Kidney disorders have incrcaacd 72 in
20 years. People can't seem to realize
that the first pain in tho back, the first
disorder of tho urine, demands instant
attention that it may bo u signal of
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tho best medicine is Doan's Kidney
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