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STONE GATE, WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS,December 27.Dear Judy:Your letter is here. I have read it twice, and with amazement. Do Iunderstand that Jervis has given you, for a Christmas present,… More...

STONE GATE, WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS,December 27.Dear Judy:Your letter is here. I have read it twice, and with amazement. Do Iunderstand that Jervis has given you, for a Christmas present, themaking over of the John Grier Home into a model institution, and thatyou have chosen me to disburse the money? Me--I, Sallie McBride, thehead of an orphan asylum! My poor people, have you lost your senses, orhave you become addicted to the use of opium, and is this the raving oftwo fevered imaginations? I am exactly as well fitted to take care ofone hundred children as to become the curator of a zoo.And you offer as bait an interesting Scotch doctor? My dearJudy,--likewise my dear Jervis,--I see through you! I know exactlythe kind of family conference that has been held about the Pendletonfireside.Isn't it a pity that Sallie hasn't amounted to more since she leftcollege? She ought to be doing something useful instead of fritteringher time away in the petty social life of Worcester. Also [Jervisspeaks] she is getting interested in that confounded young Hallock, toogood-looking and fascinating and erratic; I never did like politicians.We must deflect her mind with some uplifting and absorbing occupationuntil the danger is past. Ha! I have it! We will put her in charge ofthe John Grier Home. Oh, I can hear him as clearly as if I were there!On the occasion of my last visit in your delectable household Jervis andI had a very solemn conversation in regard to (1) marriage, (2) the lowideals of politicians, (3) the frivolous, useless lives that societywomen lead.Please tell your moral husband that I took his words deeply to heart,and that ever since my return to Worcester I have been spending oneafternoon a week reading poetry with the inmates of the Female InebriateAsylum. My life is not so purposeless as it appears.Also let me assure you that the politician is not dangerously imminent;and that, anyway, he is a very desirable politician, even thoughhis views on tariff and single tax and trade-unionism do not exactlycoincide with Jervis's.Your desire to dedicate my life to the public good is very sweet, butyou should look at it from the asylum's point of view.Have you no pity for those poor defenseless little orphan children?I have, if you haven't, and I respectfully decline the position whichyou offer. Digital Content>E-books>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, SAP Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940013365650

STONE GATE, WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS,December 27.Dear Judy:Your letter is here. I have read it twice, and with amazement. Do Iunderstand that Jervis has given you, for a Christmas present,… More...

STONE GATE, WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS,December 27.Dear Judy:Your letter is here. I have read it twice, and with amazement. Do Iunderstand that Jervis has given you, for a Christmas present, themaking over of the John Grier Home into a model institution, and thatyou have chosen me to disburse the money? Me--I, Sallie McBride, thehead of an orphan asylum! My poor people, have you lost your senses, orhave you become addicted to the use of opium, and is this the raving oftwo fevered imaginations? I am exactly as well fitted to take care ofone hundred children as to become the curator of a zoo.And you offer as bait an interesting Scotch doctor? My dearJudy,--likewise my dear Jervis,--I see through you! I know exactlythe kind of family conference that has been held about the Pendletonfireside.Isn't it a pity that Sallie hasn't amounted to more since she leftcollege? She ought to be doing something useful instead of fritteringher time away in the petty social life of Worcester. Also [Jervisspeaks] she is getting interested in that confounded young Hallock, toogood-looking and fascinating and erratic; I never did like politicians.We must deflect her mind with some uplifting and absorbing occupationuntil the danger is past. Ha! I have it! We will put her in charge ofthe John Grier Home. Oh, I can hear him as clearly as if I were there!On the occasion of my last visit in your delectable household Jervis andI had a very solemn conversation in regard to (1) marriage, (2) the lowideals of politicians, (3) the frivolous, useless lives that societywomen lead.Please tell your moral husband that I took his words deeply to heart,and that ever since my return to Worcester I have been spending oneafternoon a week reading poetry with the inmates of the Female InebriateAsylum. My life is not so purposeless as it appears.Also let me assure you that the politician is not dangerously imminent;and that, anyway, he is a very desirable politician, even thoughhis views on tariff and single tax and trade-unionism do not exactlycoincide with Jervis's.Your desire to dedicate my life to the public good is very sweet, butyou should look at it from the asylum's point of view.Have you no pity for those poor defenseless little orphan children?I have, if you haven't, and I respectfully decline the position whichyou offer. Digital Content>E-books>Literature>Literature>Literature, SAP Digital >16<

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