The Eternal Feminine
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Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American poet, librarian, and mystery writer. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, Wells began her career as a children’s author with such works as At the Sign of the Sphinx (1896), The Jingle Book (1899), and The Story of Betty (1899). After reading a mystery novel by Anna Katharine Green, Wells began focusing her efforts on the genre and found success with her popular Detective Fleming Stone stories. The Clue (1909), her most critically acclaimed work, cemented her reputation as a leading mystery writer of the early twentieth century. In 1918, Wells married Hadwin Houghton, the heir of the Houghton-Mifflin publishing fortune, and remained throughout her life an avid collector of rare and important poetry volumes.
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The Eternal Feminine - Carolyn Wells
THE ETERNAL FEMININE
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Carolyn Wells
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Eternal Feminine
AT THE LOST-AND-FOUND DESK
TOOTIE AT THE BANK
THE DRESSMAKER IN THE HOUSE
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
A NEW RECRUIT
SHOPPING FOR POSTAGE STAMPS
AT THE BRIDGE TABLE
SHE GOES SHOPPING
A QUIET AFTERNOON
TAKING CARE OF UNCLE
IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE
THE HOUSEWIFE’S HELPER
MRS. LESTER’S HOBBLETTE
AT THE COOKING CLASS
ÆSOP UP TO DATE: THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL OF MILK
The Eternal Feminine
By
Carolyn Wells
The Eternal Feminine
Published by Tender House Publishing
New York City, NY
First published 1913
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THE ETERNAL FEMININE
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AT THE LOST-AND-FOUND DESK
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YES, THAT’S MY BAG. I left it at the lace counter. Thank you. Please give it to me. What? I must prove property? Why, don’t you see it’s mine? That twisty silver monogram on the side is really E. C. S. That’s my name, Ella C. Saunders. I told Jim I thought the letters were too wiggly to be easily read, but I never thought anybody’d want to read it but me. Describe contents? Why, of course I can describe the contents! In one pocket is a sample of lace, just Platte Val, you know, not an expensive lace, and with it—I think it’s with it—is a sample of rose-colored crêpe de Chine—that is, not exactly rose-colored—sort of crushed plummish or burnt magenta—but no—come to think, I left those samples with my dressmaker. Well, anyway, there’s a Subway ticket—or let me see, did I use that coming down? I believe I did! Well, there’s a little memorandum card that slips in—the celluloid sort, you know. No, there’s nothing written on it. I don’t use it because, though they pretend you can wash them like a slate, you can’t. They just smudge. What do you mean by saying I haven’t told a definite thing yet? I’ve told you lots! Well, there’s some money—I don’t know how much; some chicken feed, as Jim calls it—and a five-dollar bill, I think—oh no—I paid that to the butcher. Well, there must be a one-dollar bill—two, maybe. Oh, and there’s a little pencil, a goldy-looking one; it came with the bag. And some powder-papers—those leaves, you know; but I believe I did use the last one yesterday at the matinée. Oh, dear, how fussy you are! I tell you it’s my bag; I recognize it myself. Can’t I tell you of some personal belongings in it so you’ll be sure? Why, yes, of course I can. My visiting-card, Mrs. James L. Saunders, is in that small inside pocket.
"Why didn’t I tell you that in the first place? Why, you rattled me so; and besides, I thought I had to tell of