Feast and Famine

Thomas Benton, a kindly old soul, would shelter his "young fledglings" from the hard knocks of this cold, cruel world, and so keeps at home his daughter Ida, whose eyes, he decides, are not ... Read allThomas Benton, a kindly old soul, would shelter his "young fledglings" from the hard knocks of this cold, cruel world, and so keeps at home his daughter Ida, whose eyes, he decides, are not strong enough for the usual occupations open to young womanhood, and sends his son Jerry t... Read allThomas Benton, a kindly old soul, would shelter his "young fledglings" from the hard knocks of this cold, cruel world, and so keeps at home his daughter Ida, whose eyes, he decides, are not strong enough for the usual occupations open to young womanhood, and sends his son Jerry to college to study surgery in preparation for an "easy career." In spite of the aged bookk... Read all