Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-21
CANE AND PARAsOL.

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"did you enjoy pleasant afternoon, my
friends" A~ -a&s.@ Aa~''
"Not very" the Parasol said. 81 ana
tired nearly to death. l don't want any
more sightseeing and holidays in the
city" .se
"Why, believe me-" said the Cane, "l
am surprised to hear you say So Master
had lovely time What did you and
your mistress do that you feel so weary
and dissatisfed?"
"Oh, we walked down to the park and
sat down on bench for while, and
watched tine people; then we walked over
to the fountain, and around by the lake,
and saw the boats"
"Did you take row or saiI?" asked
the Cane.
sob, no; they charged fifteen cents an
hour for the boats, so we came away and
went down Washington street and looked
IN at the show windows, and went into
store and bought some ruching and one
pair of gloves. 1t was so crowded on
the sidewalks that l thought l would
have every one of my ribs broken, if I
stayed up, but the sun beat so could not
stay down, and everybody pushed, and
jostled, and"
"Bless your sweet, simple SOUL" cried
the Cane, in burst of ecstatic enjoy
ment, eve went everywhere and took in
everything. Stopped at Flordefuma's
and got an elegant cigar, jumped on red
Car and went out to the park, took little
sail on the lake while we finished the
cigar, met young Hyson, South street,
and had a couple of games of billiards,
got stuck for both of them, too; master
played awfully careless to-day; then we
called coupe and ratified away to the
baseball grounds and watched one inn
ing played; dropped in at Vanilla's and
had little light lunch and a bottle of
wine with couple of friends; ran around
to the club and chatted few minutes,
played some more billiards, jumped on
the cars and ran down to Messersmidt's
gardens and had little cold lager, and
smoke, bowled few ten pins, heard some
good, four-part singing by a party of
students, lively good fellows they were,
too; took a coupe from the stand and
came home around by the river drive,
cool and airy, drive just full Of elegant
ter is out on the back piazza, now, read
ing and smoking a cigar, says he thinks
he'll run down town for an hour or two
after. tea. Where's your mistress?''
s'She is up in her room lying down
poor Parasol; "she will not be down to
tea"
"Why didn't you take street-car,
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the Cane
"And pay six cents to ride four blocksl
Do you think this family is made of
asked the Parasol, scornfully.
"We had to spend ten cents for a glass
of lemonade, mistress was so overheated,
and did want her to take an ice, but she
counted oyer the change in her purse and
said she wished she hadn't ordered the
lemonade. We went to the art galleries
and saw the paintings, and strolled into
the free library, and went into oh, the
loveliest observatory down on Fora
avenue, and visited one or two old
churches, l forgot their names, and we
were going out to Highland park, but we
were too tired, and SO we came home, and
never went out again"
''Why didn't you stop in at Vinllla's
parlors?n asked the Cane,
"and you could rest and have just the
best little lunch or ices of any
"And spend all the money there is in
the house?" said the Parasol. ''There are
enough ways of spending money without
wasting it ON ices and sherbets But you
look as bright and CHEEKY as though you
had been in the house all day. You and
your master didn't go very far, did your"
And the Parasol wondered how it was
that the Cane always came in from these
jaunts happy and bright and full of talk
about the people he had met and the
sights he had seen, and chattering away
about cigars and coupes and lager beer
and billiards and lunches and music and
drives just as carelessly as though money
was only made to spend And she won
dered after all, if her mistress and she
had saved anything, and if that head
ache wasn't costing more than coupe,
and if even car tickets weren't cheaper
than camphOr and ammonia, and whether
it was fair that the Parasol should do all
the saving and the Cane all the spending?
And very wisely and very resolutely she
shook her tassels as she made up her
mind that the next time she went out
she would make the money fly, and have
a good time and see people, and be able
to tell things when she came back, and
would make that crooked headed Cane
jump out of his ferule with excitement.
Patient, loving, saving, unselfish Sis
tiers of the congregation, there is heap
of truth in this parable, and don't you
forget it. And it is mainly the Parasors
own fault. When your husband offers
to spend money for your pleasure, let
him do it. Don't shake your head and
say, "It's too extravagent." If he is any
kind of husband at all, he will enjoy
spending dollar for you more than ten
dollars for himself And if you refuse
the preferred dollar, ten to one it goes
for cigars before sunset.
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