Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-12


really an efficient worker, comes to Iue,
hurried and reproachful,a and exclaims,
"Oh. Mr.. Quixote, Mrs Wisconsin
says you said | like to have all the la
dies under my thumb" [ simply pat
her on the shoulder and answer: My
dear creature, do you think L could
say such a thing of you? Ii L had
made such remark does not your
conscience satisfy you that it must
have been about Mrs. Wisconsin? p
and then L laugh, as if it were all
joke, and tell her mild and much
diluted little club story.
Satisfy a womans little personal
vanity, and she will be sleek and vel
vety as an amiable cat. Several
times when Mrs. Delight has been on
the verge of an open quarrel with
certain of her sister workers, L have
restored her to good temper by mere
ly referring to her for grammatical
correction the committee report of
some (absenD member. Precision of
phraseology except when she IS OK
cited-is one of Mrs. Delights chief
vanities She is a woman fond OF
long tailed words ending in 'ousity
or alton" L have observed that she
is wise enough to frequently employ
these long winded terms in the van
gushing of the meeker members of
the association.
Mrs. Delight is a woman OF admir-
able persistence. Her association in
responsible position with the Su-
perannuated Makers of Wax Flowers
has calculated to develop this faculty,
| have discovered that the presidents
and other officers of benevolent and
charitable associations are liable to
become personally callous to the suf-
ferings and timidly expressed inclin-
ations of their proteges. They are
to end by regarding their poor as SO
many head of cattle to be fed and
sheltered without discrimination.
Mrs. Delights fault is the common
one of forcing her dependents to take
her periodical gifts as so much salu-
tary physic Cad, sir. they must
take it whether they will or they
won't.
Miss Emily Ardor, who processes to
be girlish gourmand, and who is a
trife ostentatious in her fondness for
a good dinner-she is proud of being
thought n fine healthy girl, with a fine
appetite-has just tapped at my door
to say that there Is to be real turtle
soup for dinner. Madame Aroni is
an admirable caterer. At her table
you will always find etiquette and
clean napkins and the best viands OF
the season L must say that even
the hash is good Mr.. Wisconsin will
probably not appear at dinner to-day.
Last night about III o'clock the house
next door caught fire. There was an
excitement among the boarders, and
all were aroused After the danger
was over several of the ladies, includ-
ing Emily 4 am almost of the opin-
ion that single ladies of more than
twenty five are ubiquitous seated on
the front steps recounting their I'M
pressions and recollections of fires,
when the front door opened and Mr..
Wisconsin appeared clad simply in a
nightshirt. with his silk hat (he is u
lawyer on his head and his great coat
upon his arm. He was visibly ner
vous and alarmed.
The ladies scattered like a flock of
birds surprised by d hunter. 1t was
some time before L could convince
Wisconsin that he was in redanger
of arrest 10y the police than of being
burnt by the fires What remark
able different man Wisconsin is upon
an occasion of supposed danger, from
the Wisconsin who manages to get
the best and rarest bits of tenderloin
in the morning. Cad, sir, you can
never tell to what depths of folly
a man may descend till. you've seen
him at a fire, beastly intoxicated and
in love. .a