St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-14

send her flowers, TO take her to places OF
amusement-indeed. to behave exactly as
II you were her sweetheart. L quietly ate
my salad, which was much better than my
opinion of what she had just told me. In
the first place l do not believe In such
state OF affairs, but determined TO ask
Aunt Arundel's opinion of II, for shes
very decided about everything. Here Is
what she answered: "A friendship be-
tween women. when IL means pleasant
companionshlp. sympathy In Joy or sorrow,
and good sisterly love, Is right But
friendship that writes love letters. quotes
very nasty writers, that talks about love
such as mortals never knew before, ana
which makes fools of women, Is sign not
only of mental but physical decay In the
race"
Aunt Arundel positively snorted with dis
gust as she expressed her judgment /
consoled her. however, by telling her that
the greater number. as well as the better
part of the women, continued TO lavish
their affection on the being heaven had ere
ated for that purpose, the animal called
man. Aunte gave as her reason for not
marrying that she once loved man whose
heart was beautiful Those are her exact
words) but as he only reached TO her
shoulders she would not accept him and
appear before the world as il she had we'd
ded a walking-stick. Her fOndneSs for
Jack Is explained by his blgneSs, and she
carries this lad 10 such an extreme that no
dogs but Newfoundlands, mastifs and
St. Demands are allowed at her country
place. She fOrgives my small size,
but regards il as an inheritance from an
ancestreSs for which / am not responsible;
the weakness of a great grandfather who
married small woman having evidently
descended upon me. When L have pleaded
with her for little women, and claimed that
they ''reach just as high as a mans heart,
am awed into silence by look which in
forms me that they ought to be on level
with his brain. At the same time she
abominates woman suffrage, is in favor of
monarchy, and believes that all unfaithful
women should have sound whipping in
the public squares. Goodness knows If this
were the law Fifth avenue would be filled
with weeping and wailing, while the drug
gists would become milliOnaireS from the
sale of salves, not for wounded honor but
for bruised flesh.
Jack is $3.50. He SAYS he has the mala-
ria. and, manlike. refuses all treatment. He
wont drink hot water, sees no fascination
in sulphur and molasses, scorns the dry
bread diet makes fun of hydrOpathy, wont
let me put belladOnna plaSters on him
Though really they do smell hOrribly)-in-
deed, shows no appreciation of my willing
ness to nurse him. He insists-think of it,
that I'm more trouble than am worth.
The information that lots of men would be
delighted to have me take care of them only
made him say: well, Bah, Pm glad some
body knows how sublime thing it is to
suffer; but, indeed, as a nurse, they are
more than welcome TO you" To be honest,
l don't think he has malaria. but the nat
ural result of little lark of his. He had a
good time. but this is the epilogue. How
ever, have proved TO him that blister Is
not nice, for one of mustard caused him to
say awful words and spoil his prettiest
chemise de mutt. CHATS French la Bah.
for never had occasion to mention a mas
culine retiring robe in France, and so have
to rely on my imagination.)
II was an excessively fine affair-pongee,
sailor collar embroidered in blue, pocket
with monogram in blue and blue handker-
chief stuck into il. He looked very nice
and he knew ii, hence the blister, for it was
proper to subdue the vanity of the young
person. What relief there is in mmentiOn-
able words for an indignant mani l was
told that messenger boys were to be edu-
Gated i'm the language of anger and hired
out at so much an hour to express the feel
ings of women when they were too full
for utterance." / asked a very knowing
man about this, who said he had not heard
of it and did not see the need, for when
women were too full, they usually could
utter more than people wanted to hear.
never smiled, for considered this imperti-
nence.-Bab in New York Star.