The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-06
CAUGHT AT LAST.


am an old lady-no matter no"
od-but not infirm; and ! am also
old-fashioned enough TO prefer the old
manners TO the new. l never lean
against the back Of my chair. nor ap-
bear al the breakfast table in my wrap
rsr. and no one. except my maid. ever
sees nv curl-papers. ! was drought
upr not to take my ease in public.
But my granddaughter Ethel Is very
different. She says: "Oh. lets be
comfortable, grandma She has "given
up"-actually given up-wearing cor
sets =.
.Thcy'rc not hygienic. grandma
"Hygienc" to q woman Of my age
who never had headache!
What kind Of figure do you ex-
pect 10 hayc?r ! asked. severely.
"Grandma. she answered. shaking
her pretty hcad--it Is pretty-"my
waist measures just three inches less
than the Venus de Medici's.'
'.Thcn all l can say is. that Miss de
Medici would have been considered q
very 'dumPy young woman In my
day" answered.
Ethel llughcd. Times are sadly
changed. The modern young girl
laughs at her grandmother. and does
many other curious things. She learns
curious things at school. too One
day she rushed home from school, her
curls all flying in the breeze.
Grandma" she cried. i've learned
something wonderful today II you
should cut your brachiaI artery"
but don't intend to cut my
brachial artery at my time Of life, :
said l with some dignity.
Buff you should. grandma, / could
stop the flow Of blood instantly. and
sire your life. See hcre!' and before
knew what the child was doing. she
had my arm al tied up in knottcd
handkerchief. with broom-stick twist
ed through one end 50 tight that
thought she would amputate It on the
spot That il very strange sort o
knowledge to give . young girl. 4
don't seem ladylike.
Then. too. she has such perfect self
reliance! Why. my granddaughter
Ethel Starr Raymond. sits down some
times and looks into my eyes with sucl
level gaze. and talks to me with sucl
entire reliance on the accuracy Of heI
own views. that I might be the school
girl and she the old lady. for al III
Difference she pays TO nv views More.
over, something that happened recent
" gives the child great advantage
over me; and rs sure rs say: Ethel
do be a little more femininc" she ha
roguish g;eam in her brown eyes, ant
is sure 10 say:
But. grandma, II ! must be 50 sof
and feminine. what will you do
the 'man-in-the-moon' comes dow
againP"
| suppose l must tell the Who'll
story.
have been great traveller in m
day-north. south, east and west.
haven't been 10 Africa yet, but there
no telling but that yet may round III
Cape Of Good Hope.
Last autumn. when Ethel took
bad cold. which gradually DEVELOPER
into bronchitis. l thought nothing Q
packing up and starting o6 for Cal
iornia with her. We stopped At beat
u'ul little town. situated in vale
nM Tar from San Francisco bay. wit
ne soft hills Of the coast range a
sround MS and taking a furnishe
mouse settled down comfortably K
the winter.
Now. have spent : great deal I
VINE In my life looking for somebody
Hm man. No matter how inconvel
ent = might b, neither heat n,
co'u' late hours nor early coinpar
nor lack Of company, could ever 4
uucc me 70 neglect tho time-honors
custom q looking for "that man
wno hides under beds. shuts himss
sP'a closets. folds himself up bchIu
oors Or doubles up IN dark corner
M thc sole purpose II robbIng d
sr'ng PEACEFUL and unprotcct'
y I'll The precious hours that 20,