New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-23
"B0ys Not Admitted. :"
BY NJ. b. B.

This notice was posted at the entrance
of an attractive tennis court, in certain
pleasant CITY OF the big village order.
Four well-dressed boys were tattening
themselves against the ratings, as discon-
ISOLATE as SO many leris a the gate of Eden.
S'pose they stick that up outside of
heaven" quoth one of the four. ..Boys
amt wanted anywhere. Mother sent me
out Ct the house, AMI Bridget sent me out
of the yard, and the old cop sent me and
my ball Off the sidewalk. Ihata vacation.
What's fellow to do with it anyhow?n
A dapper young gentleman, ABOUT to en-
ter the court, paused to make an improv-
ing comment upon what he had overheard.
Rob. my friend, = said he, ssif boys
would avoid being noisy and age ressive,
or in the way of their elders, they would
| not be-, as they are in measure, ostra-
cised. y
Better measure his own size-shrimp!''
muttered one of Rob, chums. sCome on
to Smiths billiard place, he'll let us in.
Come, who cares?
A young lady in Eden had heard all
that passed without the gate. She turned
quickly as the dapper young man APP
preached her, cap in one hand, racket in
the other.
GLOW could you go and preach to those
little chaps?'' was her unexpected greet
ing. ssThey want something to do, and
| what wonder?"
s'Boys are prob EN-, . was the reply.
| ssWhy doesn't somebody suggest keeping
| them in barrels till they are eighteen, feed
ing and educating them through the bung-
hole2 Not bad idea .
II would keep them at large till that
age and then barrel them, = retorted the
girl. g Not noisy or in the way dread
full little nonentities you d make of boys.
One would think that they had no light
to be, that they should tie born with
moGstaches. Give them room and fair
play, and occupa ion, and boys are per-
fectly charming. Rob! Robbie Austin!"
she called, running to the gate.
Just then the man in charge of the
court was shooting Of the boys, scold-
ing Rob particularly because as he yacil-
lated about going to Smiths, he dug his
shoes into the fresh gravel of the walk
At the sound of Miss Mabel's bright tone 5
| the quartette turned. ''Boys,' she said,
sswiIl you do me fayor9''
| .'Yes, yes, y in full chorus.
ssWell''-co collecting her wits, there
are lots Ct daisies out on the South road.
l should like several large punches with
| long stems, and some ferns. Don't go
without asking your mothers, butif they
| say yes, and you take the flowers to my
| house, you can stop and play croquet as
long as you like. You will be as good as
| pie, and won't dig up the turf, | know.
| Thank you, and goodbye.
! you are the queerest girl ever saw;
| what were you saying to those boys1' de-
manded Rob's big sister.
| Asking a favor of them.
| s.They will doubtless do it for you, .
was the half derisive reply.
ooh! no doubt. I've heard that the
| Persian word for gentleman means the
i brother of sisters. [ wonder what their
! word is for sister of brothers. +"
| Martyr, laughed Rob's sister
| Mabel had no br theirs, but what had
| Just passed had given shape to certain i'm
| pressions that had till now foated as
nebnla in her busy brain. Between the
shouts of ''yahtage,n 'sforty love" and
1fduce set she was planning plans for
her boy neighbors that surprised herself.
| Mabel was a girl of energy and sense as
we'll as heart. The result OF that planning
amid the flying balls was the formation of
club. 1t was christened the IL. L. p.
II. Club. !" This stood for Life, Liberty
and Pursuit of Happiness Club" Its
founders naturally felt that the more OF
! the alphabet they put into its name the
better. Originally it was but a boys
club, but at the first meeting the boys
magnanimously voted to admit girls to
partial membership. It was Differed by
young men and young ladies and had an
iopen list of Independents. The clubs
object was to furnish occupations for