Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-07-31
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every picnic, spelling bee and can
dy.pnl'ing ia the ncighborhood was
held IN one of Amelin's weeks. This
matter i sfill worrying him, but
Amelia privately told your CORE
spondent thst She had arranged
these matters To suit herself. Anne
lia's partial,ty for bangs also annoys
ohn. Bangs have just come into
fashion IN Shat'cfsbutg society, and
Amelia has bargmnnia. Her hair
was meyer inteudcd to curl, but like
all other girls. she attempts the inn
possible. John would willingly
lend his hai,d to this folly if he could
icsch his sister 10 help tie his neck
tie. His side il tied all right, but
hers comes out looking like a shout
der knot of q slipper bow. Nor has
she any idea OF the proper function
Of q pair OF suspcndcrs: she ties the
hall for lohn'- side around her waist
aud pins Il In three places.
riir rinsr TIME THAT Mn. ALLEN
wished 30 Hog ohm lac encountered q
serious difficulty. Amelia made
moic noise than John did, n n d
seemed 10 be getting the worst Of Il.
The father has almost thought him
self into lunatic asylum over h
matter. In an ungnarded moment,
when he was young and didn't
know any better, John agreed to let
his sister use his hand Ia taking les
sons. lie has q good car for music,
but she doesn't know dead march
from a cofnstalk fiddle, apd his car
IS becoming impaired. Amelia Is
not without her trials " lien she and
John wear boys clothing. John
has long tailed coat FOR Sunday,
but Amelia has never learned the
way to the pockets and what each
pockctiu the whole suit should con-
tain. She puts Johns knife in
eoat.iaii pocket, and her handker-
chief and his pencil IN his pants
pocket. When Amelia takes out
Jonn's wa,cl,-to note the time she
doesn't put IL back in his vest pock-
ct, she sticks il into the bosom Of
his shirt, and he has 20 20 slow till
it comes out n, his foot The writ
ting is done 10y Amelia; John holds
the paper and gives advice. AT the
table John feeds Amelia and Amelia
John. This is absolutely necessary.
since otherwise the hands would
come in conflict and neither would
get anything. La the same way
John bTushts Amelia's teeth and
she brushes his. MIR. Allen says IL
is worth any admission fec TO see
John Amelia undreAs, but your cor
respondent was not granted per-
mission 10 witness these scenes.
MIR. Alien says that when
JOnS rs READY TO TAKE orr HIS
SHIRT,
carrying il over his head like any
other boy, Amelia wants TO crawl
through the top. and let the shirt
drop on the floor. John can't un-
dcrstand why Amelia's dresses
should open behind, and TO please
both, the dresses open both in front
and behind. Mr.. Allen refused TO
give further details Of the dressing
and undressing.
The climax Of Johns woes came
last summer, when Mr.. Allen went
20 FarmviIle and bought as q birth
day present for Amelia the first
wire.spripg hustle that Shattersburg
ever saw. Shat;efsburg society
was all torn up by this bustle, and
all the women IN the neighboYhood
came TO see il. This broke Johns
spirit. To stand for two hours and
half. and help Amelia show how
the hustle was pu. on and taken off.
and how to SIT down while wearing
one, this was too much. His mind
WAS made up; he VIII flee from
home as soon as bc can eIudc Anne.
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