The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-28


her most cutting remarks at the expense
of man. Her eyes were fixed upon hel
husband, and the expression of superior
ity that passed over her face was study
for tragedian. The expression on his
face would better have served the come
dian, it was so self deprecatory anG
showed such satisfaction in being the
weaker vessel.
"This is q most representative gather
ing" he whispered. There is Mrs. Ann
Amelia de tombstone, president of the
Women Who Dare society," It meets
every week at her house in Williams
burg, where it enjoys a most intellectual
evening"
Rush looked in the direction indicated
by Mr.. Hopper-Walker's long forefngeI
and saw q woman with high forehead
decorated with thin, tight curls. Her
eyes were large, and their prominence
was exaggerated by the powerful glasses
she wore on her very retrousse nose. In
deed, her nose turned up with so much
determination that it carried her upper
lip with it, exposing her two large front
teeth to the public gaze.
Mrs. De tombstone is very clever"
continued Hopper Walker. "She writes
for the magazines and pamphlets by the
score. l suppose you have read her book
on the form of marriage proposals among
the ancient Egyptians? She holds that
women proposed in those days and adj
vocates the olden custom. Mrs. Hopper
Walker has written an answer to this, in
which she proves that the custom is even
older than Mrs. DE tombstone claims,
and that that laGy's theories have even
been in practice in this country for
years. 1t is good custom for some
women. know a number who would
not have been married if it had not pre-
vailed" He cast furtive glance in the
direction of Mrs. Hopper-Walker, who
was just taking her seat amidst the most
enthusiastic applause.
at this moment Archie put his arm
through Rush's and said it was time for
them to be off. Rush thanked Mr.. Hop
per-Walker, and the TIVE young men
went down stairs to the cafe and seated
themselves at a small tablc.r While they
drank a jug of German settler Archie
wrote out his report of the Sappho and
Eent it down to The Trumpet Office.
There's nothing pleases them like get
ting copy in early. dear boy. Now let us
HE to my uncle Archer's, where will
leave you while do the McMulligan's
As told you before, that won't delay me
long. Cousin Bess viii take care of you
while 1 am interviewing McMulligan on
the cost of ais entertainment
From Delmonico's they strolled up
town as far as Twentieth street, Where
they turned off to the home of the
Archers, on Gramercy park. The moon
was shining brightly upon this exclusive
little park, and upon the ladies in their
handsome wraps who were running gay
ly up the Archers' front steps and disap-
pearing in blaze of gas light through
the door. This was to be Rush's intro
duction to New York society-a thing he
had heard good deal about and regard
ed with more or less awe. He was just
at an age when society is most attractive.
He was very susceptible to beauty, and
he considered Helen Knowlton the most
beautiful woman he had ever seen. And
SO she certainly was, for she was the
only beauty he had seen who was not of
a more or less rustic type, and, notwith-
standing his country bringing up, he had
little taste for rusticity in women. This
first appearance in the social world was
q great excitement to him, and he was
very much afraid that he would do some
thing in violation of the proprieties. So
he determined to do as his friend Filling
hast did; and he could not have had
better guide in such matters. To Archie
he said nothing about his embarrassment,
and there was nothing in his manner to
lead his friend to suspect it.
The two young men, as the ladies had
done before them, ran lightly up the
steps and entered the hall, where Rush
almost had his breath taken away by the
dazzling light and the perfume of flowers
He followed Archie upstairs. where they
left their topcoats; and, taking a parting
glance at himself in the mirror to see
that his tie had not ridden up over his
collar and that his hair was not too
much rumpled, he descended with Archie
to the drawing room. Here gorgeous
scence presented itself. The long rooms
were brilliantly lighted with wax candles
and decorated with more flowers than
Rush had ever seen together in his life.
The ladies were dressed in their finest
Paris gowns; but it was not so much the
dressing as the want of it that astonish-
ed our young countryman-the older the
ladies were, the less they seemed to fear
the cold.
Archie presented him at once to his
uncle and aunt and to his cousin Bessie,
for whom Rush Immediately conceived
the friendliest feelings. Bessie Archer
certainly was an attractive girl. She
was handsome and well made, and she
looked like girl who enjoyed good
health. Her complexion was brilliant,
her teeth dazzling and her clear, gray
blue eyes looked as strong as an eagles.
Although she was an exceptionally clever
girl, she was not bit of prig, and her
was remarkable for its cordiality.
When she took Rush by the hand she
gave him such firm, pleasant grip that
he said to himself, "Here is a girl worth
knowing; she shakes hands like man;
none of your flimsy, lackadaisical touch
ing of the fingers, such as some girls
give" And Bessie liked Rush at once. She
had heard such pleasant things about him
from Archie that she was naturally pref