Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-14

The Kind 81 Girl That some Mothers
Pride snd Training Makes.

Efiue SUI framing hhheNs
There are mothers girls-swect little
dears brought up at mothers knee, aud
taking ia. with the extraordinary quick.
ness OF a sharp wittcd child, everything
they hear mentioned Such children 10.
come little rcplicas Of their elders, copy
tholr conversation, their gestures. their
tones, ideas, faults and foolish ldIosyn.
crnsies Tho parents think 10 80 cute, 50
cunning aud, proud of dear Mary James
old womanish ways aud clmplacont alice
tailous. drag her about with them whor.
ever they 70, and force Dor upon their
friends and 'halr visitors till Mary jaHa
becomes inflated 10 bunting point with
The consciousness Of hcf own charms, and
the family acquaintance feel that they
would like TO incnroeratc the dear, clever
lltilc woman In some lar distant spot,
whore the babies cease from troubling and
the listener 10 at rest.
Mary James mamma Is always foistlng
her brilliant daughter upon afternoon viz
itorl, who come ut untowar'l times when
mamma Il up stairs In tho comfortable
hegllge Of loose white sack aud q short
white skirt. When she receives the cards
aho becomes extremely Hurried, after the
manner Of women. exccrhtes her guests
WIN NAA NNA' ANNAANNWf NNHllNAAANNH NWN
finally tells Mary Jane. who is standing
about and silently enjoying the breeze. to
smooth her hair, pull up her stockings,
aud go down and entertain tho ladies until
mamma comes"
Nothing Is dcnrer 20 tho heart Of Mary
Jane Plastorlng down her bangs with
wet brush aud donning clean pinaforc,
she trips down stairI and enters the parlor,
imnariin 10 her back drapcrics a gently
pendulons swing, as she has seen her Aunt
Fanny do when dressed up 10 meet her
young man. Mary Jane has q perfectly
self possessed and complacont manner,
copied from mammals and Aunt Fanuy'a.
She grcets tho guests with gracious patron.
Hgc, then, sitting on the edge Of her chair,
smooths her pinaiorc, crosses her ankles
and proceeds to direct tho conversation
Into Interesting channels.
First, she calls their attention 10 the new
drapefies over the mantel. They were
papaa taste. "iic want oil one day and
bought thom secondhand; cheap, you
know. And mamma was furious She
says any one can sec they've boon bought
secondhand. DO you think you would
have guessed 10 II hadn't told your No;
perhaps not"
fhpn her eyes lighted on a silk sofa pit.
low, she dcsignat,s u with languld wave
Of the hand and continues
That Is new too. Mamma's friend.
Miss O'Neil, made n. Miss O'Nell, you
know, was at school with mamma, but
aitcrward she didn't get married, you see.
AZ mamma says her offers 10 poor, aud
NO now she's an old maid and teaches
music. She's worn very badly, mamma
says, and Is getting q little short in he
temper. She gives mo lrstons-lt's really
out OK charity for she is not at all good
teacher She also cnmos 90 dinner once n
week, and sometimes twice Weir begin.
ming TO think that she comes little too
often. because We have 10 have three
couros and dessert when she comes, and II
does make tho bills run up soW
After this she falls back on the photo
graphs on the table. aud points them out
with appropriate descriptions
THAT man there with the big mustnche
Il Aunt Fanny's beau. He's been coming
here for three years, and papa calls him
the forlorn hope | don't know why no
does that Aunt Fanny sits Ia the parlor
when he comes, and WE all VIC hero In the
library and listen TO Aunt Fanny laugh.
Mamma says itaa pity hos not 70 enter
Aining when he talks 10 us. He never
makes us laugh ut all.
1.-THE next man, In the enamel frame, Il
Mr.. smith. He's a friend OF papa's. Last
winter he lent papa some money, and ID
Isn't paid yet. Aa soon as les paid man.
mas going to get her a set OF cut glass but
papa says she can't have ono pieco until
then. Mamma gets awful mad when he
tchs her Ia, but papa says honesty is the
best policy, and when papa snys thing
lbs iuat like the Medes aud the pru ssiaus."
Here mamma, nicely dressed up, but
somewhat out Of breath, enters rnstllng
~ am afraid this llttlo ohatterbox has
been boring YOU" shc says, wish beaming
maternal pride. The guests politely dis.
claim such possibility. In truth, they
have been enormously antertained.-Sa
Francisco Argonaut