The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-19
BROTHERS.
Two Nice Girls Talk Over Their Uses and
Misuses


BIisuses.
Brothers are very useful sometimes, IRE
marked the girl with the roses in her beJ.
Very" assented the girl with the shot
silk gown, but sometimes they are little
trying-I am angry with Phil just now"
What has he done?" eagerly asked the
girl with the roses in her belt. Having q
brother myself think I can sympathize."
II know. Well, you see it is this way:
Young Coldcash likes me, know, but he
is so awfully bashful that he could not get
up the courage to call, and, having broth
er OF my own, l knew it would be simply
ruinous to get up an intimacy with his Sis
ter. SOL
80 you bribed your brother to ask him
to come" put in the girl with the roses in
her belt
"Of course. bribed Phil to do it by get
ting Louise an invitation TO Aunt Kate's
garden party"
"Well,"
well, he did it. and they got to be great
friends-I didn't just want that, you know,
Tor every time would be getting n nice,
quiet talk with him, that provoking broth
or would come and drag him away, saying;
Come on, old fellow. 1 know you don't
want to waste so much time on sis. She'll
talk you to death if you let her. OF course
he was too bashful to say he wanted to
stay'-
How perfectly horrid! Why didn't you
tell your brothers"
Il did, and the next time he said Come
on, old fellow. can see you're dying to
get away, and l'll make it all right with
sis after you're gone.'"
well, l never! hope your
oh, yes, | got even with him l didn't
waste any time on tears and reproaches.
nc snI ntttc
with me-"
But don't see''-
why, goosie, his room is next to mine.
and we laughed and talked until 9 O'Clock.
lie knows that know all about that little
affair of his at college last year. and he
thought was telling Louise about it and
we were laughing Mt him. Oh, tell you.
he was fairly Wild"
Pm glad to hear it. Now, when IN,
brother gets troublesome, just ask the
girl he used to he engaged to to spend the
evening with me- OF course he has to take
her home, and nearly die of laughing over
how awkward he feels"
What splendid idea! Still, brothers
have their uses-one learns from them how
TO manage the other men,"
Doesn't one? Now, for instance, when
they dine Mt the house, how would Il girl
know that they We're dying for an after din
ner smoke if she hadn't brother."
Very true, and he would be cross and
they would fall to quarreling before they
knew it."
Mercy, yes. Then, too, You can find out
from your brother what they are really in
terested in, and it saves IL lot of time not To
have to feel your way from Shakespeare to
the races and from politics to tennis to fino
what he wants to talk about"
"Indcedit does. It's awful, though, if
your brother gets mad and tells"-
Indeed it is. Mine doesn't dare to now.
though, he knows if he does will Just tell
Edith all about Fan. You see he has told
her that he never proposed to any girl but
her, and-well, l happen to have letter
from Fan telling me all about it,
You are i'll luck. Why that letter ought
to he worth IL couple of bonnets and IN
escort to several parties season."
1T is. Eve only to mention it and get
whatever want, though, of course, only
Use it in extreme cases"
"Of course. He'd get accustomed to it if
you used it too often. l do pity Stella"
why? She has three brothers"
II know, but they are none OF them in
love, and she can't do n thing with them"
But they will be some day. Well,
must go now. I've promised Phil to 90
with him to select an engagement ring
There's II silver hairpin that l need dread
fully
But the ring you select will never suit
Louise"
"Oh, that's all right. He doesn't know
it, but | went to the shop with her yester-
day, and she selected the one she wanted.
In return she is To use her influence with
Phil To make him get papa to take back
what he said to poor, dear Fred. Goodby,
dear"-Chicago Tribune