The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-04
BROTHERS.
Two Nice Girls Talk Over Their Uses and
Misuses.


Misusss.
brothers are very useful sometimes" re-
marked the girl with the roses in her belt.
Very" assented the girl with the shot
silk gown, hut sometimes they are little
trying-l am angry with Phil just now"
What has he done eagerly asked the
girl with the roses in her belt. Having a
brother myself think eau sympathize."
Il know, Well. YOU see il is this way:
! Young Coldcash likes me. know. hut he
Is SO awfully hashfui that he could not get
up the courage to call, and having broth
e. Of my own, knew it would be simply
ruino,ls to get up an intimacy with his sis-
ter SOL
so you hrihed your brother to ask him
| to come" put in the CIR! with the roses in
her belt.
OF course. bribed Phil to do it by get
| ting Louise an invitation to Aunt Hates
garden party"
"Weli:''
We'll, he did 1t. and they got to be gres'
friends-I didn't just want that, you knos .
for every time would be getting a ri>o,
| quiet talk with him, that provoking broth
err would come and drag him away, saying
Come on, old fellow. l 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 bgother?"
Il did. and the next time he said: Come
on, old fellow. | can see you're dying to
get away. and I'll make il all right with
sis after you re gone"
We'll, I never. hope you"-
sstNh al -
waste any time on tears and reproaches. |
just asked Louise over TO stay all night
with me-"
But don't see
Why. goosie, his room Is next to mine,
and we laughed and talked until . o'clock
He knows that know all about that little
affair of his at college last year. and he
thought ! was telling Louise about it ard
we were laughing at him. Oh, l tell you,
he was fairly Wild"
I'm glad to hear it. Now, when my
brother gets troublesome. just ask the
girl he used to be engaged to to spend the
evening with me. OF course he has to take
her home. and nearly die OF laughinsover
| how awkward he feels
What q splendid idea, Still. brothers
have their uses-one learns from them how
| to manage the other men"
| Doesn't oue2 Now, for instance, when
they dine ut the house, bow would u girl
know that they were dying for an after din
ner smoke If she hadn't q brot her?"
Very true, and he would be cross and
they would fall to quarreling before the ;
knew it"
| Mercy, yes. Then. too, you can find ont
from your brother what they are really in
tereste1 in. and it saves LOT OF time not re-
have to feel your way from Shakespeare Ia
the races and from politics to tennis to tlnn
what he wants to talk about"
Indeed il does. It's awful, though. il
| your brother gets mad and tells
| Indeed il is. Mine doesn't dare to now.
| though, be knows if he does | will just tell
| Edith all about Fan. You see be has told,
her that he never proposed 10 any girl bat
her, and-weli, | happen to have letter
| from Fan telling me all about it,"
You are in luck Why that letter ought
to be worth a couple Of bonaets and an
escort to several parties u season"
1T is I've only to mention it and re t
whatever want, though, OF course. o. )
use it in extreme cases"
''Of course. He'd get accustomed to IL II
you used it too often. DO pity Stella"
Why She has three brothers"
Il know, but they are none OF them in
love, and she can't do thing with them"
But they will be some day. Well,
| must go now. I've promised Phil to go
| with him to select an engagement ring.
There's a silver hairria that need dread
| fully
But the ring you select will never sui.
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 BAG K
what be said to poor, dear Fred. Goodby
dear. Chicago Tribune.