The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-13
THEIR EXPERIENCES.
Two Chicago GIRLS Gossip About Thei,
FalrTribuIations.

Two Chicago Girls Gossip About Their
Fsif,Tribulations.
They met at soda fountain and greeted
each other languidly.
What is your idea of perpetual motiona"
asked the girl with the Elton suit.
The average Worlds fair visitor"
psS11~mptly responded the girl with the lace
veil. =
You havs some, too, see"
Only II. Pm waiting now for Cousin
Selma and the children. They want to see
the Masonic temple"
All of them do. / feel sorry for Josie,
though. Did you see the elderly couple
hhe was showing the sights yesterday?"
Keep your sympathy for me, my dear.
Josie doesn't need it. They are her god
parents, and when they are gone she will
IND check in the hair receiver or an old
overshoe, which will enable her to 20 to "A
sanitarium or nice, quiet lunatic asylum
for good rest. wish had her luck"
$50 do I've have an engaged girl at our
house,
You poor thingl''
Yes. She and arc sleeping in folding
ned IN the parlor-at least we are supposed
to sleep there. He comes to see her every
evening, and they sit and look injured un-
til we all leave the parlor"
"Of course"
But that isn't the worst of it. He starts
to go at 1890"
"Oh, well. p'-
AT IL they commence to quarrel. At
l1:SO she returns his ring, and he rushes
madly out. banging the door after him"
But you get to bed then?''
oh, yes. get to bed, but she insists OH
telling me all about it. try to soothc her
by agreeing with her, but she turns on me
and | Gou,t
that Henry is an angel, and she has driven
him to suicide. Pretty soon she begins to
weep wildly in my ear and wants papa
walked up to 10 and see if he has committed
suicide"
And do you wake him?"
Wake him? No, don't. | walked him
once when thought there was a burclarin
the house, and l have wondered ever since
why mamma ever married him.
And what becomes of Henry?"
oh, he comes around with the milkman.
says it was all his fault, is forgiven and eat
breakfast with the family"
"Ohl Well, we have five children mt our
house, and the dear little things seem to be
centipeds, Judging from the marks they
leave on the hardwood floors. The eldest
boy turned on all the faucets and gas lets
IN the house the day he arrived-said he
wanted TO find out how they worked
Brother VIII took refuge at the club yes
terday, and Cousin Selma promptly wrote
to her sister that we have vacant rooiinn
She will be here with the twins tomorrow.
II suppose you've taken them to the fair.
l took one party there yesterday When
got home Mt more dead than alive and
hoping for quiet hour with Dick-the
poor fellow is feeling so neglected-they
came for me to show them the Auditorium.
believe they thought it was in the back
yard"
Yes, and the questions they ask One of
our visitors, a schoolteacher, has been read
ing up for six months in preparation for
this visit She lays traps for me to show
OIL her own learning, then when fall into
them she signs and says it is SO sad to see
girl neglect her opportunities. get even
with her in one way, though" she added
maliciously, "for when the others ask me
concerning the personal habits of the I'm
lus and the age at which Columbus cut his
first tooth just turn them over to herr
Good" said the girl with the Elton suit.
well, | must go now / think Uncle
Tompkins and his family will be here to-
day."
But where will you put thems"
Il don't know. Jack has bed made i'm
in the bathtub now, and saw mamma ey-
ing the width of the pantry shelves this
morning and looking meaningly at me. If
you don't see me again, you'll know I've
fallen off and broken something-my neck.
hope. Goodby. dear."-Chicago Herald.