The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-03-29
NEVER AT A LOSS.
Trust the Girl of the Period for Getting
Out of Difficulties.


The devious ways of young women
are once more illustrated in a little
tale of recent happening. A young
woman from a neighboring city come
to spend fortnight with q married
friend of this town. The hostess had
planned a small theater party of four
for the night of her guests arrival,
and, as the train was little late, she
hurried her off to her own room at
once to "fuss up'' while they visited.
''Diclxs brother takes you," began
Dicks wife. Gle is awfully nice and
do hope you will like each other. I'll
tell you everything he likes and doesn't
like. You're just his style in appear
ance-dark and petite-and your voice
will captivate him, for he adores music;
but, Nell, seriously, there is one thing
you mustn't do while you are here, and
that is, eat onions in any FORM"
At this Nell groaned and sank back
with an exclamation of horror. GIVE
done that very thing tonight" she
cried theatrically; 81 dined on the
train, you know, and the soup had
onions in it; ate some potato salad
favored with onions, and worse than
all, there were some delicious mixed
pickles as a relish, which ate much of
by picking out the tender, crisp little
onions!"
Then both women looked very solemn.
''It's dreadful, Nell" finally said
Mrs. Dick. arthur is perfect crank
on the subject; says he thinks nobody
should go abroad at all who will eat
onions at the risk of making himself
disagreeable to all with whom he comes
in contact. Oh, dear, I ought to have
written vou!''
But Miss Nell had risen to the emer-
gency.
"Don't worry" she said, confidently;
81 see a way out. Let me have bit
of parsley to chew and I'll manage the
rest"
A little later the four were seated in
the theater, Arthur and Nell on the
best of terms, and nobody but Dicks
wife noticing how constantly Nell kept
her handkerchief over her mouth. Pres
emily the young diplomat leaned for
ward, asking her hostess if she had a.
vinaigrette with her. "No," was the
reply, and then everybody asked if she
felt faint.
''Im not ILL.," said Nell, demurely,
'but-I hate to speak of it-somebody
near me has been eating 'onions and
their flavor is peculiarly disagreeablet to
me-"
Arthur swallowed the bait way up
to the float. LET me change places
with you, Miss B -" he said earnest
ly. 81 haven't noticed onions in my
vicinity, and I shan't mind it as you
do, though understand and sympa-
thize with your dislike. It is atrocious
that people have so little regard for the
actual rights Of other people. There
should be an ordinance preventing
onion eaters from coming to public
places"
Nell prettilY deprecated, but finally
reluctantly changed places, and, hav-
ing thus completely and literally
thrown him off the scent, continued to
increase the favorable impression she
had evidently made.
''Oh, you clever grip said Mrs. Dick,
when, at the end of the evening she
went in to say goodnight. arthur is
completely hoodwinked; he told Dick
downstairs just now that you were de-
lightful and he liked you better than
ever when he found you were with him
on the onion question:" And Nell
smiled wicl1edly, but said her prayers
and slept the sleep of the just without
tinge of remorse.-N. Y. Times.