The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-29
THE lola REGISTER.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER %. 1893.
UNDERSTOOD THE AUDIENCE.
Although They Didn't Applaud Eloiss
When She Recited.


TDRAMATIs PERsoN.E: ELoIsE AND LULU.
Eloise-I saw you at our fair the
other night, Lulu. Don't you think il
was rather a nice one for just few
very exclusive girls to get up?
Lulu-Oh, it was too lovely! The
proceeds went for charity, didn't they?
Eloise-They were to go that way,
but then we lost our object, and it did
not seem worth while to hunt around
for another when there were SO many
things we wanted ourselves.
Lulu-Lost your objc It? How could
you do that, dear?
Eloise-Well, you see, when the older
ladies in our church sent box to that
missionary in Africa, we girls put in a
bonnet for his wife-she has been there
an awfully long time without a new
one; so hers must be ridiculously old
style. And what do you think hap
pencd?
Lulu simply never can guess.
Eloise-A horrid native ate it up be-
cause it had bird on it.
Lulu-That's what people must eX-
pect when they associate with barbar-
ians.
Eloise-Then we thought we'd have a
fair and get her something a great deal
nicer. We had set our hearts on a grand
square piano. But all our fathers, of
course, had to start up and say it never
could be taken way out where these
people live, So we just divided the
money and bought ourselves each a
safety bicycle.
Lulu-That crystal palace made of
cotton and powdered glass was quite
pretty. But mamma wouldn't let me
eat any ices there for fear the glass
might have fallen in them.
Eloise-That was the great danger
We found we could only sell them to
quite small children.
Lulu-The gypsy tent was nice, too.
But heard it said that the girls ought
not to have had auburn hair.
Eloise-My dear, every one must
know that auburn hair is the thing
now. They surely couldn't expect us
to have old-fashioned gypsies.
Lulu-What sweet fancy articles you
had for sale. And SO useful, too.
Eloise-Yes. Did you see those love-
IL pink and blue brocaded silk things
of mine? / made them for sachets, and
then l forgot to put the perfume in,
so just called them gentlemen's neck
ties. Some stupid people thought they
were tea cozies and others were just as
sure they were scrap bags.
Lulu-You painted some things. too.
recognized your brush at osce.
Eloise-Oh, thank you, dear. You
are always so appreciative. Half the
persons there couldn't make out the
decoration on that awfully expensive
royal Worcester vase. They were de-
termined to call my lovely spray of APP
pie blossoms butterflies. And one dis
gushing man thought it was a marine
scene.
Lulu-Men are too crude in their
tastes. l never mind what they say.
Eloise-I am glad it is all over. 1t
left me quite i'll.
Lulu-The nervous strain was too
much for you.
Eloise-No, it was the chicken salad
OF course | felt that l must accept
every invitation for the good of the
cause, so | ate six suppers.
Lulu-I went away before the enter
tainment part What did you recite,
Eloise?
Eloise-"HowG randmamma Danced"
of course.
Lulu-Why, to be sure. / didn't
think about that All the girls say it
so sweetly.
Eloise-Papa says if they once let me
begin l never stop until the last per-
son goes home. But I only recited
eight times l don't think that's too
many for a whole hours entertain
ment, do you? Some of the girls didn't
like it: they wanted to show off them
selves. You know how determined
Dorothy Travers always is to sing?
She was simply furious. l have the
loveliest new recitation, Lulu. It's
awfully pathetic Thirteen people die
in the very first verse.
Lulu-How did it take?
Eloise-The audience were so over
come. my dear. that they couldn't even
applaud. Ny reading almost always
affects them that way. l understand,
though, and give them another selec-
ton; just as if had been encored.-N
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