Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-11
revEn AT A Loss.
Trust the Girl of the Period for Getting
 Out of Dincultiea.

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 a recent happening. A young woman from neighboring city come to spend & fortnight with a 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.
 Dicks brother takes you," began Dicks wife. "He is awfully nice and do hope you will like each other. Pll' 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 musn'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. "Pve done that very thing tonight" she cried theatrically; "I dined on the train, you know, and the soup had onions in it; I ate some potato salad favored with onions, and worse than all, there were some delicious mixed pickles as a relish. which I ate much of by picking out the tender, crisp little onions!"
 Then both women looked very solemn. 'It's dreadful, Nell" finally said 1 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 you!'
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 Don't worry" she said, confidently; ''1 see 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 wife noticing how constantly Nell kept her handkerchief over her mouth. Pres ently 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
 III uOU III, Sdlu Nell, ueInurely, ''but-I hate to speak of it-somebody near me has been eating onions and their flavor is peculiarly disagreeable to me-
 Arthur swallowed the bait way up to the float. 'Let me change places with you, Miss B -" he said earnest ly. II haven't noticed onions in my vicinity, and I shan't mind it as you |, do though I 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, hay ing thus completely and literally thrown him off the scent, continued to increase the favorable impression she had evidently made.
 ''Oh, you clever girl!' 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 a tingc of remorse.-N. Y. Times