Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-22
BROTHERS..
Two Nice Girls Talk Over Their Uses and
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Two Nice Girls Talk over lnelf uses ana
Nisuses.
Brothers are very useful sometimes" re-
marked the girl with the roses in her belt
"Very," assented the girl with the shot
silk gown, but sometimes they are a little
trying-I am angry with Phil just now"
"What has he done" eagerly asked the
girl with the roses in her belt. Having
brother myself think can sympathizc."
II know Well, you see it is this way:
Young Coldcash likes me- know, but he
is so awfully bashful that he could not get
up the courage to call, and, havinga broth
er of nv own. knew it would be simply
ruinous to get up an intimacy with his sis
ter, SOL
$50 YOU bribed your brother to ask him
to come" put in the girl with the roses in
her belt.
"Of course. l bribed Phil to do it by get
ting Louise an invitation to Aunt Rates
garden party"
"Wells"
"Well, he did it. and they got to kc great
friends-I didn't just want that, You know,
for every time 1 would be getting nice,
quiet talk with him, that provoking broth
er would come and drag him away, saying:
III,
want to waste so much time on sis. She'll
talk you to death if you let her.. Ofcourse
he was too bashful to say he wanted to
stay''-
How perfectly horrid! Why didn't you
tell your brother"
II did, and the next time he said Come
on, old fellow. l can see you're dying to
get away, and I'll make it all right with
sis after you're gone.'"
"Well, l never! hope you"--
'Oh, yes, got even with him. l didn't
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 2 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 and
we were laughing at him. Oh, tell you,
he was fairly wild"
I'm glad to hear it. Now, when my
brother gets troublesome, just ask tho
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 laughing over
how awkward he feels"
"What a splendid idea! Still, brothers
have their uses--one learns from them how
to manage the other men,"
doesn't one? Now, for instance, when
they dine at the house, how would girl
know that they were dying for an after din
ner smoke if she hadn't brother?"
Very true, and he would be cross and
they would fall to quarreling before they
knew it,"
mercy, yes. Then, too, you can find out
from your brother what they are really in
terested in. and it saves lot of time not to
have to feel your way from Shakespeare to
the races and from politics to tennis to fin6
what he wants to talk about"
Indeed it does. It's awful, though, il
your brother gets mad and tells"-
Indeed it is. Mine doesn't dare to now,
though, he knows IL he does will just tell
Edith all about Fan. You see he has told
her that he never proposed to any girl but
her, and-well I happen to have letter
from Fan telling me all about it.
"You are in luck. Why that letter ought
to be worth q couple Of bonnets and an
escort to several parties season."
ut is I've only to mention it and get
whatever want, though, of course, only
use it in extreme cases."
"Of course. He'd get accustomed to it il
you used it too often. do pity Stella"
"Why9 She has three brothers"
II know, but they are none of them in
love, and she can't do thing with them F"
But they will be some day. Well,
must SO now. I've promised Phil to go
with him to select an engagement ring
There's a silver hairpin that need dread
fully
"But the ring you select will never suit
Louise"
'Oh, that's all right. He doesn't know
1t, 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 back
what he said to poor, dear Fred. Goodby,
dear Chicago Tribune.