The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-12-15
SHE'S OUT OF POLITICS.

All on Account OF Too Much Zeal In A.
tempting to Influence votss.
I'm out Of polite" remarked the
girl with the Prince Albert coat.
Mercy sakes, why?" gasped the girl
with her hair in puffs.
Yes, l shall resign from the chair
manship of the woman's National Po-
litical Protective association and from
the United Order of Daughters of the
Ballot-Box; j shall go to an afternoon
tea on election day, and e aSlong
skirt over my bicycle boomers; I shall
faint at sight of a rubber mouse,
and"
"Good gracious, Marie! Is there in
sanity in your family? Or have you
suddenly become engaged?"
Neither. It's all on account Of that
horrid Ethel Briggs"
'If it's anything meal about her do
tell me; she"
"Mean! It's the meanest thing I ever
heard of. You know. she pretended
that she didn't want to .vote, SO I was
sent to convince her that it was her
duty. She fatty refused to do it-said
a lot of women she didn't visit voted in
her ward, and that 1t was vulgar any
how"
vulgar indeed! I'd like TO shake
her!"
$50 should 1. Well, the next day she
came to mt in a great state; somebody
had spilled q cup Of coffee over the
I. -ont OF her best evening gown. She
w. V dying to 60 to Clara's reception
ano hadn't = thing to wear"
81 IN glad to hear it; she"
..Y, y She actually wanted to Dor.
row IN . lovely chiffon frock; did you
ever hea Y Of suoh impudspce?"j
"Neyer. suppose 1t was oil because
she had los SSd you her string Of pearl,
to wear wis!Sy'pr l0w-'u' gown l'''
Eyes; and Mat { cold I caught
they were no protection At all. o.
course l refuses\ TO loan the gown; ]
never sit down n 4 and Ethel is %
careless"
~ know; and so Tray afterNthe men
that if one of thems even Offers her .
chair she can't refu. se it."
"Just SO. Well, sl\e went away in .
huff. Next day, however, our COM
mittee visited me and toad me the cleo
ton would be SO closerthat l must get
Ethel's vote. / decided\to sacrifice my
gown to my party"
well, you are a state twoman."
$50 1 wrote a note to ETHEL telling
her that If she would premise to vote
our ticket and not sit down in the
she might wear it.\ She came
right over, promised, and. took the
gown away with her lest behangs my
mind"
20, Marie, 1 saw her sitting on the
stairs with Wilfred nearly all that
evening"
$50 1 heard, and the gown came
home ruined, but 1 was afraid of losing
her vote, SO l decided to hold my
tongue until after the election"
You poor martyrl Did she regis
ter?"
mo; in spite of the fact that we sent
a carriage for her. l knew she couldn't
vote, SO right after breakfast the next
morning l went over. The servant said
she was out, but l don't believe IL.
lItu L WTOtc utT ~ oSoiSAAhS NV
took two hours and a quire Of paper to
write it, though it was only six lines"
Served her right"
''Yes, but the answer! o, l shall die
of rage. 1t was like this: Miss Smith.
son presents her compliments to Miss
Ballotter and begs to say that in future
she must decline the acquaintance Of
Miss Ballotter, as a person of her polit-
zeal methods is at any time liable to q
term in the penitentiary for trying to
bride voters.'"
And she actually had your note tc
prove it! Well, no wonder you Are on,
Of politics Chicago Tribune.
A parlor set will make q nice Christina
present. See those dining-room sets
sofas, rockers, center-tables, &c, at Wink
ler's. l2-l-ot
A road overseer down In Dunklin coun
ty seems to have gone ahead OF his owl
motion and to have built a good bridg'
800 feet long We will get good roads
after awhile.
We will bear inspection en- green an'
dried fruits. And we sell them as reason
able as they can be sold anywhere in tn
city. Eggleston 4 Ewing. n-s-tf.