The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-16
Courtslip In u Fiat.

II was at a meeting of the Young Wo-
mans Progressive Political Association.
They greeted each other with an eXplo-
sive kiss.
II havn't seen you for ages, you dear
thing said the girl with the peoples in
her hat. I'm 80 glad you came to-day
this is 10 be a perfectly Ideal meeting.
Are you married yet?'
No; and I'm not likely TO be as long as
live I'm a fiat" responded the girl with
the ostrich boa. "Iu like to have, Let
all who enter here leave hope behind,
carved over the entrance TO our build
ing"
IF you want a responsive shoulder 10
weep on here is mine. /, too, live in
fiat, and when our landlord wanted
new name for the building | suggested
the Anti-Matrimonial-he declined 1t,
though; said it might affect the popu-
iarity OF 'em. just hate a fiat. o, yes,
we have steam heat, gas. range"
Hardwood mantels, porcelain bath"
TILED hearths, electric bells, and all
modern convenience groaned the girl
with the poppies "Oh, don't; you make
me illv'
''Our fiat has no doors at all, only por-
tieres." moaned the girl with the feather
boa land only the man who doesn't mean
anything by IL is bold enough to make
love TO girl when a member of her
family may be in ambush behind each
curtain" =
II know. And the awful things that
happen to one when one is temporarily
isolated from ones best clothes. l was
once caught in the bedroom which opens
OFF the parlor with all my decent gowns
In a wardrobe at the back Of the Nat
and a swell New Yorker. who only had
one day in town, waiting in the parlor
10 see me. | don't know what would
have happened If Mamie hadn't gone up
to the fiat above and lowered my tea
gown out Of the window in basket"
That's nothing l had been washing
my hair In the bathroom one day. and
had left part of il there to dry. | fled
TO my own room, which also opens off
the parlor. at "A sound IF the door bell.
it was Jim, and mamma had to bring me
my hair in hand satchel before could
20 i'm
And once dropped a hot curling iron
down my back while Burt was waiting
for me in the next room. and dared not
scream lest he find out what l was do
hg."
ter TO familiariZe--
Nothing OF the sort 1t is the fault OF
a fet!"
well, maybe so. Alma has made her
father move 10 the suburbs and take
whole house
yes; ana near she Is going 10 DC
married"
quite likely. Did you hear how she
lost Victor
mo do tell met
HE was calling on her the very even
ing before she left on that trip TO Kan
sas, and she had strong hopes that he
would commit himself Just about as II
was time for him 10 so, a great hubbub
OF voices arose i'm the next room, and,
under cover OF II. he said: "Ah. Miss Alma
--could-could-could YOU"
"Yes, yes; go on!
"Just then her fathers voice rose loud
and clear: 4 tell you now ne was say
ing, this thing has got 10 stop! Alma's
extravaganza is enough TO ruin any man!
No wonder she is twenty-rour ana
can't Her mother stoppd him there,
but II was too late. Alma asked Victor
what ne was going 10 say, and he STAN
mered out: 'Could-could you tell me
what time II tsp
"Poor Alma! And ! know that by the
time she got back from Kansas he was
engaged 10 that little school teacher. who
makes over her dresses twice and puts
her money In the bank"
Eyes. q, my goodness! They are all
going. and we haven't heard a word they
said. They were going 10 discuss the
most vital question OF the day and
"For my part the question we have
bscn Discussing IL vital enough Tor me-
replied the girl with peoples In her hat,
and there were tears In her eyes as she
said II.