Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-12-08
SHE'S OUT or POLITICS.
All on account Of Too Much Zeal In AZ
,.-n,Inr to Influence Votes.

All on Account or 100 iu'n -
tempting to Influence Votes
..rm ont Of polite" remarked the
Girl with the Prince Albert coat.
,'Mercy sakcs, why?" gasped the girl
with her hair in puffs.
.Ycs: ! shall resign from the char
manship Of the woman's National To-
lit;cal Protective association and from
the United Order of Daughters OF the
Ballo.-Box; l shall 60 to an afternoon
tea on election day. and wear a long
skirt over my bicycle boomers; | shall!
tain, 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
fits anything mean about her DO
tell me; She
Mean. It's the meanest thing ever
heard Of You know, she pretended
that she didn't want to vote, so was
sent to convince her that it was her
duty. She fatty refused 10 do it-said
a lot o won-en she didn't visit voted In
her ward, and that it was vulgar any
how
Vulgar indeed! I'd like to shake
herr"
80 should /. Well, the next day she
came to me in a great state; somebody
had spilled a cup of coffee over the
front Of her best evening gown. She
was dying to 90 to Clara's reception
and hadn't a thing to wear
I'm glad TO hear it; She
YES. She actually wanted to Dor.
row my lovely chiffon frock; did you
ever hear Of such impudence?'
Never. l suppose it was all because
she had loaned you her string Of pearls
to wear with your low-cut gown last
winter"
YES; and what a cold l caught
they were no protection at all. OF
course l refused to loan the gown; !
never sit down in it and Ethel is SC
careless"
Il know; and so crazy after the men
that if one OF them even offers her a
chair she can't refuse it,
Just so. Well, she went away in a
huff. Next day, however, II com
mittee visited me and told me the cleo
ticn would be so close that | must get
Ethel's vote. decided to sacrifice my
gown to my party"
"Well, Won are a stateswoman.'
$50 I wrote a note to Ethel telling
her that if she would promise to vote
our ticket and not sit down in the
gown she might wear it. She camc
right over, promised, and took the
gown away with her lest change my
mind"
80, Marie, | saw her sitting on the
stairs with Wilfred nearly all thai
evening
80 | heard, and the gown camc
home ruined, but / was afraid Of losing
her vote, 50 | decided to hold my
tongue until after the election"
You poor martyr, Did she regis
ter?"
mo; in spite of the fact that we sen
a carriage for her. | knew She couldn'
vote, so right after breakfast the neX.
morning went over. The servant sale
she was ont, but / don't believe il
Then | wrote her a scorching note-i
took two hours and a quire of paper t,
write it, though it was only six lines,
Served her right"
"Yes, but the answer. o, | shall dit
Of rage. 1t was like this: Miss Smith
son presents her compliments to Mis-
Ballotter and begs to say that in futur
!, she must decline the acqua ntance o
Miss Ballotter, as a person of her polit
ical methods is at any time liable to
term in the penitentiary for trying t
bride voters"
"And she actually had you note t
prove it! Well, no wonder You are on
of politics. Chicago Tribune.