St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-26
SHE'S OUT OF POLITICS.


An on Account Of Too Much Zeal h AZ.
tempting to Innuence Votes.
''I'm out of politic," remarked the
girl with the Prince Albert coat
mercy sakcs, why?" gasped the girl
with her hair in puffs.
'Yes; I 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; shall go to an afternoon
tea on election day, and wear . long
skirt over my bicycle boomers; shall
faint at sight of q rubber mouse,
and"
Good gracious. Marie! Is there in
sanity in your family? Or have you
suddenly become engaged?"
Neither. It's all on accoun. of that
horrid Ethel Briggs"
IF it's 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 to do it-said
u lot of women she didn't visit voted in
her ward, and that it was vulgar any
how"
"vulgar indeed! I'd like to shake
her."
$50 should 1. Well, the next day she
came to me in = great state; somebody
had spilled a cup of coffee over the
front of her best evening gown. She
was dying to go to Clara's reception
and hadn't a thing to wear"
''l'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. suppose it was all because
she had loaned you her string of pearls
to wear with your low-cut gown last
winter"
Eyes; and what a cold 1 caught
they were no protection at all. OF
course l refused to loan the gown; /
never sit down in it and Ethel is so
careless"
81 know; and so crazy after the men
that if one of them even offers her .
chair she can't refuse it."
''Just SO. Well, she went away in .
huff. Next day. however. our 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, you are . stateswoman."
$50 wrote q 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 came
right over, promised, and took the
gown away with her lest I change my
mind"
20, Marie, saw her sitting on the
stairs with Wilfred nearly all that
evening""
$50 I heard, and the gown came
home ruined, but was afraid of losing
her vote, SO l decided to hold my
tongue until after the election"
You poor martyr! Did she regis
ter?"
mo; in spite Of the fact that we sent
. carriage for her. / knew she couldn't
vote, SO right after breakfast the next
morning went over. The servant said
she was out, but I don't believe it.
Then 1 wrote her scorching note-it
took two hours and a quire of paper to
write it, though it was only six lines. +"
Served her right"
''Ycs, but the answer! O, shall die
Of rage. Itwas like this: Miss Smith
SON presents her compliments to Miss
Ballotter and begs to say that in future
she must decline the acqua 'ntance of
Miss Ballotter, as = person of her polit-
ical methods is at any time liable to q
term in the penitentiary for trying to
bride voters"
And she actually had your note to
prove it! Well, no wonder you are out
Of politics Chicago Tribune.