The San Francisco call., 1895-12-01

about her diseases, and, after listening
attentively TO ber, l knew more about the
feminine interior department than l had
ever believed would be possible, except to
doctor. The second took for her topic
that never-ending and always beautiful
one-the children. She dilated on the
cleveruess of Que, the remarkable sensi-
tlveness OF another, she repeated the last
cunning speech of small boy, and told of
the baby's determination, during the quiet
hours of the night, to keep herself before
them. But for her general appearance
should have thought her a nurse in an
orphan asylum. The third lady, meta
phorically, never got into the parlor at all.
Her mind never rose above the kitchen,
and she talked servants until, well, until /
wondered why she kept them if they wor-
rled her so, mentally and physically. The
fourth lady had just got back from
seeking green fields and pastures new on
the other side of the ocean, and | rather
expected she would tell us of great paint
lngs, notable people, or beautiful scenery.
But her talk ran this way: AT Geneva |
got some lace very cheap, and at q shop in
Regent street some beautiful underwear;
but bonnets are quite as costly as they are
! here. In Rome we picked up some pretty
lewelry, and in Venice Fanny found some
beads that went very well with that clasp
she bought last year" These were her i'm
-
goodness, had fad. She was suffragist,
and she talked about the ability of woman.
the greatness of woman, the trueness of
woman and the honesty of woman in a
way that was convincing to herself. if not
to others. That is all that / know about
small talk as cleaned from lady callers.
The other question is delicate one.
she feels sure that he will. Under these
circumstances is it right for him to hold
her handP AS I have been asked this
straight out, l should like to say that she
will be wiser is she keeps her hand to
herself and let's him have nothing at all
to do with it until there glItters upon it
the ring which means that his life is no
longer his own. After that he can hold
her hand, and he can kiss her goodnight
with lmpunity and whatever pleasure
may result therefrom. The position of the
young woman engaged to be married is
usually spoken of as delicate one. l am
sure don't know why, for ii ever hu-
man being looked like captor dragging e
around miserable victim, it may be said
to be the newly engaged girl and her
young man. She commands him, and If
he dares to disobey she gives MIN a look
that would strike awe among kings. She
expects him to follow her like pet dog,
but, unlike pet dog, he can demand no
privileges. Any courtesy she shows him
he must accept, not only with pleasure,
but with an expressed gratitude, prefer
ably in a tangible form. jewelry, sweets,
flowers or fruit being preferred.
However, according to the melodTama,
his time will come, and it is to be hoped he
will enjoy himself. While he is merely
somebody's betrothed, he is, to be slangy
in the Mulligatawny, and bet you don't
know what or where that is. 1t is dirty
river in Persia. 1t rises in the Caspian
Sea, flows past Teheran and empties itself
into the Red Sea. The soup named for it
is supposed to resemble it, and too often it
tastes like it.
A bow is made. The etiquetter feels that
she has done her best. She grins with de-
light and begs to say that if there are peo-
pie who want to know anything covered
by this word, etiquette, which really means
ticket, she will do her best to answer
them, if they will write their questions on
postal cards and address them to BAB.