The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-04-20

She turns and gets into On animated |
conversation with several other ladies'
"Yes, the directors met to-day and |
declared dividend of three per cent?"
says one.
"I'm glad of that. What do you
think of Nellie Jones for GOVERNOR"
"Well," says q strong-voiced lady, |
throwing away q cigarette; II don't
think the democrats would dare to put |
up Nellie Jones. She couldn't carry q
precinct south of Market street,
II Think" says another. 1--WE can
make deal with Bridget OFlaherty
for the attorney general"
"NIaria," says a small voice. while q
| timid hand pulls at her coat tails
Maria
"Well. if we can get Susan Robinson
| in for congress we might let Bridget
| have something."
''Marial"
| "What is it?:'
1.-THE curtain is going up. dear"
"Oh, all right. I suppose I've got
| to take you in"
| Then the ladies all go in together,
jabbering, and half a dozen helpless
things of men lag behind.
! (which of them did you say is with
you?'' asks the doorlkeeper, a little,
| shriveled up old woman. And finally
| they all get in and take their seats.
John is very uneasy. He sees all the
| other men without their hats. The
| lanes 40 not take LnclTS OH. uc cur
tain goes up. The play is ''Othello"
| rewritten, and DeSdemonn Is star:
| The duchess and a senate are assem-
bled. Old Brabantio accuses BESIDE
mona of having married the Moor In
effect Dcsdcmona says she'll do US she
darn pleases about it, and the time has
gone by when old fools of fathers had
anything to say to their daughters
about such things. The old man is
beaten. Desdemona is appointed to
the command at Cyprus and elects to
take Othello with her. There is grenS
| applause, the author is called for, and
the ladies cry ''Bravol"
''Where are you going, Maria?"
'.I'm going, out to see Il woman"
Don't be long: I don't like to sit
here all by myself"
..Oh, don't be foolish. I'll bring you
some candy"
The foyer is brilliant with ladies in
. gay dress. There arc twinlxling calves
and shining patent feathers md coats
y in all the colors of the rainbow. The
men don't leave their seats. but sit
alone and cast occasional longing
chances at the entrance to the cafe.
, The critics of the morning papers ard
there, learned and important.
''Eine isn't it?''
"Oh, 1 don't know. She's great &c
trcss; but hardly womanly enough
T. don't you know. One wants force and
dignity and something of power in the
. soldier, don't you KNOWN
Il think Othello is perfectly lovely.
:; said another lady. "He's SO gentle nne
: tractable, so respectful to Desdemona
SO humble and mcel<-so manly in every
It way" 49,,
senate" says another. ''They seemed t.
- me to be SO common. They were an in
suit to the SEX"
The chatter goes on. Cigarettes ar
smoking all over the place, and there
n a little cafe where suspicious-loolSin,
q liquors arc being served in dainty littl
IT "I'll take a CIGAR says n strong
minded woman, with q good deal Q
II en-. bonpoint and very baggy below tn
IL knees.
Lets shake for refreshments" say
z. another.
IAN right. Poker deer.
'As you please"
Il "Oh, by the way, promised to talk
Is my husband in some candy"
''Oh, take him in n Glove; thnt'll do.
I 'No, that will remind him of IL,
III privileges his sex has LOST
Then tho bell rings and they troop i
md the play goes on. The plot Is ths
It Emilia works up Desdemona to Jealous.
ar and she smothers Othello.
II think it's perfectly awful. Maria
ri '.Its positively indecent"
''What?"
n. '.Jones. He's got a Byron collar O.
es all open at the neck, and you can 81
his shoulders. It's shocking!"
We II wonder Mrs. Jones would tai
go him out like that says Maria
The curtain falls on another act.
you're not going out again, Maria
rs Eyes, I've got to talk over some bu'
W. ness with Mrs. JONES'"
s'Maria, dear, 1 don't want you
speak to Jones. I think man wi
behaves as he does is not fit company
re s.My dear, Mrs. Jones is the pre-
y. dent of the new transcontinentn l RI
ed road, and I've got to keep in with hel
ay At last the play is over. The GROW
troops out.
I'll ''Maria!"
lis ''What, dear?"
ire stLet us have some oysters"
II think you'd better not eat SO la'
IN. John
to ssBut I'm hungry"
ne Every we'll, dear. You can ha
I'd, some ice cream"
ne. And Maria takes her husband to t
ur restaurant, gives him some supper a
it takes him home.
I And Maria goes to sleep, little drea
yef ing the meek and humble husband
her side is planning and, slcvclopi
a a ''new man. movement. - Bost
Budget.