Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-08
IT WAS CRUEL KINDNESS,
And the Victims Enjoyed Telling Each
 Other All About Their Woes

OtAeE All ADOuC 1HelF " OeS.
 "Somo things arc all.wrong in this world" sighed the girl ill tho black and white hat, land I only wish had a contract to set them straight. :"
 "What would you do first?' asked the girl ill the pink shirt waist Do? I'd establish a bureau for teach ing young men how to select the right kind of presents for girls, that's what I'd dol"
 "H'ml We'll, it wouldn't be bad idea, but I don't know that you would have many patrons Most of them think they know just what we like, and we haven't the courage to undcccive them. "
 "Vcry true. I suppose, however, that men who had been engaged before and widOwers and possibly men who have sisters might
 "Nothing of the kind, my dear Don't you believe it. Men who have sisters will keep on asking them what to give other girls while this planet cndures " And those sisters will continue to suggest articles which no girl would ever want or which cost as ittlo as pos | siblc, " broke in the girl ill the blue | blouse.
 ''I fear you are right" sighed the | girl i'll tho hlack and white hat That mean Eva told Frank-aftcr I had been q month working him up to it-not to | givc me a j,wrled belt buckle, as she was sure I wouldn't like to accept any | thing *D expensive, She advised him to | give mo book of pucms instead. Oh, I'll get even with that girl some day, if I live long cnouSh !"
 "You needn't, dcar,' said the girl in the pink shirt waist Edwin has done it for you. What do you think he s;tve her on her birthday:'
 "A birthday book, hope, or''- ''An alarm clock, dear. I was there when it came. It was fearful blow to | her hopes, for she knew as well as did | that no man who had anything but the most platonic feeling for girl would ever send her such prosaic thing" "I'm glad to hear it, said the girl in | tho black and white hat. "Oh, you ought to sec the things Fred brings | Dora, now that they arc engaged. I be- hovo tho chambcrmaid at his hotel se- lccts them for him. She is ashamed to l let any one see them, so sho tells him 1 sho values them so highly that she al lIN llItIIl III GN'tlN'll NOO1 itIl(I ! der lock and key"
 ''Irs, she truly loves him." sighed tho girl ill the blne blouse, but what will she do with those things after they | arc married?'
 ''Tell him tho truth about them, I suppose" said the girl in the pink shirt waist. ''It will not matter so much then, you know. By tho way, did you ever hear how I selected Charley's pres { ent for myself and how -
 II didn't know he ever gave you a present." cried the girl ill the blue blouse. Tell us all about it?"
 'Wcll. I never could be sure whether Inc liked mo or Fan best until one even ing when w" were both at her house and it happened that she and I both mentioned the fact that we were dying for q solid silver afternoon tcakCttle. On the way home he asked me to go with him to tho Silversmith' s the next day. I agreed and asked what he want ed me to help select, and when he told me q teakettle was ready to die of joy"
 "Yes, how nice to let you select it yourself. Then you would know just what it c,sts too," said the girl in the black and white hat.
 That was what I thought, too, and selected q handsome one, tell you. I'm sorry now I did
 "Oh, well, he can afford"-
 ''It wasn't that, dear. It turned out that it was for Fan-and, oh, girls, she gave an afternoon tea just to display it and asked mo to assist her. He was there, too, and had to smile just as if nothing had happened, when I only wanted to deluge him with the hot Wa ter ''-Chicaoo Times Ho~~lI