Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-17
Bah LOVES RUSTICS.
She Has Something More to Say of
the Availability of Country
People.

cludod TO stay mere uHIlI we get lIcu.
The average watering place is the same
year in and year out, and village life GER
tainly has a much more interesting side
than any other that presents itself just
now. Our circle, however, has been
added to by the arrival of the Fauquler
girls. These two sisters are always
spoken of as girls" though each OF
them is well over so. They always re-
fer to themselves as eve ladies" and
would be highly indignant IT anybody
called them women; for my own part, as
everything feminine seems to think 1T is
glorious to call itself woman, Lam be-
ginning to be disguised with the name.
OF the two, Miss Betty is the elder.
ruled by her sister, and behaves as II
she were still II and lacking in all
knowledge Of the world. They are, how
ever, fascinating, and it pleases me to
see that life to them is SO full OF JOY.
They are interested in everything, and
that keeps them young. They laugh as
merrily when a witty story is told, or
something funny happens, as do girls OF
Is, and to be able to .x@
Laugh All Ones Life
means that one is youthful all ones life.
Miss Betty talks and Miss Anne ques-
tons her. 1t may be said, If Miss Anne
were not so gentle and sweet that she is
the hot water and Miss Betty is the tea
leaves, and the combination brings forth
something that is next door to nectar.
We choose a shady corner. and all sit
there working as buSily as we know
how, or loafng as lazily as we possibly
can. And the sun shines and the heat
heateth, and it comes on the rich and
the poor alike. as far as the whiting OF
collars goes. but if anything, the poor
| have the advantage over the rich, mas
much especially in the country, as the
poor man lays aside his collar entirely
and joys in a bare, if sweaty neck.
| | have the utmost contempt for man
who tucks a handkerchief in his collar,
! in bib fashion. He has the air of an
oyergrown boy. and gains no comfort
whatever. Well, when we are civilized
we will try and suit our clothes to our
| climate, and men will wear, during the
daytime, the softest of shirts, with
rather low necks and turned-down col
lars. Ht
Miss Anne, finding that her sister is
deep in her book, has been telling me
about her flower garden. She is greatly
interested in it and rather excited over
it. For years she has had what she
calls shakespeare border" Ihat is to
say, she has gathered in it all the shrubs,
| flowers and trees that are mentioned IN
the works of Shakespeare. Then she
has another flower bed which she calls
''the sentimental bed" In this every
flower has been planted by some one of
whom she is fond. Her Indignation
about her flower garden is due to the
| fact that somebody who wrote. for one
Of the papers visited her pretty home,
heard her wonderful flower beds de-
scribed, and had the quotations belonging
! to the Shakespeare bed read to him, ard
then went away and gave the credit of
! this wonderful flower garden to some
! titled woman in England! Miss Anne is
/ h hon. anna Ia.
appear in the newspapers. She thinks
that woman's name should only appear
when she is born, when she marries and
when she dies, and that is three times
too often; but, still, if any part of the his
tory of her life must come out, she
credit is due. Dear Miss Anne is per-
fectly right, but she doesn't know the
Ways of the Average Reporter.
Miss Betty listens to her sister, and
| then tells me confidently that she has
never seen her so angry since she was
addressed by young minister as Miss
Anna" The idea of taking her beauti-
full name and calling it ANIMAL How
ever Miss Betty forgot this and dis
coursed about her visit to the city. For
some unknown reason she elected to go
on the Sd of July. She thought that, in
the large town, she would see the proper
respect shown to the day that celebrates
the bringing of Independence into Amer.
lea. Instead, she simply heard lot OF
noise and was frightfully warm, her pet
ticoats caught fire, and the Fourth OF
july is now a horrible memory to her.
For nv own part, / thought with her
that the annual outburst Of patriotism
which displays itself in those abominable
Chinese offerings known as frecrackers
| was q fraud
Agreeing with me, Miss Betty said
| bo iO6nnnndQnpp is
nonsense, Who is independent! Every
| blessed mothers son or daughter OF us
is dependent upon somebody for love,
consideration or ducats-very frequently
ducats. Personally, regard
Patriotism rs the Cheapest of All Virtues
and the one that is Of the least use. 1t
seems to spend itself largely in talking
and firecrackers, and the sO-called patrl-
OF is usually the man who is atathe mead
Of some money making scheme or IS HI
ing his pockets by being politician; ne
is. consequently, patriotic and much APP
nroyed of by all the other fools who do
his work. and all the other knaves who,
like him, are making a living out of
the country. | do believe IN loyalty.
OF course, there have been loyal men
in America. Gen. Washington was one,
Cen. Lee was another, Gen. Mcclellan
was another, and Gen. Stonewall jack
son was another. These are the few
exceptions that go to prove the rule that,
as a nation, while we are rich in polltl-
clans. we are very poor in patriots.
/ Just then Miss Betty was interrupted
by peculiar sound, which was Traced &c
to Miss Anne, and it was discovered that
she was crying her heart out over the
woes of her favorite heroine-Amelia, in
vanity Fair Is it not beautiful to
think that that book was written? I'm
like Miss Anne, Amelia is not nay favor
lite, but still l am proud that someone
who spoke the same language that | do
wrote a book that will make people for
get their own sufferings, even though
they take up the woes of others when
reading it. Miss Betty advised Miss
Anne to keep quiet and not make a goose
of herself. Then she began to talk about
tears.
Tears as a WOman's Weapon.
'.Tears," she said, properly managed,
are without any doubt the finest weapon
in the womanly armory. 1t is only when
one gets very red in the face, and when
ones eyes swell, that they are not to be
INDUCED in, but even then the skillful use
;nF olro* IL, II