The evening times., 1897-07-23
The Geutle Hand OF Woman.

All good ard true IRen appreciate the
iniescrihahI evidences of the gentle hand
OF fair woman that are TO be founo In
many households. Whether IL be IN tile
deft arrangement of a portiere, the dispo-
Eitlon of bric-a -brac, the scattering here
and there of fragrant flowers, or~the gen.
eral air of daintiness that cbaracterizes
her presence, the influence of woman Is al
WAYS refreshing. Then, too, the sex is
growing day 10y day more practical. No
longer content with pla wing Chopin's mas
terpicces on the piano. with painting china
ware, or emtnoidering Tides, they are get
ting closer TO everyday matters. For in
stance. ia a certain Lucas avenue home
the girls-tyvo vivacious and accomplished
bellies still in their teens-bave made
wonderful difference in the appearance Of
the interior. They have restored and re-
decorated everything, and their latest
achievement was the reyarniShing OF half
a dozen occasional" chairs in The parlor.
Ts-o young beauX called one evening last
week and were ushered into the parlor.
The girls soon put in an appearance, and
the quartet spent a very pleasant AMI In
tellectual time. Now, il happened that
one OF the callers seated himself on q newly
vanished chair The weather had been
quite warm, and possibly the girls had not
sufficiently looked into TIE question or
dryers when they did the vanishing. Pc
this al it may IL is certain fact that after
chatting pleasantly with Miss Nellie for
half an hour the young man, de string tn
change his pose, discovered. TO his horror
and diSI,iay, that he could not. He burst
int Epls rart
became so enba rrassed that Miss Nellie
could not help noticing IL.
1T certainly is little warm replied
the youth, as he parred her query.
~Then won't you sit nearer the window:
youn get a nice breeze here" remarked
Miss Nellie with an impulsive scltcitutie
that under ordinary ciroumst ances would
have bropked no denial, but this time the
poor object of SO much consideration awk-
wardlv declined TO bulge Unhappily, he
was at best a diffident fellow, and the
thought sf having 10 disclose what had
happened almost made him faint.
At one moment, while his entertainer
was looking the other way, he made quite
q desperate effort to secure his liberty,
but warning sound OF a ripping nature
compelled him 60 stop with a suddenness
that made the windows rattle
And so he sat on. He sat on until his
friend suggest ed that the hour OF adjourn
ment had arrived, and he still sat on when
all el se arose Atlast he managed by dumb
show tC communicate to his chum the fact
that something was wrong The chum,
added b Y 4 lee girls brother, who arrived op-
portuHely. succeeded ia getting the sisters
fsssf .fs Ian N-a a fa... -
the victim, chair and all, was hustled out
into carriage that had been summoned
He did not hea- il, but there was a shrek
Of mirth as he drove off that as rene wed
when The chair was returned the next dav.
And COW the Young man swears he will
never set foot within the hospitat,le house
again, while the girls, who are sincerely
mortified at the tribulation they unwilling
ly caused him, are puzziing themselves how
TO make amends.-St. Louis Republic.