Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-21

upon and pumped down at one of
them where Mr.. Starr was alone, and
Molly WAS borne off in another direc-
ton. was so glad that he had fallen
to my share, for he had told me just
that afternoon, as we were parting,
that he had met my cousins this sum-
mer, and plunged in about them at
once. We had just got started when
he interrupted me to say
"What is conversation party?"
"What's a what?" said /.
"a conversation party"
GA bore should say" said 1. He
bowed in such hurt tone of voice
that saw l had done something, so l
asked
care they special favorites of yours?
] never heard of them"
didn't you look at your invita-
tion?" said he.
Never" said 1.
"This is supposed to be 'conver-
sation party Che was growing cheerful
again), and 1 relied on you to explain
to me what that meant"
off this is conversation party
said I, )" Pm going home. Inever con-
yersed in nv life. can't even talk
only chatter"
At that moment up rose Miss
Blank. She is very dignified girl,
wears spectacles, and she Strengthened
them and said that there were to be
six topics; that she had allowed one
minute and a half for each; that she
would read them off-she had a paper
in her hand-one at a time, and as
she read each one she would strike a
bell; at that signal we would begin
operations; at the end of a minute
and half she would strike it again,
and then would give us ten minutes
rest before she struck for the next.
Then she looked all around and
said: "When I strike the bell the
first time, each young lady will give
her partner description of football
game" Then she struck her bell Mr..
Starr and looked at each other and
he began to smile. l was wondering
if he would look better without his
mustache, and 1 had about decided
that I'd ask Molly to advise him to
have it off, and 1 was studying his
face from various angles when re.
member what I had to do and it
broke me up so that after scurrying
wildly round in my mind for some
thing to say, I blurted out:
"Well, you know the ball is round"
And the bell struck.
"Then I scolded him for laughing
and told him that women were always
quicker and brighter than men, and I
gave him a full account of Bellies
grabbing the reins that day when her
brother went out of the dogcart back
ward as they drove over a stump, and
how she never screamed or turned a
hair, but drove straight home, and
he walked after her seven miles, as
soon as he had come to himself after
fainting, and I'm sure man would
have stopped and made a fuss over
Ben. And that reminded him of a
most amusing experience of his in
Lower California, and while he was
telling it, Miss Blank said: "When I
strike the bell, each man will describe
to his partner the dress she has on"
I knew that it was my innings
then, for Mr.. Starr looked me all over,
at least six times, then he began:
"It's-it isn't red?"
"No," said I.
cts kind of a blush green"
Wrong" said I. Cts that lovely
new purple, you know.)
ats silk"
Wrong, again." (You know it's
chiffon over satin.)
ats trimmed with-embroidery."
Embroidery said Qor even q
man might have known that). cts
mammals lovely old point lacep
cts very pretty" he said in a
meek sort of q way.
We may as well call that right"
said l. 81 think it's pretty myself.
What more?"
"It's very becoming"
Excellent said l, clapping my
the bell rang. Then he began about
hands; "go up to the head!" and then
my unlucky ground" football, and
said that he supposed that l had
never seen a game, and I was indig-
name. ! told him that had brother
Mt Harvard, two cousins at Yale, and a
brevet brother-in-law at Princeton,
and what didn't know about football
wasn't worth knowing. That l had
been at every big game since was
sixteen, and had worn footballs of
every college color he had ever seen
that knew colors. Just then again