St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-04-09
!. Her Happiest Moment.

TTiIIE experience meeting was held in
IA an uptown studio and four girls
dlid Tie testifying. One Of them was an
art student with ideals. One was an art
student with an income, which is more
10 the purpose. One was q young sing
er of some renown, and the fo&rth was
lily of the field, in tbat she neither
toIlea nor spun, but WSre gowns THAT
were the admiration of her friends and
would have discounted Solomon's.
" They had been talking nbout ann
Ibltions. At least three OF them had,
und the frivolous young woman, who
hadn't any yearning for laurel wreathss
dnally interrupted the rhapsodies.
1Bother the future" she said, em-
ghatically. "The question is, are you
hayingAa good time now, and have you
lad good time? I'm so busy with
The present and past lenses Of TO hve'
that i never get around to the future. !"
ut an depends on what you cali hav-
Ing good time" said the idealist, in q
tone Of superiority.
T guess we are getting Us much out
81 life as you are, Bess," said the stu
dent capitalist.
@0h. yes, I know what you think" !"
lBesa went on, defiantly. Life is real,
HE Is earnest, and true happiness lies
hi making the most of ones self and all
that, but what / want to know LIS, did
you ever feel as though you owned the
earth and hadn't thing left to wish
Tor, and wanted to dance and shout end
turn handsprings for joy2"
q The other three girls looked doubt
ful.
y knew 1t. Now, can any one of you
tall me the very happiest moment Of her
lIfa?'
The trio were dumb.
4 We'll, perhaps it's because you've
aad 90 many transcendent moments
that you can't pick out one; but ]
reckon It's because you've never had q
ftllne when you just felt sublimely sat-
isAed.s
guess I've never been happier than
was when my salon picture was nc
cepted. ventured the idealist
u cried for JOY when / heard tlhat
Uncle George had left me money
enough SO that could go on WITH my
alt," said the capitalist.
The first night / sang In Boston, and
beard the crowd applaud, and knew ]
mad made sticcess, was my high-water
mark. laughed the singer.
Bah!" exclaimed the lily. "That's o
niee showing. Not a man in any OF
Mem! I don't believe you are being
honest, though I'd like the singing and
osing called out again. Now I'll tell
yoa when / was the very happiest that
tse ever been In my life. Maybe I'll
! aage better kind of happiness some
cay II had much of that ktad !
couldn't stand it. I'd explode. You
know last year went to Maine for the
summer. 1t was dead@well up there,
and 1t you weren't In the set that runs
Mangs, you might rs well be dead--or
Z y ocean Grove. / was In 1t, oil right
enough. My people were in Europe;
put she Hills were chaperoning me, and
soo know what that means.
There were more men than you ever
nv O summer resort; and was hay-
g the time OF my life, when Mrs,
ssah and her son from Boston turned up.
=, Sae vas splendid old LADY, with gray
s'nel tower on her head and lorgnett<
saas would stop at cavalry charge, and
sne was worth $4,000, 900. The son
Ss@a W. mighty nice fellow. He had $S,.
sssoOo in his own right, and he wasn't
oas conceited; but his mother thought
ssfy woman In sight was in love with
saat SON. He took 1t into his head to b.
sfy good to me, and his fond mamma
ssok Y into her head to be perfectly
.aotsaq 70 me. Honestly, girls, it was alb
1u. II there had been anything
s%song with me or I had had reputa-
~ Tor paru hunting I wouldn I tthayt
Mshed her; but she didn't have single
sason Tor being rude TO me. I didn't
lna her chilliness. I reckon II Just
aue me little nicer to the son. Hs
smeo real appreciative, too.
Neii, things went ON that way nntf
,ss season was nearly over, and ther
~, a, Call issued invitations for co
.a'Oh- II was to be the sweetest affail
tile season-the SWEETEST thing evcl
slsen there. She invited every one II
sar set, even my chaperone, and DELHI
s'Asely lefs me cut. Nice little act
.ssnt It? OF course, every one va
,aAing about 1t, and I tried not to care
" seemed TO mo that she cut d wDrsi