The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-19
IN GAY S0CIETY'S REALM
EVERY GIRL FEELS THAT SHE MUST
HAVE a MILITARY HAT. =
WOodruT Place ssFeast of Lanterns,
to Be Given To-Morrow
Evening Sure. :

ny by the way 1 tell it. but it was real
funny anyhow. You know Mr.. Will =
has lived next to our house for two years,
at least. and had never had an Introduction
to- him. I met him constantly once every
day and often two or three times. want
ed TO speak to him; he is SO nice looking and
so clean. and have heard such nice things
said about him. but as / had not been in
troduced 1 did not think it would be Just
the thing. What made it all the more ae-
gTavating was that Minnie II. would come
over to our house every few evenings and
she would sit there to see him come home
or leave the house. She wanted to know
him and wanted me to give her an intro
duction, but couldn't, of course. l had not
had one myself. She would say Well, if
l had lived next door to such a nice young
man for two months, instead of two years,
you may just believe 1 would know him,
one way or another 1t made me feel as if
I had done such mean, sneaking thing
not to get an introduction so 1 could in
troduce her. L was talking about wishing
/ could meet him one night before Aunt FL
len. and she said Why don't you make
a wish in the proper way?" 1 just begged
her TO tell me OF any way that wish could
be made to come true, and she answered,
Kiss a baby Kiss a baby? said L in
establishment. Il never heard that kissing
a baby wuld make wishes come true 1T
WILL said my aunt. If you kiss a baby
for the first time and make a wish before
speaking your wish will come true L
laughed, but L looked out for baby that
1 had never kissed. Well, as good luck
would have it, as L went to church the next
day met Annie S. and her baby that had
never seen before. Now is my chance
baby for all it was worth and more, too.
and l stopped and kissed it. L felt almost
guilty to be using that dear little innocent
baby to make my wish come true and l
felt my race get red as l leaned over it.
for know my face was like beet" We'll
did the wish come true?'' said the friend
who could hardly wait to hear tkes end of
the story. Come true? said the girl tr-
umphantly. Il should say it did come true
and the very next day. l went down town
and met friend. who asked me if L would
go with her TO do an errand. | went with
her, and where do you suppose she took
me?' With out waiting for a reply she
went on: Straight into that young mans
office, and before l knew it she had intro
duced us. My heart came right up in my
throat and L could not say a word. He
said he was glad to meet me because we
lived so near together, and now we speak
every day. Minnie has not been over Since
1t happened and | am not sure that 1 shall
tell about the wishing scheme. l am going
to keep that to myself and / hope you will
not tell any but your very best friends
Every girl who can is getting a military
hat-One of those gray felt ones-and they
wear them either plain or with a scarf. One
girl has regular cord and ball that was
given her by army officer. The felt hat
is worn for walking, driving and wheel rid
ing, ard they are becoming almost as much
IN evidence as the sailor hat: With marines
ahead ef the land forces so far in the war.
the sailor hat ought surely to hold its own
till the end Of the war, and it probably will.
"a friend in need is friend indeed'' was
exemplified one evening last week. A we'll
known young dentist of this city had an en-
gagement with a young lady for the even
ing. Nothing had been said, but the young
man understood it to be ain engagement for
a wheel ride. When he arrived at the
young lady's house he found her dressed in
a pretty organdie. There he was in wheel
costume; put II did not d1sconcert him long.
he lived too far away to go home and get
his suit, and, beside that, it would be too
late by the time he could do that and get
back again. He was equal to the emerg
ency. He had friend down the street, who
was his size, and down he went, found his
friend in, borrowed suit, soon appeared at
the young lady's home, and they went out
and made the CALL He is a young man who
ought to have every girl in his set at his
feet, so to speak, when he can make such a
good thing out of a poor matter.
Inc picnic season is on, and every day
there are parties. from the whole Sunday
school down to the last engaged couple,
bound for the best picnic parks and grounds
or cozy retreats. They are an interesting
set to observe. Some are burdened with
enough luggage to take trip to the coast
ard others have not even a lunch basket
depending on a. country house or some place
convenient to the grounds. The luncheons
are taken in big baskets, little baskets and
shoe boxes. Some are neatly wrapped and
others have newspaper, and long strings
made of short strings, and the untidy pack
ages make one wonder if the contents match
the style of the outside. A whole day, with
place TO rest, nothing to do but imagine one
Is having that ''wilI-o'-the-wisp," a good
time. A return at night with tired bodies a
dlsorganized digestion and little welts and
punches that tell of feasts for the moSQui-
toes sunburn and tan: These are some of
the delights of picnic. A young married
woman, listening to discussion of the de-
lights of picnic. said: Il think the incest
picnic is the one for two. when they are en-
gagged, and the incest after that is to have
a good luncheon in your own dining room"
A well-known instructor of literature IN
this city was once invited to visit neigh
boring city and to bring one of the papers
she had written to read before a leading
literary club of ladies, who were to have
an open day meeting and invite a number
of guests TO meet her as we'll as to hear the
paper The day arrived and the literary
friend took the train, made the journey, and
had her paper nicely folded in her long silk
pocket. which she carried on her arm. The
proceedings were quite elaborate, and the
hours passed on and a luncheon of several
courses was served, but the paper was not
called for nor was any alluSion made to it,
and the paper rested quietly in the silk
pocket and came home with the writer. 1t
was not till some days afterward that the
member who had asked for the paper dared
10 tell of the horrible, dreadful, awful
thing she had done"
The ladies of Woodruff Place have de-
cided to give their entertainment, "The
Feast of Lanterns" tomorrow evening
The original programme will be carried out
There will be a concert by the /. of U.
Band, under the direction Of r. B. Rudy
the singing of patriotic songs by the Arion
Club. negro melodies sung by colored
quartet and refreshments served in various