The news & observer., 1898-07-31

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would we help? Would we! We should
have regarded ourselves as Spaniards of
the deepest dye if we had refused.
| But to return to the fair. | presided
at what might be called the handkerchief
stall-that is to say, l sold cheap for
| cash, finely hemmed handkerchiefs, trim
med with lace, and with the dear ones
| Initials in the corner. to the young man
who is beginning to have intentions to-
ward the young lady whom he escorts;
then l had large expensive red handker-
| chiefs that can belong to nobody eX-
| ccpt the head of the family. Then there
| We're cheaper ones. having initials, but
| not too deliberately embroidered tied up
| in ribbon to be sold in packages of six
! for that type of girl who is always los
! ing her handkerchief and yet must have
| it because she doesn't know what to do
, with her hands Then there had to be
few bandannas and n few silk ones.
Those of silk were voted for, as at this
church they do not admit raf1ling, as
it is too much like gambling, but you
can vote for anything wonder if the
good Lord knows the difference between
voting and raffling. Then any good
sized handkerchefs that were left-sen
sible ones. suitable ones will be sent to
the soldier boys to wipe the perspiration
off their poor faces.
Molly had charge of a table where
flags of all sorts were to the fore. and
by my advice she had all sizes of Old
Glory, considerable number of English
flags. about four French about two
xrbiIn fhn fuir. lnn Of IN
although it discovered us, went unrepre-
sented.
Moly's neck has got nice. and so she
was dressed up or dressed down, as YOU
please to call it, as the Goddess of Lib
erty. and the children are guying her
still. One of them said: "Oh Molly.
what would Jack think if he knew you
represented the free and easy?" and
another said, "As Molly represented
liberty and invited people to take liber-
ties with her-that is, in the way of
buying her iags-she mustn't be squeam-
ish about allowing some of the elderly.
deacons. purely in the interest of the
war and To encourage proper patriotism.
to kiss her" This troubled her little
bit, and at first she said. Somebody else
can sell the darned old flags" which
SIbtktu DtT lliotlltE 50 tltdl. sItuouSII
il was only II o'clock in the morning,
she had to have fresh tea and toast to
bring her TO. It's funny how some foods
will soothe the sorrows of some people.
| once knew girl whose only sister
died and who on he day Of her death ate
| fourteen bananas. because she twas so
| downcast.' and another one who kept
| a funeral procession waiting while she
| Il l.. n, -
said she knew Aunt Camilla would not
| like her to appear at her funeral without
| representing truth in the innermost parts
| and no matter how clean she might be
unless her nails were brilliant Aunt
| Camilla might look down from heaven
| and feel little hurt. And we all sat
! around and felt sorry for each other,
| though Of course there comes time
| when even ten fngers-I mean eight
| fingers and two thumbs--can have re-
ceived all the rubbing and scrubbing
| that is possible. But to return to the
fair. Our children had the lemonade
stand, and nobody understood their
method of disposing of it. 1t was that
beautiful pink lemonade that raises the
soul to higher things and causes pain
that is of the earth earthly. Dressed in
tiicil NtIt OcSt NIlitc lTOChS anu aSSlSt-
ed by their brothers, who looked so
happy that they must be .up to some
mischief, they sold lemonade and 3
cents glass. | questioned one young
woman. aged II. back of the booth as to
why. since glasses Of lemonade all look
ed alike. one should be cheaper than the
other. Oh. she answered, they are
just alike: but you see, the reason that
coll that in hn llun -
cents is because the puppy fell in it,
| understand that they made quite Il
deal Of money that evening, but as far MS
| was concerned / never interfered with
their base deception. We really had IA
lovely time.
The young girl who helps the milliner
and who is generally known the country
over as Melissa recited that poem about
''The Six Hundred and we all cheered
wildly and halooed, Remember the
Maine" ''lIurrah for Dewey!' and
Down with traitors and, in fact, were
so jublant that to my sorrow she took
an encore and then she read the touch
ing. history OF ',rhe Pride of Battery r
She told me herself that she had come
| mp to town twice a week during the last
| winter to learn to clocute and that she
did think she was at least pleasant at
| it. Her gestures had the gracefulness
OF jointed doll. and whenever she had
| to give special expression to IA word or
! a sentence she caught with her eye
some small boy in the audience, looking
| at him as if she were Lady Macbeth,
who not only walked at queer times, but
| snorted. Nothing else describes it than
| this somewhat vulgar word; for what
else can you call the combination of n
gasp, a choke and a snuffle? Two boys
were carried out crying ut the tops Of
| their voices that they didn't want Mis-
Browns Melissa to look at them in that
| sort Of way" Little did they dream
that they were honorcd in her minging
| or snort and dream. Later the gentle
man who sells sugar, kerosene, artificial
flowers. hairpns and candy in the store
performed on the flute. Molly was taken
with the toothache and went home. and
was left to bear the brunt of this cul-
ture. because l had to help count out
/ the money that was taken in.
I But we had lovely time Going
home in the big wagon, sitting on the
straw. it was rather pleasant to have
m bal,