The record-union., 1898-07-10

was married to a most Insignificant
specimen of man. She became ex-
tremely Jealous Of him, and her own
common sense told her there was no
cause for it, So when she found she
could not conquer the jealous mania
she went to her family doctor and told
him all. He gave her a good tonic
and a liver prodder. and
After taking two bottles she became
a new woman" chimed in the other
Minis"
Well" admitted Millisent, "she got
over being jealous, anyway
| That's very strange subject to dis
cuss." said Marguerite. ''and if you
don't mind my abruptly changing it,
| would like to tell you what / saw at
| a woman's political meeting last week" :"
"Oh, wait moment, Mimmies. until
we have our tea and things. We will
need them if we are going to po-
litical meeting
Il should think so, Millisent," ex-
claimed Imogene "A rainy day and a
woman's political meeting is terribly
gloomy combination. Well need a
strengthener of some kind. / feel my
spinal column stiifening with disappro-
baton the moment women and politics
are mentioned together
''Oh. don't talk about it until l
come" walled a muff1ed voice in the
other room. 1t proceeded from Mill
sent, who was hunting under a cot
| lounge for the alcohol bottle. She
finally emerged triumphant, grasping
| the bottle firmly in one hand and three
plates in the other
Girls, the orange marmalade has
given out Which shall it be, rasp-
berry jam or cream cheese sandwiches!
The cream cheese won't keep much
longer, but Of course you can have
your choice"
Lets have BOTH" cheerfully sug-
gested Marguerite. Il should feel real
ly delicate myself about pitching into
a frail, sckly cheese which showed
signs of not keeping. / think person
ally I shall agree better with the jam" :"
Imogene looked disgusted and care
fully basted a cuff on wrong side out.
It's a mighty good thing, Mar
guerite Min, that you are among
| friends. They suffer from your re-
marks, but they don't advertise them,
fortunately for YOU"
The rain pattered dsmally against
the windows Of the red studio, and the
udISI A1dTcn W1uu dQuGO It's dIGdIy az
compartment of sound. but the three
Minis were cozily sitting about the CRATE
slipping their fragrant Indian tea.
It's SO funny" murmured Millisent,
"and it's perfect child's trick, too
What is?" exclaimed the other Minis.
Why" holding up her slice of lemon
on her spoon, "do you know / never see
a piece of lemon in cup Of tea or
slice of orange in lemonade but ! am
wild to fish it out and eat it. peel and
all?"
1 II should say it was a child's trick"
remarked Marguerite. Just indulge
yourself once with lemon peel and /
think you'll be cured with one treat
ment. However. if you want to hear
about how Aunt Jane persuaded me in
| a weak moment TO attend a Z. P. M.
and what happened, why just pay at
/ tention You see Aunt Jane is an en-
| thusiast on woInan's voting, and she
| fully expects to live long enough to vote
for President of these United States
! Good health to the old lady, but l
hope she won't live long enough for
that" murmured Imogene.
We'll, she won't, but anyhow, I went
with her to the political meeting and
it was worth the effort Mark Twain
NOuIu IldN z d treasure III IL. we
had to go up two long flights of steep
stairs to the hall where the meeting
was held, and it was so funny to see
the ladies from all parts of the city
climb up those weary stairs with calm
resolution stamped upon their faces. OF
course. they had the regular opening
exercises and all that and then they be-
gan to speak informally One stout
woman in a Russian blouse arose and
( with the most fetching buttered toast
smile began to plead with the women
not to allow this beautiful privilege to
/ go to waste. l could have told her that
| If she didn't go on a strict diet I would
1 give her just a year before she would
go almost entirely TO waist, but / re-
/ Trained"
| The other Minis giggled What did
you mean by buttered toast smile,
Marguerite?" asked the Aspiring Writ
| err"
| Why, light, brown, greasy smile,
| Of course" answered Imogene.
| That's something like it," assented
Marguerite. but it's one Of those things
4 that you can't describe. But I can see
/ the appropriateness easy enough Any
! how she dwelt upon the beautiful priv
! ilege' for while and then a short thin
Illle woman, VINO wore a determined
| look and gray ulster rose up and said:
| Ladies, what do we know Of our can
! didate? Who is she, and what has she
done? AS women we cannot begin our
political life by making mistakes at the
outset
/ These remarks were received with
| loud applause. and then as nobody said
anything there was more loud applause.
Just as | hoped the gray ulstered wom-
| an would get up and bow her thanks. a
| rustic was heard in the center of the
hall, and a tall figure loomed up She
was cheerful motherly looking wom-
an. with bovine eyes and no signs Of
/ nerves. / suspect she had not got
down quite to the heart of politics. but
was happily basking in a sort of sur
face knowledge that kept her sweet ana
womanly, and perfectly satisfied her
| You ask who our candidate $50 she
/, began. why. ladies, she comes from
one of the best families in the State. I
Well remember my mother saying once
| that all Of Matilda Cooks children
would turn out WELL they had such a
smart mother. Our candidate is the
youngest member of that family.
/ ladies' Then in a somewhat grieve,i
tone, | should think that belonging to
the D. L. p. and Socrates societies would
count for something. None but ladies
| belong to those clubs
! AS she sat down there was a mur-
mur Of protest and one member re-
I marked, Bless my soul she must have