The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-08-27
Things Tina Are Happening Every Day
In the Marriage Flats.

It was at a meeting of the Young
Woman's Progressive Political Associa-
ton. ,.Mhey greeted each other with an
explosi re kiss.
Il haven't seen you for ages, you dear
thing!' said the girl with the peoples in
her hat, @Tm 10 glad you came today
this is to be a perfectly ideal meeting.
Are you married YETI"
mo; and I'm not likely to be MS long
as l live in a flat.n responded the girl
with the ostrich boa. I'D like to have,
Let all who enter here leave hope be-
hind, carved over the entrance to our
building"
IF you want a responsive shoulder to
weep OF here is mine. l, too, live in a
fiat, and when our landlord wanted a
new name for the building I suggested
the nti-Matiimonial-he declined it,
though; said il might affect the popu-
larity Of 'em. l Just hate a hat! o,
yes, we have steam heat, gas range
Hardwood mantels, porcelain bath
titled hearths, electric bells, and all
modern conveniences," groaned the girl
With the peoples. 70, don't; youmake
me ill"
aOur nat has no doors at all, only
portieres." moaned the girl with the
feather boa, "and only the man who
doesn't mean anything by it is bold,
enough to make love to n girl when o
member of her family may be in am
bush behind each curtain"
II know. And the awful things that
happen TO one when one is temporarily
isolated from ones best clothes. l was
once caught in the bedroom which
opens off the parlor with all my decent
gowns in a wardrobe at the back of the
Hat and a swell New Yorker, who only
had one day in town, waiting in the
parlor to see me. l don't know what
would have happened if Minnie hadn't
gone up to the fiat above and lowered
my tea gown out OF the window in .
basket"
~That's nothing. I had been wash
ing my hair in the bathroom one day
and had left part of it there to dry. I
fled to my own room. which also opens
of the parlor, at q sound of the door
bell. 1t was Jim, and mamma had to
bring me my hair in o hand satchel be-
fore 1 could go in"
THAT comes Of a man having no sis
ter to familiarize-"
Nothing of the sort. 1t is all the
fault Of a iat!"
SWELL, maybe so. Alma has made
her father move TO the suburbs and take
o whole house."
"Yes; and now l hear that she is go
ing to be married"
aQuite likely. Did you ever hear
how she lost Victor?"
"No; do tell me!p
"He was calling on her the very even
ing before she left on that trip to Kan
sas, and she had strong hopes that he
would commit himself. Just about US
it was time for him to 60, a great hub
bub of voices arose in the next room
and, under of it, he said: All,
Miss Alma-could-could you"
Eyes. yes; go on!"
Just then her fathers voice rose loud
and clear: I tell you now,' he was
saying, this thing has got to stop!
Alma's extravaganza is enough to ruin
any mani No wonder she IS "a and
can't Her mother stopped him
tHefe, out IL was 100 late. Alma asked
Victor what he wa going to say. and
he stammered out: 'CouId-could you
tell me what time it isp"
@Poor Almal And I know that by
the time she got back from Kansas he
was engaged to that little school teacher,
who makes ove her dresses twice and
puts her money in the bank
Eyes. o, my goodness! They are
all going, and we haven't heard a word
they said. They were going to discuss
the most vital question Of the day, and
"For my part, the question VIC have
been discussing is vital enough for me, y
replied the girl with peoples in her hat,
and there were tears in her eyes as she
said it.-CAtcago Tribune.