Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-11
SHE WAS POPULAR.
She Had the Genius to See an Opport'

She Had the Genius to See an OppOrtu-
nifty and the Wit to Seize 1t.
Il reckon she is the il OSt popular
girl in town. said thosouthern girl
tloughtfully
Tho northern guest tlIl ned hcreye-
glasses upon IL thin, sensible look
ING yuuuG woman, whose dance pro
gramme was filling at lightning rate.
Che examined the belle carefully
and culcrllative!y. Then size summed
up tbs rrsult Of her scrutiny in Il
terse "Why:'
The >ut'urrn Girl smiled. yes.
| knoW aho'@ Lot petty, and she's
not stylish. md her father .n'tIvir
rich, and Vie isn't eill,l athirtiy ~
romantic. Under ordinary ciiyuln.
stances sic wouldn't SO at al, but
all the men tvel under litigation to
Ler.
How : thut}' asked her friend,
"Well, yea seo, it was this way;
The family came here just beloit
New Year = and took Il hou-" in the
right part of the town. Then the
Carriers gave ball to Introduce the
girl; 70 every one had to call on
her. You know we always keep
open house down here on New
Year $ day It's out Of fashion up
north, but We keep open house all
the year round, and just open 1t Il
little wider when the new year
comes along. is lots of fun, but it
is rather hard On the men Ivory
one serves wine and punch and Ju
leps and such things, and | reckon
there Int man III town who can
60 right through the programme,
satisfy every hostess, and then find
his night key when he goes home"
The northern girl lo3 .le,i shocked.
"Iou nuu.n look That way, the
other went ON MAY he we don't
feel Ju.l tie way You do about ii
mun's dril Ling, but Iii tell you one
timing. | never saw such hard drink
ing among women in my life as !
saw iii New York and Nushiugton
last winter Then New Year = day
is different anyway. We don't
count it Every hostess gets out ler
best wines and lrides herself on the
quantity and quality OF them But
this Miss Wilson had Il great head
She had brothers OF her own, and
so, New Years day, when some of
the men called there, they just
found desperately ST. ong coffee, and
then on the buffet there were ice
and settlers and lemons and all sorts
of things | don know about, but
the men did, Everybody could just
go and mix what he needed most.
The men that called first passed the
word along, and there was II stream
of froCk rut,ts pouring into that
house all afternoon. The men went
on in their mad career, calling ut
other places, until they began to see
double and feel like walking quad
ripple Then they inGde 4 break for
the Wilson house and got whateytr
they usually take next morning
Some of them called there two or
three times, and Miss Wilson and
her mother didn't seem to mind ut
all They just told them to drop in
whenever they happened 10 be pusr-
ing that way, and the number of
times each man happened to be lass
ing was just in proportion to the
amount OF wine he could stand with
out looking tor comfort. Jack Bish-
op was the only fellow that lidn I
call ON Miss Wilson at all He sand
she was II good sort, but that his
butler would he ready for him when
he got home, and he dim wan, the
poor old chap to feel that he had out
lived his usefulness. There wei
more men down 10 Gus!pesS the next
morning than on any I'd of January
since the town was started.
See that big man just taking her
card Hes her tiance. They say he
don t drink aHs thips stronger than
ginger ale. Neither does she. She
says drinking is y disgusting habit,