The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-02-11
MISS OMAHA VISITS MISS
CHICAGO.

Trans Mississippi exposition which was
not taken into consideration and would
probably never have been demonstrated
had not Miss Omaha recently written a
letter to her cousin, Miss Chicago. stat.
ing that ri: it was quite conveniet che
would like to run over and pay the latter
q little visit, ae she needed rest
am credibly informed by an Eye
Witness that he thought Miss Chicago
would have strangled to death in the
paroxysm Of laughter which seized her
when the suggestion bore in on her that
Omaha desired to visit Chicago for the
purpose OF taking a rest.
This conversation took place on Tues
day and on Friday the Eye Witness told
me he escorted Miss Chicago to the sta.
ton to meet her cousin. After the train
drew under cover young woman
alighted from the rear sleeper and
looked inquiringly about. DO you sup.
pose that lie herr" asked Miss Chicago,
raising her lorgnette. II fancy that is
ehe." replied the Eye Witness severely.
There is nothing more difficult than
the adjusting to an easy, graceful condi.
ton OF affairs the intercourse between
relatives who have not been together
familiarly for some years. They ought
to have interests in common, but the
chances are they find they have not; il
one has been more successful than the
other, has more money or better clothes,
it Immediately epgendels an an,sgonism
that, like Banquo's ghost, "will not
down." In the case OF women, IL one
looks critically at the other, the gazee
imagines that the gazer is trying to dis.
cover more gray hairs or wrinkles than
her own portion; or one says innocently
to the other, II wonder you wear
green, my dear, should think blue
might be more becoming" The posses
cor OF the blue gown, il she is not already
turnip colored. becomes go exasperated,
without any escape valve. that the over
flow Of bile would be warranted to ruin
the complexion OF Eve. The Eye Wit.
ness tells me that it was really amusing
to watch the efforts OF the cousins to
assimilate.
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Miss Omaha did seem tired out and
professe q disposition to take 1t easy
for few dsys, which she was permitted
to do. "She actually makes me tired"
conf,ded Miss Chicago to her guardian.
"She tiops herself down on the divan in
that tailor made gown Of hers "a IL she
wished me to understand she bad cloth %
to burn, and che digs her head In my
embroidered cushions, Ush!' with q
shudder, II wonder II che uses pork
grease on her hair" Omaha, who has
not been mapping, as supposed. over.
heard. "Chicago lie certainly becoming
.catty' in her old age.' she remarked
sweetly to their mutual friend later.
The visitor after few days was suffi'
GENTLY recovered to do little sight.
seeing, but after all there was not much
to show her. The Eye Witness, whom l
regard az a perfectly just and reliable
mau, told me regretiully that he re-
garded it as unfortunate that one 80
young should be 80 blase. Architecture
did not interest her; the spendors OF
International hall still before her, brio
a.brac and china failed to convince; she
reeled of the names and makes OF
placques. statuary and glass with dizzy
glibness which betrayed the newly made
connois seur. I'VE thought she would
all but have a spasm the day We sug-
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