Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-16

New York. Sept. 5.-Wherewith shall
the children be clothed?
In the library of IA Fifth avenue house
there sat a few days ago. an elderly iauy
chatting with callers. Her softly falling
black silk dress with lace adornments
denoted the quiet, dignified tastes of the
old school,. Up and down stairs beyond
the wide doorway played a couple OF 1T
tile pople. a boy and girl. perhaps seven
and ten years of age. Now and then, as
the soft ball they We're chasing escaped
control. they followed it into the library,
their eyes quick and bright as squirreis
as they noiselessly darted back after such
a liberty. From the hall without would
be heard fast.drawn breaths and little
gurgling chuckles after every incurslon.
Oftener it was the boy who ~adventured.
grandson of a great tinancier and son or
a greater: a sturdy little figure in stout
Misunderstanding blue and white drill-full,
plain waist and knickerbockels-ln when
half the day he had been digging in the
back yard.
Occasionally the girl dropped on hands
and knees to reach the ball from the
doorway, %springing to her feet when the
deed was lone and instantly Withdraw
ing. A chubby child she looked, with
creases of fat around her neck: and her
dress was like her brothers as might be
"a pretty. easy. ~mi-nautica blouse
ana Il snort skill Ol urn. va II IA
med and striped like bed-ticking.
BY and by the ball play ceased and ST.
lence followed the patter of soft steps
and the bird-like tWittering. After half
an hour or whereabouts. a maid brought
the afternoon tea service, and as small,
fragrant cups We're slipped and waters
nibbled, there again appeared the chill
dren: this time entering quickly han in
hand, shy but as following CUSTOM, at
%;n,I f,,, %1,n ciy,, 11a lipnnr
Where is the ball?" I asked.
oh. it was like a toy balloon" the DO!
said; 1.-The air leaked out" He leaned
against the library table in a costume
cut precisely like the drill discarded bu'
of silky white serge, sparingly trimmed
with narrow white braid.
The girls face dimpled as she produced
the remains of the toy. peeping at tn
visitors from under long, Silken lashes
Her rosy cheeks and brown curls made
pretty picture above her white frock
which. except for the substitution o
skirts for k~nickerbockers. was again yer
like her brothers.. After observing a mo
ment the five o'clock ceremonial, sh
turned with a quick. noiseless movement
and darted to the door to meet the oldes
daughter of the house, a young girl c
sixteen. who in a couple of years will b
presented to New York society as n {
it's greatest heiresses.
Rosy and round-cheeked like tn
youngsters. their sister entered even mo-
quietly, blushing at the elderly lady
comment, "Ann expects her tea just 6
regularly as grown up people,
"Ann's tea"-ye gods and Chinamer
consisted of one teaspoonful of the beN
erage diluted with a cupful of hot waite
To this mild decoction We're added creal
and sugar, for AIMS tastes are not Ru:
sian.
Ann said as little and spoke with a
most as much shyness as the childre
She was as yet nearer to them than
grown-up interests and conversatio
Her frock was made the third in viii
serge, and was scarcely more elabora'
than the first two, though its skirt,
reasonable shortness. limited the bare
acquaintance, not amounting to intimac