The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-09-15
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8 Mrs Jones Gained O Glorious
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NT1EN you get woman who is
w genuine diplomat you'll always
find her IN the excelsior class. tits the
privilege of her sex to 60 TO extremes
rnd when She sets ont 10 attain an end
She holds the possibility Of death
much more lightly than she does that
of defeat.
This charming little lady, who would
prefer to be called Mrs. Jones under
the circumstances. lives within block
of Woodward avenue in one of The best
sections of the city. She has been
married for eight years, and during
seven years, eleven months and three
weeks of that time there was one great
drawback to her happiness. 1t is read
ilv figured from this statement that
her release came but one short week
ago.
Jones must be classified as q good
fellow. I'm a few years more he is lia-
ble to be called "Old Suavity," "Oid
T Smootholocy," OF by some other mod
orn designation equally expressive and
irrcverent. His voice has a native note
of cordiality and is unctuous. His
laugh is a contagion, his handshake
suggests @ ,se and he at once impresses
one with n desire to do something
thouohtful rrd agreeable The im-
preston is not misleading, and one Of
Jones fayorite ways of showing his
generosity was TO invite people home
TO dinner. Where the average friendly
man would say to Take cigar or
Come IN and have something - Jones
would smile his genial smile, laugh his
happy laugh and insist chat you go up
and have dinner with him.
There is a commerdable feature in
such a display Of hospitality, but what
was TO be condemned I'm Jones was the
fact that he never told his wife of these
sudden invasions. She repeatedly asked
this consideration. but Jones is busy
man and forgot lie would promise
volublv and Kiss his wife by way Of
acknowledging his shortcoming, but
three davs would not pass before he
would surprise the patient little ma
tron Dv suddenly landing in with from
one lo four men for dinner. lie always
told ..en in his hearty way that they
would lave to take pot luck, but no
woman with the pride of housewife
F is going TO set out stirgy little spread
for her husbands friends. She would
suffer from IT as a reflection bordering
upon the shame of being niggardly and
innrovidcnt So she hustled, planned,
stirred the maid TO prodigies OF eNer-
lion aud gained temporary accommo-
dation from the larders of her imme-
diate ncichbors. Frequently 1t was a
close shave. but never did Mrs. Jones
feel that her guests had been misused
or that her dinners were not at least
passable
Her mother frequently urged that
She set these predatory birds of passage
down to short ratons and Jet them go
AWAY hl rrv fol a few successive
times. "Tlar bring Jones to MS
Senses" dec -ed the elder lady "he
needs lesson. and that's the way 10
give fl To him. I'm show him. Do you
exDect TO 20 through life feeding lot
Of strangers on short notice? The un-
certainty in itself is torture. Have some
snunk about you and give Jones such
setback that he'll give sou due notice
from now on. would
But that Is not the way OF young
wives. Mrs. Jones even rebuked heT
rrim mother for such advice. and things
moved along in the same uneven
10 rrooge. But last Sunday there came
cr,sis "ea,y Jones down towns said