The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-10-10

Some Illustrations o. Matrimonial
Felicity Broaxht out at =
Serving Society.

Serving Society
well, don't see what men could
ever see in that woman, and yet she's
been married three times Ard TO nice
ns-n. too"
.'Yes. but the first one died at Dwight
and she was divorced from the sec
ond-"
But she's living with the third like
a modern edition of Boucis-"
1t was at a sewing society and the
talk had drifted from servants to hus-
bands; thence to love and marTige.
20. it's all very well for people to lay
down hard and fast rules about what
kind Of marriages will be happy and
what sort won't. After a long and
varied experience with young people
I've come to the conclusion that it's all
luck" Thus spoke a serene-faced,
gray-haired woman who had earned a
right to respectable hearing from tie
mastery manner in which she had just
cut the Ia dozen flannel pettiecats for
females of all ages, and without pat
tern. too.
Look at John Fitzgerald-as par
ticular and immaculate a man as ever
lived His wife is pretty. but she start
ed to housekeeping with three dish tow
els and uses old black stockings for
wasLesoths because they don't get
grimy like white ones-and yet he's
happy"
THAT makes me think of a true story
heard about why Jennie Rs engage
man." said the girl with the new gold
thImbie- HE was one of these fas-
tidiOus persons, but you know how
dainty and pretty Jenny was Well. he
fell terribly in love with her at New
port and followed her out here. And
they became engaged. He was anxious
for a speedy marriage because he want
ed to spend the autumn abroad She
hurried her preparations and he was
most devoted, One day, such hot Au-
gust day, she had been shopping all
morning with her mother and met him
for lunch She always looked dainty
and sweet and that day was no excep-
ton, but as they left the table she
dropped her handkerchief. 1t was Just
little moist, grimy ball. He picked it
up, and, after gazing at, it an instant,
returned it, He was called to New York
by telegram that night and sailed alone
for Scotland the next week.
We'll, she married a much better
man." remarked the white-haired LADY.
That is not so good as the story Jack
Frain told. is it. EISie?' said the one
idle girl. You know he's gone to 81.
T,aTliS tn he E,s.~f m, =, . f, ~. - -,
ding. and he told US a lot about the
man A year or so ago he became much
interested in a girI-a St. Louis girl
and paid her a lot of attention. She
/, was bright, ard unexpected, ard pref
ty- One night he took her to a con-
cert As she came into the parlor with
her jacket on one of the buttors was
hanging by a thread. He admired her
and was observaut of everything about
her and he wished she had sewed ii on.
. But she was bright and interesting and
, he forgot il, and before they reached
|. home he had asked if he might walk
. with her to church the next SUNDAY.
When he saw her come into the parIor
: on Sunday with the jacket button still
by the thread he didn't like il. and he
was relieved when, after service, the
jacket being fastened again. the but
ton dropped quite off. She laughed
about it and said she had meant to
fix it before and now she must 90 so.
He then asked her to go to the theater
with him on Wednesday evening When
that occasion came there again was the
jarket minus the button. He was dis
srrTSfPf n was Ts1o had that a r,-a+e~
: sweet girl should be- so careless. But
before they reached home that evening
: from the theater she had promised TO
marry him And he is going to marry
her tonight, too"
None of your stories are equal to
one my grandfather used to telk.'' re-
, marked another member of the circle
1T was about 4 man who was deeply
in love with beautiful girl. but had
been told she possessed high temper.
So he thought he would test her. and
! one day when she was wearing an es-
pecially dainty gown he tipped glass
!, of wine over it. running it, She said il
was of no consequence, that he should
not trouble himself about il for mo-
ment. and went and changed it. When
she came back he asked her to marry
him. After they were married he told
her about the test. and that he never
had seen such instability. % she an
swered. you didn't know that / went
upstairs and bit piece out of the
marble manteI' Chicago Tribune.
One ON Old Man