Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-08

portunity TO open crossfre, and this has I
a certain attractiveness. But, alasl for I
us. If one happens to be the only lady
in a company. Then our husband
makes every species of. conversation
impossible. He tells the most frightful
anecdotes. There is always some point
which he won't say out loud but he
must whisper II in his neighbours ear.
Then the jollity reaches its climax, and
the assembled lords laugh, and 1t
sounds as IL whole chorus OF catarrh-
troubled cats sneezedl"
MY dear Doretta, all this is very
witty and entertaining. but may
make one remark?'
VERY Well"
If you 80 on in this way shall
never know what you wanted to tel
me. We are losing the way"
You are very unjust, MT. Tort
don't see how could have told It any
shorter But I win hurry along. You
see, now. the surroundings in which
found myself the first time 1 met Lieu
tenant Scratch. II was absolutely nee
essary to describe them. You can see
J how he must have been bored. the
! htterateur had taken him on into
corner and was reading him some OF
his own verses. Finally, the young
a lieutenant succeeded in shaking off his
/ tormentor and came over to me. lie
described in the liveliest manner the
painful situation from which he mad
Z just rescued himself The young Apol-
10 did not wish to attract attention, and
he got so near Scratch that he not only
felt the fellows breath. but-something
else.
"The lieutenant said that it was like
standing near a fountain from which
the spray fell over one. We laughed
first at the poor poet and then at the
! other masterpieces Of the company.
We were entertaining ourselves charm
ingly and everything would have been
ali right if my husband had not been in
| the parlor That lookl can see it
now Perhaps he thought I should
prefer to converse with himi
some days after we got his card,
| Lewis Scratch, Lieutenant Of Engin-
eers.' In the course Of a week he was
50 courteous to call had another
caller at the time, Mrs. Rentz- Cham
berlain You know her OF course, Mr..
Tort-thc one with the glass eye. You
see it was not tete-a-tete. But Mrs.
Rentz- Chamberlain has an evil tongue,
and she gave il free rein almost before
She got out Of the house. IT you VIII
believe her / appointed a rendezvous
with Scratch Only an old, ugly wo-
man could concoct such gossip. The
fact IS 1 told Scratch that 1 usually
went to drive I'm the park about 4. One
must talk Of something! Can I help it
If 4o'clock is the most convenient time
for taking a walk?
II rode out to the park. He went on
foot, and you know as well as do
that nobody considers it anything re-
markable If a foot-passenger in the
park stands for a moment on a carriage
step and chats with an acquaintance,
once / left the carriage for a few min
utes / needed exercise; so took a
short walk"
with the lieutenant
Yes with him. Of course. But st
was too funny Imagine my horror
when I saw Mrs. Glassblower, fairly in.
toxicated with delight at her escapade
walking up and down a side path viii
a gentleman whom 1 know very well
Her gallant is a member Of the Legis
lature, and Il would be much more sen
sihle for him to go up to Albany, wher'
il is hare they say, 70 get a quorum e
carry on business-but don't believl
> in troubling myself about other PEG
pies affairs.
2 II believe we walked ten minutes
= and thu consequence? Horriblel First
a command never to go to the park a
{ 4 o'clock again; second, a command 4
60 to Boston at once and pass SOM
weeks with my husbands family.
! but now comes a new casus belll
J, Eight days later Scratch was also ii
o Boston. 1 should like to know If an
]. ansvera BILE for his actions2 Can't any
J. one 20 where he will? Railroads ar
? for comman use. My dear mother-in
e law. Of course. read me long sermon
r full OF sounding morality and virtue
- She certainly did not have much caus
Il for serrnonizing. She ought to think O
3 her own youth-for you see, Mr.. Tort
d though you may be disinclined to be
e. lieve #, my mother-in-law was youn
+ once"
At this instant the clock on tn
e mantelpiece began TO strike.
# Three o'clock, isn't it," asked DC
e retta.
l. mo, four
g -Four o'clock? Gracious mel I can
e stay u minute longer-Ive ordered Ii
g carriage for half-past three. Why,
nfNilllttM LEV MI nc an dMAQAl
l. important engagement, you know.
~ wouldn't miss it for anything"
J. "But, Doretta, you've told me only
i Another time. To-day Il is hardl
impossible. You've heard my comics
sion
10 Yes. my dear child but as yet yc
have only confessed the sins Of other
III Your own"
Are so few they deserve compile
y absolution. hope my parents W
o. look on it in that light"
ne "Only moment" protested Mr. Tol
n as loretta hurridly prepared TO 60.
pr mot a second longer. It is late no
de am greatly obliged. Mr.. To TT. Goo
n, byew
1 Mrs. Van Dyke whisked out of Il
er room as quickly as wig-tail slips IN
a the reeds. Her father-confessor r
T. manned sitting alone, and his face wo
", thoughtful puzzled expression.-E
II, change.
The Education Of Mothers.
AZ The authoritative tone that the m
,i, s,,-it,- Of xounnr women take with ~,