The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30

.na she had learned TO Labor and to Wait. 3
Che simply led him into the Circle and took
hts Order and allowed him 10 sit there in
the Cleaning and observe how Popular
che was. All the men were ~Scrapping 10
soc who would be Next 10 sit Ia the Ham
rock with her. II looked for a while as IL
clara would lave TO give out Checks, the
same as I'm a Barber Shop. Late that night
when the Men walked homeward together
they remarked thai Clara was a Warm
Hostess.
Next Evening the Treasurer of the Shoe
Factory was back on the Lawn. 30 were
all the Others. They said there was no
beating a Place wnere you could play
Shirt Waist Man under the trees and have
a Fairy Queen in White come and push
Cold Drinks at you and not have 10 sign
any Ticket. They composed hattering
Songs about Clara, and every time she
moved there was a Man right there with a
Sofa Cushion TO help her to be Comfort
able.
In the meantime the other Girls out at
the Summer Resorts were doing the best
they could with these High School CADETS
wearing Tides around their Hats, VINO
would rather go out in a Catboat and get
their arms tanned than remain on Shore
and win the Honest Love OF an Ameri-
can Girl with a String TO it.
Clara's Work about this time was ever
SO Glossy. She began by asking the Treas
urer OF the Shoe Factory to come with her
to the Refrigerator to get out some more
Imported Ginger Ale. All the men Volun-
teered to help and two or three wanted
to Tag along but Clara drove them back
They were gone a Long Time because
the Treasurer" had 10 draw all the Corks
and they Fused around together in the
Pantry fixing up a Lunch for the Boys.
Clara told him how Strong and Handy
he was until he felt an increase in his
Chest Measurement.
On successive evenings she had the Treas
urer supervise all the Arrangements. The
Hired Girl had every Evening out because
il was so much more Jolly TO go out and
run the Place yourself. In less than a
Week the Treasurer was giving Orders
around the House. Every Evening she
would get him. pack TO the Kitchen and tie
an Apron around him and ask what she
should do next. She made him oct TO be
the Only One who could be Trusted. The
others were Company, but he was like
one of the Family. And although he was
being Worked like Creamery Butter he
never Suspected.
Her Game was TO Domesticate him in
Advance and let him have a Foretaste OF
what it is to be Boss of your own House
except as 10 the Bills. The Pantry was full
of Home Delicacies such as he couldn't
get at the Hotel and the Service was the
best ever. Clara was right at his Elbow
with a Willing Smile.
1t didn't take him long TO realize tina he
was missing a lot by remaining Single. He
wondered why he had been so slow i'm get
ting on to Clara's Good Points. Also he
wondered If * was any Open and Shut
Certainty when a dozen other Men, some
Of them Younger and more Gallus. were
after her in Full Cry.
Clara had him Pulled In, Strung and
Hung over the side Of the Boat.
OF course if all the other Girls had been
In town they would have Tumbled long be-
fore 1t ran into a Certainty and probably
they would have formed a v and rushed
in to break up the Play. But the other
Girls were Far Away with the Old Men
and the Seminary S~triplings Clara had
an Open Field, with no need of any Inter
fering or Blocking, and If she Fell Down
1t was her own Fault Besides she had all
these other Admirers set out as Decoys
W prove lndt IL ne olunl SOMEBODY else
might.
The Treasurer of the Shoe Factory got
a large Rally on himself and she had to
Give In and make a Promise.
He loves TO tell Callers how he proposed
TO his Wife in the Kitchen and he doesn't
know to this Day that she was Expect
ing it.
Moral: As soon as he begins TO FREQUENT
the Back Rooms of the House measure him
for the Harness.