The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-09

Lutte was an Only child. When Latte
was eighteen her Mother said they ought
20 do something with Lutie's Voice TIE
fe.ghbors thought -. TOO. Some recon-
mcnded Killing the Nerve. while others
allowed that &C. ought 20 be Pulled
but what Lutie's Mother meant vas
that Lutte ought 20 have {; Cultivated -
"A Professor. She felt that Lutte had A
Career awaiting her and might travel With
an E.ocui.0nist some day and have her
Picture on the Programme.
Lut.e's Father dld not Warm I'D 20 tue
Suggestion He Vas rather Near when II
cane 90 fFiy0ling away the National Bank
Autographs. bat Pshawi The Astuie
Reader knows what happens IN any Fam
Uy when Mother and the Only Chld PCT
ibslr Heads together TO whip-saw the Pro-
cgrrr. one day they shoUldered BIN lnto
a Corner, and eXtOrted a Promise. ana
tht-eapoa Lutte started to Take.
She bought a red leather Cylinder mark
Cd Music" 50 that People would not tsAe
O. t0 ~ Lunch Every Morning about
O'clock she would wave the Housework 10
one side ard tear Tor q Trolley
Her Lss-oas cost the Family about
Twenty Cents a Minute. She took them
30 "a large Building fun OF Vocal studios.
People wh0 didn't know used 70 stop and
listen and think d was a Surgical Insti-
tlte There were enough SoprsnI in tnls
one Plant 10 keep Maurice Grau stocked
up for a Century Every one thought that
she vas The Particular one who sooner or
later would send Melba back 70 Australia
and drive SembTlch into the Continuous
And Lutie was about as Nifty as the next
one
When she was az Home she would suck
Lemons and complain about the Draughis
and Tell Why she didn't Ike the Other
Girls Voices. She began 70 act Ike
Prma Donna and her Mother was en-
couraged Lot Lutte certainly had the
Artistic Temperament bigger than
Church Debt
Now. before Lutte started IN 10 10
Things 10 her Voice she occasionally Held
Hands with a young man Ia the Insurance
Business named oliver. This young man
thought that Lutte was All the Eggs, and
she regarded him as her Permanent Car
Fare. But when Lutte began 70 hang
around the Studios she took up with the
Musical set. that couldn't talk about any
thing Except Technique and Shading ana
how 10 fasteu the Vibrato on the Chest
Tone She began 20 nil up the Parlor
with her New Friends. and the first thing
Oliver knew he was In the Side Pocket
and our OF the Game In his own Line nc
was as Neat and Easy Running as a Red
Buggy, but when you started him on the
Topic Of Music he was about as Hight and
Speedy as a Steam Roller Ordinarily ne
knew how 10 behave in Flat and with
good Feeder TO work back at him he could
talk about Shows and Football Games and
Things 20 Eat, but when any one tried
90 draw him out on the Classics he was
an Osslhed Dummy. When Lutte and her
Musical Acquaintance told about Shopan
and BftOven he would sit so Quiet that
sometimes he would get Numb below the
Hips. He was afraid 10 move his Feet,
for fear some one would notice that he
was sin in the Room and ask him how
he liked Fugue No. IL. by Book He had
never heard Of any Of these People, be-
cause they did not carry any Tontine
Policies with his Company.
Oliver saw that he would have 10
Scratch the Musical Set OF else Read Up
50 he changed his Route. He Cancelled
all Time with Lutte and made other Book
mgs.
Lutte then choose for her Steady a
young Man with Hair who played the
cello. Tie was so Wrapped Up in his
Art that De acted DOpey most of the
Time and often forgot 20 send out the
Laundry Bag 50 as 10 get il back the
same Week. Furthermore, he didn't get
10 the Suds any too often. He never saw
more than SIX Dollars al any one time In
his Life but when he snuggled up along
side OF q Cello and began 10 tease the