The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-17

, her collection Of curios from Different hnds
is handsome. She received me In the IL
brary. The room was charming. A brighs
coal fro burned In the crate. and q feeling
Of comfort crept over me as I sat In front
Of IL.
She told me about her homo duties. She
rose at Z every morning. Breakfast was
, over at a quarter past s. Then she sat
down TO her correspondence.
AT half past 10 she started out to some
morning club meetings. At l o'clock she
was home for luncheon with her husband.
Until 2 was his hour. Then she was free
for i round of visits and clubs. The even
ings were devoted to her husband.
Her home and home life are apparently
delightful. I put her down as a case to
quote.
Then I remembered a little woman who
aches for notoriety. 1 once received a letter
from her, defending club women as wives
and housekee and telling ME she mao
q house OF twenty-one rooms. and would
be delighted TO take any one from garrett
TO cellar to demonstrate that = club woman
could be a good hosekeeper.
So to her house I went. While I was wait
ing for her 1 took a look around. There
were two bicycles in the hall. The hatrack
J was filed with golf capes and soft hats. A
lounge in the square reception hall was HI
tered with newspapers and pillows.
The hardwood floor OF the drawing-room
! was covered with skins. That of a great
white bear had been kicked a little to one
side and revealed the outlines Of the ami
I NAL in dust. She had not trained the maid
to run the cloth under the skin a little way
on days when It was not convenient to give
the floor a thorough cleaning.
She came down to see me in a not over
dainty kimona and her hair in ribbons. The
! ribbons were pale blue and were not unbs-
coming.
1 adroitly turned the conversation after .
while to housekeeping and servants.
IT have considerable trouble with my SER
wants" she said. II am So very particular
that I am hard to please. I will not keep =
| girl IL she is the least bit slack, and the
consequence is I am constantly changing"
I thought of the hatrack. the bicycles and
dust. but kept my thoughts to myself. I
have not made up my mind whether I shall
tell my friend about this Incident or not. I
am afraid he might crow over me.
know a woman who is not only a club
woman. but a writer. She has the prettiest.
coolest, most homeliks apartment I have
ever been in. It Is a corner suite. and IL
flooded with sunshine all day.
Now. every one knows that sunshine Is .
bad stepmother. 1t shows up every speck
Of dust and dirt. This woman's apartment
bears the searchlight Of the bright sunshine
unflinchingly.
Her husband is also a writer. His den
Is at one end of the hall. hers at the other
end. His den is filled with pipes and golf
clubs and guns and rods. Sporting pictures
| vie with those Of members Of the theatrical
profession in places Of prominence On the
walls.
Her room Is dainty. Black ana white
prints line the walls. and there are cushions
galore.
She tells me she has had the same tive
servants ever since she started housekssp-
| ing, and I believe her. shs Is q largo wom-
an. with a CHEEKY. smiling face. and she
diffuses much sunshine by her personality.
Thus ended my quest Of examples for my
friend, who was SO glad he wa not Q club
womap'J husband.