New-York tribune., 1901-08-02
PIAZZA TALKS.
THE BRIGHT GIRL, THE CLEVER WOMAN
AND THE DEAR OLD LADY DEFINE
VARIOUS KINDS OF ROREs-

Three congeniaI spirits-the Bright Girl the
Clever Woman and the Dear Old Lady-met on the
piazza OF boarding house designated by the sec
ond named person summer home for the In
digent" The Bright Girl had been absorbed in a
| book. and laid it down with a sigh Of relaxed at
tention.
What have you been ready that interests you
so much?" asked the Dear Ola Lady
Only boys book OF adventures that Tommy
left about" answered the girl. with an unneces-
sary blush There IS a very exciting account OF
escape from wild boars"
Curious coincIdence.' said the Clever Woman
Il have been studying the subject OF escape from
tame bores. II is also exciting with a difference -
Piazza bores' said the Bright Girl. Which
kind do you think is the worst2"
What do you think" asked the Clever Woman
who likes to acquire a starting point
we'll thlhk-the worst bore OF all Is the sum
mer man who thinks himself so Irresistible that he
Is exempt from the ordinary obligations Of a gen.
tlemanr'
l think put in the Dear Old Lady That the
woman who talks about nothing but fancy work is
the worst" N' "
II begin with the golf hend" said the Clever
Now. Mrs. Brownsmithr' exclaimed the Rriph,
Girl pouting
my dear you needn't the cap unless It fits
II mention another TO change the subject
mere Is the person who talks about food and tells
YOU "hat agrees with her and what doesn't agree
with her, and why: ana then goes on to fell Won
y
"hat dlsagrees with her husbands third cousin
and what the doctor says about her case and the
and ''i'c pe'"eeh ''eih
"A And at table interrupted the Dear Old Lady
IN, luoNs @ siueWise al you If you anything. and
ager 'ui9 |" take IT, a' your
Ana II you have a good appetite said the
Brlght Girl she IL she REGARDED y,oI n .
savage out one deSree removed from cannibaism
,,t 10" we re getiins on the piazza and into the
dining on room; said the Clever Woman There is
no ehd 10 the list of dining room bores think
lne woISl ls the one who is aggreyed II you eat
siiy ss ,ti'ns she doesn't like, positively makes
faces AT you while YOU trying to consume IL
=, On, that's one OF the people who are surprised
VS. n,i,,s , you 10 exclaimed the Bright Girl.
whose peace is seriously disturbed because Insist
upon wearing wrap when she doesn't feel cool
she cannot include in her measurement of things
. Yours are mostly women" said the Bright Girl
but men can be just bad Truly the golf bore
Is nearly always a mani
The Ancient Mariner too is sometimes a man
What In the world Is the Ancient Mariner?'
Wen, proceeded the Clever Woman. THE one I
peth one OF three, or one of any number and tells
MS tale or hers. regardless of the squrrns of the
Dear me. yes"' said the Dear Old Lady 1T
know all about that, because | SIT still and not
being very nimble, can't escape It's all about his
family history
With the causes of the events traced hack IN
their ancestry to the third and fourth genera
An And with everything that he says and she
And without infections. and apparently without
taking BREATH
Il have known one story to go on forty minutes
by the clocki'
Come now" said the Dear Old Lady. I'm
AFRAID we are growing very i'll natured! This
rs OF the signs of certain speei.s OF piazza
boreF' interrupted the Clever Woman.