Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-22

| doesn't care 70 see. And whsa =,
Courtney asked her to go TO tn -
with him the other highland ifs =.
private opiaion that she's swee. :.
Beb--she declined on the ground ,s,,
the play was net fit one to be ss..
by young. unmarried woman.
'-Well" said Sallie, "as I said bat,,.
l can't figure out what shes up to bpf :
know one thing: She's no fool ana
she's got some plan in it all"
Upon my word, Frances Loverinv,p
exclaimed Mr.. Robert Courtney On.
evening in the fall. q hardly know
what to make of you these days. yo,.
old friends complain that you bava
J frozen them out. You have given II,
cycling and tennis and all your ola
amusements. You are studying all
sorts of things. | see hardly a tracs
of the jolly young woman that we used
to be proud to cali one Of the bows,
/ whats your idea--to be fine ladv,
the kind that toll not, neither do they
spin'?"
Not at ALL Robert she answered.
"As to my old friends, many OF them
are acquaintance merely and l hay.
simply weeded out some of the least de-
siraDle. You certainly have not found
! welcome less warm this summer have
you?"
/ Il have hoped not" he answered.
And another thing, which do not
care to tell to everybody: Our ineoms
has been somewhat reduced this year.
and we have been doing with one ser.
want. AS mother is an invalid that
throws lot of the work on my hands.
/ especially as my two sisters are still in
school and have little time to help. So
you see am quite the reverse Of a fine
t lady"
Mr.. Courtney looked at the carefully
groomed and exQuisitely gowned young
woman moment quizically and then
| burst out laughing.
Pray pardon my amusement, Mss
Lowering. / do not mean to be rude.
And l am sincerely sorry for your loss
of income. But when I looked at you
| could not see any pronounced indica-
tions of poverty, and | will confess that
just for an instant l was the least bit
skeptical about such resplendent Wis
ion doing such a thing as vulgar house.
work.
20 blind and doubling" rejoined the
girl with laugh. 'I'll bet you any,
thing you like and let you be the judge
that l can do the family washing-and
/ there are five of us, and all women
anu have the last of the clothes On the
line before o'clock-next Monday"
Done" said Robert Courtney.
| Why is 1t that no poet has charmed a
waiting world with the infinite possihili-
| ties of thin. soft seersucker gown, espec-
tally If it has been made in view of those
! possibilities and has not too much starch
In 1t? And why has no artist put on can
vas the beauty unadorned of a shapely
| young woman in such a dress bent over
| the washtub? For If such a gown knows
| its business it is a thing of beauty and
! joy forever, especially if it is aided and
abetted by the wearer thereof. The sleeves
you know, must be turned up high over
the round white arm, and a high, close
collar would be absurdly out of place, as
ole.
| feminine toilet considered necessary on
more formal occasions. And If there are
such things curves in the human form
| divine-why, the washtub is a base betray-
| er of secrets.
And if the washtub is no respecter Of
| persons what shall be said of the clothes
! line? Why. the poor seersucker gown has
no chance at all. And then suppose that
| the clothes line, not content with its mis-
chief, calls to it's aid afrolicking Septem-
| Der breeze:
| Arriving soon after daylight in the dual
| capacity of referee and timekeeDer, Mr..
! Robert Courtney proved both persistent
and Dainstaking in his official position
| He speedily became very much interested
i'll washing in general and all of its details
| nifty 10 such an extent that he was sternly
! rebuked for offering to help the washer
| woman at sundry stages OF the proceed
| ings.
So closely did he watch things, in MS
| official capacity--that at O'Clock precise
| ~ when the tablecloths and handkerchiels
and such neutral things were out OF the
way, he was sent away peremptorlly Win
| the promise that he might return lie"
| minutes before 2 to see that the tubs anu
| baskets were empty. 1t flashed across
| Mr.. Robert Courtney's masculine inteiect
| just about that time that he might remain
| and win the bet. But he was mercHu'
and went
| But Mr. Robert Courtney proved hlfnseh
base beyond all expression by returning 10
| the laundry a full half hour before ths
| time set. There he found the seersuche'
| gown on its way to the yard with the las'
basket of clothes. High handed is no naine
for his proceedings. First he removed tn0
| basket. Then he put himself In Its place.
only great deal more so. Then he eA-
claimed joyously:
Frances, you have lost your pe'
| You've only half an hour left and IL WA
| take me more than that to begin 10 tei
| you how much love YOU
| And the worst of 1t was that he was
| right; as a matter of fact the COOK hao ~