The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-06-29

afterwards hold grudge against Lin.
coin. and believe that the place is full
OF fools who accompany their friends.
that are only going as far ss Chicago.
to the station and bswl silly blests into
the air and the ears OF total strangers.
II there were anything new about the
performance it would be funnier. but
each new wedding party is like a flock
OF sheep blesting in exstacy over their
out.worn methods Of appraising strangers
that q newly.wedded pair is getting on
board.
June lie nearly over and 90 many wed.
dings at once will not occur again for
year. Jack says ought to keep still
about other peoples affairs, and that's
90. A much greater nuisance than
June weddings. their fuss and feathers,
and the crowd Of silly friends that make
wedding days hideous are the oaicious
people like myself. who criticise things
that make the weather warmer but do
not mitigate the nuisance. Speaking
Of officious people. have you any friends
who pick at your dress and tie every
time they see your Would you not 20
around block in the sun to avoid an
interview with these we'll meaning but
oficious peoples Women who never
get their shirt waists and dress skirts
justified irritate the eye and the sense
Of propriety. but the very absence Of
mind which causes them to overlook the
proper precautions in regard to their
own waist and skirt operates to make
them oblivious of their neighbours short.
comings. This is q rather ill-natured
letter, Penelope. but l have suffered
from these ofiicious friends rather more
than the ordinary woman because my
Lincoln friends seem to think have no
sense at all. These friends stop to reg.
uiate my attire (more in summer than
in winter because the former lie the
open season for shirt waists, but l
could endure it with more equanimity
in winter on account Of the temper be-
ing shorter in summer,) not for any
consuming desire to improve my ap-
pearance. but because my skirt or
waist or neck is not arranged just to
suit them. And seems to me all my
friends, especially. are set upon having
their own way. and Of course my toilette
10 never satisfactory to them. The only
thing that makes me more and more
sardonic sne skeptical of their true
philanthropy is that after one glass Of
fashion has laid hands on my person,
the next G. o. F. meet. is likely to re-
arrange my costume into the graceful
lines OF my own original draping. You
are % assured, you have the manner Of
Ia grande dame. you are occasionally
even supercilious, 90 ! suppose you are
not subjected to assault and battery
several times q day.
Its queer to Americans, isn't it, the
spectacle Of the King Of England auc-
tioning Of the wines laid down in 1869
and 1879 in Buckingham palace and in
st. James palace? The bottles are
blown with the royal arms and it lie sug-
gested that after the wine that was
made for royal threats has been poured
down democratic outlets whose owners
profess to despise emperors and every
thing pertaining to them, the bottles
with the royal arms Of England blown
into their rotund bodies will still be
worth small fortune to the owners, 90
wild are even the most vociferous demo.
Gratis to possess something made for a
real king. 1t does not seem quite dig
nified for King Edward 70 auction off