The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-10-03
THE
CHUBBY GIRL
AN afraid l am not a bit Chubby"

N'e3enaNsrr-n-
AN afraid am not a bit chubby"
said the girl who thought she was
up to date. 81 suppose the whole trou-
bic is that l am not in the running.
I'm dead and don't know it. SO Ole
ander says, and what Oleander says
goes. Oleander is a new woman.
at was at the Comb and Brush
club that met her. Ethel was there
and she said:
Wouldn't you like to meet Olean-
der Nining Hook, dear?
"Do you mean the Oleander Hook|
l asked.
eyes, Oleander Hook, who writes
things. You see, the Comb and Brush
girls are SO used to genius they don't
mind it a Bit
al have worshiped her verses for
years. / said, those dear, tender dew
droppy little things that have the very
scent of apple blossoms in them. Most
decidedly l should like to meet her. /
shall consider this somewhat aimless
afternoon well spent
"'Well, here she comes, gurgled
Ethel.
81 looked up and saw a sporty-look-
ing blonde, with hay-colored hair COM
ing over, taking long strides and with
a sort of varsity droop TO her shoul-
ders. She leaned forward from the
waist up, and a gun-metal cigarette
case dangled from her belt.
"She had a tight tailor skirt with
crease down the front and hip pock-
cts. A scarlet waistcoat showed be-
meath a jaunty little mess jacket, and
her watch fob was of leather. Then
she had stock tie with a horseshoe
pin and faring Panama hat like
mans.
"She came over with broad grin,
and gave my hand a grip, then slowly
pumped it right and left. 1t was most
disconcerting"
"'Well, you old beggar,' she said,
you don't mean to say you've forgot
ten me-?
81 confess was somewhat stunned
bv the mode of address, and then it
was that I reflected that after all this
was probably the proper thing. Stay
ing away from club life makes one a
FOSSIL
"Iwas quite sure l had never met her,
though, for her dewdrop poem had
made such an impression on me that
I'd have recollected.
az hardly think began. smiling
weakly, while Ethel looked at us in
astonishment, that is, am quite sure
I've never met you, but I've read you
with much pleasure
"'Oh, break it off, break it off,
short, you beggar,' she said; you
know very well we were on the same
committee in the Electric club
"'Now I am sure you are mistaken
said, pleasantly, trying to ignore
her fad for addressing rue as a beg
gar; 4 never belonged to the Elec-
tric.'
"'Then it was the Thursday P. NJ.
club. What?'
"'Nor to that l said.
"'Oh, comel you're pulling my leg
she said.
"She certainly Is a breezy girl,
Oleander is. / didn't know what TO
say, so 1 just smiled.
"'You were chairman Of the recep-
tion committee of the Thursday p. NJ.
club, or I'll pay for the dinner she
said.
"'Never belonged to IT, repeated.
/ was getting little tired.
"'Then the Do It To-Day club. That
is It. I'm twisted. II was the Do 1t
Today
"'Neyer heard of the club 1 said.
"She stared at me as II she thought
that was lying.
"'The fact is, Miss Hook, I've never
belonged to any woman's club I said.
I once belonged to q dinner club, but
there were as many men as women in
Il. Prof. Volt, the electrician, was
president. 1t was quite prosy, sci
entific sort of "a"
"Did you belong to that tough
,lub?' she asked.
"Ethel broke in here to avoid trou-
bic.
"'Oh, how nicel Tell me about it,
she said.
att was a beaEtly tough crowd
vent on Oleander; that was where l
net you. Beastly tough. A lot Of the
worst bounders' 1 ever was up
against
az suppose it, must have been if
rou--' / began.
"'Were there. suppose you are
yoing to say she CALCULATED.
"'No, I wasn't going TO say it,
replied. Il always endeavor to avoid
,eing rude
"Really she seemed a most unpleas-
mt person. There was nothing dew
Iroppy about her except her fresh
less.
"'You girls both 'wroteffor thesTri-
nmvirate.' said Ethel, to break the
silence. Didn't your
"'Yes, that's why they had'to lower
he price, said Oleander. old Spacer
old me that, when l asked him why
hey'd gone and done il. ave cant
Jet 20 cents for it if we continue to
'rint your stuff" heisaid- Queer old
'ird, spacer was.'
II don't think weappreciated him.
said, trying to give a gentler turn
o the conversation When he was
one I realized thaf&I had learned .