The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-01
THE
CHUBBY GIRL
AM afraid l am not a bit chubby"

said the girl who thought she was
up to date. 81 suppose the whole trou-
lbIe is that 1 am not in the running.
I'm dead and don't know it. So Ole
lander says, and what Oleander says
goes. Oleander is new woman.
at was at the Comb and Brush
club that I met her. Ethel was there
and she said:
"'Wouldn't you like to meet Olean-
der Vining Hook, dear?'
"'Do you mean the Oleander Hook?'
Il asked.
eyes, Oleander Hook, who writes
things. You see, the Comb and Brush
girls are so used to genius they don't
mind it Bit
81 have worshiped her verses for
years. 1 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. l
shall consider this somewhat aimless
afternoon well SPENT
"'Well, here she comes gurgled
Ethel.
Il looked up and saw sporty-look
ing blonde, with hay-colored hair-com-
ing over, taking long strides and with
"a sort of varsity droop to her Shout
'ders. She leaned forward from the
waist up, and gun-metal cigarette
case dangled from her belt.
''She had tight tailor skirt with
crease down the front and hip pock-
let's. A scarlet waistcoat showed be-
meath jaunty little mess jacket, and
her watch fob was of leather. Then
she had stock tie with horseshoe
pin and a faring Panama hat like
mans.
''She came over with broad grin,
and gave my hand grip, then slowly
pumped it right and left. 1t was most
diSconcerting."
you don't mean to say you've forgot
ten me?'
81 confess I was somewhat stunned
fby the mode of address, and then it
was that 1 reflected that after all this
was probably the proper thing. Stay
ing away from club life makes one
fossil!
''Iwas quite sure had never met her,
though, for her dewdrop poem had
made such an impression on me that
I'd have recollected.
"I hardly think 1 began, smiling
weakly, while Ethel looked at us in
.astonishment, that is, I am quite sure
I've never met you, but I've read you
with much pleasure
1''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 L am sure you are mistaken
1 said, pleasantly, trying to ignore
her fad for addressing me as beg
gar; 4 never belonged to the Elec-
trio
e''Then it was the Thursday P. NJ.
club. What?
"'Nor to that 1 said.
"'Oh, come! you're pulling my Leg
.she said.
''She certainly is a breezy girl,
alexander is. 1 didn't know what to
SAY, so 1 just smiled.
"'You were chairman of the recep-
ton committee of the Thursday P. NJ.
club, or I'll pay for the dinner she
said.
"'Never belonged to it, I repeated.
I was getting little tired.
"'Then the Do 1t To-Day club. That
is it. I'm twisted. 1t was the Do 1t
To-day
"'Never heard of the club I said
''She stared at me as if she thought
that 1 was lying.
"'The fact is, Miss Hook, I've never
belonged to any woman's club said.
Il once belonged to a dinner club, but
there were as many men as women in
lit. Prof. Volt, the electrician, was
president. 1t was quite a prosy, sci
.entifc sort of "a"
'''Did you belong to that tough
oclub?' she asked.
"Ethel broke in here to avoid trou-
bile
"'Oh, how nice! Tell me about il, ,
she said.
est was a beastly tough crowd. >
went on Oleander; that was where !
met you. Beastly tough. A lot of the
worst Founders I ever was up
against
"I suppose it must have been if
you / began.
"'Were there, I suppose you are
going to say she calculated.
emo, I wasn't going to say it, /
replied. 4 always endeavor to avoi
being rude
REALLY she seemed a most unpleas-
sant person. There was nothing dew