The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-06
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in a moment restored to her normal ease.
a part of the group, and making her
part Of the talk that touched the latest
news from town, the flower show, automo-
bile show, Irving and Terry, the mornings
meet, the weekly musicale and dinner
dance at the club; and at length upon
certain matters of marriage and divorce
Ladies, ladies-this is degenerating in
to a mere hanmer-fest." Thus spoke a
male wit who had listened. Give over
and be nice to the ABSENT
& The end of the fairy story was con-
tinued the previous speaker, unheeding,
"and so they were divorced and lived
happily ever after
I think she took the Chicago motto
Marry early: and often,''' said another,
but here she comes
+ And as blond and fluffy little Mrs. Axe
nit a late divorce, Joined the group the
talk ranged back to. the Furnishing new
hunt at Goshen. the driving over of Tux :
edo people for the meet, the nasty acct
dent to Warner Ridgeway when his blue
ribbon winner Musette fell upon him in
taking a double jump.
Miss Milbrey had taken stock of her fell
low guests. Especially wa she interested
to note the presence of Mrs. Drelmer and
her protege. II Mauburn. It meant she
was sure, that her brothers wooing Of
Miss Bines would not be uncontested,
Another load of guests from a later
train hustled in, the GBineses among them.
and there was more tea and fresher COS
sip, while the butler circulated again
with his tray for the trunk keys.
The breezy hostess now took pains to
impress upon all that only by doing ex.
actly as they pleased, as to going and
| coming, could they hope to please her.
Had she not. by this policy, conquered the
cold, Scottish exclusiveness of Inverness
shire, SO that the right sort of people
fought to be at her house parties during
the shooting. even tho she would persist
IN travelling back and forth to London in
gowns that would be conspicuously elab-
crate at an afternoon reception and even
tho, IN any condition Of dress, she never
LETT quite enough of her Jewels in their
strong box?
during the hour of dressing sacuue and
slippers, while maids f1uttered thru the
long corridors on hair-tending and dress
hooking expeditions Mrs. Drelmer favored
her hostess with confidential chat in
that ladys boudoir, and. over Scotch an6
SODA and cigarette, suggested that Mr.
Mauburn IN house where he could
take Miss Bines out to dinenr.
Mrs. GWilt Athelstan was instantly SYM
pathetic. "Only I can't take sides. you
know, my dear. and young Milbrey will
| think me shabby if he doesn't have first 90
put III pc Impartial; Milbrey shall take
hef IN. and Mauburn shall be at her othe,
+, slue. ana may God have mercy on he1
soul! Ihese people have SO much money
hear, 1t amounts to financial embarra SO.
1nent, but with those two chaps for the
girl, and AVico Milbrey for that decent
young chap / fancy they'll be olsen
narrassed, in a measure. But mustn't
pay 1avorltes, as those slangy nephews
of mine put it.'.~r ri. s25r3
And SO 1t befell at dinner In the tanes-
tried dining-room that Psyche .Bines re-
celved assiduous attention from4 two gen
Yemen whom she considered equally and
superlatlVely fascinating. While she
looked at one, she listened to the other
ana her neck grew tired with turning. OF
awning, save the talk, her mind was
a a, VI: WARD w plank; but why is not thai
the ideal dinner for any but mere feeders
NOT was the dazzled girl conscious OF
otners at the tabie-of Florence Akemit
the babylsh blond, listening with feverish
attention to the German savant. Doctor
Won i1erzllch, who had translated ioethe's
lphlgenie in Tauris' into Greek merely
as recreation, and who was now iustifyine
, ,ll cnolce OF certain words and phrases
py citing passages from various Greek
authors; a choice which the sympathetic
listener after discreet intervals for re.
Hectlon, in variably commended.
IN, you wonderful, wonderful man
you she exclaimed. resolving to sit BY
some one less wonderful another time.
I Or there was Mrs Gwilt-Athelstan. IKE
a motherly Venus rising from sea .,
pink velvet and white silk lace, assertin.
that some one or other would never gel
within shifting distance of the Sandring
ham set.
Or her husband, whose face, when h.
s Sc It In his collar, made the line!
OF perfect Tyre, and of whom it woulc
| presently become inaccurate to saw tina
1 ne was getting bald. He was INSISTING
That too many houses spoil the home.
and that with six establishments he wa
without a place. to lay his head, that is
with any satisfaction.
Or there was pale, thin, ascetic Winnie
1WllperIorce, who, as a theosophist, /
! INCARNATION, he came near to having al
AFFAIR with adanseuse; he was expoundin,
i the esoteric of his cult to a high coloret
brunette with many turquoises, who. i,
] turn, was rather inclined to the l1orse-tall
OF one of the nephews.
Or there were Miss Milbrey and Perciva
Bines, of whom the former had noted wifi
some surprise that the latter was study
ing her with the eyes of rather cold calcu
iation, something she had never before de
tected in him.
! After dinner there were bridge an,
music from Ine pig pipe organ In tn
MUSHROOM, and billiards and some dane
i ing.
The rival cavaliers Of Miss Bines, per
ceiving simultaneously that neither woul
have the delicacy to withdraw from tn
field. cunningly inveigled each other int
the b1lllard-roon1, where they watchfull
j consumed whisky and soda together Wit
the design of making each other DRUM,
This resulted in the two nephews. VIII
& Invariably hunted as q pair. capturing
Miss Bines to see if she could talk hors
as ably as her mother, and, when the
found that she could planning coactin
!. "trip for the morrow,
It also resulted in Miss Bines seeing n
more of either cavalier that night sine
8 they abandoned their contest only afre
every one but sleepy butler had retired
and at a time when it became necessar
4 for the Englishman to assist the America
d up the stairs, tho the latter was move
to protest. as q matter of cheerful general
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