Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-06-04

half filed. Twenty minutes to II the
ladies began to drop in frequently.
Quarter to 70 the chairs were nearly
filled and there proceeded the feminine
interchange of seats and minds and
getting settled The lone woman who
had orders to be ready at II with her
report of the lecture for the afternoon
paper was on needles, but no one else
was.
Ten minutes to u Mrs. Ermine and
Mrs. Milyun grayely mounted the plat
form.
ooh, there's Mrs. Milyun! What's she
going on the grand stand for?" whis-
pered lively lady to her neighbor.
Mrs. Ermine stood up and said, eve
will first hear from Miss Romboli, who
will whistle for us a little tune or
two"
Then Mrs Ermine slipped down from
the grand stand" leaving only Miss
Romboli Mrs. Milyun and the lecturer
to occupy it. Miss Romboli whistled
very prettily. When she finished, the
ladies looked at one another said
''O-h-hr' "A-h-h" and clapped their
hands softly for her to do it some more,
which she kindly did.
By that time it was u o'clock. The
newspaper woman left even before
Miss Romboli began to MARBLE and
faxed up a report for her paper. She
had to do so or lose her assignment,
ard she was a space writer. Ten min
utes after the lecture, according to
schedule time, should have ended Mrs.
Milyun, leathery looking little old
lady in black rose briskly, cleared her
throat and said:
Ladies', | have been requested by
Mrs. Ermine to introduce the lecturer
l know the ladies are very busy and
the audience is restless, but at the close
of the lecture Miss Romboli will give
us another little whistle or two, and
hope the ladies will kindly stay till all
is finished. l now have the pleasure of
introducing to you Mrs. Bowlful, who
will speak to us on-hm-m-er-the sub
ject announced on the programme.
Ladies, Mrs. Bowlful, who comes to US
highly commended"
Now, Nine Soulful was lady much
better and more favorably known in
the land than Mrs. Milyun, but Mrs
Milyun spoke the words VERY highly
commended" exactly as if she had
been describing an animal at a county
fair If Nine. Soulful had her own
thoughts, she would not let her coun-
tenance express them, thereby giving
her audience an object lesson in that
self control on which she lectured
"AIind Building was her theme. She
told them how they could begin at any
time and build new and improved
brain cells. "Above ALL" said Nine
Soulful don't hurry and don't worry
Calmly concentrate down within your
selves and build new and orderly
thought habits. You express outward
ly exactly the result of your thought
habits in the past. You look like your
thoughts
Here leathery little old Mrs. Milyun
looked as though she didn't need any
making over as to appearance, however
the rest might be hit, also as though
| she needed nothing more in the way of
orderly and exact thought habits.
Nine Soulful spoke perhaps three
quarters of an hour. But long ere she
come to her closing advice, Don't
worry and don't hurry" the ladies in
the audience began to act as if they
had the running of the planet in
their minds and it would wabble in
its orbit and spill if they did not get
out of the hall. The promptness they
left off at the first end of the lee
ture they put at the last end. Before
and while Miss Romboli whistled they
rustled out by twos and threes and
fonrs, murmuring:
ooh, wasn't it lovelyT'
KATE SHARP.