The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-02

seen before. Mrs. Jenkins abandoned |
the table. The old maid fOrsook
Jenkins in the midst of some lines of
the play. Even the pianist forgot to
bang. The newcomer, whose name was
Mrs. Kingsley, was surrounded and
praised to her face by the eleven for
the good taste she displayed in having
her train cut in the latest style and was
complimented on her becoming hat.
The noice was awful. How eleven
women can talk at once and all under
stand each other beats me! Let three
men try it and one of them gets
knocked down. By mutual impulse,
Jenkins and retreated to the dining
room. As we finished the second drink,
jenkins observed:
"It's all OFF,
"Yes indeed" said /.
'No more Sarah Bernhardt today"
he continued.
"Nary a.Madame Calve."
"Funny thing" said Jenkins, show
new dress acts on an otherwise sane
woman, isn't it?"
"Excruciatingly funny" replied.
II gave up going to the football game,
just to humor Mrs. H."
"That's nothing" said Jenkins; my
brother-in-law is in town and tele-
phoned me to come to his hotel this
afternoon. He said two or three other
travelling men were to be in his room,
and know it would be quarter limit
game by o'clock"
Gall spoiled" said !, "by George
Kingsley buying his wife new dress" !"
"Too bad," said Jenkins looking at
his watch.
"Look here, jenkins" said /, "never
you mind that watch! 1t you have
any notion of leaving me here with that
discordant dozen in the parlor, you're
no friend of mine."
SWELL" said Jenkins, "let's both 60"
"Can't," said 1. "Tve sworn off cards" /"
"Then I'll 60 alone"
"Tom Jenkins, if you 60 you do so
at your peril. To think that friend
ship of twenty years is to be broken by
game of poker! Stay here and help
me to disperse the mob from my parlor
and win my undying gratitude" /
pleaded.
SWELL" said Jenkins, "Pll not go back
on you at this crisis. Perhaps we can
j find plan to get them off the subject
of Dress"
:Ratsp said in sarcasm.
"Just the thingp responded he
"We'll scare them"
"Hold on" said I; "if you go to that
door and holler rats, we will have a
dozen hysterical women on our hands
Maybe they'll run down soon Of their
own accord"
(. s'Let's reconnoitre," said Jenkins.
We went cautiously up the hall and
listened at the parlor door. Sounds Of
i "Beautiful CLOTH" "Cut on a bias,
"Deep insertion" perfectly lovely
ETC., emanated from the room.
"They're only to the trimmings" said
Jenkins.
/ jenkins Is we'll versed on those con.
versations. He ought to be; he has
four sisters.
"Trimmings," said Jenkins, Yast
forty-ive minutes, then comes last
years styles, and then the dressmakers
After all that, they generally go back
to hats, and unless broken up at that
point they 60 over the same ground
indefinitely"
1 something like an endless chain,"
observed.
I, "Precisely," said he.
We went back to the dining room
We were getting hungry. From the
refrigerator in the kitchen we secured
frugal meal. It was Mary's day off
It usually was when she was really
needed.
"Let's holler fire." said /.
.No good" said Jenkins, choking OF
II a piece of cold beef; sstried fire once or
my sisters; two dropped in faint, ths
others were go interested in mohail
cloth they never noticed the ones WHIT
tainted. And they kept talking righ1
: along. The two who tainted, realizing
! that their sisters paid no attention
rapidly came to, and as / backed from