Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-15
HER STUDIES.

what We want
The young persoa named Belle wav.
ed away the meau card hastily aaI
nrmiy. you must excuse me-" shJ
seid. Il refuse to read anything but
English. I've abandoned French. ia
refuse to recognize a French verb III
met It face to face. and as, for noun.
l. cut Il, dead. Having wrecked my l.tc
I'm doing what can now to repair the
damage"
MY gracious" cried the short girl.
II guess we'd better order some Ice
cream soda aud let It 30 at that. Why.
you were so enthusiastic when you
started In 70 study III" e.
mere p!tiiul ignorance Of what vas
before me-" said Belle. Before got
into 1t / led happy. trustful life. and
now-we!l. to illustrate: Our family
has always been fond OF certain
toilet water made By q French Hrm.
It bad a whole lot OF French pasted on
the back. but nobody paid any atten.
don to Il. Amid the decorations on
the front Extra!t vegetai de lllas
doomed comfortingly. and OF COURSE
that was easy-it meant vegetable ex'
tract OF lilac. don't know who Of u;
discovered II. but II, has stood ON Que
dressing tables since { can re-.
member. We've rubbed 1t on our hands
and faces and rejolced 10 Its cooling
fragrance. and held ourselves haught.
lily superior to ordinary unimaginatiVa
mortals who have gone on buying
toilet water because every one else did.
We we're very condescending about cur
lilac perfume.
"And then, one day as was dress
Ing. my eye vas caught by new word
an the bottle. found myself staring
at 'cheveux.' Now, that Is the French
Tor hair. It dawned on me Il was CATH
Or queer. grabbed up the bottle. the
long trusted standby OF our family. I
found another queer word for per.
iume bottle. It meant eggs. Then I
dropped my comb. got my French die.
tlonAry and went to work. My desrs.
the stun we In our confdlng simplicity
had been using as perfume for years
was nothing less than a nair tonic to
be used In connection with an egg
ShAmpoo You can fancy the blow It
vas TO the whole family, and all De.
eAAse [ had taken up French. Other.
wise We might still be happy With our
beloved lilac instead 81 having to Ioin
tbs violet water brigade
"Yes." said the girl Sith the blue
eyes, but II Il pleased you don't see
what real difference It made" "
you cant use hair tonic on your
face" snapped the young woman call.
ed Belle. ITO be sure, 1t had never
had the slightest effect IN all these
years, but We didn't like the idea.
There were other Establishments, TOO.
OF course, as soon as began studying
tried to translate every bit of French
came across. was in a restaurant
with \ party-Harry Griffith was my
escort-ior an after.theater supper.
THE rest were ordering lobster and
salad and things like that, but on the
menu came across pommes de terre,'
which, translated. means apples of tbs
earth exclaimed over its being SO
poetic and declared should have moth.
ing but pommes de terre. Harry said
I'd better have something else. too, but
I decliued. They might eat lobster, but
| should revel in this strange new
fruit. So the waiter brought me pom.
mes de teere. What do you suppose
they werel Potatues!"
What on earth did you do?" chorus.
ed her friends.
cate EN-" she said briefly. 4 said
the doctor mad put mt On a vegetable
diet and that. anyhow, potatoes were
my favorlte fruit. You doi't sdppose
| was going to let Harry Griffith think
didn't know what was talking about.
do YOU He has always had the
greatest admiration for my intellectual
ability and wouldn't for the world
undeceiVe him."
Were cruelest always to those we
love. Strange. isn I III" remarked the
curly.hairod girl. innuccntly: Go on,
dear"
The worst is to come. Harry was
70 interested in my studies and was al.
ways inquiring now was getting