The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

'fes. I've had a very Jolly three weeks
s@;ssd tn. just-returned Westminste
al. mt j sometimes wonder ~ the woe
.; travelling are ever quite obilterated b,
its jcys. Positively I never Will learn {,
psci. rIy trunks carefully and TAX. tn
thing shat need and forget TO take thos.
hat don't need. And Marian is just n
bsd. We went North together thi. yea
~ spend oir playtin,e at her sisters CO:
taxe.
The nrst night that our trunk. ar.v.f
of course. we never got them until THE
second 6ay-nobO1y ever does ri n siirn.
nler resor;-f rushed To unpacIs mine and
get ous some DecessaTy articles. Marian
had hers open when ! reached ou- room
and was digging desperately into the bot
tom fray.
"'Of all the splendid rorge.trles. mine
takes the English muffin she exclaimed
a. came in. What DO you suppose I've
gone and forgottene'
Your toothbrush hszsrded. No but
most as bad as tha;-Iny soap. and that
nasty little vfIIsx. drug store has only
horribly scented kinds ana IS two miles
away at thai
We'll. don't worry atsJ,It the soap"
replied. for I've brought four cakes and
forgotten my hair.,ins. Glad 70 see that
you've several packages. Really Il takes
two people TO travel. doeSal't IL? Then one
always remembers what The other for
gets. But what worries most OF all
just at this writing is that dropped my
s,oe-horn into the trunk at the last min
ute and now have 20 so clear TO the
bottom to get z OUT
Well said Marian. severely. az she
Ia
countenaIscc for n moment, Tn not at all
sorry for you. Anybody who Will put q
shoe-horn into that wilderness Of trunk 60
lose itself. instead Of carrying Il with the
rest OF Ter small toilet articles IN her
handbag. deserves punishment. But. there.
needn't talk. What do you think I've
done now2'
Il could oaiy shake my head ana en-
treat her dose;uIIy 20 pu, her confidence
in my keeping
NO ALCOHOL FOR LAMP.
Don't you remernbe- telephonins me
one day last week not to omit bringing a
little aIoo,ioi La mp. II I wanted TO keep
my hair Aoo.inas decent while here, and
don't your consciencs prick you for ex-
ulting that your own hair was curly and
didn't need The ADMINISTRATION OF any tonss7
Well. boul ut q small burner. laid It on
tho library "a bic ard woke UP in tn. mid
die OF the ni& ht TO See II still had It in
my possession Found that It wasn't I'm
the trunk and went down-at O'Clock.
mind Jon. to II library: found that bur
MFR and carTie<I II frembiingiy upstairs
ard into one OF my trunk pockets. Now,
hero II turns up nice and shiny. and not a
drop Of alcohol. Oh. am really a perfect
peach At remembering! I ought to be In
III asylum fo- iIs.urs bles. Arn you say
the drug store is miles away. Say. let's
20 home now. before we make any more
disco
Chesr up. mr. DEAR tras; to reply in |
. cheering tone. the worst, IL probably
over. But tell =, :, did you ever In all your
HE know anybody to Investigate the lock
Ct q trunk Or b sure that the key was
1t hand. until the last sninune?'
Now that you mention It. said Marion |
don't believe ever did. I |
know that had terrific. mad hunt for |
my key only the II kht before we left. |
perfectly putting It away so |
carefully when I caIue home from Wash |
inJton In the spring. and. Of course. things |
put away carefully age never found.
The night before" exclaimed. why !
you're q perfect wonder OF forehAn6ed- |
ness The question of lock and key never \
entered my mind until a half hour before |
the expressman came. THEN I made the |
discovery chat the lock Was |
loose and partly broken I telepf.oned in /
frantic haste to a locjksmith oyer on Olive l
street. and offered wildly to pay him any
price within reason n ne would come right 1
over. Fortunately he was accommodating /
and came. and as the express'nan was NOT |
on tirne-they never are-he went to work /
and had II fixed in q few minutes, while /
lowered around in q state Of mental dis
trcss and q pink wrapper.
TRUNK MUST GO.
(which reminds me that We never seem
10 care much how we look before express
men or anybody who has a,gnt to do with
trunks. More baggage people have seen
me with wildly streaming back hair. with l
old wrappers on. with my face shiny from
nassage and cocoa butter. and rye never