The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-30

Mrs. Got Rich Quick was wrathy.
She had ordered the automobile but
something was the matter with the
sparker and it would not work. Then
she had ordered the carriage but one
of the horses was lame and finally she
had to take the phaeton-
That was enough to make most any
one mad. thought Mrs. Quick, but
after all that had happened she was
still more put out by the fact that she
was completely cut of face powder
and she hardly had enough perfume
to warrant her in wearing her newest
lace handkerchief
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Quick had en-
tertained the Gilt Edge Bricks the
night before and Mrs. Quick had been
unanimously elected president of the
club. She had announced that under
her leadership the club should be
more up to date and would study liter
allure. (The Shakobacon club had
been delying in the classics for some
time and seemed to be making more
stir in the social whirl than the
Mrs. Quick had announced that she
would map out the course of study
and would notify the club members
what was expected of them in the
future. She was in a hurry to 60 UP
town to order some of the books she
would need in mapping out her course
7 in literature for the club. Therefore
I she was quite put out Dy the delay.
1 She finally got started. She decided
to stop at the dressmakers on her
way down and tell the dressmaker
what she thought of her for doing
newest foulard waist. The dreSsmaker
had not matched the sunfiowers, holly
hooks and cornfiowers which made up
the pattern
Mrs. Quick swept into the dress
makers. She was pleased to note that
girls arTvrx
upon her.
you game me the worst of it good
and plenty on this shirtwaist,' said
Mrs. Quick to the dressmaker.
Il am sorry if anything is wrong
with it," said the plain little dress
maker who is not within the pale Of
the Gilt Edged Bricks. Il took pains
with it and / hoped that it would be
satisfactory"
We'll il amt It's bum. that's all.
and Mrs. Quick kept on for a few min
utes and then resumed her journey to
She didn't know what she wanted in
the way of books except that she want
ed them bound in red, or green or
white or yellow. She wanted The
Household Treasury of American
Verse Heroes of Song and story
and THE Compendium of Useful
Hints" Those she had heard of and
her mother had pressed flowers in a
copy of the Treasury" when she was
child.
The bookman suggested Browning,
Keats, Milton, Stevenson and a few
others but Mrs. Quick had not heard
of any of them. She did consent 10
take two copies of Ella Wheeler Will
cox's books and a padded, imitation
leather binding volume of Mrs. He
mans verses. From those she thought
she would be able to make up the pro-
s'Now don't be all day sending them
OUT" said Mrsa Quick to the boolman,
and if you think of any other books
the Bricks ought to study rush EN-
out and send the bill to @. R., he'll set
tie It."
When Mrs. Quick issued the pro-
gramme a few days later il was print
ed on pink paper with blue ink, all Of
her own selection. The different mem
bers were assigned to read chapters
from the useful Hints" answer roll
call with quotations from Ella Wheeler
and Mrs. Hemans. and to write essays
on the Heroes of Song and story"
Mrs Quick notified the members that
she had purchased copies of Keats,
Browning. Milton and Stevenson and
that she was hunting for some one
who knew enough about them to tell
the Bricks all about them and their
lives and their families and how they
died and when she did find some one
she would announce a course of lee
lures to be held on the Friday after
Moons when there is no free ladies' day
at the baseball games so the club would
be able to attend the lectures in
body"