The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-04-23

7SO@( muff and stole on 4 pile
IT grocery boxes. 1.-THE carnations and
sm1iax and eyergreens are coming
Town in the carriage with the Japanese
| anterns and the funny little tissue
PAPER caps
we We're getting ready for the char
ty dinner atNthe mission chapel, and.
" course, Polly was doing the trim
nings. Polly always does the trim
nings.
But where" said I. gazing on the
great masses Of green and pink. will
hey find room for-thc potatoes, for
nstance?'
Potatoes" said Polly, scornfully. as
she took a mass of blue foreet-ine-no
which she calls hat off her pompa-
Jour, and laid it on another grocery
box. "Those. Mr.. Heavyfeather. will
De Observation-Disclosures. Of course"
Like me- trimony, after courtship.
suppose l sighed. picking up a long
stemmed rose and holding it gingerly
oy the tip end.
yes" said Polly, cor housekeeping
after the honeymoon.
"Or the bill after the dinner"
"There won't be any bill after this
Inner" said Polly. because the dca-
,on donated the potatoes and things.
md kind lady donated the roses and
ent us her teacups.
'How Thoughtful Of her" re-
marked. II am sure those starving
little slum youngsters are just yearn-
ing for-roses served in china teacups.
Who was the lady. Polly? A Delsarte
pupil with fluffy hair and a pink tea
manner:"
ION the contrary" said Polly. pull
.ng the thorns off long green stem
with the dexterity of al expert, "she
was nice, commonsense little thing
with a turned up nose and violent
interest in her meals. I distinctly saw
her take. three helpinss Of chicken
salad at the ladies' aid meeting"
"The kind" suggested. "who would
spend ten minutes before breakfast
curling her hair and two minutes max
Ing sloppy coffee"
Eyes" said Polly. "and who would
spend the whole afternoon planning an
evening bonnet for herself instead of
planning an evening lecture for her
husband: and the whole evening say
ing pretty things and flirting with you
instead of going over the grocery book:
md her whole life making things inter
esting and pleasant instead of cutting
down the expenses
"And her declining years" I added.
in the divorce court instead of -"
"Darning socks" broke in Polly.
Not half so many divorces" she went
On. "are c>used by cold coffee as by
cold dispositions. Whoever heard of
man seekiAg separation because his
wife let the biscuits burn while she
kissed him in the morning? Nobody.
But there are dozens of good cooks
sighing for the husbands they forgot
to kiss while they were busy making
batter cakes. 1t is never the woman
who makes good biscuits who lures
man away from his fireside and his
bachelor comforts. but the one who
wears rose in her hair Potatoes".
md Polly jammed rose down into the
,pergne with a scornful shove. "You
keep potatoes in your kitchen. don't
the shelf? Potatoes are cheap.
You can get them and hire Mary Anne
10 cook them for 81 a week. But you
1on't want them hanging round your
1rawing room, nor your dressing room.
nor your den. Now. roses are accept
,ble anywhere; you like them at the
breakfast table in the morning. at your
1esk at noon, and in your button,
lole-"
81 didn't know" said !. "that the
modern woman liked to be carried!
lround in a mans buttonhole-like an
adjunct."
she Doesn't. said Polly. care to be
lone brown and digested or left on
,late-to be forgotten the moment she
eases to be useful
"And." I went on. ignoring Polly's
,utburst. ''if she wants to be orna-
mental as well as useful--even a potato
,aS q blossom. you know
sA, sprout." interrupted Polly.
(which" I continued. "a king once