The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
OF Interest
TO Women.

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After she had removed the dust of
tTaXel from her person, changed her
ciotnes and had little nap there was
still an hour before the rest of the
house party would be getting in for
tea and her hostess sought. her out
Lof chat, the last, as she sadly pre-
nlcted -that they would be able to have.
Ihere were five young men in the
house besides the married ones and
she knew Julie of old.
But you haven't said word about
the Yale MANI" she reminded her
when they had been talking half an
hour and had reviewed most of both
their lives since their last meeting.
And why should II" returned
small rosy tipped finger in the very
box of chocolates which that said Yale
man had sent her the day she left
The hostess looked puzzled. .eWbv
shouldn't you?'' she said. you don't
mean to. tell me''-
YES, do mean to tell you," Julie
interrupted rather snappishly. That's
Adelaide"
But began Adelaide still wonder
lngiy Ancient history? Wasn't it
ting off your arrival here on account of
the Yale mans arrival Thereof
| Perhaps. replied Julie coldly.s 81
don't remember. When a things past
it's good and past-yesterday's a mil
lion years behind for all practical pur-
poses. But since you must know I
will tell you that that man did arrive
last Monday 1 think it was, if one must
be explicit. He came all the way from
Boston, to propose to me, with a fly
on his nose"
"a fly" repeated Adelaide namely.
Julie sat up straight among the
cushions on the davenport and as she
did so her little red slippered foot,
pushing out in front of her kicked the
box of Alligretti's clear across the
room. How stupid you are, Ade-
laide!" she roared. Just as bad as
ever! 1 suppose you will be asking
me next what the fly had to do with
it! Can you imagine anything more
grotesque, anything more unspeakable
! than man proposing with a fly on his
nose? Can you think Of a man talk
/ ing sentiment or business or any of the
things that go with a proposal with a
/ fly perched on one side of his nose!
Yes, on one side! And he came all
/ the way from Boston!"
! She dropped back again with a look
of unutterable disgust
| WELL" said Adelaide, soothingly-
since she is married she doesn't mind
jules Trades much-"that was too
ridiculous-but the poor fellow was
probably too seriously concerned to
notice it. OF course you didn't refuse
him just for that?"
81 did," answered Julie, 'tand what
would you have had me do? But
that's just what makes me so furious
with him." she went on, sitting up
again her eyes blazing. 'sWhy did
you ever mention him when had al
most succeeded in forgetting? Ade-
| laide, L had my mind all made up to
accept that man. He's rich; I had
! thought him handsome and clever He
has a yacht and two or three summer
places and a fashionable town house
and as many generations of blue blood
as one finds in this country. I'm sim
| ply insane about his father who is the
finest gentleman ever met. had it
| all fixed ND to take him and come
here wearing the biggest sparkler in
the house and getting a letter and two
kilograms and boxes of flowers and
candy from him every day. Do you
blame me for hating him for making
all that impossible by coming all the
way from Boston with a fly on his
nose? No girl could love man with
a fly on his nose-could she? And
you may say what you please about
love being cessary-respect,s at
least is essential and who could re-
spect man with fly on his nose?
Who could help loathing him and ridi-
culing him and despising him?
And the worst of it was, Adelaide
she finished solemnly, ''le didn't-even
-know-it! What do you think of
that: man coming all the way from
Boston, to, propose, with fly on his
nose and never knowing it was there?"
A Topeka rounder was married not SO
very long ago and the event worked a
very noticeable change in all his habits.
A few weeks after the honeymoon some
friends called on the bride and groom,
among them a former intimate of the
subdued Benedict who knew his record
from A to lizard and not having taken
h xvr.fI III y
regretting the falling off of his former
companions batting average Along
about o'clock his visitor discovered his
host suppressing a yawn.
Time to CO." he announced to the
rest of the party in resigned voice
Its 8 o'clock and F'red's yawning. Ye
gods, Fredn he added ''a few months
ago you were just getting shaved at 9
o'clock
Patty doesn't like her big sisters lover
and she doesn't care who knows it.
However, the lover is so dense that he
makes bad matter worse by being ex-
ceedingly nice to her whenever they
meet. The other night Patty was sit
ting on the veranda as he came up the
street in the gathering dusk, headed as
she knew, for the vine shaded corner
where the hammock hangs.
Mildred she screamed out to her
sister, out Of sight some place inside the
house. Here comes the late Mr..
Blank!''
The late Mr. BIank?" echoed Mill
dred cooingly in the ''nasty-nice'' voice
she Keeps for Mr.. Blank and other in
tended victims. why the late Mr.
Blank?" She was shaking hands with
him by this time on the veranda steps.
Because he's a dead one,'' snapped
Patty back over her shoulder as she
into the house.
You know if YOU want to be real
stylish and dixie out considerably, they
are wearing silk coats, dinky little
ones and others not so dinky, with
lace skirts and bodices for all sorts