Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-08-26
COURTSHIP AT LORDS

delicious. and there was not the least
doubt that she was American, although
she had no suspicion OF an accent, did
not guess" or consider" did not scour
England in one week and Europe in six,
or worship the British peer with truly
republican fervor.
She had left both her parents in the
states, her father being busy banking
millions in exchange for timing Holsters,
and her mother being convinced that her
shattered digestion would be irrecover.
ably annihilated if she made the trip.
So Miss Fidelity Brown was the guest
it was nobody's business to inquire on
what terms-of Lady Beaver, the comedy
widow of general who had been much
older than herself and who had be-
queathed to her his campaigning tastes,
though with her they took a different
turn. She had stayed with the Browns
when at Chicago, and whatever private
opinion Miss Fidelity had formed of her
she never revealed it, and the two seemed
most friendly when together, which was
not very often.
Miss Fidelity had never seen the uni
versity match.
Il suppose it's a sort of Yale and Har
ward contest without the Yelling she
had said, but thought she ought not to
miss it.
So / took her to Lords on my motor.
In England a chaperon is pretty dis
pcnsable, but in America she is nom
existent. | never suggested Miss Fidelity
should conform to anything so obsoletely
English, and anyway Lady Beaver was
herself going up to have tea at the Cav
AIRY club tent, so she could be talked of
if we met any censorious folk.
Fidelity-pretty name which she told
me her father had given her to bring
him luck in business-came to enjoy her
self. while | had enjoyment in looking
at her. Tall, with dark hair classical
features, and exquisite complexion, she
was physically as charming as she was
intellectually There is nothing of the
whited sepulcher, brainless department
style of thing about the we'll -educated
American girl of today. As for her
frock, well, a woman would write a col
umn about it's hounces, gauges, inser-
tions, box pleats. and other ct ceteras.
In only know it furnished pretty bind
ing to that living Book of Beauty.
| had excellent seats in the corner of
block d, and Miss Fidelity started want
ing to know everything at once.
Now Pm here to learn, and if | ask
foolish questions you just put me onto
the back row and teach me that / am
Ounce"
There's no chauce-"
"Oh, don't be complimentary, there's
good fellow. Those speeches are as
cloying as gums, and / am as tired of
them as Of iced water. Now Pm going
full-steom-ahead on the inquiry line, and
you must keep me within the rails"
All right There's no danger signal
up"
What's the big station looking place
alongside us?"
That's the pavilion for the members"
Are there many?"
about 5000"
Mercy! Must they all have been to
Oxford or Cambridge
"Oh, no; the university match is an
eXtraneous fixture"
Like the extra you order at a fixed
dinner and which costs nearly as much
as all the rest put together?"
Yes; only this game is the most re-
munerative of the year to the club"
Il see. Does it take long to get
elected?"
About forty-fve years if You are not
a cricketer. Boys are put on the candi-
dates list before they are christened--'
And only get elected when they are
bald. If that is a British institution it
needs husting, from the candidates point
of view. Now tell me about the game
Can no ono catch -
of course; don't be absurd" rather
Grossly
Well have seen three catches
dropped in ten minutes and hardly any
one shivered, whereas at baseball there
would have been riot"
Different games, different stand
| ards"
| "Of imperfcction. You know | under
stand the idea of the game-that two
batters should occupy what YOU call the
wckets for the longest possible time"
1t is not quite that, though it often
looks it."
why do they walk about so much?"
! That Is for the overs"
Il see; they 90 over the wicket Is it
done SO often to prevent their catching
colds"
No, to rest the bowler"
Poor fellow! Why does he not 90
into the pavilion for cocktail and
smoke once an hoIry9
Many would like to, | daresay. Did
| You see that fine hitg"
Yes, it was a beauty; but in cricket,
don't YOU men slither and slider"
Never"
For baseball our best men are almost
acrobats, and splendid gymnasts, while
your fellows look as though they took
| it as relaxation"
Il assure You cricket is very serious
| business"
Yes. but you take all your serious
things in life so lightly Your men 90 to
business about IL, spend an hour over
lunch, and are away west by 4. At the
opera over the stitfest Wagner / see them
sitting with a quiet calm on their faces.
At Ascot | saw one of Your house of
| lords lose ten thousand over a race and