The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
BY AGNES SU.RBRZDGE.
! ftOh, don't compliment me,'' she
had laughed. NI got it all out Of the

'1Oh, don It compliment me-" she
had laughed. s.I got it all out Of the
encyclopedia.
+ts1Weil her companion had re-
marked, $50 you might say the die
tionary, too. But it makes as much diff
ference how you put facts together as
words. -
Could I collect my facts and put them
\ together for a paper at the Biennial9
"A growing sense of the honor that
threatened me made me almost eager
to accept Thsq rs the telephone ne rang
am SAID the them maid ana tor TOOK y fSe
receiver In a tumult of pride and
anxiety.
"About that paper" came the mel
lifuous tones Of Mrs. Parsons; "I've
ALREADY written them to put you down
for tsnManHte paper Rn@ no on 1.-The Club
you We got to go. - !
HTI'd like TO-" I answered, defect
1edly. HBut I should have to get a di-
vorce first. And / never can write a
paper in the world.''
/ Never mind the DIVORCE" came
the reply, cheerfully. eco to Omaha
land attend to the divorce afterward;
ionly, then there won't be any. All
.tthese men need is to wake up to the
Ifact that their wives are intelligent be-
]{ings with some few interests Of their
Town and the ability TO attend to. their
! They I'll have twice the respect for us.
just get ready and go.''
SsOh, but You don't know Joe," I
murnlured. ~.
nNo, that Is true,'' came the reply.
S|ftBut I do know mankind. You just
stop worrying about Joe, and go to
Omaha. And as for the paper, get
someone to help you. Think over your
I friends and see if some of them aren It
literary. Mes Mercy, no! I couldn It.
But there are plenty who can. No,
think it over. Goodbye, now" And
she hung up her telephone without Civ
ing me chance to reply.
1 must confess l was In a quandary.
On the one hand was my new home,
With ant whi elae1 t was g esting sc
there was my awakened interest in my
) family, and Joe had never been SO
pleasant as lately.
! ions Of throngs of well dressed women
and the excitement Of great conven.
ton of them; there would be receptions
and drives and outings and meetings
and there was that unutterable de.
Light in store, if I would have it, of
seeing my name printed on the pro-
gram as one Of the speakers. The
aroma of this wonderful bouquet al
ready reached me and began to stupefy
my affections.
gathering the e'1s a saw gowns SRn f the
flowers, the music; { felt the adulation,
the indescribable stimulus which thrills
this sort Of intoxication. / did not
realize it, but my mind was already
made up.
Two days later I remembered the
newspaper CIR. who had sat next me at
She was undeniably y bright and Clever
as I had noted FROM time to time at
subsequent affairs. And she worked for
a ridiculously low salary, as I had dis
covered. I sat down at my desk and
wrote her note.
"When you are next in my vicinity
will you drop in to see me9'' I said
cor better, come and lunch with me-
say, tomorrow-just you and together,
# SO, please call me up on the tele,
i phone, Lake Side l402-9."
She answered by telephone, and took
luncheon with me at l.. We talked of
club affairs in general, and I found her
breezy comm ents most amusing
~ going to Omaha2 Not on your
LIE, unless l am assigned there and
can't dodge it. I detest women's con.
ventions. They're awful to report
Never begin on time, and you have to
wire your paper the whole thing long
before the program is half finished
More than once I've given a woman
= speaker a good send-off, only to find
afterward she wasn't there at all
Had a headache, probably, or got sick
Of it and threw up her Job at the last
thank you.'
"WeH, I wish I could speak in con.
fidence to you,'' I said, gently. "There
are few women to whom I dare 20 for
help" .
I Observation-Disclosures e." she re-
i |torted. "You can unbosom your deep
! est griefs to me, Mrs. Henning. I'll
never give you away. Come, tell a
:. sympathetic sister," l. =
y nDon't laugh at me,' I pleaded.
1"I IN really in a dreadful boxs'
"What can it be9" she wondered.
81 m down for paper at the Bien-
lnial, II confessed, "and I could fy
easier than write one,'
You mean you could make wings
easier she corrected me. "You ID