Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Written for The Star.

| Written for The Star.
| About this time Of the year in the cities
| said the Married Man, you don't have to
| listen long to hear bit of conversation
| such as: Hiram and Samantha will be
making US that visit next week; 1 wonder
| what we shall ever do when they Gomez"
Well, for one thing. it would be polite,
| and at least polite not to be more or less
| openly ashamed of them the moment they
| step off the train.
Not so very long ago two old aunts
wrote from their home in New Hamp-
shire to the Youngs that they would ar
rive in the city the following week, one
| for her first visit to the city, the other for
her second trip, the first having been
made in the company of her husband
twenty years ago.
When the news was broken to the son
of the family he indignantly refused to
greet them at the station. pilot two old
women with bulging, old-fashioned tele-
scopes? Not on your lffe?" he declared.
Doubtless he was ashamed that some OF
his classmates would see him taking
them past the college grounds. Yet. when
he spent part of his first college vaca-
ton with these same aunts they met him
at the railroad station gave him hearty
from each pair of old lips, and he was
conducted with all spitality to their
home, despite the fact that his turned-up
trousers, very yellow shoes and haring
ties, and walk akin to that of a kan
garoo caused lot of excited comment
and gave rise to much visibility along the
length of Main street.
Scene of the Arrival.
The two young daughters met the two
old ladies' AS their brother had prophe-
sled they would, the visitors had shocked
metropolitan conventionalities by bring
Ing along two telescopes, each filled to
the bursting point. In addition. the older
aunt, seventy, carried the comfort OF her
old age in a gilded cage-a parrot hlghly
gifted with conversational powers. On
the way uptown the nieces tried to hide
the telescopes behind their Spread-out
skirts. But the ends would protrude;
ard, to make their cheeks burn the red
der when the journey was only half COM
pIeted one of the aunts claimed her prop
erty unfastened the straps and began
searching unconcernedly among her vari-
Gus possessions for handkerchief. VI
course the undivided attention OF the car
was gained. OF course the old lady was
unaware Of it. OF course, the parrot
added to the attractiveness OF the quar-
tet. and. of course there was bound to be
a climax which came when the telescope
was jostled off its owners lap and all her
precious finery scattered over the car
floor.
njeces said. later on, to her dearest
friend, in strict confidence. Or course theS
did.
On the other hand, there's the way MRS.
Upton felt about her husbands great aunt,
who one day dropped IN on tne Cptoiis hoi
a months stay.
The first thing the aunt wanted to 40 was
to visit the shops The first thing she dlo
wen she got there was to ask the clerk II
he would let her have the dress goods she
wanted for cents a yard less than he hao
priced It to her.
Did little Mrs Upton blush and nearly
faint and show to the clerk that she was
thoroughly ashamed of her husbands rela-
tive? Not she. No sooner had dear, SIM
ple-minded Aunt Tabitha put the question
to the man behind the counter than Mrs
linton smiled in spite of herself, and before
the clerk had recovered from her SURPRISE
said: ..o
.'Why, you know. Aunt Tabitha, the
stores don't do that way here
MY! don't they?" said Aunt Tabitha.
'.Why. they all expect us to Jew them
down ny in Haines' Corners Then to the
clerk: so you don't do that way here,
Ell? Well that's all right, and I'm glad to
know it. You just cut me off ten yards ana
here's your price
Showing Aunty the Sights.
Later Aunt Tabitha desired to see some
o. the show places of the town. Did little
Mrs. Upton hem! and haw! and plead that
she was awfully busy that day, and when
she finally lust had to take Aunt Tabitha
around to some place, look III at ease anu
wish she were almost anywhere else, just
to be away from Aunt Tabitha? Not she.
Aunt Tabitha was shown the town with
all possible concern. She was allowed 10
make all the remarks she wanted to MAKE
she was not furtively hushed up once. she
saw all she wanted to see to her heart
content. and what mattered it to little