The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-01-26

A MUSICAL
AT TACH M MT
BY CERTIE De s. WEBSTER
Told in Two Soliloquies. a Conversation
and Two Lettcrs.l


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She tto her noedle) nothing
more annoying than being woman
unless 1t is the fact that leap yea:
comes so seldom, and you've been toe
well brought up to make use OF II
when 1t does turn up.
II seems SO absurd for me to be
living in one fiat with a chaperon
While Mark inhabits aaother helcw
with an elderly housekeeper. What a
faving of expense II would be TO dis
miss the chaperon and the housekeep-
er, and to have one fiat between u.s.
not to mention the advantages Of
companionship he would gain by such
an arrangement.
can't understand why he doesn't
propose to me. am sure he loves
mel can see It In hi, eyes, and you
can never mistake a mans eyes-that
is II they are dark ones like Marks
with two rings round the pupil.
He's got plenty OF money, for, be-
sides his profession, which must bring
him in an awful lot Che Is singing
somewhere every night, know he
has private income We are 30
well suited to each other in every way
except one, Of course, but Of my def
cheney In that respect he knows moth
ing, for that pointing to something
near the piano. keeps up my little de-
ccption for me.
However, that piece Of pretense, Of
which am heartily ashamed now,
seems no good 1t serves me right
for spending $3.50 Just for the purpose
o. making a man in Hat below think
that | was desirable wife for a pro-
fessional singer. Bah! I'll sell IL.
1t must strike him as very strange
that, calling so often as he does he
i5 never shown into my boudoir--I al
ways tell him it's too untidy to be
seen.
OH dear, II, as Cornelle says: DE
ceit is game played only by small
minds" how very infinltesimal my
brain must be! Well, it's no good
stopping at home doing needlework
that is absolutely useless, Just with
the hope that laggard wooer may
call I'm going out. and III put all ad-
yertisement in the Exchange columns
of Woman's Wisdom, and see II any
misguided person will take that point
ing near piano. and give me Persian
Kitten and sealskIn cape fer IT,
tExit.l
He Ito his p!pe) It, don't
allude to my sentiments regarding cir
tumstances and fate. How much sweet
er you would taste, my friend, If you
had been filled by her dainty fingers |
and II abe were sitting opposite to me
there ready to rellght you II you went |
out-a contretemps which fancy |
might often occur II she and / were
together alone
Pah! What's the GOOD OF day dream
ing? 1t can never be. How could |
marry woman who would be always
using the piano when wanted to prac-
tlce? | could not ask her to give
1t up, because playing like hers could
have only been acquired by years of
study. It's true I've only
heard 1t through ceiling and a floor,
hut those seem merely to act as res.
orators and to accentuate the marvel
Gus distinctness and liquid purity of
each run and trill.
Paula's practclng is OF a very I'M
usual order, and her repertoire pecul-
|arly circumscribed. She never at
lacks scales or any technical exercises,
but only plays seven pieces, which
strikes me as being strange and
Heterogeneous selection. "Rhapsodie,"
If List; the Jolly Monk Polka"
Beethoven's Funeral March," La
-zarine," "Ballade" of Chopins,
'Maisie Is a Daisy" and Bach
'Fugue." | cant understand 1t, but
III know Is that this accomplishment,
}. hers must stand between us and gu.
happiness.
| may be conceited fool to say
our" but | cant help thinking some.
low that she cares-there is certain
urve at the corner OF her mouth when
he smiles, and you can never mistake
he meaning of woman's smile when
he has dimples.
Perhaps she would give II up? All!
10, | couldn't be such brute as TO
SIX her, and even II she did, should ,
now that after We were married her
title heart and fingers were yearnlng
fter the Polka" or the "Fugue," and
hat she was thinking of ali she had I
enounced for the sake of being tied
D longhaired professional singer
And then, again, she might want to
company me, which would inevitably
Fad to quarrels Il have never yet been
riendly with an accompanist for more
han MONTH, so must renounce my
ream of woman's love, and art mus.
brewer be my mistress. I'll lust &c {
nd call at No. 2 for the last time .
lough as the Internal piano Is quiet
is probable she may be out. How
YER I'll try my luck. and after that.
~ friend, you and | must grow old
nd seasoned alone together (puts
own pipe and exit.
He Ito the maid who opauad The socu -