The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
WOMAN ABOUT TOWN
Stories of Washington Life.

"I wish that you"
Said husband new,
Would learn. for goodness sake,
To make the pie
That erstwhie my
Dear mother used TO make
Il viii" said she.
Most willingly
And greatest pains II take.
III make the pie
II yOu'u supply
The dough Dad used to make.
when I pick up my morning paper
and see how crime and corruption are
rampant all over this land says the old
fashioned gentleman, Il feel exactly IKE
the man In a story OF Col. Snyder. OF
Orange County, Va, used to tell Col.
Snyder was an officer in the Confederate
army. and along toward the end OF the
war, one day, he rode UP to man VINO
was struggling behind his regiment on the
march. and told him TO close up. The
man was fOotsore, and hungry, ana
weary. He bore the scars Of several
wounds, and he looked altogether as II
there were not much fight left in him.
but he limped ahead as fast as he could
Il went into this war he said. be
cause I thought 1t was my duty. I've Mt,
and I've fit and I've marched and friz.
and burned UP in the sun, and fit some
more. Blank me II l ever love another
country.
Talking about Vfrginians makes me
think of a new definition Of Z. f. V. j
heard the other day. A woman from the
West was listening to a SoutheTner's ac-
count Of himself and his family. Incl
dentalIy. he mentioned fully twenty fam
HES he was, as he said, kin 20.
Il didn't know there were so many
First Families Of Virginia" said the
Western woman.
''Oh. there are lots OF them" responded
the Yirginian. 'F. +. V. means Fifty-sev-
en- Famous Varieties"
There seems to be some doubt among
certain persons as to just what happen
ed to the State Of New York on election
day. Indeed / question whether one bet
MADE on the result OF the election Will
ever be paid because OF this uncertainty.
The two parties 10 the bet are young
women. and no right-minded woman is
going to pay a bet unless you can make
her duty extremely plain to her. Unfor-
tunately, they did not make the wager
on the candidates for the gUbernatOrial
Office. Lucy bet that the Republicans
would win, and Amanda bet on the Dem
ocrats. Lucy says Amanda lost, and
Amanda, while admitting that she didn't
win entirely, declares that Lucy didn't
either.
RS exactly Ike the condition our feet
at Manila would have been in If Dewey
had been killed" says Amanda. Wed
have lost our leader. but we'd still have
been victorious. Can I say the Demo-
Gratis lost when only few Of them did,
And has Lucy any right 10 say the Re
publicans won when they didn't elect
majority OF their ticket? Don't you have
TO have a majority to decide anything in
this country? Il only part won on either
side, I don't see how Lucy can expect
me 10 pay Next time I'm going to bet on
just one man"
And. perhaps, Gfter all. that's the safer
way.
The return of old-fashioned jeweIry to
favor has started Mrs. Dash on a still
hunt for something I fear she viii not find
not right away. at least.
i want an old cameo breastpin." she
says. My mother used to have the very
thing. 1t had a womans held on It, but
the head didn't stand out. 1t was cut into
the thing That's what I want want
an embroglio."
/ have always maintained that ideas are
quite the most valuable CT all possible
possessions. but till yesterday 1 didn't
realize what an idea may mean when
translated into financial terms. Once upon
a time something happened in a newspa-
per Office which gave a young reporter a
hint for a story plot. He wrote the story.
a short one. IL was, and Il was published
in one Of the most prominent maga zines
Later. together with other short stories
OF his, It came out in book form. After a
time, he dramatized that short story, but
failed to find a manager willing TO produce
It Not pleased with the thought OF hav-
ing his work for nothing he turned the
play into Il nOvel-'nOvelized' Il. as the
people who do this unspeakable thing say