The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-08-29

THE SPELL OF THE MAUI.


Her Majesty beamed over the cof-
Zee cups at the Boy. She had arrived
in town Unexpectedly just as he was
about to start for their summer home
at Daisyhurst to spend his Saturday
to Monday holiday.
She explained that she had grown
tired of the country and thought it
would be jolly idea for them to go
Summing in the city. Her Majesty's
definition of Summing included the
most expensive dinners obtainable on
hotel roof gardens, trolleying, and
table-d'hoting and wild suppers in
German restaurants.
I'm sick of COWS and chickens
and pigs" she declared, as she bolted
into the Boys Office. 1--WE a bad
case of New Yorkitis. I want to go
up and see the monkeys in the Zoo
and be helped over Broadway by a
big policeman
So on Sunday morning they found
themselves having a very informal
breakfast in the closed-up house
where the Boy had been keeping
bachelor hall.
How delightful it seems to see
your face at the table once more,"
exclaimed the Boy eve stopped
breakfasting at home since you went
away. Home is not the same place
without woman's gentle presence.
Il should say it isn't!" exclaimed
Her Majesty; 81 found thirty-seven
empty beer-bottles under the piano
and soiled collars hung all over the
rubber plant, just as though it were
Christmas tree!"
Il entertained the Don't Worry
Club here one Friday evening"" ex-
planned the Boy, "and they seemed
to imagine that had invited them
Tor weekend party. They didn't go
home until Monday, and had to lend
them all clean collars. They were in
decorative mood when they left,
and SO hung their own collars on
the tree
'Then the idea of the cat!" ex-
claimed Her Majesty, in an annoyed
way.
You mean the kittens, suppose, ;"
said the Boy. We'll, / couldn't help
that, you know"
Then the geraniums in the win
dow boxes are all in bloom" pouted
Her Majesty; 1T was SO mean of
them to bloom while was away"
That was the most remarkable
thing!" exclaimed the Boy.
1--WE discovered that cigar ashes
will make plants bloom. I've been
using the window boxes as ash trays
It worked SO we'll with the flowers
that I realized that there are undis-
covered and perhaps valuable chemi-
cal properties in cigar ashes. Just
as an experiment I put some in the
canary's seed, and, do you know, it
has grown quite fluffy. S.
Il II have decided, z said Her Majes-
ty, seriously, that 1T Is a wife's duty
to stay by her husbands side during
the summer time. / shall not return
to Daisyhurst. have decided to send
for my trunks -
Don't think Of such thfng!" ex-
claimed the Boy. Il am quite con-
rented, I assure you"
Her Majesty looked sharply at him.
Then her face softened. "Af, yes"
she said, you say that because you
are so self-sacrificing, SO NOBLE
mot at all! Not at ALI" protested
the Boy
Since have been away" went on
Her Majesty, II have had more time
to think of serious things. When
went away / thought of nothing but
new gowns"
The Boy looked up in alarm. He
thought this angelic mood suggested
illness. Her Majesty had a decided
appreciation for new gowns nor
mally.
They were very pretty gowns" he
remarked, gallantly; they were
worth the money"
They are all worn out now" said
Her Majesty, ito rags!"
The Boy started apprehensively
and looked keenly across the table.
He was accustomed to gentler meth
DDS for the extraction of new gowns.
This was more cyclonic than Her
Majesty's usual form.
I'm thoroughly sick of dressing. ]"
she went on. THE women at Daisy
hurst think Of nothing else and talk
Of nothing else. We women ire mis-
understood because of the attention
we pay to our gowns. Men think we
are idiots!"
Nothing of the sort" said the
Boy. I'VE know better"
The best proof of it is beside
you," said Her Majesty, indicating 4
copy OF the Daily Jollier as yet sun-
folded beside the Boys plate. IN
that paper you will find certain
page or pages devoted to women.
The Boy found highly colored