Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-01


swered anyway, there always are
some, 1 believe. I'm not out yet. Do
tell about the cat lunch"
"Oh, it was only a pretty smart trick
of my friend. Mrs. Pitchley. She
was rich young widow from the
west with millions and very pretty and
| lively, so some of the old cats snubbed
| her and tried to keep her out of New
York society when was introducing
her around. But she got her foot in
at last, SO tight they couldn't help
themselves, for the Van Tortens took
her up and she was made. So what
did she do but give big lunch, in
/ wiling all the women who had been the
meanest to her, and not another soul.
The whole table decoration consisted
of cats, vases made of cats, flower az
rangements shaped like cats. and
little gold cat with emerald eyes for
each woman to take away with her,
so she wouldn't forget the lunch in
hurry. And would you believe it, not
one of them saw the joke until Smart
Sayings got hold of it and published
an account of the function next week"
-'What did the women do?' l asked.
Nothing but feel cattier than be-
fore. She's richer than ever now. for
she's married q man worth twenty
millions, and the first thing he did was
to give orders to Celeste. her dress
maker, to turn out two new dresses fCr
his wife every week of the year with
out fail, not one of them to cost less
flnr. , IN.
Celeste thinking of new ideas. that
she had to give it up after the first
year, though it nearly broke her
heart"
f Il should have thought II would be
strain having the dresses to wear,
said l. Fancy getting passionately
attached to one frock, but never being
able to wear it more than once or
twice on account of your duty to the
new ones always coming toward you
in Il long, relentless procession, down
the years. | should hate it,
Il wouldn't" said Mrs. Taylour. Il
can't have too many new things, and /
always change each scrap of furni-
ture and decoration in my own rooms
every year so that Mr.. Taylour won't
get tired of them. He's such a nerv-
: Gus man. But you'll meet Cora Pitch
ley at Newport. Her house is there.
She's type of an American woman
just as bright as she can be. Her sec
ond husband was Il wholesale dry
goods man years ago. but most people
have forgotten that, now he's worth
his millions, and he's got the most
gorgeous place, quite like one of your
: old castles. The worst of it is his
mother lives with them, and when she
was showing the bride-Cora-over the
house (Which was decorated pretty
weirdly for the first wifel, the old
lady kept explaining: This is the
Louise Seize room; this is the Queen
Anne room Cora just looked at the
! things and said, What makes you
! think so? Smart, wasn't it? But
: Cora's changed everything inside the
: house now. She loves change. She's
: even changed her birthday, so as tG
, have it i'll leap year; and as for heI
mind, she changes it entirely at least
r six times day; says that's why wo
l men have nicer minds than meh; they
: change them oftener. But I've Cos
: siped enough about person you DOM
} know, Lady Betty. Let's talk about
] England. l run over TO Paris for {
month or two most years, but I've
only been twice to England. ! did al
| the sights, though; didn't miss any
] thing l gave four days to Londor
= alone. Candidly, / don't think your
women dress nearly as well as we do
or hold themselves as well, but per
haps you're more feminine looking
taking you all in all. | don't NEAR
anything personal Of course. But
do think your men are lovely. | me
perfectly charming member of par
lament, and he invited me TO tea OF
the terrace. Such strawberries an(
creaml But I'm afraid l hurt his feel
ings. l said I couldn't help thinkin:
house of commons a most insultin;
name, and If we called our senate any
thing like that we couldn't get al
American man who respected himself
to go into it. But English people are
so queer. They don't seem to mint
admitting that there is class above
THEIRS
Betty doesn't need to know any
thing about that" said Mrs. Ess Kay
''She is on the highest pinnacle"
i "Oh, dear, no. said l. There ar,
the royalties"
Don't you think you are just a
good?" asked Mrs. Taylour.
, 81 never thought about 1t in tina
way" 1 answered stupidity. For, o
1t course, 1 hadn't
e Surely you don't bob to them?"
L Indeed we do" / protested.
) "Well, then; wouldn't" said Mrs
Taylour firmly. I'D have my hea
I cut off first, especially before I'd curt
sey to a man."
u Quite a color few into her face a
she asserted her independence. an
}, Mrs. Ess Kay must have seen tina
Z the invalid was getting excited, 70
she rose quickly to go.
"Come. Betty" said she, and came
The lift plunged us down throug
the inner workings of the skeleton.
had the sensation that it was dror
e ping away from under my feet an
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