The evening world., 1908-10-31
By Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

The north wind doth blow.
And We shall have snow.
What will Mrs. Jack Gouraud do then.
Poor thing?
IN hsr own cyclone cellar,
Meath her new Larchrnont villa.
She'll wait for the coming Of spring,
Tender thing!
She'll wait Tor the coming Of spring.
These are not Mira. jackson Gouraud's
real winter plans. The cyclone cellar
part OF It Il authentic. Mrs. Gouraud
really has one beneath her home in
Larchmont, but. Of course. she is not
going to retire to 1t and there await
tho coming of spring. Besides, It 10 not
snow storm cellar. anyway. It's a
real live cyclone cellar. but Mrs Gou-
raud says IL you haven't . cyclone
handy you can use II when there IL a
thunderstorm.
Mrs. Gouraud never had much hopes
but she is Just dreadfully afraid Of
hunderstorms-hence the subterranean
chamber.
Common people have to crawl under
the bed or cram their head into a pillow
when they object TO Jove's mutterings
Fortunately for Mrs. Gouraud. however,
she is placed beyond the necessity of
protecting her temperamental nature by
such undignified means. In a chamber
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square and furnished IN luxurious ORR
entail fashion. she may console herself
with the thought that the worst shaft OF
lightning Is as harmless TO her as the
last feeble flicker of consumed candle.
Too Scared to Use Cellar.
In her winter apartments in the Hotel
Seymour, on Forty-tifth street. Mrs.
Gouraud admitted quite frankly her fear
of electrical weather disturbances. ct
the same time proclaiming Partially for
other moods of nature that would APP
pear at the first glance far more alarm
ing.
II am. indeed, dresdfully afraid of
a thunderstorm Mrs, Gouraud ex-
planned. Il would go TO almost any
length to make myself forget that one
was In progress. 1 had the cellar built
beneath the house in Larchmont with
out any electric light wires or gas
pipes or anything else that might act
as q conductor, thinking that might
feel comparatively safe II l could retire
to II at the first flash OF lightning over
the Sound.
But do you know have never been
civ =
built? The minute the thunder begins
| become so weak from fright that /
have never had the strength TO reach
the cellar"
Mrs. Gouraud ignored a suggestion
that she put in . sort of chute 10 the
cyclone cellar with feather bed at the
bottom. so that when she felt her
strength going at the first premonitory
rumble she could just topplo into the
chute and safety.
Just Dotes on Earthquakes.
In spite OF my dislike for thunder
storms" she saiG II positively adore
earthquakes. They are almost a fad
with Inc. consider them a most de-
lightful sensation. No, / was not In
the big ono in San Francisco, but
have been IN lots OF them in india. and
you have no idea how charming and
exciting they are.
That is really one of the reasons /
am preparing 20 visit India again
for more earthquakes, Only one of the
reasons. though there are two others
First and foremost, because the
East is so mystic. 30 romantic. 80 full
OF adventure, | adore romance, mys-
ticism. adventure. Here there is none
OF It. Everybody is too busy Why. the
average New York woman does not
know what an adventure is A real
adventure. mean. So / am going
haak % ths Orisnt In search OF some