Evening star., 1908-01-26

any more tell you Mrs Rural, the good old
days when we were not socially gagged and
when you stole big piece of news"
lust then Amos appeared, and | introduced
him to the pesslmlst. praying that he'd give
the gfleving news mghwayman a chance to
pick his congressional pockets to the extent of
a column two.
Amos came in late, and stayed to the spread
the professional starers,' and the glad
handlers" as my charming little friend divided
and dubbed the receiving party.
Your wife's been shameless success. Mr..
Rural, she assured Amos. She even made
the social protoplasms shake with mirth and
the Cabinet crustacea tell merry yarn.
And Amos seemed nightly pleased. You
know, Amos has always been one to do his
thinking without talking, and the habit has
grown upon him in regard to confidential
he has changed his point of view in regard to
my weakness for the trivial, fussy things of
life and my yearning for appreciation he
really seems to want me to be as ornamental
as possible.
Last night took tight hold of my chair for
a final test Amos, can l have my new dress
low neck and short seeves?"
Yes, think you had better, SO long as it's
not too much of the one more struggle and I'm
free order" he replied, showing that Amos
is of an observing nature after all
Yet somehow felt as if I'd rather he had
refused, and then talked to me just little
about what his committee IS working on, or
the great speech he IS to make sometime.
However since the dress IS to be cut low, |
must hurry off and about it.
PUT one more touch of the mystic obser-
vances is expected of a new Congress
mans WIFE and I'll close.
When / reached the hotel after lunchlng
with Mrs. Todd the other afternoon, right IN
side the ladies' entrance was table covered
with what appeared to be rather fancy work
baskets, and while l watched women would
come in stand before the table long enough to
shuttle few cards into each basket, and then
pass down the corridor toward the parlors.
Jim, the buttons, seemed to be stationed there
to see that they voted fair, and he saw that |
did not know the game.
The Congressional ladies of the Rainey is
having their first ter home. They been lookin
TO you, Miss" he explained.
Then l remembered. l had promised to be
on hand to receive callers with the other Con-
chinery in action. l knew l was far from
being the Hamlet of the occasion; but Mrs.
Todd had warned me never, to disregard these
functions l valued my social scalp. So,
feeling very guilty took My place at the tail
of the receiving line, some fifteen minutes later.
1t all seemed like parody on hospitality |
and friendship. The callers passed down the |
line, saying. I am Mrs. So and So" and then
YOU reproduced her lawfully pleased" smile |
as nearly as possible and replied:
Then you shook hands, and sometimes l
tried to remark on the weather, but by that |
time Mrs. So and So well on her way to |
the tea table, and another woman was before |
me saying:
Il am Mrs So and So /
After it was all over you gathered up the |
particular basket that bore your name,-some |
good hearted Congressional lady" had taken |
pity on my ignorance and put me in the !" also |
ran" array on that table,-and from the en- |
graved pasteboard contents you make up your |
visiting list.
l pray l may not mix dem babies up" in
any way and ask for the wrong " Mrs. So and
So" at any address leave two of Amoss |
cards in divorced household Once Con- |
gressman's wife, at the business, was
making the Cabinet calls and tried to leave
cards for Mrs. Secretary, only to have the |
butler inform her. There amt any; she's |
been dead twelve years.
But can use Mr.. Teale as my walking en- |
cyclopedia in these matters. Only that good
man has grown terribly preachy of late. After
every effervescent account of my festive ex-
periences here, he questions, It's thrilling; |
but is it" for Amos! He doesn't seem to
realize that if this is the springtime of Amoss |
ambition, it is also his wife's opportunity for
an Indian summer of youth. l always thought |
Sir Galahad would be awfully triesome as a
breakfast table companion. But this sounds |
scratchy and mean after all that " first gentle |
man" has done to take the stones from the |
path of new Congressman wife.
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