Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-07
MARRIED LIFE

ildSe an looked ON as sort of grand
father and general adviser to the fam
lily. Two more childish creatures never
breathed. AS Mariana said 90 me one
day, What is the good of getting old
too soon and leaving off being natural
just because you are twenty?''
10 me they are nothing more than
great big children, both of them; and
as such L and the household in general
treat them. The household consists of
Southgate the butler, most grave and
important parsonage who had lived with
Herbert's father before him for thirty
years; Ellen the cook-may she be
praised forever, her tomato soup is be-
yond compare; and Cleopatra the house
maid | could not at first think why she
was called Cleopatra. I asked her one
day, and she said that her mother and
father had been very partial to "Mr,
Shakespeare's poultry'-she meant
Poetry-and when she and her twin
brother were christened they decided to
call them Antony and Cleopatra.
She further added that thew sounded
more "poultricaP' when in service to-
gether, as they had been once-she, the
housemaid, and he the footman; but
''the wages wasn't high enough, and
they had to separate" Her surname is
Briggles
It would be difficult successfully to
conjure up a vision of Cleopatra Brig
giles. One might imagine that she had
beautiful thick masses of chestnut hair,
and a spotty face-the chestnut hair
would do for the Cleopatra bit, and
the spotty complexion would carry out
the idea of Briggles-whilst the idea of
small hands and large feet could be
applied in the same way. As it hap
pens, Cleopatra is more like a white
mouse than anything I can think of,
and she has a passion for using long
words and reading novelties.
Ellen's surname is Grey What a
beautiful name-Ellen Grey. One i'm
AGNES a slender creature with dovelike
eyes and soft brown hair, tripping light
ly up the village street with a basket on
her arm, on charitable thoughts intent.
Unfortunately, Ellen is not like this,
she is built on sterner lines; her hair is
red, and she is not slender might even
say she looks like a sister to the fat
boy in Pickwick; also, do not think
she could trip, at least not up a village
street. She might trip over a mat.
But this only shows you how very
much deceived one can be in a name.
A friend of mine has an aunt whose
name is Delicia Aimee thought the
name a delightful one, and I expressed
a wish to meet her. [ said to myself,
a woman with a name like that must
be worth meeting. [ pictured to my
self how she would look when [ and
my friend were ushered in to tea.
She would be half sitting, half reclin-
ing, on a divan in a nest of rose -colored
cushions; she would be wearing a long,
traily, white, clinging dress; her slen-
der hands would be delicately clasping
two or three pink roses; her pale, gold
hair would be coiled in loose knot at
the back of her neck, and there would
be all around delicate odor as of a
garden full of lilies. But it was not so.
We were shown in, and a short. thick
set lady in coat and skirt, with her
hair skinned back and done in bun
on the top, rose up to meet Us.
Give had the deuce and all of a time
keeping your tea hot" she said. 'How
do-sit downtown many lumps?"
Bang went the rose -colored vision.
On the other hand, I met a very
beautiful young lady, on one occasion,
when I was about nineteen. She really
was lovely, quite as slender as [ could
ever have hoped, with large, dark, ap-
pealing eyes and raven tresses Il like
the expression craven tresses," it's so
original, almost as original as "ruby
lips'') | danced with her the whole of
the evening that [ first met her. l
hadn't caught her name-one never
does when introduced to people at
dance-and as I tenderly pressed her
hand at parting, with rosy visions that
perhaps one day that hand would be
my own, [ asked her to tell me once
again her lovely name, that [ might
ponder on it and say it over to myself,
and dream of it; and she told me it
was Lalage Concertina Bloggs. From
that moment I made up my mind that
although the young lady's name wanted
changing, and wanted it badly, l would
not ask her to change it to mine.
Of course, Herbert and Mariana have
their faults, and are on occasions most
trying, especially when lurching out
a thing we three often do. The other
day, for instance, we went to the Carl
ton grill room. Herbert wished to or
der the lunch-he thinks he can order
lunches. Mariana also wished to order
lunch. The following conversation took
place:
He-Now, then, dear, leave this TO
me. [ know what to order-er-yes,
here we are "Clear oxtail SOUP" two
portions for three, waiter.
She-you know I never take soup,
BERTHE. how can you be so thoughtless?
I thought you didn't like oxtail either?
He-I don't. But it's the thing to
have at this place, and we must have
it. Now let me see, 'Sole diable' next,
that's good.
sheS"Diable" is the French for
..deviled." [ don't think we ought to
have anything deviled in Lent.
He-Very well, then, grilled salmon
two portions for three, and after that
outlets and peas, and finish up with
Peches Melba.
She-Of course you can have all those
expensive things if you like; as for me,
I shall have two poached eggs and
some barley water.
He-Very we'll then, T. aud I will have,
tho other