Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-25

children-with souvenir fans. trinkets and
a Punch-and-J All was happiness,
when suddenly no child would sit beside
1.-The Spanish dancers daughter. There
was no saucy scandal: only. like grown
ups. they left a vacant place each side
noticing. Then
May ] sit here?'' asked a new girl.
older than the others. perhaps fourteen.
dark. with ripping hair. cameo profile
saw the lonely little girl clutch her hand
underneath the table, and within two
minutes you would not have known that
there was an ostracised child in the lot
One? Two They gave each other coun-
tenance-and suffered equal neglect Dis
Greet eyebrows lifted. asking: Who is
$ =" Nd ~ evening all the small
world was agog with whispers: "It is
Dreyfus' daughter! Let them be to-
getheri
So the majors daughter suffered for i'm
pulsive kindness, and there were two lone
~ girls: but as they had their mammals.
who became friends. long drives all to-
gether. now they were a party: and
laughing secret that gave them great self
possession. they did not feel growing dis
approval all around them that got to the
point of insolently dropped expressions
when all lesser interests vanished In the
story that the King of Spain was coming
in his auto,
It "oulu luHCH dt our HOltl Inc SouHS
queen would be along! The news was
quite confirmed. The great morning ar
rived The hotel was decorated. All
those ladies sat about in splendid morn
ing gowns. The streets of the aged
mountain town were thronged Each
time we heard an automobile "honk.' the
cry went forth, They Gomez
At last they came. Alfonso driving the
first auto, dusty. grimy. grinning. with
an ugly cap tied tight around his ears
A a. y
beckoned some one of US; but we looked
at nothing but the covered auto of the
queen. How the ladies rubbered as the
splendid young blonde creature strobe by
hastily. queen not wishing to be seen
unused and dusty, ''She has but one
dame d'honneur.'-"Shall we see them
h?'-'Mme de G. expects to be
presentedr'
So they buzzed but all stopped aghast
as king and handsome officer ran up to
the despised Spanish dancer" standing
there with Nine. Dreyfus-and bore both
with them to the royal suite! And then
the lonely little girl took Maj. Dreyfus'
daughter by the hand and TRANQUILITY
walked in behind them!
Her handsome papa was marquis, high
in royal service. and the royal party only
lunched at CauteretS that he might see
her mamma. there to take the waters. in
cognito Afterward the ladies tried to
curry favor with them and the Dreyfuses
Out IL was 100 late.
Let no child in America. however, envy
any lonely little girl in European summer
hotels. Everything is for the grown-ups.
Children must not make a noise or both
err: must be discreet self-efracing, dainty,
clean and pretty Is not Helene miser-
ably lonely in spite of the love and admi
ration OF us all at Criage? Oh, the sweet
little orphan at the mercy Of her stern
grandpa rents, Even busy NJ. Brun pro-
prietor of the Hotel du Globe. laughs and
calls her in one day 10 recite Botrel's
piece about the animals he found in
flask Of brandy in the road. The duck:
"Quan, guam. guam, oh. la-la! Quest que
cest que ca"'
The dog:
.'Wof' wof. wof. Oh, la-la."
The colt and the COW:
Moo. moo, moo. Oh, la-la. Quest que
cest que ca"
Never will | drink that
And the crow and the cat down