Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-16


 have wanted to order her out of the room. but things like that don't sound so objectionable In French.
 Miss Woodburns and especially Mrs. Ess Rays clothes looked so ex- auisite that 1 was mortified to have Louise unpack mine. though l have brought my smartcst things. and Vic had two or three pretty blouses of hers altered in great hurry, for me. Besides, mother said my outfit was quite good enough for a young girl in England and that was not to let myself feel dissatisfied If in another country they chose to overdress.
 Anyhow will say for Mrs. Ess Kay that she didn't appear to be ashamed of me at first. On the contrary, she had a way of seeming to show me of, almost as If she thought did her credit.
 When we had unpacked we three went to luncheon and took the first seats which were vacant. But pres entity Mrs. Ess Kay sent for the chief steward or some one important. II l am Mrs. Stuyvesant Knox said she in a naughty voice, and I have as my guest Lady Betty Bulkeley, daugh- ter of the Duchess of Stanforth. You must give us three of the best seats at the captains table"
 couldn't help hearing, and my ears did jingle. but Miss Woodburn only smiled and looked down, with funny twinkle under her eyelashes, which curl up so much that 1t always seems as if she were just going to laugh.
 I thought if were the steward l would give us the worst seats on the ship to teach us not to be proud. But he didn't do anything of the sort. He was as meek as a lamb. so I'm sure he can't have any sense of humor. He said Mrs. Stuyvesant-Knox might count on him, and she and her party should have places on the captains right hand.
 Mrs. Ess Kay was as bad with the deck steward She found that he hadn't put our chairs (which she had brought on board herself) in the right place, and she had him called up and made a great fuss. The cards of a Rev. Somebody. his wife and daugh ters were on chairs in the position which she had made up her mind to have, exactly amidship and on the shady side. T must have my chairs changed and put here.' she said. And then oh. horror.-l'm certain l caught her repeating the formula she'd used at luncheon. II am Mrs. Stuyvesant- Knox. an6 I have as my guest" etc To be sure. she had walked off to little distance with the deck steward, where our chairs were. and l might have been mistaken. but two or three people who were standing near looked suddenly very hard at me. and know turned scarlet with annoyance. to be labeled in that way, as if l were a parcel marked glass" and to be han dled with care
 Afterward when came to read the passenger list l found that there was nobody else on board with any sort of title. not even an honorable any body: otherwise. of course, Mrs Ess Rays little maneuver. which I'm afraid must have been meant for snob- hishness, wouldn't have excited the slightest notice.
 Now" said Mrs. Ess Kay when We were settled in our places, Il know q good many people on the ship, but most of them are nobodies. and l do not intend to be troubled with them, nor do think that the duchess would care to have me let Betty mix herself up with anybody and everybody. I shall do great deal of wedding and select her acquaintances carefully"
 Betty, indeed. I'd never told her that she might call me Betty, and hate having persons I don't care for take hold of my name without using a handle to touch it. If makes me feel as l did when l was child and moth
 
 kissed by unkissable and extraneous grownups,
 Thank goodness. Vic and 1 have come into the world with something of poor fathers sense of humor. My share often serves me as well as balm on a wound or as nice. dry. crackly little biscuit which you're enchanted to find when you're hungry and thought you had nothing to eat, and 1 got a good deal of quiet comfort out of it during Mrs. Ess Rays wedding process, which otherwise would have done nothing but make me squirn.
 When we had been on deck for short time number of people came UP to speak to Mrs. Ess Kay and some tc Miss Woodburn. The water was as smooth ss tue floor of a ballroom when it's been well waxed for a dance. and there was no excuse for the most sensitive person to be i'll; consequently the deck was something like kaleido scope. with all its moving groups of men and women. girls and children Most of the hest looking and best dressed ones were Americans. and great many seemed to know each oth- CT. Some of them laughed good deal and talked in higb voices, putting em- phasis on propositions. which Miss Mackinstry and the others would never let me do in writing compositions. Somehow. though, when these people spoke it sounded very nice and cordial. more so than 1t does when English people greet each other. though the