The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
Her New Years Resolutions.

These were some of her New Years
resolutions and while they were not
printed in letters of gold, they deserved
to be- They ran something like this:
hereby register my resolution never
again to make a scene in a street car
about paying the fare. Bettina and the
other girls may put it down to stinginess
or meanness or anything they like, but
I can't help that. I am simply WON
out with the old rigamole of NO let
me. I have the change" and all that
kind of Alphonsing and Gastoning.
Nothing under heaven shall induce me
to act as treasurer or secretary for any
club of bazaar or anything of that nature
this year of our Lord 1909. I was treas
urer of one charity club this past year,
and had to give s4 of my own money
to get things to balance.
positively refuse to take part in any
private theatricals, because 1 want to keep
a few friends
I'm not going to say that I belong to
the Multiplying association, because
wherever I go I have to tip the waiter
I always dol don't dare not to.
resolve not to take hold of the back
of every seat of the street car .(going,
OUT, falling in peoples laps and soaring
them nearly to death, and I confidently
expect to face towards the rear when get
ting off Bettina may call this strong
minded, If she likes, but I will al ways
face in the same direction that the car
is moving. So!
I am going to stop trying to improve
my mind this year and see what will
happen IL I just let it grow I don't be-
lieve anybody likes smart people anyway
and besides the dues to the English Study
club, and the Ibsen and Brewing society
are too expensive any way, and I could
have that much more for chocolates and
silk stockings.
I have positively made up my mind to
stop doing everything any one happens to
tell me to do for my complexion and
my health
never expect again to carry my UNI
brella to bargain sale, under my arm,
and poke people in the face and make
them furious Besides I encountered a
man at one of these said sales recently,
and he swore at me like a trooper (all
of which heard), and while it made me
mad 1t had the effect of causing this
resolution.
I'm not going to pretend to keep ac-
count this year Of my allowance. Bettina
says it is very accurate and business
like, but I've tried and 1 know it's all
a farce 1t tends to make one deceitful-
trying to find dignifed names for undg-
nified things, such is having ones Cor
tune told or buying narshmallows.
I am not going to try to deceive the
government again by sending great long
letters In books and things marked "Mer-
chandise" and all that-at least not until
next Christmas, anyway.
am going to try not to be extravagant,
when so many people are in real want.
And am not going to have any more
monogramed paper or visiting cards en-
graved-particularly If 1 am going 20 get
married at Easter.
I am absolutely not going to say NASTY
''catty," things about women even IL I
don't like them-just because It's funny
and amuses people, for really think it's
about the meanest thing anybody can do.
And twelfth and lastly Gas the preachers
say), I am going to stop drinking ice
cream sodas, giving presents at Christ