The Tupelo journal., 1910-06-24
EGOTISTICAL
MEN

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quired the fuffy-haired blonde. that
makes you so utterly weary as the
condescending action Of some man
you know who assures you In that
complacent way peculiar to the type.
that he Is going to call upon you very
soon? AS IT," she added. with an air
of disgust, I'VE were all sitting around
holding our breaths waiting for the
telephone to ring, In the fond hope
that 1t will prove to be some mascu-
line admirer who desires to honor US
with his company! I'm sick Of it,"
me, tool" chimed In with INGRAM
NAUTICAL fervor the girl with the coro-
nation braid.
The fluffy-haired blonde embroidered
two polka dots with a puzzled frown.
"You see," she said. IF the girl has
a large and well-worn sense of humor
she merely smiles t herself and won
ders If 1t would pay to jolt the man
into q state of enlightenment But IL
her sense of humor Is ~undeveloped
she asks herself with disturbing
qualms If 1t is really possible that
the creature thinks she is crazy about
him"
She regarded the entire row Of
polka dots with d~isfavor, preparatory
to beginning on another. mot long
ago." she continued, II had the salts
faction of freeing my mind on the sub
ject."
"Really?" cried the girl with the
coronation braid.
"It was just by accident" ex-
planned the fuffy-haired blonde.
You know" she proceeded. Il was
visiting Marie in Milwaukee last
month" The others nodded. We'll,
a certain man whom we will call
George and whom l have always
known. happened to be there at the
same time, on business. Now. I'm
fond of George. in a way.
when he called up the house
where l was visiting and informed me
that he was going to get GU to CALI
I vas very amiable about 1t. He want
ed to set q time, but naturally !
couldn't make an engagement without
consulting my hostess. So Marie and
1 talked it over, and she insisted upon
shifting the entire weeks calendar in
order to leave an evening open for
| George to call. We had something In
teresting on hand for every night, too,
but Marie felt that 1t would be rude
not to receive George. Finally we
managed 1t for Saturday, and l wrote
George a note to that effect
"In the course Of time Saturday
came, and so did George. This is the
way he began: Well. well, you've
been here ten days. have you? Really.
I did mean to come out before this.
I hope you'll ECU me. I've been
up to my ears in work."
The members of the sewing circle
| exploded with mirth, but the fluffy
haired blonde was too indignant at the
recollection even to smile. H
thought she said, that the Joy Of
my visit was blighted by his inatten-
toni
Il was perfectly paralyzed for a mo-
nent, and then I proceeded, without
heat or prejudice, to elucidate GER
tain ethical points upon which 1t
seemed to me Georges education had
been deficient.
He listened with startled attention
until I had finished. then he said, in
a surprised voice: you mean, them
that you think I am egotisticalT
painfully so,' l told him.
"But really he assured me, look
ing shocked, really, you don't know
- - III 10 r,o,, xhf-Jr that WI o&
all! Besides, 1 honestly was awfully
busy. or l would have come out"
The fuffy-haired blonde stopped and
sighed reminiscently. "Then Marie
came down." she said, "and took in
the situation"
"It has Just occurred to me- sug-
gested Marie, that II we all three like
motoring. we can telephone to Charles
King. He asked us to go out tonight,
you know, and seemed very much dis
appointed that we had an engage
ment.' She turned to George SO sweet
ly that he was naturally obliged to
acquiesce, but ! noticed that he was
thoughtful all evening"
The sewing circle giggled again.
III COuTScp HUI uuTcQ lilo gil WILL
the coronation braid. men are not all
like that"
Indeed they aren't" agreed the
Huffy-haired blonde. with satisfaction
when Marie comes to visit me I
want to show her that my friends are
not all like George. And II we marry
the nice, u~nassuming ones"
I'VE mostly do" said young Mrs.
Allision, s%oothingly. "The others re-
main bachelors, and their egotism
grows upon them"
Not Such an Empire, After All.
Somehow 1t shrinks the breadth Of
our country when we know that an old
man can walk across 1t, from sea to
sea, IN II days.-Philadelphia Record.
The One Place.
A gentleman was standing in the
lobby of one of Birmingham's leading
hotels when some one made a re-
mark about It being SO easy to get a