The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-05-27

~ Turn "~cartwheels"
- or somersaults,
Pay your way when visiting by po-
litely responding with pretty little
gold pieces to your hostess demands
upon you to contribute 70 her pet
charity"
Would you,
No? Better stay on this side OF the
water then. for. according to latest re-
ports from merry England. the above
diversions are popular ones with so
ciety women OF London, who have
sacrificed the steaming and fragrant
tea to the scented and celebrating
highball.
Not long & a charming re-
turned to London after a prolonged
stay abroad. She had left the smoky
city In her youth. bidding a sad fare
we'll to all her friends, knowing that
she would be gone some time, but not
thinking she would be well past mid
die g when she should return to
them.
Wait for Callers All In Vain.
Upon her arrival she saw to it that
her return was duly announced in the
paper usually the medium for such
things and her sat down placidly to
await the callers she was sure would
Immediately lock to her home to well
! come her back.
Il not only expected to see the
friends of my youth" she said, but !
expected to be introduced to a galaxy
OF boys and girls-the sons and
daughters who had come to them
during my absence-and l cannot tell
o how eagerly anticipated the
meetings and the long talks over old
times and the many. many happenings
d which had occurred in their lives and
4 my own since we had separated.
but | waited in vain, n finally,
\ thinking that for some unforeseen
reason people had stopped reading the
\ paper in which l had put my an
n%ouncement, decided myself to take
h the initiative, and accordingly l set
y out one afternoon to make some calls.
Where shall l call first?' | DELHI
d Grated, and finally decided that l
would go to the home of the countess
& OF b., as she had been formerly one
II of my nearest and dearest friends.
when l arrived at the door | found
that she was at home and stepped
q gladly owe the threshold, sure Of a
Il hearty welcome.
81 But | had argued without my host.
AS | stepped in the butler approached
me and asked me respectfully If /
Il played bridge.
- why do o wish to know that?'
/ inquired with some hauteur.
Bridge Players Only Admitted.
q Because, madam he said, her
! ladyship has given me express orders
d to admit no one in the afternoon but
bridge players. and l dare not disobey
& her orders
Il stood for a moment astounded.
Then l turned and quietly left the
house, vowing in my Utmost soul to
cross the name of this supposed friend
\ OF mine forever from my visiting list.
And l surely would have done this
had not that afternoon a telephone
message come from the butler of the
81 Vi ~. oAyiA lAul ACI i0uy
Z ship had not understood that l was
4 back and asking me to bridge the
following afternoon.
I Il am not an unreasonable woman,
and the mex afternoon l appeared at
the house l had left the day before
with such outraged feelings. l was
greeted warmly by my friend, who,
hnUovor tn1d mo that chn hod hnnV
exceedingly amused to hear that | had
called upon her. She assured me
calls were entirely out of date and
that calling time was now devoted to
bridge. And she said:
IN you want friends. dear Lady
Snow that you have come back To
town-don't call on them"
Old fashioned calls questionable
you see. Bridge instead. Think you
would care for 1t every day in the
week? Stay away, then.
Monte Carlo lts Only Rival.
But to continue with the story OF
Lady s.:
There was a large crowd in the
drawing room, a splendid apartment
hung with fine old pictures lookins
down disdainfully on the motley
crowd OF modern men and women
Young men. nearly all Of them. with
vacant looking faces, and breaking fire
Quently into foolish laughter while
flirting with women old enough to bt
their ~grandmothers In the most youth
ful OF garments and manners. Young
married women, and girls, too. many
Of whom wore a look OF care, especial
ly when the stakes were announced
Such eagerness for their winnings and
such concentration in the pursuit OF
gambling l have only seen equaled al
Monte Carlo; and such greed as was
displayed In the interval when tea
was served was q horrible and de
grading sight.
eft was a regular meal Of n mos