Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-01-01

| saw susie keel over she turned aruund
and pmalked: That Allngham girl
looks u slight with her bonnet knucked
loose. Good gracious. it'll fall of In
another minute.
There was soft murmur OF apprecia-
ton from the other side OF the table.
"And Susie."
Susie opened one eye to see who It
was talking. and then she changed her
miEd about fainting My. but she was
mad. She wept. | had to oil her num-
ber Oh tbc program with some music.
didn't care. by that time IL was all
mad. seething, boiling whirlpool Of
managing to make something do for
something else anyhow"
but about MyTaI"
oh yes. Wen. Myra came. and so
did all the professors. had no idea
those men were so interested in wOm-
ems clubs. What do you suppose that
woman had done In place of anything
on earth about colonial VirginiaT'
"SOuletbing wild. of course"
Something wild? | like your
! phrase. 1t was bloOdcurdling. She
had diagrams. thought should sink
when she drew those diagrams out.
You know. she's fanatic ON some new
ism about reforming the world by set
ting down and holding your breath and
thinking about something else
Not a bad idea" with carefully pre-
served gravity. And you put it so lu-
cidly, Anne. think ] could do that
myself"
"Oh. we'll you know! The kind Of
thing that used to be in the front Of
the first readers when you and | were
babies at school. You sit down and
shut your teeth and say. 'l-am-in--it.
he-is-in-it.' or something like that"
mo. dear It's assertions that you
mean. You build them into your char
acter by saying them over that way."
Laura. in a tragic tone. you're al
most as bad as she is. | don't want to
build things into my character. You
talk as If IL was summer cottage
Oh, dear me- I haven't shred of char
acter left since Myra dlsgraced me as
she did. She got TO talking about
things that weren't quite uice. it seem
ed to me. for mixed audience. and |
was in agony because ] had Lily pOr-
toned off with the professor there i'm
the back rOOu
II could see the other men trying not
to laugh and | felt so apOlOgPtic-so
abiect. II / could have crawled out
under the seats. busting those mems
boots as ! went, | should have been
glad Then came the diagrams. A
large pink thing meant your natural
affections. Laura. do you love people
in that shade Of pink? Because. if you
do. pray never love me any.
"A blue wedge was for your-for
your-int elPctual capacity. | think.
hadn't any by the time that came
Some green streaks. she told us. stood
for patience. but mine was nj an end.
| pulled the back of her frock and
whispered 10 her Where is your pa
per on colonial Virginia familiesT ?
Laura, that aggravating' creature look
ed across her shoulder at me as serene
~ as she will look at her son-in-law
when she runs right over him. and sne
said loud enough for everybody 10
hear; Oh this is a much more i'm
portant matter, my dear This con-
Germs the source and origin of man
and his cosmic destiny Laura. what
Is cosmic destiny? Do you suppose
you and each have one?"
Her hostess got breath finally from
the smothPred laughter that had greet
cd the diagrams. Never mind your
cosmic destiny, honey" she counseIed.
Tel me what the professor and Lily
did"
81 was in agony for them. Some of
Myra's remarks were very plain aud
hardly the things for young girls TO
hear. let alone girls accompanied by
gentlemen But here! might have
spared myself worry. 1t seems / am
only Il plain fool"
"Oh. no. demonstrated her friend
slyly Nobody would ever say that
Of you" |
I'D rather be Il plain fool than
pretty one" retorted the other. "And
that's what Myra Morton aud her like
call me. rknow! Il seems tmt Myra
Is a brilliant woman and that had
only made trouble and retarded things.
instead OF helping"
now "as thatI'
"Oh. the professor is deeply interest
ed in the particular ism that Myra is
exploiting just now. ! suppose he lOvea
Lily In that shade of pink and does his
thinking in blue wedges aud has
streaks of green patience. Anyhow, ne
said that Myru's diagrams were very
Illuminating. He was up in the crowd
consratuia'lIig hrr On tuat uin-. ei"i
performance, saw that both he and
Lily looked nightly pleased about