Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-09
THR GLoRIFIED BEAN POT.


tiers In the shells, and just as he was
about to place them In the stout pa
per bag 1 interrupted the proceedings
by saying, Never mind" and fled
precipitously that 1 might have a
chance to laugh without offending the
poor "a
The Laugh Cure.
This story is one l will tell as my
contribution to the half hour laugh
cure which we have instituted as a
regular thing each evening after din
ner. 1t is fine for the digestion and an
all round good thing, We all take a
turn at producing for the occasion
something which will create laughter.
To make the effort worth while and to
introduce a sporty element into the
game we have an amusement fund,
and the one voted to give the most
amusing story has the privilege of Sc
lecting the entertainment for which
the amusement fund shall next be ex-
! pended. The story can be either read
or told, or q series of funny pictures
may furnish the fun, or some one may
makes grotesque face and set us all
into q "ft Of giggles." Perhaps this
sounds very silly, but In reality it is
part of the plan to relax entirely from
dignity and restraint.
About q glowing FIRE the trio, as
Dick calls Dorothy, Margaret and me,
1 yEaXA E3ft&nG Jr{nEtnr tao thu AhIar
afternoon and eating this most delicious
new tea dalaty, a connection OF Mar
garet's. bsfere getting down to the
gist OF the story let me say that this
same dainty was nothing more than a
small round, rather thick biscuit plen-
tifully spr,nk,sd with cream cheese, in
| the center OF which siluringly reposed
a marasehino cherry, but 1t was fine.
Suddenly ons OF us made a remark
about a certain pretty woman being
SO fond of dress"
"And why shouldn't she be?' spoke
up Dorothy. sit surely is n of the
special and Important duties of a WON.
an to be fond of dress and to exercise
all her faculties to make that fondness
obvious"
And /, supporting the cause, made
nay little speech to the effect that
New York clergyman arrived in a talh
from the pulpit recently at a sensible
| conclusion about woman's dress. Ht
had the courage OF his conviction ant
denounced the dowd, and he had the
teznerity to advise men to choose as
wives those girls whose gowns are
modelled after the latest fashion ant
hats of the newest shapes. Just thinl
| OF such Endorsement for the freak hats
| OF the season.
| Now, according to nay mind, this II
common sense. 1t helps refute the OLD
| theory that IL q woman takes an In
kerest In dress she liz a frivolous. brain
less idiot AS q mattar of fact, a nav
hat, a gown in which she feels she
tocas wei. has d perfect tonic effect OF
a woman and no leas on the people
with wiaosa she comes In contact. TAX
what is called Q fashion plate" int
an a~sH&nblsgs of badly goHnsd WON
en- ana watch the effect They ma,
aissppEoxs. but they will feel their In
fsrlorfsy. They ma be younger IL
years, hus they instantly feai older ii
spirit They realize that they hay
missed xomsthing that can only b
Impaired by tss knowledge that n !
good 30 leoa apons and, though a won,
an mag be plaia and past her nrs
youth, shs mar Ssel assured that sh'
Is this II hsr clothes are mp 90 Gate.
Ths clergyman goes the length o
pointing sui ahss the woman who Ike
60 be In The alatest fashion" b no
likely 60 I've q dull housewife on d 30
cisl failure, while her opposite In like
~ &C have q drssry mind and msnne
and be narrow Ia hsr views.
Well, ws broke up the tea fight b.
concluding that ws dfdnss want to b
sIawish limitations of each other sar
eorislly, but unless ws kept mp witt
the dress procession we would 60 OF
Immensely.
Claude lerralns Mirror.
have had . beautiful time Iatei,
pokfng about among the antique hop
and have picked up a charming Claud'
Lorraine mirrog. These glasses. yol
know, arg 50 named from the supposed
likeness to the pictures OF the fanaoui
painteg. 4 Claude mirror In q black
ened convsx glass which shows "a
sheet OF a scene reproduced in g some
what exaggerated perspective Log
ralae was Q painter OF landscapes 5usl
Iy celebrated Cor hia Tesdesings @
llgha sRsctss Of sunlight ana ahAdew
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