The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
WIEN 4 MANM ARRIES
1henotIfmm which The ptW NyNDMSwoS made
DYMARI ROBERTS RINEHART
.Aulhud nECRnlRSS STAIRCASE az The nNN LOxEK1h

able Jap did a very reproachable thing
took smallpox. Now read on before
you get excited. His 9 has been
f~um{gated. and we have been vacci-
mated, / am well and happy.
can't ba killed in Il railway wreck or
smashed when the car skids. Unless
I drown myself In my bath, or jump
through q window, positively nothing
can happen 10 me SO gather up all
your maternal anxieties and cast them
to the Bermuda sharks.
Anne Brown is here-see the papers
for Iist-and II she cannot play pro
pTiety, Jiminy's Aunt Selma can, In
fact, she doesn't play AT IT; she works.
| have t~elephoncd Lizette for some
clothes-enough for a couple of weeks.
although Dallas promises to get us out
sooner. Now, dear, do go ahead and
have a nice time, and on no account
come home. You could only have the
carriage TO stop in front OF the house.
and wave TO me through ii window.
Mother, | want you to do something
for me, You know who fs down there,
and--this is awfuily delicate, Mumsy-
hut he's a nice boy, and | thought. !
liked him | guess you know he has
been rather attentive. Now, ! do like
him, Mumsy, but not the way l thought
| did. and | want you to-yery gently,
Of coursc-tO discourage him a little.
You know how l mean. He's a dear
bog, but / ann so tired OF people who
don't know anything but horses and
motors.
And, oh, yes.-do you remember a
girl named Lucille Mellon who was at
school with YOU in Rome? And that
she married IA man named HARRISON?
Wen. her son is here He builds rail
roads and bridges and things. and he
even built himself an automobile down
In South America. because he couldn't
afford TO buy one. and burned wood in
it! Wood Think Oh IT,
/ wired father In Chicago for fear
he would come rushing home. The
picture ia the paper of the face at the
basement window is supposed to he
Mr.. HARRISON, hut Of course II isn't
any more like him than mine is like
me.
Anne Brown mislaid her pearl collar
she took 1t off last night, and
has fused herself into a sick head
ache. She declares il was stolen!
some Of the people are playing bridge,
Betty Mercer is doing a c~ake-waIk to
the Rbapsodie Hongroise-Jim has no
music-and the telephone Is
ringing. We have received enol>
lpNFfS i1T a LuHeIAi- S|ptlGbBQA sent
Lollie a Gates Ajar, only with the
gates shut.
There are no servants-thiRk of II.
Mumsy. l wish you had made me
learn to ook Mr.. HARRISON has
me a Nttle-he was a soldier in
the Spanish War-but we girls are a
ignorant lot. Mumsy, about
the real things or life.
Now. don't worry. 1t Is more sport
than camping IN the A~dirondacks. and
nearly so damp,
Your loving daughter,
KATHERINE.
r. S.-South America must be won
9erful. Why can't we put the Cad
fly in commission, and take a coastiuR
trip this summer? 1t liz a shame to
a yacht and never use II. X.
This note, evidently delivered by
messenger, was found among other
IN the Destitute after the lift
Of the quarantine.
Mr.. Alex. Dodds. City Editor, Mail
and Star:
Dear D.-can't get "a picture. Have
seven hours. They have closed
shutters.
McCORD.
written on the back of the above
note,)
Watch the root. DODDS.
1To Be Continued.)