The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14

out of the closet for you, from beneath thousand things; they were fearfully dus- ty, but I cleaned them for you, and so you must wear them to protect your feet against the dampness.
 50 good of you" murmurs myself, but I had not thought of wearing them"
 Had not thought of wearing them in deed" exclaims the loving creature. Why, of course you must wear them. heard you cought three times last night and the rain of yesterday has left the ground very damp, so get into your over shoes at once. And before you go, be sure to take eggs and milk and don't for get your umbrella
 Out I go," said the woman despa1ring- ly. armed cap-a-pie, as it were, with um- brellas, overshoes, raincoat, and just as I am about to depart one of the family rushes to the door, saying;
 tHave you forgot your ear muffs?"
 That is the limit of the limit" exclaims the poor woman, "fot no self-respecting female with an atom of vanity would go in the crowded thoroughfare with muffs on ones ears And before 1 can gather strength to resist, l am told how a great uncle of ours had died when he was only IS of a peculiar ailment which was diag- nosed as closely resembling tuberculosis, and that as I have had at least three times in my life cough of two weeks duration, I am liable to de of the same malady if I do not take care of myself"
 You might as well be killed as scared to death," I suggested facetiously, 'and so you at once obey.'
 Certainly I do,' replied the young woman, and no sooner have I arrived down town than the sun shines as bright ly as on a day in June and you and your spirits go up with a bound. and you are the happiest of people until you remem- Der that you are equipped with goloshes, umbrella, ear-muffs and fur coat, while everybody else has on thin tailor-made and is as happy as lark
 "Why don't you make up your mind to lose all your wet weather apparel, so that you can't be burdened with it second timer" I asked, thinking my scheming pate had devised something clever.
 '"The face of the loving relative would just hurt you if you could see 1t when I suggest such 8 thing" said the woman who had tried that scheme. Why the anxiety and suffering that the entire fam fly undergo once they think I have ex- that my little chicken heart gives way to such emotions that it Is impossible for me to restrain myself, and I allow my self to be bundled up like Doc Cook bound for the North pole"
 You can't go out without protection" says my sister when the lost overshoes question comes up as though they were policemen or some variety of secret ser vice men. Then she flies to her own be- longings and brings out a pair of over shoes that are at least two sizes too large, but makes me wear them as though they were knit to fit exactly. You start out again and just as you get in the mid dle of crowded crossing down town, off comes one of the overshoes and you stick in the mud like g. leech, and await the leisure of the big policeman to help you out of your dilemma"
 People who insist upon making you comfortable" I said seriously, "are oft times great bores. They don't mean 1t that way but they are bores just the same. For instance, the woman who in- sists upon giving you cup of tea when you drop in to make her a little friendly call in the afternoon. You just hate and despise tea and yet she makes you sip it against your will and pleasure and somehow I always just hate the woman afterwards, worse than I do the tea. Then there's the man who always hangs around at a party to put cushion back