Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-30
Her
Forgetfulness

are any extras tack them onl I need
assistance OF that kind and II I don't
get It pretty soon I'll be a social out
cast!
1T is perfectly ridiculous that peo-
pie attach such Importance to ones
having ones mind on things! When
life Is 80 short what difference can II
make In the history of hundred
years or so whether you do or do not
forget to attend to something you had
In a moment of alteration said you
wouldY | like breadth of view. my
self.
IF Joseph Stevens only had had
breadth Of view he would not now be
considering me with lofty disdain in
stead of bestowing upon me the de-
voted admiration which once was my
portion from him. Taking II all In all.
succeeded last week In getting my
self cordially hated by more persons
than l had before realized we're on
my list of acquaintances.
1T seemed so good to have an eve
ming with nothing to do when We'd
| ntbudg CdlnC tudl lCbOANCu W ChJOJ
1t thoroughly, for had had a rather
! strenuous social career for some time.
So after dinner | went upstairs and
made myself ready for bed. rubbed
cold cream into my haggard coun-
tenance for ten minutes and did my
hair up on curriers', because It had
seen so much of the hot iron that 1t
! rnodnd q Inc I uo turning
out the light. the doorbell rang.
Presently mother came upstairs
and into my room with a bewildered
countenance. She blinked at my cos
tune and my shiny face.
dear met she murmured. This
is most peculiar of you! Joseph Ste
vens is downstairs
"'Send him away said, sleepily.
Tell him | have three headaches and
feel another coming on
81 will try to excuse you properly
mother said with dignity. But she
came back almost Immediately. He
insists that he has an engagement to
take you to the theater this EVENING"
81 just regarded mother sternly.
When | am guilty of anything serious
find 1t is a great moral bracer to
act as If the other person were at
fault. You can see for YOURSELF l
told her, that | can't go to the the
alter with my hair done like this and
about a pound of cold cream on my
face. think II most annoying of Jo-
seph to keep such an inopportune en-
gagement! You'll have to make a
thoroughly good explanation, mother,
dear, and get me out of It gracefully
Mother is sometimes most hard
hearted. I shall tell him. she an
nounced uncompromisingly, that you
forgot all about IT,!
And she did I've been writing
contrite notes to Joseph ever since,
but he seems to think that he is In
jured
The next day | met Mary Miller
downtown shopping and we had tea
together l devoted fifteen minutes
! John Pool had asked me to on the
2Sth and how fiattered was to have
him pick me out and what was go
ing to wear and how he had asked
me II preferred violets. When |
got through she coughed IN an odd
way.
"I suppose she murmured. "a lit
tie thing like the dinner at my house
on the 28th which you accepted last
week couldn't be expected to remain
in your memory! Sometimes It is
convenient to forget things
Nothing l could say In my horror
served to convince her that hadn't
sighted her deliberately. Mary is so
touchy. She'll never speak to me
again. suppose. was SO upset over
It that | got home before / remem-
bered that had a i've o'clock ap-
,pointment with the dressmaker. So
didn't get my spangled dress IN time
for Sally's dance! had to wear the
pink one that simply kills the pink
dress Sally wore and had promised
her not to wear mine. Now she
thinks I'm a deceitful cat and wanted
, to spoil her looks.
! The worst, however. was when six
girls arrived Saturday for luncheon
and ! hadn't remembered inviting
them until they walked in on me- The
cook was sick and mother and / were
eating handmade sandwiches in the
pantry at the time. l really was a
bit confused. Leaving mother speech
less, I marched all six OF those girls
around the corner to a little home
restaurant and gave them a 36-cent
table d'hote luncheon. OF course I'll
have them at home again soon to
make up for It. but most OF them
seemed annoyed at taking all their
best clothes into q cheap cafe. think
they were lucky to get anything to
1 eat at all.
1T seems that when We left the
restaurant | forgot to pay the check.
for that evening. while the minister