The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-03-17
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brsakfasted together. This house aas
!. fine reputation and there's nearly
) always a waiting list You see, peo
a pie Ike 70 come 70 a place where there
isn't 4 boarding house air
/ Il ran't stand boarding house air
/, myself like to be either in a small
llotel Or III a refined home such as this
Wbere paving guests are received. You
: vAu find that for d small establishment
thAy service IA remarkably good here.
DeaS me. this salt cellar has been
empty FOR three days WIN ycu please
pass the one at your end OF the table?
Thank vout use a great deal Of pep
Ter and salt. FOR / can't stand 1nsea-
soned food
There are many nice people here.
and 7 must say there's very little gos
sir That's one thing I simply can't
stand. wouldn't stay day in a
place where people gOssiped.
DO yoa see that rather angular
woman az the table in the bay win
dow She always has on such mnssy
blouses. ] really believe that her
sister. who works down town. wears
them when they are fresh and she
/ finishes them on. She's an artist I've
heard that she paints very we'll.
X though 10 tell the truth the few liz
1 tie sketches I've seen OF hers looked
rather dauby TO me- She and her
sister sleep way up on the top floor
I IN what I call a cubby hole She says
she likes 1t on account OF the north
light. which is hest for painting I
s4ppose that's az good an excuse as
amy other for taking the cheapest room
ia tha house
On. you are on thar floor, too7
Well. possibly the air IS good up there
and you don't mind stairs
n always Ike to be on the parlor
foor myself and basides its SO much
more cheerful One can see what's
going on. Why. do you know. last
evening when 1t must have been near
" midnight happened to open my
door which Is just opposite the draw
ing room-we always say drawing
room here and saw Mrs. Snyder and
young Frost sitting on the couch to-
gether n a dim light. | think it's
dreadful the way Mrs Snyder carries
on with that boy Really, If | should
ever firt with such a callow youth.
should expect people 10 call me ba-
By snatcher Some persons think
Mrs Snyder IS pretty. but I'm not fond
Of the fascinating widow type, my
self
VIII you please pass me the cream
jug? I've always been used to rich
cream and find Il difHcult TO content
myself with thfs biue fluid You don't
drink Coffee ! suppose it is bad for
the complexion. but I'm blessed with
such naturally good color that I've
never bad 70 be particularly careful
However. think you are wise to do
everything you can for your com.
plexion.
That man with the tray is Mr. Tuck
er He carries his Wife's breakfast
up TO her every. day She wears her
hair SO deliberately that It takes her
the whole morning to do 1t and really
] don't think the result is worth the
effort SO many puffs and curls Of SO
many different shades make woman
look artificial. think still. the cham
bermaid says she's a sight without her
hair.
If you don't care for those buck
wheat cakes III eat them usually
just niable at my food, but I'm trying
now to eat more heartily, for / think
I'm really a little too slender Don't
you feeis sorry for all the women who
are trying to &c, thine Your stout
ness isn't at all unbecoming, but yon
might try standing up 20 minutes
after every meal I've heard it re-
duces flesh quicker than anything
I'm so glad 10 have some one at
-bis little table With me. ] think it's
the pieasantest one in the dining room.
and I've tried them all Hardly any
one else seems to like it. though The
last person who was here was that
old man over there ID the corner lie
said he felt the draft here. I was
glad when he changed his seat, for he
was dun and taciturs. 7 think people
should be cheerful as meal times. don't !
you? love to chat, but some people
are SO different
Now, there was a school teacher I
who sat here for awhile and she didn't I
care for conversation at all. Why, I
sometimes when I was speaking and T
would ask her opinion about some
thing. she would say: You must par
don me. haven't been listening. Did /
you ever hear such rudeness?
Il see you've jeff a piece Of toast I
On your plate. Nlil you kindly pass it !
to me. need a bite Of something to +
take the taste OF that poor sirnp ouk OF /
my mouth
I'm glad old Mrs Bruette doesn't +
sit at my table, for ! cant stand see I
ing people take medicine at thelr
meals. I'm SO sensitive that 1t really +
makes ne.ili- This7 Oh. this IS just
a tiny litbia tablet drop into my
water glass. OF course I'm too young
to have rheumatism. but think it
wise to be on the safe side ii this eli
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