The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-01

of your experiences in the Tyrol-Sa-
rah had such a lovely trip to Europe
last summer" she adds in a stage
aside.
"Oh yes" DO" Go on Sal"
You're SO entertaining" I'm crazy
about it, such beautiful cards. :"
Means so much to me-" You're such
a good talker." Please, Sal,"-"We're
dying to hear you"
Sarah fears, however, that it will
be a bore. that we'll get tired to
death hearing about it.
Never" declaims the chorus. The
idea!" Never thought OF such e
thing" How can you!" You're al
ways interesting!" I'VE love to hear
YOU" you've had such opportunities
-" I'VE stay at homes, you know"
NOW Sal. don't be stubborn"
Thus the chorus in hypocriticel
cresendo.
And then" interrupts the cynic,
you pay fifty cents for a ticket to a
church entertainment only to flnd that
Sarah is retailing her experiences to
stereopticon accompaniment.
Later" reminisced the other per-
son. you are invited to an informal
evening with your sister-in-law's club.
On your arrival you find Sal with her
postcard book. You sit round the wall
and take turns looking at it while Sal
discourses."
YES" interpolated the cynic, "if
you are not able to side-step such
chaste entertainments. II l am cor
rallied l always sit next the door Then
when the stereoptieon is turned on
slip into the hall, grab my hat and tip
toe fearfully away
I'D be ashamed" said the other per-
son. Don't you want to have your
mind improved"
mot by SAL" grinned the cynic.
well, it is queer" went on the 9TH
er person. "how funny people act when
they go of on a trip. Don't you re-
member Agnes?"
"Sure-not long on brains-but good
TIC look at. Never bothered you with
soul talks or intellectual converse.
Knew how to keep quiet and look pref
ty.''
Just what thought" cried the 9TH
er person. Il never was so surprised
in my life. We went together once
on one Of these summer trips. you
Know ticket half mile long which
had to be amputated every other time;
you rode part way on the steam-cars,
half the time on the trolley, took a
boat at intervals and ended up in
New York.
Dozens of times-never travel any
other way
Then you know how it is,' said the
other person. Agnes was charming
until we got to Columbus. Then she
began posing for the beneflt of some
horrid man across the aisle. She pre-
tended she didn't want any dinner and
wouldn't go into the dining.caf. When
l came back she was nowhere to be
seen-and what do you think! She
spent hours in the oDservation-car
talking to that horrid man. She never
came back It'll ten o'clock and l was in
my berth. was SO mad!"
Pretty mean Of her not to let you
have even a peep-in."
What do you take me for" cried
the other person. Il don't pick up &C.
quaintances among fat drummers."
Certainly not-certainly not" has
tily assured the cynic.
And she kept that up all the way.
When I'd think she was In her state
room nursing headache she'd be be-
hind the smoke-stack flirting with
some nondescript man in a murderous
checked cap.
But the worst trait she developed
was an ungodly interest in the dimen.
sions of things. Everywhere we went
she insisted on making inquiries. She
was mad to know the cubic inches in
a brick and the geometric proportions
J of side wall
"She would run round for an hour
trying to find someone who could tell
her the height to which a factory
chimney would pierce the cerulean and
how many rods a wooden dock pro-
jected into the bay.
you astonish me beyond measure, -
murmured the cynic. Think what an
eye-opener for a honeymoon. My
world"
when We got OF the train at the
station" said the other person, 1--WE
each ran the other way and when l
see her coming nowadays dodge
round the block
II remember going of with Bill