Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-12
After the
{: Wedding

bounced INTO Tue CdI. DeS pa uOhi
Stell, for steppin on you she con
tinued, stumbling over Miss Larson's!
feet and lunging into a seat next TO
that young person.
Miss Larson opened one sleepy eye
s.Oh. did you step on me?' she droned,
yawning widely and undisguisedly. )
didn't know it."
t.Sure> l did," responded Miss Con
nelly. 81 thought I'd better wake you
up and tell you about it. You can go
to sleep again now
Miss Larson opened the other eye
Il" wasn't asleep, Nell Connolly" she
said, Indignantly. Il guess persons
got. a right to shut their eyes If they
want to. My eyes amt very strong
and the light hurts en-
t,"'Don't lets waste our perfectly
good time fightin' with each other
this morning" said Miss Connolly.
III we do we won't have time to
knock the weddin'.'
Say" began Miss Frizkie eagerly,
didn't you pretty near die over the
way Names hair was fixed? Honest
to goodness, when get married Ill
have. a hair dresser fix my hair up
swelf If l don't have so much as
pork chop to eat for year.
',"G thought her hair looked pretty
good for Name said Miss Larson,
sleepily. 1T always looks like shed
slept in it,
"Her dress was peach, though,
wasn't it?' said Miss Frzkie. NJ
least 1t would have been if it had
had any fit to it. All that hand en-
broidery and that bead trimming
mast have cost pile
Hand embroidery" calculated
Miss Connolly. That's all you know
about it. Jen. I was over 10 look al
Names clothes Tuesday evening and
] felt OF it good. and it wasn't no
more hand embroidery than nothing.
"Well, she must "a got corner on
this years crop of beads" said Miss
Frizkie. What do you think said
to the lady that was standin' next to
me when Name came into the parior?
give her a dig with my elbow and |
says, Say l says, Name must have
got mixed in her dates and thought
she was a Christmas tree
N.Y. The lady got as red as any.
thing. 4 designed that gown she
says. shifting up her nose at me, mad
as she could be.
Land, l just faded away like I'd
been blown off the landscape
Its a pity you couIdn't learn not
to have such rude manners, Jen,"
said Miss Connolly.
Il guess if ! could just learn to
shat up and keep shut up il would
help some" agreed Miss Frizkie, good
naturally.
Name didn't have such an awful
lot OF presents as | thought she
would Miss Larson opened her eyes
long enough TO remark. Il kind OF
thought she'd have d lot more'n what
she did"
though. | guess" said Miss Frzkic.
Now. | bet that cut glass pitcher and
them glasses cost 500
Nix on that" said Miss Connolly.
decidedly. Il picked up every one OF
EN- and run my finger over 'em and
they wasn't sharp like cut glass ought
70 be. They was real smooth.
We'll. that shows how You can fool
me- Miss Frizkie admitted. "Bnt
then Id whole lot rather have
shoTy set like that than some little
dinky piece that wouldn't make no
show At all"
Same here said Miss Larson.
Anybody would OF course. | guess
Names mas folks are pretty we'll
fixed anyway. Her mas brother gave
her that dandy set of knives and
forks that was layin' upon the dress
er @ith the plates with the hand
painted fruit design up EN-.
"Nothin' much 10 Them said Miss
Connolly. Il guess they didn't cost
.nore'n about s.. They was plated
and it wasn't a tirst-class plate,
either"
"Plated?" cried Frizkic. How Go
zou know they We're plated
why. took EN- out and looked al
them" replied Miss Connolly, placid.
". You can't fool me. All the sill
yer things there was plated except
that little pickle fork that the two
RYAN girls give her. and | seen them
on sale last week over 10 Green
aurs's for one and quarter"
My, Id hate 10 give such an aw.
full little thing anyway, murm:ren
Miss Larson Il think it was a lot
better to club together like US girls
did and give her something big. OuI
silver tray looked like il could have
bought up everything else she had
"Includin' the Teller she married,
said Miss Connolly. Say, wasn't ne
the farmer. though" ! bet he rented
them clothes. He was afraid 10 ST
down in EN-. and the way they III