The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-03

Going Into
society

vi. I!till'--i S'L'. t'i'- '\f.'.F- -''N -
had been consumed. and iHat Is we're
Going to GO out more, This sizing e
sitting around home al no time can
| be overdoHc.
From now On" lie adGeG. were
sci!g around among pc"pie AID to the
heater occasionally. We've been stick
nc around here Evenings. getting Old
before our time is up - ns 70 gin
ger up q BIT ard get out 70 see our
| friends more Or we wont nave any
| friends. It makes people ali go to
seed to stay IN their shell weeh in
! and week out From now cE were GO
| ing to operate on a diffaren; sys-
| tenn
I've often thought the same thing
agreed Mrs Trimmer, but supposed
| that you preferred being at home in
| the evening Lots Of times I've want
ed to go out but didn't like to sug-
| gest it when you seemed so comfort
able at home and so interested in
your papers"
Well, there's evidently been some
Misunderstanding said Trimmer,
agreeably, for don't like anything
better than to have an evening of So
cial diversion now and then. It's
just what need Mans a social being,
and if he doesn't enjoy the society OF
other people occasionally, outside of
business hours, there's something more
or less abnormal about him, that's
ALL"
WED better take in the Bronsons'
musicale, then" suggested Mrs. Trim
mer. ITS week from tomorrow night
and we're sure to be invited. Mrs.
Bronson was saying something about
it the other day"
"All right said Trimmer, but l
was just about to say that ! had tick
cts for the theater tomorrow night.
So don't make any other plans
Trimmer remarked that he'd had a
rather strenuous day when he got
home the next evening. After sup
per he lay down on the lounge.
Wed better be getting ready if
We want to be at the theater on time
suggested Mrs. Trimmer shortly after
seven o'clock
Huh" grunted Trimmer with a
yawn This is the night we were
going to the show, isn't 1t? Well, get
your things on and III be ready when
you are"
Mrs. Trimmer fastened to obey.
Somebody was telling me-" remark
ed Trimmer as they were leaving the
house, that the show isn't much good,
after all. I'm not as keen about it as
l was" Then they went on and wait
ed for the car
After dinner, one week later, Trim
mer put on his slippers, got into an
| old lounging coat and leaned back
| in the big morris chair with a salts
| fed expression while he looked over
the paper. A few minutes later he
| went over and got couple of his
pipes. off the center table and started
| to clean them up.
This always used to be my ia
vorite smoke-this pipe right here"
he confided to Mrs. Trimmer, but it's
got SO caked up lately it'll scarce
draw at all. Now's good time to
clean 1t up. Then, after l get it into
shape I've got magazine with
couple Of cracking good stories that
want to read to you"
You'll scarcely have time to do all
that, will your inquired Mrs. Trim
mer smiling You know this is the
| night of the Bronsons' musicale. It's
about time that you put on your dress
suit. I've got everything laid out for
you"
What's that" Trimmer looked up,
startled. Musicale, you say? Haven't
you been little previous in accepting
invitations to such things without con.
sulting me? You know very we'll how
stand on trotting around in the
! evening in a dress suit When | get
through work at the Office l want to
come home and rest Rest, mind you.
That's what want to do. And it isn't
much rest for me to 60 chasing about
with lot of pinheads that imagine
they're deriving enjoyment out of that
kind of SO called classical stuff they
play at these musicale things.
There isn't one person in 400"
stormed Trimmer, that really likes to
sit and look pleased over the teedle-
de-tum stuff that they label classical.
But they make an awful bluff about
fairly doting on just such highbrow
vocal and instrumental palaver. Mush!
"Whoro'd tho i1oo
was willing to be dragged out to such
an affair as that, anyway? I'd have
to talk to a lot of light weights that