The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-06
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Once upon a time a Married Lady
with Perfectly Good Husband and
Three Remarkable Children met a
Long Lost Friend of her Girlhood in a
tea room.
Now the Friend of her Girlhood
was still Spinster, or, as she pre-
ferred to call it, a Bachelor Girl. In
stead of Perfectly Good Husband
and Three Remarkable Children she
had Vocation. She painted Nina
lures on ivory and she lived in a
Studio with another Bachelor Girl and
Three Angora Cats.
Now after these Two Friends had
fallen upon each others necks in true
Friend of-one' s-Girlhood style, they
drew off and began to talk as fast as
they could.
For awhile each one asked questions
about the others Special Interests and
Pretended to listen to the answer, but
before very long they began to act
more Natural, and this is the way the
dialogue ran:
The Married Lady: my dear. you
must come and see me. We have the
dearest little house on Rose street. 1t
has eight rooms and two baths, and
the cunningest little yard for the
babies to play inl'
Girlhood Friend: ''Is that. so ? 1
wish I had a yard for my cats, but 1
have to give them their airing on the
roof"
The Married Lady: "Is that so?
could see her play with it. She's too
cunning for anything"
Girlhood Friend: Yes, dear.
know she must be. I've been painting
are rather hard subjects, but Mrs. L.
thought 1 did wonders with her little
girl. You probably know Mrs. L., the
suffrage leader?"
The Married Lady: mo, dear, I
never heard of her. Speaking of pic
lures, 1 think Gretchen is going to
have artistic talent. She draws the
incest pictures on her slate. You can
almost guess what they are meant for
without her telling you
C5irlhood Friend: How nice! My
dear. met the stunningest man the
other day. Just the type you used to
love. dark hair and grey eyes and
The Married Lady: How nice! Do
you know my husband has grown
quite fat. I tell him I shall have to
get another cook If this one has that
effect on him. We have the best cook
RS employment bureau"
Girlhood Friends: did you really?
AS was saying, that man is one of
the most interesting people I ever met.
incest people. He promised to have
a tea in his studio and invite some Of
them to meet me-
The Married Lady: did he really ?
L uSeu TO go TO a lot OF teas, myself,
but 7 can't now-I have the babies.
You know Gretchen is rather sickly.
She is only five and has had the
the mumps, whooping cough
and scarlet fever already
At this juncture the Girlhood Friend
remem bered an appointment, and
they kissed each other goodby Ador-
ingly and promised to meet again
Soon.
That night the Married Lady told
her Perfectly Good Husband that she
had met her Girlhood Friend. "And
she paints pictures and goes around
with Bohemian people, she said. "And
she can't talk of anything else. new
er saw anyone so self conferred"
That night the Bachelor Girl told
the Other Bachelor Girl that she had
met her Married Lady Friend. "And
all she could talk about was her hus-
band and the babies, just like all the
rest. Strange how narrow married
women geti"
And do you know, neither the
Bachelor Girl nor the Married Lady
ever suspected that she was the least
bit funny.