The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-04-29
MABEL'S CH|TCHAT
The Woman Who's Determined to
Please Too Much.
HOPELESS TO CHOKE HER OFF
Chatting Dish Set In Crash Towelina 10
Just tho Gift For Hostess Who 10
Fond OF Entertaining informally At
Supper or Luncheon.

New York from week end spent with
Margaret w, aud ! never leave her
charming country home without the
uncomfortable feeling that have been
extremely rude. Margaret Is one OF the
few remaining specimens OF politeness
left IL us in this rude. busy age. In
deed she is So anxious Ia he nice and
10 have her guests enjoy themselves
that she defeats her own good object
nv being too SOLICITORS Of their well he
ing In other words, she is one Of those
pressing people who make the aver
age woman feel like saying things"
mt times
Here is an example OF what | mean:
Wont you have one " these cakes,
! DEAR" she cried one afternoon al tea,
her bright eyes falling on my empty
| plate
Thank YOU very much, but I've
quite finished
"Oh. hut You must try one of these.
They're homemade"
I'm sure they are delicious hut
really
Just one. now: Just 10 please me-
So ! was obliged To meekly DISPOSE
OF the cake. and as soon rs ! had come
To the last crumb Margaret began
again.
Now I'm sure you will have another,
won't you?'
NO. thank you, really, Margaret.
ooh. do: have not nearly finished
yet DO keep me company. Or per
haps you did not like my cake
at was splendid" ! managed 10 re
ply. quite honestly, for Margaret Is a
fine cook. But. truly
Well. il was all of. Margaret smiled
sad, wistful smile. which said as
plain as words. Tin 40 sorry you
didn't care for II. for IL you had you
would have taken another one"
She doesn't seem 10 realize that, how
ever nice n cake may he. there exists
10 the vulgar mind such thing as
well. repletion is the prettiest term l
can call IL. though very small people
have expressed the same meaning by
announcing that they are full now"
Then one day Margaret began talk
ing 81 new spring frocks. and ! was
foolish enough to say that ! was think
ing Of changing my dressmaker.
The very chance for YOU to try the
little woman who made my green
gown She's so smart and So cheap.
She lives at There. I've forgotten,
hut I'll loci it up in my address book
and let you know"
Now. MS matter ~ fact. ! don't ad-
mire Margaret's green gown I'm the
least. and Dick said 1t was shrek
OF fashion,
Trying Ia he tactful. I appreciativ"ly
looked M Margaret and replied; Don't
bother. dear. | think perhaps after all
I'll give Nine Blank another chance
Yes. but you may as well have the
address, maynt You? And I'm going
10 her this week. and If she says she
cannot take any more orders Just now
I'll mention that you are n friend Of
mine Or-or maybe II would be bet
ter for you Ia come with me"
Margaret is always fun Of plans. and.
them fall again will hurt her feelings,
! temporized by saying. "l'll think 1t
over"
And so we went on every minute OF
the time spent with her. feeling the
most ungracious creature on the earth.
for Margaret never can see that she
has said enough Yet she Is n dear
and does mean So we'll
Why don't go To Ferncliffe next sum
mer? why don't | take her remedy
for sore throat? Why don't | take n
ticket for the current event talks? Why
don't go Ia her dentist?
And indeed don't know why ! don't
do many of these things except that !
don't particularly want to.
Dick and never look forward to
our visits To Margaret. simply because
we find II So hard Ia get away. We
plead that we have engagements In
town. Wont they hold over"
DO you remember Sam Weller's re-
ply TO his father when that dear old
gentleman suggested that his letter tn
Mary, the housemaid. was rather short?
MOI UT VI u. SHlU SHHl. she u
wish there vos moro. and that's the
great art ~ letter writn'."
Somehow those words always come
into nay head as travel home from
! Margaret's.
| wonder. Elsa. how you will like the
| doilies and centerpiece I am making
| for u friend who does n lot Of informal
entertaining chatting dish parties and
the like. The set is OF blue and white
barred tea toweling, \ yard and five
eighths ~ eighteen inch wide toweling
makes the twelve doiles. which are
| nine Inches square. A square of the
towellng was too narrow to make n
| good looking centerpiece. So compro
ised on m oblong table runner
The edges of both doilies and center.
( piece are finished with heavily padded
| buttonhpIing done with mercerized cot
ton the shade NJ the blue bar in the
crash Across the center ~ each dolly
and M both ends NJ the runner center
f, piece viii ~" placed the initials of tho
! owner In cross stitch. carried ont in
two shades ~ blue on n polished ma.
hcganv table the set Is stunning.