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The members Of the Commuter.
Crochet club were comfortably sstsis<
In the facing seats on the f:SS ant
were at work on centerpieces or ha,
crowns. for. 90 Mary. insisted. tn
finished article might be used In eiths.
capacity.
my aunt used to have q, frame for {
lingerie hat" she said. "and II was the
incest thing. because whenever Il Got
soiled she would Just take q crocheted
centerpiece and cover the whole thins
over and it looked a. good a. new
again. -
The other members decided that II
added greatly to the interest Of their
work to have the result so varied IN
Its uses. If you liked to think you were
making centerpiece you might, or II
you preferred . hat crown, you could
think OF 1t as that-it varied the mo.
notony In any case. Mabel was the
only one Of the group who was not al-
together absorbed in the work at hand.
Hidden behind . newspaper in q cor.
ner by the window, she had not taken
out her crochetihg.
What's the news?" asked Sadie.
booking up from her fifth row.
Mabel sighed and lowered the paper.
showing a flushed face in which lines
Of worry were apparent. ITS more
than I can do to follow these summer
politics." she explained. "They are
getting SO involved that even the or
dinarily intelligent woman who wants
to have q working knowledge Of what
Is going on in New York state can
hardly make head or tail Of them"
I know It," said Sadie. I've only
read the headlines lately and I don't
believe Ill ever get the situation
straight In my mind. Won't you tell
us about 1t as far as you understand
it,"
WELL" said Mabel. sitting on the
edge of her seat and speaking with
great delfberation. TITS this way:
sulzer and Whitman and Hennessy
and Roosevelt and Hinman all want to
be governor Of New York. I think
that's right. but I'm not quite sure
whether Roosevelt wants to be a.
much as the others. He'd rather be
president In 1916, guess"
Five Of them," said Sadie, counting
them of on her fingers. Il should've
think Mr.. Sulzer would want to be gov. |
ernor again. He didn't have a very
good time when he was governor be-
fore, did he?"
Mercy. no." said Mabel. but he
says the people call him and he can't !
refuse to run"
That shows a fine spirit, anyway"
said Maude.
1T isn't SO hard for me to get the
In mind even II there are
several new ones every day." said Ma.
bel, "as 1t IN to keep the parties
straight It must have been simple
when there were just the Republicans
Ind Democrats, or even when the
progressives started. but now there
ire the Progressive Democrats and
Progressive Republicans and ever sol
many combinations It seems 70 me. II
ant quite make out how thew are
Inherent from each othdrs II
isn't there something they call, sFu, |
Iion.' tooi" asked the round-faced girl /
. "oh, no.. said Mabel, that's only ipl
,ity politics and they don't count this
rear. It's only state" +
wouldn't Il be awful II they both |
came at the same time some Year,"
Baid Sadie.
Perfectly terrible" said Mabel.
The train stopped and the girls
rolled up their work.
Il hope they don't nominate any
moro candidates or make up any new
parties before night" said Sadie, with
q sigh. IT'S such strenuous work to