New Britain herald., 1915-12-24
|REVELATIONSOF A WIFE
By ADELE GARRIsON

else save cup of tea, or, I think I will take coffee with the fish, I lunched before leaving home" Nothing at all, except some rolls" Very we'll" Then to the waitress.
 TWO orders of devilled crab meat in shells. one order of French fried po- tatoes, one order of that salad of as- paragus tips you gave me the other day, remember?" She shot the ques- tion at the girl as if 1t had been a bullet. Perfectly, madam"
 Then two orders of those crisp little tea rolls, two pots of coffee, and I'll decide upon my dessert later. Will you have the order hurried?"
 I'll do my best" The young woman vanished into a door under meath the old staircase. My eyes fol- lowed her with pleasure She was so quiet, so efficient, so good to look upon that I felt the little restaura mt was to be congratulated upon having her.
 Mrs. Smiths eyes followed mine
 She's quite unusual" she said, an- swering my unspoken thought Fan cies herself a bit above her station, l imagine, but she doesn't let it in- terfere with her work"
 The ''Modest'' Remuneration.
 I began to dislike Mrs. Smith. The young woman who had taken our order was no ordinary waitress. Her voice was as soft, her manner of speech as cultured, her appearance as refined as Mrs. Smiths own. Yet the tone in which the older richer woman had spoken was full of snobbery and uncomfortable.
 "As I explained in my letter. she began, 'the Lotus Study club has de- cided to have a history section for the latter part of this year, and we shall probably wish to continue it Text year if 1t proves successful. There will be one afternoon each week devoted to 1t. We should like you to take the leadership of it if we can agree as to terms''
 "What particular branch of history do you wish to take up?" asked. History is rather a large order, you know" / "I know that" she replied inn patiently, "But I think you will be expected to outline your own course. This is only an experiment which we are conducting because a number of the members have requested such course.
 Personally, do not care for it. I think we have enough problems of today to study without delving into the past. But many of the members have been reading about the war, and they wish to study about the coun- cries involved"
 "Oh, see," said suddenly en1ight- ened "You wish to take up briefly enough of the history of the countries at war to understand the reason Tor the great struggle
 "I don't wish to take up anythlrg, she replied wearily. "but the women who want to join the course wish just that. If you can outline your course, naming some easily accessible books of references, and be ready to start a week from next Wednesday at o'clock I shall be very glad. The course will be one of sixteen weeks, one lecture each week. Next year, 1T long,"
 did not know whether I was ex- pected to reply to Mrs. Smith or not. I soon saw that she had something more to say.
 ''Now as to compensation she said briskly. "I am authorized to offer you $20 per lecture. know that it is not what you might get from an older or richer club, but it is all we can offer"
 I was silent for moment. I did not wish Mrs. Smith to know how de- lighted I was with the amount of money offered.
 "I think that will be satisfactory