The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-09

and Caroline beamed on her with the return of q lot. of the fire and spirit of the yo6th that, hanging on the doled out affections of Lee Greenfield, had starved in her.
 And it was characteristic of Jane and her methods that it took much less time than it. takes me to write it, for her to get all the greetings over with, explain that she had sent me a letter telling me that she was coming that had gone astray, get every body named and ticketed in her mind and get us all back to business.
 Aunt Augusta explained the situation to her with so much feeling and elo- quence that she swept us all off our feet, and when she was ready to put the question again to us as to our will ingness to embark on our defiance of our fellow townsmcn, the answer of enthusiastic acquiescence was ready for her.
 "Of course, as none of you have any official municipeI status, the invitation will have to be given informally, in a social way, to the commission through Miss Shelby's friend, MT. Richard Hal,'' said Jane, when Aunt Augusta had called on her to give us her opin- ion of the situation in general and the mode of procedure. .'We find it best in all women questions of the present to do things in a perfectly legal and parliamentary way ; : Must we tell them about it or not?' asked Mamie, in a wavering voice, looking up devoutly at Jane, who had held young Ned against the stiff white linen shirt of her travelling dress just as comfortably as if he were her own seventh.
 Did they consult you before decid- ing to refuse your suggestion?" asked Jane; calmly and thoughtfully.
 'sThey did not,'' trumpeted Aunt Au- gusta.
 '@Then wouldn't it be the most reg u1ar way to proceed to get an accept ance of the invitation from the com mission and then extend them one to be present?" pronounced Jane cooIly. seemingly totally unconscious that she was exploding a bombshell!
 tIt would, and we will consider it so settled" answered Aunt Augusta dom- inatingly.
 This quick and revolutionary decf- sion gave me shock. could see that a woman doesn't like to feel that there is a stick of dynamite between her and
 
 under his chin or her cheek to his, but advanced women must suffer that. Still I'm glad that the Graz is on our side of the fence felt sorry for Ma mic and Caroline, and Sallie looked a tragedy.
 In fact, shade of depression was about to steal over the spirits of the meeting when Aunt Augusta luckily called, for the discussion of plans for thc rally.
 Feeding other human beings is the natural, instituted, physiological, patho- logical. metaphysical and spiritual out let for woman's nature, and that fs why she Is so happy when she gets out her family recipe book for 8 called re- hearsal for the funetioning of her hos pitality. The revolution went home happy and excited ever the martialing of their fieshpots.
 I'm glad Jane is asleep across the hall tonight. If I had had to shoulder all this outbreak myself I would have compromised by instituting a campaign Of wheedling the like of which this town never suffered, and then when tkis glorious rally was finally pulled Off the cajoled masculine population would have fairly sweIled with pride over having done it.
 Cro be G.onttuued.)