The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

men wear suits" In England, men
wear suits" but women never. They
wear costumes" And pretty soon she
was talking about the kindergarten in
f. which she has taught for the last yea r
&nd telling OF the antics of her chill
dren-''littIe Wretches' was her pet
name for them. "And how they do
love gum" she remarked. And one
had visions of their little jaws work
ing hard. But it turned out it WASH
that sort of gum she meant-it was
paste. mucilage. you know, to stick
paper together with
I came on a Dutch boat and the
stewardess was most annoying for she
couldn't understand English. 1t made
1t bit difficult. For instance one day
I went TO my stateroom feeling very
ill-exceedingly ill in fact and sat
on my berth holding a handkerchief
TO my mouth and waiting We called
the stewardess and 1 asked for the
basin. l asked it in a loud voice and
/ motioned and tried to explain FL
naIIy light seemed to dawn and she
stopped over and picked up a hair pin
and handed it to one of the other wo-
men in the ROOM
After a reminiscent sigh she fin
ished. she was a perfect ass OF
woman"
Word Considered o. X.
We laughed. 1t was an amusing
story And then her new mother,
Mrs T w. Dare, said, "Doreen, l must
tell you now for fear forget that you
have just used a word we consider
VEIga rity over here"
<'Why WHAT" DOreen asked in per-
fees innocence. And Mrs. Dare eX-
planned that it isn't the habit of ladies
TO call even a stewardess an ass
But she was" was the English
girls comment
She is very English this little lady
who reached Topeka Saturday by eN-
press. The peaches and cream Eng
fish complexion is hers and beautiful
wide gray eyes. Her accent is charm
ing She has the poise and SELF pos
session of an American girl of several
more years. and is more deliberate
than our girls go
And how do you like our men?'
she was asked.
They are so much alike I don't
find them particularly interesting,
was the startling reply, which all
American men should know for the
good of their souls. They all wear
SLOUGH hats pulled down over their
faces and those horrible big glasses
with heavy rims. I can't see why they
wear them when they could see as
well out of smaller ones But they 40
shave so beautifully. In England the
men are apt to have blue chins, and l
do hate blue chins. over here you
never see them. And they seem to
get married so young. I will see n
perfect SthHs79NNA
me he has a wife and family"
To Learn To Drive Car.
Miss Dare is going to learn to drive
her foster parents car. She thinks it
is nice that so many people in Amer
lea have cars We do too. she was in
formed In fact. she seems pretty
well pleased with her new home. She
saws she is tired of hearing dire things
prophesied as they do in England.
They say over there it is to be the
Avorst winter yet. But that is what she
has heard almost all of her life They
are beginning to ration again. 1t is
nice to be in America where the out
look is less disheartening.
Miss Dare expects to be very do
mestic person and learn to cook and
take music lessons and just be- a
''home body" for few years at least.
Miss Dare's address up TO a few
weeks ago was-Strand Cottage, Shall
don. near TeiEnmOuth. South Devon,