The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-10
/FLIMSEY'S MAIDEN SPEECH

them sweetly and with much enthusi
lasm. 1t was not the first time Flimses
/ had been chosen to serve them. Hel
! grandfathers had both distinguishes
/ themselves in battle. and one of their
! had fallen leading a charge. Numberles:
uncles and cousins too. had fought un-
| der the Confederate flag, and time and
again she had gone to their reunions al
an honored guest and she loved every
veteran of them. And they loved hel
acoringly. They delighted in her beauty
and wit and pretty airs and graces. And
1t always suited her to be at her best
with these old men wnom she SO de-
/ lighted to honor.
| 1t was a great distinction they had
bestowed upon her this time, one that
filled her young heart with pride. She
had been sponsor to divisions before,
many times, and had been maid-of-h honor
to other sponsors but never before had
she been sponsor in -chief.
This meant that for week she would
reign as queen with the veterans and
sons of veterans of the entire state 70
do her homage.
with an escort of honor. and with her
riaids. appointed from other towns,
would reign in the hearts OF thousands
% men who would vie with one another
for her favor.
When she left them at last. the Colonel
still walking with her. there were tears
ir her eyes.
II love them every one,,s she said,
from General Mcintosh to old Pauper
Jim
And they love you, F1imsey." said the
Colonel "and both are honored."
III.
Fiimsey was waltzing to a onestep,
because the Colonel couldn't onestep, and
the Colonel was stepping on her toes
because he couldn't waltz.
What the Colonel was saying to him.
self was: Damn this new-fangled mu-
sic. anyhow What he was saying to
Flimsey was: You waltz like an angel,
my dear,'
Colonel. you are the dearest old
fraud said FIimsey. III ali the gen.
t;emen OF the old school were like you
don't wonder everybody Is just crazy
about them I'm old fashioned enough
myself to wish for the days when men
wore knickerbockers and manners in
stead of the latest rag n clothes and
conversation
"Flimsey.v said the Colonel. that's
the first time I ever knew you to make
a tactless speech How old do you think
am, anyhow
F1imsey's laughter rippled.
Just twenty-one tonight. Colonel"
Il wish were." said the Colonel. ar
IDENTITY
Colonel" said F1imsey. as they sat
down the stairs while he famed her
violently and pulled with his exertions,
what an adorable lover you must have
been No wonder Miss Matte married
you and IL just as much in love with
you today az she ever was"
The Madam" said the Colonel. AL
ways looks through the rose-colored
lenses of youth-she can never grow old,
God bless her."
Il love her dearly said F1imsey, and
think she loves me q little"
Everybody In Pinoch1e loves you.
F1imsey''
Il believe they do" said FrIimsey. I'll
wonder why? / have never been prim
and proper. ~ descendant of such m
imposing line Of ancestry ought 20 b.
Maybe its because I've always been 70
poor they just wanted to make II ND to
me-"
TITS because you are 20 rich. said che
Colonel Rich IN youth and bonuty ana
charm You have. with III your via
Ways. my dear, wonderful chnrm. Your
quick little tongue can't ht6o x0ur -,
warm heart, B1im8ey- You have n - 1