Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-06

only IN whisper ana NOT IN the pres
ence Of her parents. She was a tall
handsome girl with blue eyes blonde
hair, perfect teeth and complexion,
and almost Il perfect figure. Here
she was, at last brought up TO the
point of comingout party.
1t had been a curious and rather
unfortunate bringing up that the girl
had suffered. She had been the pride
of a mothers heart and the occupier
of that position is apt to achieve great
success in supplying mothers friends
with topics of conversation. Phyllis
had been fiattered and INDUCED. Mrs.
Bing was entitled to much credit, hav-
ing been born of poor and illiterate
parents in small village on the Hud-
son little south of the capital. She
was pretty and grew up with longing
for better things. j. Patterson got
her at a bargain in an Albany depart
ment store where she stood all day
behind the notion counter. "At a bar
gain" it must be said. because on
the whole, there We're higher values
i'm her personality than in his. She
had acquired that common Bertha
Clay habit Of assocating with noble
lords who lived in cheap r0manceS
and had taste for poor but honest
girls. The practical J. Patterson hated
that kind of thing. But his wife kept
a supply Of these highly favored nov
els hidden in the little flat and spent
her leisure reading them.
One of the earliest recollections of
PHYLLIS was the caution. Don't tell
father received on the hiding Of Il
book. Mrs. Bing had bought. in those
weak. pinching times of poverty. eN-
travagant things for herself and the
girl and gone in debt for them. Col
lectors had come at times to get their
1Aoney with impatient demands.
The Bings were living in a city
those days. Phyllis had been Wit
ness of many interviews of the kind.
All along the way of life. she had
heard the oft-repeated Injunction
Don't tell father" She came TO re-
gard men as creatures who were not
to be told When Phyllis got into
scrape at school. on account of lit
file Irritation. and Mrs. Bing went to
see about it. the two agreed on keep
ing the salient facts from father
dressmaker came after Phyllis
arrived to get her ready for the party.
The afternoon of the event, j. Patter-
son brought the young people OF the
best families of HaZelmead by special
train to Bingville. The CrOokerS, the
Witherills the AmeSes, the RenfreWs
and number of the most popular stu
dents in the Normal school were also
invited. They had the famous string
band from HaZelmead to furnish mu-
sic. and Smith-an impressive young
English butler whom they had brought
from New York on their last return.
Phyllis wore gown which Judge
Cro0ker described as "the limit" He
said to his wife after they had gone
home: "Why, there was nothing on
her back but a pair of velvet gal
lowses and when | stood in front of
her my eyes were scared"
"NIrs. Bing calls it high art" said
the judges wife.
II call it down pretty close to see
level" said the judge. when she
clinched with those young fellers and
went wrestling around the room she
reminded me of a grapevine growing
on a tree"
The reaction on the intellect of the
Judge quite satisfies the need of the
historian Again the Old Spirit of
Bingville had received notice. 1t is
only necessary to add that the punch
was strong and the house party over
the weekend made good deal Of talk
by fast driving around the country in
motOrcars on Sunday and by loud
singing in boats on the river and
noisy play on the tennis courts. That
kind of thing was new TO Bingville.
When it was all over Phyllis told
her mother that Gordon King-One of
the young men-had insulted her
when they had been out IN a boat to-
gether on Sunday. Mrs. Bing was
shocked. They had talk about it up
In Phyllis bedroom ut the end of