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" WfcAT"THEYf TALK ABOUT.'
Couvarsnlloo Overheard on the Siuuiun
llotal I'lasta.
We nil know about the pln.n couversn
Hon Id summer how without any prccon
certed arraugctneut or signals every wom
an In tbu house, excepting those who Are
earning wages, will Rat Into one small
pace at certain hours. It Is generally n
corner where the cast wind doesn't dampen
around too much, and where tlio mall bag
cau be seen approaching. Without ac
knowlcdglng It to herself even It Is these
summer gatherings that woman looks for
ward to to form the bright content of her
summer outing.
Tlio drives, tho baths, the hops, tho
views, all pass like a pleasant panorama ol
last summer before the tho winter woman's
eye, but If she would admit It, sho would
say that the Idle lounging on the piazza,
with tho happy sense of Irresponsibility
from domestic cares, was tho attractive bit
of color to her in the whole picture. Sho
couldn't remember anything that was said,
It was all uousetiso to say they gossiped all
the time; It was simply n subtle agreement
to givo way to Idle thoughts, and idle
thoughts are not so very heinous.
One of theso Inspiring conversations Is
something as follows!
"Where Is Mrs. Lllacf"
"I don't know."
"Neither do L"
"Any hotly knowf"
"No."
Sllcnco and rocking.
"Oh, hero's Mra. Mine."
"Oh, yea; hero sho is."
"Just speaking of you, Mrs. Lilac."
"Yes; I didn't know where you where." i
"Neither did I."
"Nor W I
"Scathe surf this morntugf"
"Yes, Indeed. Graudl" '
"Lovely!" j
"Nevor saw anything liko It." I
"Neither did I." I
"Nor I." I
"Do you bathor" I
"No; doesu't agroo with mo."
"How funny) Doesn't with me."
"Nor mo either."
"Nor me."
"Lota of work to get nil your clothes off."
"And your boots."
"And hair."
"And so sticky you have to really take
two baths."
"Thill's so; you do."
"That'anfact."
"Awful bother."
"So I think."
"Don't you think It Is n very sleepy at
mosphere here)"
"Just what 1 was saying to my husband
the other day."
"Why, so was I."
"I cati't seem to do anything at all."
"Nor accomplish anything."
"Not a thing."
All yawn.
"Do you suppose they'll have blueberry
cakes for supperr"
"I hope so. I lovo them."
"With ayrupr"
"No, sugar."
"Lovely."
"Delicious." ,;.-V
"Ever cat any browser"
"What's browser" ""iS- '
"Never heard of It."
"Neither did I."
"Nor I."
' "Why, It's green huckleberries."
"Oh, is that nil?"
"Thought it wns pudding."
"Or somo klud of breakfast stuff like
oatmeal."
"Or a drink like mint julep."
"So did I."
"Wish we had some mint julep."
"Wouldn't It bo lovely r"
"Do you suppose wo could got anyf"
"Yes. Do your"
"No, 1 don't supposo wo could."
"No, I guess we couldn't."
"Wish we could have n hop here."
"Yes, wouldn't It bo nicer"
"Lots of fun."
"For the young folks."
"Oh, yes; thnt's whnt I mean."
"So do I!"
"We might clear the dining room."
"And trim it up."
"And litrti Uiom' tiddlers in the next
town."
"And all dress upf".
"Of course, all diess up."
"In our very bestr"
"Be lots of work though."
"I kuow It; so It would."
"I don't care much about It."
"Neither do I. I only happened to think
of It."
"So did I."
"Nothing venture, nothing have."
"That's so."
"I wish 1 could bo energetic."
"Energetic people aceomplish so much."
"Don't theyl"
"I love to watch them."
"I do."
All rock.
"See that sail on the water."
"I suppose It's n schoonerr','
"I should say so." v
"I guess It Is."
'.Must l)o."
"Must lie dreadful to be pitched about
so."
"Awfull"
"Wouldn't be ou It for anything."
"Nelther.woifld I"
"Musses you up so to sail." ,
"Spoils your dress."
"And then your nose." ..
"Sored." ".
"And shiny." IK
"Smell the fish!" "
"Smells good."
"Lovely."
"Nice."
"Well, I haven't nccompllshed a thing
today."
"Neither have I."
"Nor I."
"But, then, I never do In summer."
"I don't."
"Idou't pretend to."
"Nor I."
"Every year I say I'm going to."
"Oh. yes, I do too."
"Every spring."
"Yes, so do I."
"But that's all."
"Yes, that's all."
All smile,
"Like to readf"
"Something Interesting."
"Yes, real good."
"Liko 'Miss Meander' lu The Saturday
Evening Gazette!"
"Oh, sometimes I do and sometimes 1
dou't."
"Yes, sometimes she's good and some
times she Isn't."
"Yes, that's whnt I think."
"So do I."
"I do too."
It will be seen that there Isn't the least
element of gossip lu this, yet Tom Jonea
says these piazza conversations somehow
do not tend to elevate his wife. Boston
Saturday Evening Gazette,
A Case for Sympathy.
"The hardened looking wretch In this
fell, 1 presume," snld tho fair caller with a
shudder, "Is somo low thief."
"No, miss," answered the turnkey, "he's
the desperate villain Hint killed his grand
mother." "Why, he Is tho one I'qs looking fori
Poor, dear manl" oxclnlmcd ttoo Impulsive
young woman, "I've brought you somo
nice rtnst turkey and a basket of fruit."
Chicago Tribune.
A Slip of the Tongue.
CITY COURIER,
SATURDAY
BBHRRR
EW YORK'S TENDE.RLOIN CLUB.
An Institution Formed fur tlm Prenerrn
linn of Individuality.
Special Correipondonco.1
New York, July 23. Ono of tho must
marked tendencies of constant resldenco
in a targo city Is the destruction of
strong individualities. Tho closer a man
ticks to town tho mora liko all tit h r
town mon ho becomes. As tho facilities
for travel bocomo greater this tendency
toward sameness of dress, rammers, mid
even of character, is felt farther an.)
AUGUST
8,
i8yi
.
I hi rH i il F Vtij"'k IkJ SumWCbmwm? VA
you will r?' Of '
to school '' 'V
Lady (unmarried) I supposo
hardly remember that wo went
together?
Gentleman Oh. certainly I dol
grown old slnco then beg pnrdou nt
least, I havol Huinorlstlscuo Blatter
Wo have
Children Easily Amused.
"It Is curious," says Colonel (Jlawtrnp,
"how easily the children are nmused. Wo
have nt our suburban home u small vege- I
tablo garden, An which we raise all the
vegetables tlmwc need during tho season
This garde. i Is n source of great delight to
us. It is wonderful whnt a difference
there Is between fresh vegetables and those
thnt havo been carted about for two or
three days. Take, for example, tho cucum
ber. Stale, It is scarcely worth eating; but
picked lu the early morning and eaten
when it Is cool and crisp, tho cucumber Is
a sort of vegetable champagne
"At the family table I havo given full
and frequent expression to my views on
fresh vegetables, and the children havo
now for some reason come to regard them
with n certain degree of levity. This year
they planted a little garden of their own,
which has weined to afford them consider
ablo pleasure They have raised a few
' radishes aim other vegetables that are
! easily cultivated. One ulght nt dinner 1
1 found at my plate a whito dish containing
1 ono radhdi
j " 'We thought, pupa,' said Maud, 'that
you would like to eat something that came
Dtit of our garden. '
"'So I would,' I said, and as I tasted tho
radish 1 added- 'How easy It Is to tell a
JOHN KKI.I.KIt.
IFIrst President of tho Tenderloin Chili.
farther nwuy from tho thickly jwpulntod
centers; and this in claimed by somo U
bo tho principle reason why modern
works of fiction aro so much stronger in
plot and Incident than in the presenta
tion of uniquo types of character.
Tho novelists aro complaining that
thero aro no moro "characters," unless
ono looks for them in uncivilized parts
of the country whero tho shriek of tho
locomotive is u thing talked about but
never heard, and that whero such a
character is found it is moro interesting
to tho naturalist as a rura avis than to
readers of light literature as a character
in a story, for tho mujority of renders
will refuso to beliovo in tho existence of
such a being. It has been discovered,
moreover, that tho higher a man's social
standing is tho more strongly ho resem
bles all Xo other men of his social rank.
The younger men in club llfo particu
larly are hardly distinguishable one from
another, except in the matter of noses,
mouths and chins, which still weakly
suggest theidenof heredity, and by close
observance of tho current mode of wear
ing the hair of tho head and faco even
all small physiognomical differences are
swept away. Tho thing most deprecated
in modem club life Is originality in any
thing that a man is, says, wears or does.
vpi?rjili1n t lint i mall v fresh. You can
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miriy Hiueil wiu uuurui iiiocartu uuuui.ii iiu oiiguivai. ummuuu . v.i.o ....-
"Thls set Maud and Clarence wild, lliey , ciple is "deuced bad form, don't you
pranced about liko young Indiana and
laughed until they couldn't laugh any
more, men .Matm gaspeu out.
" 'Why, papal mamma Iwught that of a
vegetable man a week ago, and It's been lu
tho refrigerator ever since!'
"Then tho children exploded again, and
even Mrs. Clnwtrup smiled." Now York
Sun.
In Partnership.
He entered a barber shop In Jersey City
the other morning and took n sent lu tho
I chnlr without a word. A young man who
! was rending a paper laid it aside and lath
' ered him, and then sat down and resumed
his newspaper
"What sort or business do you call tni.sr
demanded tho customer after waiting threo
or four minutes.
"Partnership," was tho calm reply
"What do you mean?"
"Why, I lather and my partner shaves.
Uo'a gone to breakfast, but will be back
Insldo of fifteen minutes." New York
Evening World.
Progress und Poverty.
Mr. Ullgate (entertaining a friend at Ills
luburban home) 1 haven't much elegance
i to offer you, but this modest little home is
tho result of years or self sacrifice, and It Is
1 very dear to me.
I His Gucst-Oh, this is delightful! By
tlio way, who owns that elegant mauslou
.- . i.. ....,..
Btlgate Oh, that belongs to one of my
traveling men. Clothier uud Furnisher.
Oblivion. "
Dashaway (calling on Miss Slliusou)
Well, Willie (to her young brother), what
prank have you been up to lately?
Willie I pulled it lot of hair out of sis
ter's head yesterday.
Dashaway I shouldn't think you would
want to bo so cruel to your sister as that.
Willie-Oh, sho didn't know It. Brook
lyu Life
Horrible.
Aunt (ending her tdory) And three lieu
tenants fell lu the attack
College Girl And Is It possible there are
people In tills world heartless enough to
kill a lleutenantr-'Fliegundo Blatter
Too Literal.
Poverty Stricken Suitor Be mlno,
Amauda, and I will treat you likenu angel!
Amanda I jdiould think sol Nothing to
eat, and still lass to wear Not mo! Figaro.
The Irrepressible Hoy.
lie worried the eat,
He played rut-tnt-tat
I1 On tho window panes, fully an hour by the
clock!
Ho tried roller skates
Whero dlslu-s and plates
In Jeopardy lay, till somo fell with n shock.
Wltbun Indian jell
On tlio doll's house lie fell.
And added that poor dully' sc&lp to Ids bolU
Tlieti knocked off lis toes.
Anil Its fair (iretlan ntuo-
Wblch same was of wax ho proceeded to melt.
Two tuba bo upset.
Without ono regret;
Uo stood on his hood till his face turned sky
blue:
A curtain tie tore,
And then sighed for moro
Inventively mischievous things ho might do.
He hid grunny's "specs"-
Hut that didn't vox;
Her face brightened up with his fun and his
noise.
"One sweet kiss repaid
for nil!" so she snld.
Resignedly adding that "boys will bo boys!"
liut slrangestof nil,
At night's qulot fall.
How meekly how placidly this rogue would
sayi
"Uood night, ronmma dear!
flood night, papa, dear!
I've tried hard to be such n good boy today!"
-Oeorgo Cooper lu Independent.
know."
It was purhups a year ago that a few
literary men, some newspaper writers,
somo artists and n dozen or so of men
nbout town with no fixed occupation,
1 decided that the situation had Income
J alarming and was a reproach to tho in-
I tellect of tho country. Tho evil was at
its worst in the clubs, so they attacked
tho disease with the weapon of home
opathy similiu similibus curantur and
started another club. This club was
given the nickname of tho polico pro
duct in which its first homo was located,
tho "Tenderloin," so called because of
I tho thoroughbred character of the larger
class of its residents. It was decreed at
the outset that members of this club
should, when in the clubrooms, 8cak
, and act according as the spirit moved
l them, without reference to tho feelings
of other members. Any member was nt
liberty to ting a song, make it stioech or
read selections of his own poetry, and
all tho other members wero nt liberty, it
was oven urged upon them as their duty,
to comment audibly on such perform
ances without regard to the nuturo of
I the comment suggested by tho quality
of the said musical, oratorical or poetical
offering.
It came about, thetelore, one evening
that some verses recited by a particular
ly terrible poet of an especially amiable
disposition were received .with a storm
of hisses, to which thero was uo possible
doubt Unit every one in tho room contrib
uted. Instead of being utterly crushed,
tho poet beamed iihjii his audience and
said:
"I thuuk you, gentlemen. Tho Tender
loin club, original in till things, is esjw
cially original in its manner of express
ing its approval I thank you, gentle
men." As a mouumeut to the poet's wit the
hiss was thereupon declared to be the
Tenderloin club's highest mark of appro
bation, and since that tiino many a pub
lic favorite, who in an evil hour has ac-
i .1 i..i.t. i !a..u.. i jr. ... ..l
I cepieu mo cuius iiuspiiumy, iiiis miuc-iuu
I such temporary humiliation as was never
, thrust upon him from parquet or gallery
But when the, members have thoroughly
enjoyed the consternation of a guest he
is gravely informed by v'ue presiding offi
cer that he may consider himself tumul
tuously applauded. This explanation be
ing made at one timo to Otero, the Span
ish dancer, she responded quickly:
"I urn vare happy to know suit. If
evair zair should be von hees in ze thea
ter zcu 1 shall kuow zat von membair of
ze Tenderloin club ees present.'"
Whether the individualities that arc
thus being preserved and developed by
the Tenderloin club will bo of value to
the novelists is something for tho future
to determine.
Want More I'uy and No Tips.
It will bo welcome news to Americans
going ubroad that the system of1 "tip
ping" servants is dying out in England
This announcement is based on the state
ment of Mr Harford, secretary ol the
Amalgamated Society of Railway Serv
ants. In the courso of examination Iw
fore the houso of commons committee ou
the hours of railway servunU, this wit
ness said that the guards would rather
have extra pay and do without their
tips. Tips were "not worth much in
theso days," and their tendency was to
demoralize the recipient. It would be
Instructive to know upon what statistics
Mr. Harford I omuls his statement as to
the decadence of tipping.
X&t
LOVE'S LEGEND GAVOTTE.
Und by jwrmission of Hitchcock ll Mc&wjo Publishing Co., New York
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