| Show CONFIDENTIAL CHAT The women of even the south have been driven to express their griefs publicly on the servant girl terror The ladies of Asheville Ashe-ville North Carolina held a meeting lately and formed a union offensive and defensive defen-sive against the peregrinating slatterns who destroy domestic peace and comfort in this country by pretending to do kitchen work The Asheville ladies agreed on I plan of campaign They formed n stiff housekeepers union all members pledging themselves to abide by the rules established They established scale of y estblshed 2 graded prices to be determined by the capacity of the girl and the length of service in one family This will work much good if the plan is strictly adhered to A housekeepers protective I pro-tective union is one of the needed organizations organiza-tions of the nation It should extend allover al over the country i Wo are still in favor of disfranchisement disfranchise-ment says the leader of the Liberal 01 gnu we are still in favor ct giving our votes to your opponent says Young Utah There is but one issue in the present campaign disfranchisnient of voters who have never broken any law to please the whim of those who would ruin i they cannot can-not rule and who would ruin i they did rule Let every voter do his duty and the pestle of disfranchismcnt will besnowed under so deeply that he and Poohbah Powers will be found occupying the same shelf i Scene 1 Office of Society Topics Enter a brisk odor of red herrings and lager beer followed by seedy individual in ecoliete broadcloth with dried beer trimmings trim-mings Proprietor Society Topics Hello Zola dye want to make a stamp Seedy individual promptly Well I should relax my facial expression Proprietor Society Topics Well just taken take-n a few of the hotel registers this morning and see whos in town Scene 2Front St Marc Hotel Seedy individual humbly approaching deskBeg pardon sir but can I glance over your register for one moment Clerk haughtily Heyl Seedy Individual meeklyI asked whether I could glance over your register for one moment Hope sir you have no objection ection sir Clerk with magnificent scorn Well rush it Ill give you just two minutes to look over the list and fling yourself out into sidewalk again Time SceneS Office of Society Topic Seedy individual hard at work as follows fol-lows on Lounger paragraphs While glancing languidly over the register regis-ter in the lobby of the St Marc yesterday I almost dropped my cheroot a reminiscence reminis-cence by tho way of a delightful evening spent with Sir Lionel Westgate of Her Majestys Lifes and a select set of gay I I club men as I remarked I almost dropped my cheroot in surprise to run across the autograph of my old chum the Count do la Frommbosio So the count is once more basking in the sunlight and chic of Gotham society Well well I as we would say on the Bourse Cc mOl e cat plcin dcous I I I remember aright I first met the count at Baden where we were both taking the waters His persistent attentions to Miss Madeline X a fair young bud of two seasons was the talk of the clubs Many were the rumors etc Journalist The loyal American citizen is not one who would disfranchise his opponent in order that an election might be won Therefore the Liberal candidate OldManAfraidHo WontGetEnoughVotes is not an American Ameri-can and is not entitled to hold the responsible position to which he aspires as-pires The Utah boy will not be found voting for the man who has done his little best to shove through Congress the miserable dls franchisement bill When the Utah boy so far forgets himself a to cast his vote for auch a fellow Arthur L Thomas will be found truthful on the Mormon question I have always been thought to be a pretty good fellow said the latest addition to the list of defeated Liberal aspirants for Congressional honors but in a few days from now you will discover just how bad I a All that is necessary is to peruse the testimony in the case of Carter vs Good win to discover how thoroughly spotless and unassailable WhiteSouled Goodwin is k It was at Spirit Lake at the very limit of the pier says the Omaha Republican They were all alone There was no moon but the stars were big and bright and so full of selfconceit that they looked at themselves in the water and winked Far out a boat slid noiselessly along In a nearer boat afar a-far tenor voice carelessly half hummed half sang a common love song From the hotel came now and then a twang of the strings of the orchestra of mandolins On such a night as this did Dido stand upon the wild sea bank and wave her love to come again to Carthage On such a night as this did Jessicabut a truce to the bard I It was the sort of a night on which a man could make love r his own wife I and those two Edouard and Alicia had not yet bespoken be-spoken their vows Do you know any thin about the stars inquired Edouard in a voice like the murmur mur-mur of the wind in summer trees A little answered Alicia tenderly I know some of the constellations Great Bearthe Yes interrupted Edouard I know all about the big bear and I can find the north star but right over there is a group Do you know the name of that And Edouard threw his arm across Alicias shoulder and pointed tp a cluster of shining worlds in the East Alicia leaned towards him I dont know what that isshe breathed a one who did not care And there is another constellation just over our heads Edouard passed his arm around her neck and placing his hand un der her chin so tilted it that i would be easy for her to see And then to Alicias eyes the heavens became one grand carnival carni-val of constellations Shooting stars chased each other athwart the firament comets played riotous games among the planets and finally there came a soft and raidant blur which hid them all Edouard had kissed Alicia c d d |
