Show Humoring the Girls The other day Mrs McFrivol of Van Ness avenue entered her parlor where her four daughters were waiting for the carriage car-riage t take them to the Bigwallettes ball and said My dear girls I have just received a letter in a black bordered envelope from London where you know your Uncle William has been seriously ill for Great heavens exclaimed the young ladies beginning t weep Of course there is every reason to suppose sup-pose dont make your noses red for gracious gra-cious sake to suppose that it contains sad news but But mawl exclaimed the tearful quartet quar-tet just look at all our new gowns and and everything Exactly continued the modern Cornelia Cor-nelia I was going on to say that while the worst is to be feared on the other hand we really know nothing definite a yet and considering the circumstances have concluded not to open the letter until tomorrow to-morrow morning And repowderiug their noses with grateful grate-ful smiles the girls rustled beamingly out San Francisco Examiner |