Show T BITS OF COLOR Some society women carry a chatelaine I full of hot cinders ovory lime the po out to meet their U devoted friends and with onn hand glovwl In asbestos fling showers of the redhot panicles among the dif ferent groups that are chatting about the rooms At a recent function n yellow something or other uncton n qua low charmIng girl ono plump woman sat among tho I pillows on a divan bolting very funny 1 and uncomfortiihlo She was breathing I hard laced to Lilt limit and looked like I r 1 unc lke a caricature of I I n marchioness painted on an Ivory fan Sh > was noiir 8t the world I I and pxprcnfpd lur disapproval of walle every i thing and everybody i A little woman who has Justly earned I the title or hornet approached her and 1 I all 1 suppose youll give a big check at the charity tea you owe It for your I past sns Hum grunted thin other flustered and puffing harder J people went by thai youd owe your life ptoph Time said a gallant who had over heard and tho hornet flow one on-e a Sydney Carton hal Just finished his lit fnlshclhls tie stunt on tho toy Rulllotlno whon ho thinks t It IP a far far Ixltcr thing lie docs than he has over done the curtain fell and tho orchestra was playing a Moorish saraband while the people vIfKe l out Jlell Squeezed In the Ion line of men and women wo-men was a society lender and her escort who won1 loo maiy clothes and who looked with disdain at the folks around them They were talking of the play HH they went up the aisle and their conversation conver-sation was very amusing to the unlnten llcnal cavusdropocrs near by Finally I 1 the lady turned and said I did not know Mr Miller played things like The Onlv Way I like him In it he IH KO much hotter than he was In A Texas Steer I There was a halfsurprised giggle here her-e cort colored to his eyes nnd he chnnred tho Inc for an open door I was The Only Way AC Amateur vaudeville and parlor tricks In dulged In on eer possible occasion by the village prima donnas poets humor ists musicians and champion ropo skip pcr are usually an awful bore and most people stay at he me and Invent anl a flimsy excuso for not attending If they Imagine that some Junior mlriflc l Is going to make them ftand hitched whllo he goes through his act Thy people who do attend have nioro or less to say nbout the perform 1 ers and they have a right to tlielr own I opinion but when they stand In a room and roast t tho bad adorn and afterward nnr nccrward rush up nnd congratulate them they ought to bo called It IB claimed by sorno naturalists that I the cuckoo can change the color of Its I eggs according to the nest It JJOPS to I Down with these diplomatic social cuckoos I who chaiuce to suit the e occasion Their rotten Insincerity is I appalling to all except ex-cept the hypocrites vho believe In their I shallow system I 6 I A womin of this stamp who never vcnt to anything hut a bennhulllng or an I applecutting Ieforo coming here attended at-tended an event tho other evening She and her twang got in because It was a pay afYalr for some reason such functions func-tions are tho only kind she Is ever Invited In-vited tOancl she proceeded to distribute her remarks generously While ono of the people on the programme was trying desperately though falling terribly to mako i hit she stood nnd made a msrlcs of sarcastic remarks The person heard of It from f friend who stood near A little later she rushed up and exclaimed I must congratulate you you did beautifully beau-tifully you You didnt want to congratulnto roe a few minutes ago replied the other person per-son when you were standing behind Mr So nnd So A blush suffused her sweet old face and she stammered something In an inaudible In-audible tOn Thatll be all right said tho other and walked on Sho passed to another room aid Its an even DPI she l heard tile old cat hissed at her from a sweet girl who satIn sat-In u cosy corner watching her > S I Occasionally during an evening performance perform-ance by the Smart Set the end man i springs something fairly good on his pun j burdened companions Usual a traveler 5 I from time East brings It from Weber I Fields or tho Rogers Bros nnd maybe the one below camo from there but It will do Did you know Coldallff tho undertaker under-taker haw a new automobile asks Monkey Clothes Why no hov progressive Yes people aro progc dying to got Into it Laughter and applause If 1 Ihe I hearers hear-ers aro of the right ageS age-S c S cVJlclLPCopl attend 1 socIaPaffalr lately r late-ly the cost of things Is the subject for most of the conversation This Is all right for Thrco Oaks Mich or Now York cr any other large city but It seems funny here where evorybotb knows eorybody and where there mused to bo such simplicity and Informality Truly things are doing and In spite of Iho census vo grow The way Jewel and gowns art picked to pieces Is something fierce Tho spirit of commercialism reminds re-minds one of tho following sent out by the New York Sun a short time ago A simple epitaph but It expresses a world of sympathy and business enterprise I runs rUIM < runsHero lies Juno Smith wife of T Smith mirblo cutter This monument was erected by her husband as a tribute to her memory and n specimen of his work itt Monuments of this same style arcS i S S S Politics and religion shouldnt cut much freeze at n party but the other evening I when about thirty ladles and gentlemen stopped their whist for refreshments It was proposed lo take a vote for President of tho United States Out of tho thirty Just threo voted f mr McKlnley four years i ago apoThe vote was taken and stood Bryan 2 McKinley 2 The men were some o the best business men In tho city and their wives can vote here It must be remembered A report comes from another evening party that Is even better An old Mormon family had a reunion Thoro were llftythreo present In 9Ti the fiftythroe voted for Bryan this yea fC two will oto for McKlnley A littlo cloudy In the west for Windy J Bryan The Polite Three club Is outdone Us monthly stag party when ono largo gallon gal-lon of milk is consumed hid hotter lp abandoned i The girls have a trousseau club that melt weekly under the care of one beautiful married woman who Instructs I calls Itself the Weir > Nine makes lots of pretty things with laco and tiny ribbons on thorn and discusses the philosophy of kissing and nay oIlier stub Jocl on which all members ore not thoroughly thor-oughly Informed The girls are till charming tasteful to the eve and tooth and lucky Is the fellow who Is ltwlth one I of the Trousseau club tl So far the members have constructed four handkerchiefs two dollies ono corset cover and part of a tea gown and hao consumed twentyseven pounds of Iluy lors Good luck t them In their enterprise enter-prise and to tht fellows who win out lI 4 1 G |