Show the of tho ian about the early said a lady as slie came ont of a crowded concert room tho other evening they are absolutely nothing to me here I 1 am just up from an attack of influenza and ill warrant myself to have knotner ai tack and all for the selfish stupidity of one old woman with a fan I 1 wish people had more consideration or sense or something and the speaker stopped to eleeze and pull her wraps closer about her throat and she sat there by your side and waved one of those great strong gusty fans creating a breeze like a young whirlwind until you are all of a chill 1 suppose said her friend indeed yes and the more I 1 pulled up my scarf the harder she fanned there i a vacant seat in the house or 1 1 T au mn r would have taken n x L dav w ask her to stop tor she a specially inviting countenance and I 1 have taken a severe cold for every bone in my body aches I 1 think there should be a rule against fans in crowds just aa there is against canes and umbrellas in art galleries you can mend statues or build more but there any remedy that I 1 know of when once we are dead from carelessness or o but it is easy enough to use a fan so as to disturb no one wave it gently forward and back never from side to side I 1 see no reason why people should make their neighbors uncomfortable by anch acts when a little sense and consideration would make every one comfortable for table I 1 think there are very few delicate persons who have not at some time in their lives suffered from the too vigorous waving of a fan in the vicinity indeed any one however well is serious ly exposed to colds if on coining into an assembly often quite heated from hur ried walking a current ot air irom a lau is directed across the ands honl ders I 1 have made ap my mind that one who is careless or inconsiderate enough to use a fan to my discomfort ia a suitable subject for a reprimand and that then and there she will get it new york ledger |