Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 12, 1912, Page 6

THE LVENING [ELEGRAM LAKFE] PAGE SIX ST T TP Y e L SR e NS i e . i 4 v Mrs. Trumbull's social aspirations | were, as a rule, the source of much H | filppant joy to her husband. It was $ionly when Trumbull himself was H | called upon to shine at dinner parties or disport in drawing rooms that he i | ccased to consider in the light of a ! joke bis wife’s desire to set her small Pl | feet firmly upon the next higher rung { | of tho ladder. The cream of the joke looked to him particularly pale and biue the evening = | ghe annoinced trinmphantly that Mrs, 4| Iulton, the one wealihy woman of | their acquai: invited the Trumbulls ¢ at the opera the fol “I'm periec {| epend your 1 ‘e vou satisfied with your NUT RESULTS of lazt year? Unkept 1 en you; LOING what you determice to do will build : Hus thal Bring the mon:y you have i:} your ycc!:e:'to our | Mrs, Trombul! £t er lips. “That L ORICHT NOW, and hegin the year semsibly by starting to lwould be impossitle,” she said. “Dut, SAVE and GET AHEAD. I joa do. one year from today you will 7| of course, if you dou't want to g0 I === .. can tell Mys, Fulton that you have a thank us. 13| business engagement that wiil prevent Saving only 25 cents a day—$7.50 a month—and interest will % our going.” . amount to over ELEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS in 10 years. It wae not until her lips began to much it meant to her. He promised LAKELAND ot @ pal means of supc make a d¢ the society act, JAfif T try to do an't you go alone?” yo a The night of the theater party the weather turned cold. Trumbull, in blissful forgetfulness of the festivity, . | ICE AND, FLA,, FEBRUARY 12, 1912 “I don't suppose you are hungry, dear,” said Jane's mother to Jane as that young person slowly approached, dragging her white lace parasol across the stump-infested lawn of Jane's family’s summer cottage. Jane sank with emphasis into a cane rocker and gazed moodily into an unusually fine sunset. “Thanks, I'm not hungry,” she said, triefly. Janc's brother, who was tastefully attired in soiled white trouszers and a track shirt, reared the upper half {of his body from the cool grass and | ded her critically, “You look seedy, £1s,® he remarked. 1 they o to you at the Hon. deckle ¢lged and hand riv?”’ Do!” cried his slster, turning pink. | “ey didn’t do a ibing but moake me | feel that T onght to blush for my temerily in presuming to exist, let | wlone my unpardonaile pretensions to ocial standing In the community, It’s a good thing Mrs. Riggs' superior eye has never fallen upon your present costume, Jim, or the Biggses might Invite us to leave the colony.” The youth addressed kicked_ off & tennis .shoe delightedly and crowed in derision of Mrs. Biggs. “My dear Jane!” protested thelr mother, “James, don't be rude.” “The first thing T heard when I got to the party,” proceeded Jane, “was Mrs. King bemoaning the fact that the OO but we saved some supper for you, to go. Under Control of U. 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Phone 298 Office and Show Rooms With the Florida entered the houso In a whirl of 8ROW | o 4g 55 girty, She sald that she just and ley wind. s shuddered every time she went in, Is that you, dear?” cried Mrs.| .5 ¢pgo very moment she got out she Trumbull from upstairs, where 8he | ;;w,ve vap for the bathtub and turn. was fluttering about getting Trum- ed on the hot water! And yet I had bull’'s evening regalla ready for him almost broken my !;eck to take my to put on, dip in that same lake at 1:30, 8o as to Yep,” responded Trumbull, follow- be all nice and fresh for the party!” ing the sound of her voice up the| “wgwot ¢he fly: he is a deadly stairs, » LA His face fell when he saw the r::":“rg“;’rd ec’.:::; bf.‘a:::' ::::ln& clothes lying on the bed. “Oh!" he|g . 40 be fn the .lnunltary class, ejaculated in a voice from which all sla?® joy had fled. “I'd forgotten this was “Well, of course, that set me right the evening of the blowout.” He shiv-| . oneo'u to the kind of people Who ered audibly., “It's an awful night.” were there,” pursued Jane, “and when Mrs. Trumbull tripped over to the ;) oy.q caretully over t.hou present dresscr and began a search for his |y wug gorry | hadn't brought along tle. “I ordered a taxl,” she sald, | .. o¢orage warehouse recelpt just to cheerlly. “It's to be here promptly |yniymate to all assembled mear that at a quarter to elght. this dress I'm wearing isn't the only In the taxicab Mrs. Trymbulll poypavg in the world.” She paused. looked at her husband in undisguised [ rpen ghe went on pensively: “One satistaction J : “You'tl ha of the simplest costumes at the party You'll be the best looking man|y,y g hellotrope satin, appliqued in there,” she purred. “I don't care If| op) Jg0e and velled in black mar Mr. Fulton’s ancestors did come over quiette—sort of a tight effect” with the pligrim fathers and it they “You've got it!” declared Jane's do have a butler and five malds and brother, delightedly. “I saw that a governess, he's nothing but a little, | or o n yesterday trylng to climb on dried-up shrimp. Anybody seelng you | ¢pe pogrd walk In front of the fun|. two together won't hesitate a minute about 'ele"}’n‘ you as the ono With| “wrpen the conversation turned on ‘h_‘i,l:""“”'t 1ty of this wifely trib. | feTYants” eald Jane. “Mrs. King X ‘; ’W: ’,‘rn“ );o l( H. wifely trid-| gimply couldn’t find a laundrese that ute pleased Trumbull. He even grew | chq ooyld trust with her little things, less sleepy under the enlivening influs { o9 arpg Plggs had really hesitated ence of her honeyed words. How-| ;0.4 taking the cottage this year ever, this dldn’t prevent his having a when she remembered what a state fleeting wish as he seated himself in g the chair just behind his hostess that :fi; 1::9?:; ::::::‘:fler%h:::s‘;:vmc;?n‘i he had had another strong cup of cof- pared notes as to how many pieces fee. Of course he wasn't really|qnop gne sent out to be washed each sleepy, but & cold wind always gave|waeek. Mrs, Holmes led with 40 hand hhl\nl rn "II“menr\ l:ol‘i,""T . bis b towels. That was rather sad conver- il ’;oo;‘“ 3 ';1 BERA :g h‘:t : %, | gation for you to attempt to particl- -sroomed figure and his clever,| ,,¢q in when you've passed the morn good-natured face, and now and then catching the low, well-bred tones of o B gk g g M his volce, felt that it would take very little more to make her sinfully proud aged of him. Every interested glance cast um?x‘fll::ofl::;.o:(::flrl;aggz. “Mrs. up from the geats below them sent a | prowng ig much dissatisfied with sev- separate thrill of delight through her. eral little matters, 8o prepare to shed She was fairly radiant. a sympathetic tear. She wants to give a lawn party, but she would be ashamed, actually ashamed, to invite and fiying signals of distress.” “l see you dolng fit, =is!” encour When the first act was about half the family washing for, seven!” ~ AN OO IOTO HOEQEG IO G0 By Lakeland Artificial Stone Voris Near Electric Light Plant MAXES RED CEMENT PRESSED BRI( ‘K CALL AND SEE THEM. 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Good Camp accommodations, Hotel will soon be built. Lakeland Representatives: OHLINGER & ALFIELD Opposite Depot For printed matter and plats address our Lakeland agents. or W. W. Shepard, Secretary Florida: k¢l ferceCe, Winter Haven. Florida TALK ABOUT SOLID COMEORT You just want to & Ixlko cigars betw light it. There m cost you more moil care ¥ conts al is only o smoked one joul - - \ can be so litth TR Manulactu: Ininan Cigar Factery "+ FURSI cu Phone 233 Red over her satisfaction was dispelled by an all too famillar sound. She cast a terrified glance toward the rear of the box. What she saw caused her to start wildly to her feet. Too late! Trumbull’s head had fallen to one side, his eyes wero closed, his mouth was open. A sound closely resembling the distant rumbling of a railroad train came from his parted lips. From a rumble it quickly grew into a very good imitation of an automobile horn. Higher and higher it rose, until the startling crescendo broke In a fierce, choking leviathan of a snore! The host jumped to his feet with any one to her lawn; she counted 15 stumps from the window of her break- fast room alone! I thought of this.” Jane waved her hand. “Jeems,” sald her brother, with sud- den severity, “I desire you to extract the stumps from this greensward at once. Then seed it down with the best quality of lawn grass and engage a bright young landscape artist to plant a border of dwarf redwoods | around the pump!” | His sister laughed. “Well, T don’t | care, Jim; it was pretty awful,” she | said. “Goodnmess, I really and truly the obvious intention of rendering | am hungry; caterers never fill me in first aid to the injured.. The hostess |3 way that you could call satisfactory. gave a sharp, quite involuntary shriek. | { belleve I'll go out to the kitchen, Mrs. Trumbull stenily fixed her unsee- | mother, and find that supper you Electric & Machinery Co., Drane Building Trumbull, awakened by the vocifera- l tion, but unconsclous of the cause of his awakening and conmsiderably re freshed by his little nap, sat looking about for the cause of the disturbance, with the frank, innocent, interested eyes of a child. Mrs. Trumbull devotes most of her time now to settlement work. She re- gards the empty life of the society woman with a scornful pity, W. E. O’NEILL Plumber and Sanitary Engineer Lakeland, Florida Fn ing eves upon the glittering stage. | saved for me.” Not a Happy Thought. “Yes,” saild the preacher, “money is the root of all evil. It 1s dross. When money was invented a curse was lald upon mankind. It is a stecch in the nostrils. The Lord saith: ‘Ye have sold yourselves for naught, and ye shall be redeemed without mobey. The collection will now be taken.” C T T ) }}')/},- CLOUGH SHOE CO. AGENT =