Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1887 — Boston Society Episode. [ARTICLE]

Boston Society Episode.

Introductions of strangers are apt to be at all times a trifle embarrassing, but particularly so at crowded receptions. where people are sprung on each other without the least preparation. One afternoon a man was walked up to a lady by the hostess, presented, and abandoned to his fate, the lady having caught only her own name, which certainly did her no good. A keenness for hearing one’s own patronymic is not natural, but in this instance it was the stranger’s name she desired to know, for his face was new, and evidently he was not of Boston, nor Bostonese. However, hoping it would dawn upon h<\r later on, she began to chat in the customary small-t ilk-i eception vein, and then, seeing Mlle. Hhea in the distance, she asked this handsome unknown: “Had he seen Mademoiselle play since she had been in town ?” In cold and haughty tones the gentleman responded: “I am her support!” Tableau !— Boston Herald. Experience has shown that a greater amount of work is accomplished by sewing machines when run by electromotors than by foot-power. There is also less wear and tear to the machine.