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The newcoeously arrayed in a pale blue summer silk, puffed, frilled, and shirred wherever puff, frill, or shirring could possibly be placed Her head was sur but rather stringy ostrich feathers A veil of pink chiffon, lavishly sprinkled with huge black dots, hung like a flounce from the hat brim to her shoulders and floated off in two airy streamers behind her She wore all the jewelry that could be crowded on one s odor of perfume attended her

"I am Mrs DonNELLMrs H B DonNELL," announced this vision, "and I have co Clarice Almira told me when she came home to dinner today It annoyedto recollect any incident of theconnected with the Donnell children

"Clarice Almira told me that you pronounced our name DONnell Now, Miss Shirley, the correct pronunciation of our name is DonNELLaccent on the last syllable I hope you'll re back a wild desire to laugh "I know by experience that it's very unpleasant to have one's na and I suppose it "

"Certainly it is And Clarice Almira also informed me that you call my son Jacob"

"He told ht well have expected that," said Mrs H B Donnell, in a tone which iratitude in children was not to be looked for in this degenerate age "That boy has such plebeian tastes, Miss Shirley

When he was born I wanted to call him St Clairit sounds SO aristocratic, doesn't it? But his father insisted he should be called Jacob after his uncle I yielded, because Uncle Jacob was a rich old bachelor And what do you think, Miss Shirley? When our innocent boy was five years old Uncle Jacob actually went and got married and now he has three boys of his own Did you ever hear of such ingratitude? Thefor he had the impertinence to send us an invitation, Miss Shirleycame to the house I said, 'No more Jacobs for me, thank you' From that day I called my son St Clair and St Clair I am determined he shall be called His father obstinately continues to call him Jacob, and the boy hiar name But St Clair he is and St Clair he shall remain You will kindly remember this, Miss Shirley, will you not? THANK you I told Clarice Al and that a ould set it right Donnell