Necessary Flattery

It was the first afternoon of the elrfs meeting, and tho girl who prides tierself ou the earnest;:ess of her aims awi object i life carne into tho room witfe the light of a noble resolve glorifying her conntenaaoe, 'Tve beeu rea-ting the loveliest book in the world, giriv," she exclaimed euthnsiastioally, "and henceforth I shaö never flatter or deceive anybody! Tia author says that flattery ia the worst of sins and that" - "Teil us your experiences next week," interrupted the saïcastio maiden gritaly. "Tbey'll be a lot more interesting' than au account of the book's preachings, and besides" - But the earueaê girl had flowu off in iudignation, ana she was decidedly meek and crestfalles when uext tbe club raembers met. "You needn't langh," she remarkeá to the saroastic maiden, who was griuning expectantly, "for I believe what the book said was trne, only we're nat, snfSoiently developed to live by such aa elevated Standard. You know, I said I should never flatter anybody again aö. my life. Well, that was last weefc Now I'm going to flatter everybody. I've had enongh of plain speaking fc last me a lifetiiue. Last Mouday I toLS. mamma she was getting crow's feel wheu I knew she wanted me to say she wasn't. Nextday Mamie asked me how old I thongbt ehe lookcd, and I told her honestly. Mamma hasn'tgot over being vexed yet, and, aa for Mamie, I dou't snppose she'll ever speak to me again. "Wednesday our pastor called aud. 'wanted my bonest opinión of his así sermón. I told hiru, aud he was awfuilv hnrt. Friday I told my dressmaker tbaL 'I considered her awfully careless wifci nice material, and she lef t the house ie. anger, with my new dress half dojre and not a soul amoug us who knoTí iiow to finish it. Other dressmakers won 't, you know, so vchat shall I do? "That's the way things have gone all week. Now I'm going to say lovoly things on principie again, whether they're true or not. You girls do look perfeetly stunning, " she continued sweetly as her listeners sigbed sympathetically. "I do think we have tha prettiest set of girls in the city in onr club and the nicest. " And then she wondered that the? didn't really seem grateful for the compliment. "They n.ctetl just as if they didn't think I meuiit it, " she told her