Bob will make a fine woman if this hateful tendency is
uprooted in time."
Polly smiled wanly, and Anne, wise young teacher, changed the subject
then.
"What a pity one has to waste such glorious views and delightful
weather while sitting at breakfast in the kitchen!"
"Where would you eat it?" laughed Polly, looking with amusement at her
companion.
"Why, under that lovely group of oaks, to be sure," replied the
teacher, pointing at the trees that shaded the well-kept grass plot and
flower-beds at the side of the house.
"Under the trees!"
"Certainly; what do you suppose they were grown for if not for our
uplift and joy?"
"Why, Miss Stewart, how funny of you! Who ever heard of having meals
out-of-doors--except at picnics," laughed Polly.
"Every one who can now prefers out-of-doors to a stuffy room on summer
days," replied Anne, calmly, but watching the effect of her words.
Satisfied with Polly's expression, she added: "Didn't you ever read
about the garden parties of society people, and the present-day trend
to live on wide porches and out-of-doors at every opportunity? Your
magazines ought to be full of such accounts."
"Oh, yes, in magazines, but I never dreamed it was true. I've studied
every plan and picture I've seen in the magazines, and I loved to
picture the beautiful places and furnishings they speak of."
Anne had heard from Polly's brother John, how his sister studied every
item on decorating that could be found in papers or periodicals.
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