And Mrs. Smatter accommodatingly offered to read her a treatise on the Artistic Dualism of the Renaissance, with which the evening closed.
Mrs. Smatter was a little agitated by this, and did not discriminate between her painters; she talked about the surface muscles to the landscape man, and about cloud effects to the figure painter.
A lady who used familiarly the names that Mrs. Smatter did, could not of course be dazzled by the doctor or the rector.
Mrs. Hazard Smatter had been an inoffensive New York girl, not considered to carry very heavy guns, but good-looking and good-natured.
This confused everybody, and they severally bowed themselves away as soon as they could, and Mrs. Smatter ever after spoke with great contempt of the culture of Yellowcoats.
Mrs. Hazard Smatter still lingered at Yellowcoats, notwithstanding the defective sanitary arrangements and the absence of stimulating mental contact.
These were not much, to make a show against the minds to which Mrs. Smatter was accustomed, but they were better than nothing.
Taking notes on the universe is hard work, and Mrs. Hazard Smatter felt that her gray hair was so to be accounted for.
Mrs. Smatter was so unexpectedly changed from the commonplace comrade of her youth, that she could not be thankful enough that she had sent for her.
Missy, and there was no time given Mrs. Smatter for further speculation, or Miss Varian for further aggression.
Mrs. Smatter was quite above being affected by the weather.
The monotonies of Mrs. Smatter and the asperities of Miss Varian for once roused little opposition.
Mrs. Smatter had raised her suspicions about the adulteration of all the food on the table.
Mrs. Smatter had explained, on exact scientific principles, the necessity of boiling oatmeal two hours and thirty-five minutes, and the wheels of breakfast stood still while this was being accomplished.
Besides, smatter fact, I'll tell you confidentially: it's a protection to our daughters and to decent women to have a district where tough nuts can raise cain.
Alma Mater--but smatter of fact, there's a whole lot of valuable time lost even at the U.
To smatter awa', to consume victuals, by eating often, and little at a time, S.
