THE REVOLT OF THE

Evening Post, Volume XLVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE REVOLT OF THE

(THE BUSINESB -WOMAN OF THE 20TH CENTURY.) The stately doora of the club were opened by two girl porters, and the couple entered. The lady wrote her husband's name in a book, which was on a stand in the hall, and together they entered the large dining-room, where they took their places at one of the small tables, set for two near one of the large front windows. •' We will take the regular club lunch," she said to one of the waiters. " And bring a bottle of '84 champagne— a large bottle." "I— l don't think I care for champagne," said Madax, hesitatingly ; " it gives me a headache." "Nonsense," cried his wife; "a glaBS or two will do you good. You look worried." ♦• I am worried, and that is what I wished to see you about." "Well, we won't talk business during lunch, if you please," adding, as she leaned back in her chair, " it's a habit I never indulge in. It's bad for one. We can have a talk in the smoking- room afterwards. How are the children ?" "Very well, thank you. The jfirl i is a little hard on the boy, and knocks J him about a bit, but they are getting i on very well." I "Poor little fellow," said Mrs. . Madax. " Boys are such a worry to their parents, when one thinks that they have to oncounter this world fc alone. I must run down, and see them next week if I can."

"I wish you would," said Madax ; " the ohildren miss you very much Why don't you come home oftener '?" " Well, very soon I expect to be able to do so," she replied ; " but, like you, I have a great deal on my mind at present, and the market requires close watching." " Can't you come home with me to-night ?" he asked. " The children would be so pleased to see you." " No," she answered, "I h>ive to take Sir Ctesar Camp out to dinner to-night." "To-morrow night, then?" he suggested, deprecatingly. " No," naif] the lady, shaking her head, '' it's worse still to-morrow night. I have a lot of stockbrokers dining with me at the ' Holborn.' " " It must cost you a lot of money, these dinners on every night." " Yes, it does," said Mrs. Madax, "but my experience is, if you want to make a good business deal with a man, you must first feed him well. I always see that the wines are irreproachable. I will say one thing for the men, that they always know good wine when they taste it." " Well, 'l said Madax, " I will tell the children that you send your love to them, but I think, you know, that a woman shouldn't lose sight of her children, even though business is so absorbing." — Robert Barr, in The Idler.