The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-11-11

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From Moore's Rural New Yorker.
sBY MARY A WAGER
I've kept the affair profound secret for
more than year, partly to see il could
and partly because / We no knack for Story
telling. 10 tell story, in fascinating
and profitable, (pecuniary) manner, the
narrator must place the gist, or kennel. far
enough away, SO that distance will lend
enchantment to the view, and approach
the seoret by series OF artistic and mean
dering paths.
So know never was bern for a story
teller, as I like to have people walk
straight into the heart of the matter at
once; talk Just as fast as they can, leaving
out all superhuities, and never stopping
to breathe until the secret is unfolded
After that they can enlarge upon details ct
their pleasure. But for this once, as I
have such thrilling and unique subject,
and every word of half of it IS true as you
live. I'm going to make the most of It,
and essay 10 narrate it in an artistic and
professional manner, and thereby estab-
lish reputation that will be utterly preju-
diced to any and all other storyawriters
who make the Rural New Yorker their
stage of action.
One rainy morning in the month Of May,
while daliying over mutton-chops and fried
potatoes at the breakfast table in my
boarding house, and glsncing at intervals
over the columns Of the New York Herald,
which was regularly served at my right for
the benefit of my neighbor "a bachelor sea
captain, who was as wicked as he was gall
lant), my eyes fell upon the following ad-
Yertisement, which read aloud:
saTo THE L1prEs.-M. Binaud takes infinite
delight in announcing to the ladies that,
after great trouble and expense, he is pre-
pared to use in the most charming manner
the new French Enamel for besutifying the
complexion. This preparation is purely veg
etable, containing nothing deleterious to the
skin, but dH co'strdire, softens, beautifies and
renders il brilliant and remarkable. NJ. BIZ
maud also trims the eyebrows and eyelashes
in most artistic manner. Ladies may feel
assured that all condolences will be regarded
with sacred honor Gail upon or address
N. BINAUD, $3.50 Broadway.
4 respectful silence ensued after finish
ed. Then the hostess spoke: cit must be
/ French enamel that makes women's faces /
see on the street; thsY look SO like china
dolls"
81 think the Bloom of Youth imparts
that complexion" was announced by a
somewhat passive lady, who tried to speak
unconsciously. Perhaps shouldn't have
noted the consciousness, if Dinah hadn't
left her coal scuttle standing in the hall
one morning with q refuse bottle in it.
ssNow that the advertisement has been
circulated at table, 1 suppose We shall soon
have an ocular demonstration of its beauti-
fying effects, was the captains comment,
as be embraced his huge moustache with
his napkin.
Possibly, have been told that BARRIERS
and hair-dressers tempt their patrons with
bottled beauty, and that men, in addition
to having hair and moustaches artistically
trimmed, emerge divinely radiant, and ut
terly without wrinkle or blemish on theil
manly faces, parried bright girl down
the table.
s.Mademoiselle be sarcrstique," bowed Q
Frenchman opposite. SIN Paris re ladies
be enameled for six months or year. In.
deed, We hardly know what re true skee1
may be-" y
i.It is wearing mask indeed" vouch.
safed the captain. 'fSuch very comfort
able feeling must be produced by having
the skin held in restriction by the repeated
layers of plaster Of Paris Bot suppose
comfort or even cleanliness is at dis
count with woman if she is on the alert
for beauty. Ispeak truth do, not p ad-
dressing his last remark to me.
off suppose you can," / replied. s'al-
though ] don't endorse all this tax about
white-wasned faces. Bnt this advertise.
not only intimates and suggests, bat really
confirms suspicious ] have secretly har
bored against women. I would so much
like to know If such advertising chPzlatans
are patronizsd by respectable women i''
al haven't 3 doubt of it." blurted on
Anaximan0er, our-the top of his Sun
He had away of saving things that set
tied all further questioning with timi(
people. But I was not settled so easily
and if invardly convinced, would not hav,
succumbed after hearing his remark. Som
people, you know, cause us to run up th'
: flag of negation without our knowing why
II We anslyze the feeling, we sometime
find it is because they have such an egotis
tic assurance of always being right in thei
judgments and indifferences; and you fec
willing TO spite yourself considerably i
order to put discount upon their asser
fions.
sYou can easily satisfy yourself, he con
tinued in that dreadfully assured manne
of his, aby calling at the establishment.
f'Oh but I couldn't do that shonll
want to be mufied and masked and go il
a close carriage and after dark at that,
upon which left the table, and the mai
ter was never again referred to, and lik
the multitude of daily events that rippl
the present surface, was forgotten and on
of my mind by the next morning.
It might have been week later; at a
events Il was nearly June, and ! was saur
tering along Broadway. 1t was hot
and was tired and oppressed with the lar
guor Of the spring days, and with tha
sort of sluggish nervousness that succeed
overwork, when I would have given m
best dress to have fallen straight into a
easy chair and have Mercy run her finger
through my hair and brush and comb an
cool the tad9ied, heated, and largely cur
ing heap Of it, that she called
yellow, but which the boys sal
was nothing; only tow" But Nero
was up In Maine, where it was cold an
where she might that very moment haN
dipped her fingers in snow to cool my e.
lids, had been there.
-stHdir dressing d, al its branches. !"
Ladies hair dressing speciality.
Imade decision at once and foilowt
il into the establishment. ! didn't expe
20 find Msrcy's cool fingers or sympathet
re6GIul tOucuebs Out Hnb IOl 81 b4oOAl
ish as to be miserable with even gre
man paving over my head, as the delig
of having my hair dressed is the chiefe
of sensuous enjoyment. mention thi
because it is an undisputed fact that pc
ple so constituted possess an angelic d
position; and as it is the only evidence
have of being angelic, of course l am
be pardoned for keeping it fresh IN 7
mind.
It was lazy time with the establis
ment, evidently. for one lady only "
present and she was being finished OF Il
little side room by the startistic" memh
of the staff, who was a keen eyed, han
some, middle-aged fellow and had the {
cial and persuasive traits well develope
ccording to Fowler and Wells.
After seating myself in the sstonsoris
chair, the ssartistic" member looked !
over and gave the attending barber sol
directions how to proceed and arrange {
hair. and occasionally looked in upon Z
work to see how it progressed. After
hair was dressed, IEwas shown into
I,fnishing" room, where the artist"