Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-10-23
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DEAR ALLIE Now am going to
tell yon how played the fast Young
lady, and had, o, such fun! Ma has
got back from Saratoga, but she and
Thusc went away to spend Sunday,
so told Fred he must take me to
Hooley's matinee, and treat me as if I
were the belle of the season. But, q,
il was an awful serious affair getting
myself up in style; ] would rather
dress twenty rag babies than UNDER
take it again. In the first place. |
tried TO use that iOilettine stuff the
girls danb their faces with, bnt how
should know that il turned rcd with
water? | dipped The wet sponge into
il, and then rubbed it OH my face. ex-
peeiing TO be an angel of beanty right
of, but, goodness gracious, Allie, such
sight. Why, looked like full
blown stripped earnation. all in
streaks, and the more / rubbed the
more streakcd looked, and soap only
seemed to heightcn the horrible effect.
AT length, after rubbing the skin near
ly oil. called TO Fred, who shouted
with laughter when he saw me: but
he put something on that took the
nasty stuff on, and then told me TO let
my complexion alone. Such an idea !!
Indecd, Fred" / said, ''do you think
a fashionable young lady would ap-
pear in pnblic with her face in such an
uncultivatcd condition? Stylish girls
study,to improve their charms. so. shall
cover my skin first with glycerine
and then apply white powder in. the
most delicate mamer;' which | did
once, with Fred to snperintend the
performance. That is the way the
Southern girls do, you know, and
sometimes the powder comes oil in
patches, and then don't they look ex-
pressive? After my face was finished
l arranged my hair, and exhausted
three long braids and about a peck of
little curis; but, o, Allie, l did look
awful sweet! Next my feet. OF course,
it would not be in keeping to wear
CATERS large enough, so I forced on a
pair of Arethusa's absurd little No.
2s, and, Allie, believe purgatory is
only mild term for tight boots.
am sure John Rogers and his nine
small children at the stake did not
suffer moro than | did. felt as il ten
thousand pinch-bugs had possession
of my toes; but, then, what won't the
soul Of q high minded girl endure in
such case? It did check the flow
of my spirits, though, must confess.
For a rcdingotc selected one of my
absent sisters, with buttons big
enough for bell pulls, and stuck my
hat at the back of my storc-hair, and
fastened my parasol, fan, handker-
chief, and smelling bottle all to my
belt, and made Fred give me three or
four of Thuse's most gorgeous rings
to look pensive with, because l notice
the girls that can boast of the greatest
amount of diamonds are tho most in
clined TO lean their left cheek upon
their left hand Cleft purposely uncov-
ered) and do the melancholy all to
pieces. Well, when we entered the
theatre, l held my head high up in the
air, and looked Off i'm the dim distance,
pushing right by everybody as If /
didn't see them at all, after the man
ner OF your real stylish girls, who
never notice anything or anybody, un-
less it is some nice young gentleman
eof our SET But then, o, what eyes
they have! Whom took my scat
bounced up three or four times like an
fndia-rubber ball, and. crooking my
elbow to q right angie, and tanned
frusn1f lon.rtts1I,-
verge of fainting away. and I said
perfectly lovcly!' and s.isn't Bishop
splendid!' about twenty times during
the performance. I do like Bishop
though, he is so funny. never could
bear those high tragedy creatures that
take two steps forward, then lay their
foreheads. and groan awfully. to make
the ladies seize their handkerchiefs
and the men wink hard to keep the
cry from coming. And then at the
close to see them all poke each other
with knives, or gobble up poison until
half-a-dozen arc stretched OH their
backs, neryously watching the curtain,
to see that ii doesn't fall and leave
some Of their Toes outside Of ii. /
like TO see the third-rate actors do
"iiamlct" and "Macbcth," when of
course they mean to be thrilling and
desperate and horrible, but are only
funny. o, they do make me laugh so.
| like them ten times better than the
solemn fellows people call "wonder-
FIJI delincators of passion" That is
one OF the long sentences Thuse gets
of. Allie, those boots! When
could stand il no longer, l shyly slip
ped them of under the seat, and then,
as an ocean Of peace flowed in upon
my soul, l Immediately looked round
for some one to flirt with. There
were plenty of yonng fellows staring
at me, but am not satisfied with ey-
cry specimen that sports blue neck
tic and lavender gloves. I am little
weak upon the subject of noses.
None of your snubs or turned up
things for me; but selected q sub
jcct, had good, big know-something
nose, and upon him / commenced op-
erations. q, haven't watched. the
gay Chicago bellies for nothing. First
/ looked out of the corners of my
eyes at him, and then fourishcd my
handkerchief Zone of Arethusa's best
point things, that she values next to
her bible, or rather more). He did the
same, and dropped my eyes and put
my fan before my face. Then peep
cd out at him, and just displayed my
four front teeth-that am not asham-
ed of. He slyly put his hand on his
heart, and /, By terrible effort, manag-
ed to raise blush. and displayed a
few more teeth. Then he heaved a
desperate sigh. and gave him whole
downright smile; but, awful to relate,
Fred turned just in time to catch it.
"Who are you smiling at2' he ask
ed.
"Why, that handsome young gem
tleman over there" said, coolly.
s'Did you ever see him before ?"
"No, never"
"Wcll, arn't you ashamed of your
self?"
sWhy, Fred" exclaimed, chow in
nocent you are! Did you suppose l
had no object in polishing up my face
and loading my head with foreign
goods? should consider myself a
ridiculous failure if I went home
without having had at least ono flirta-
ton
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