, 1877-10-07

~ lAe sl1llt rooll1. anu nn0cF cr shlll1
| inG and rubbing we saw hand after hand dcpaE
| IN 4 much more beautiful condition than whei
| it was brought thLre.
| After Il tedious waiting my turn at lcngtl
| came, and ! seated myself ly the manicure
| little table. upon which were scattered the tool
Of her trade. These were scissors aud kniye:
| OF shape specially devised for the trimming
the nails, files, nai-clcaners, small basin
rose water with Il bit of soap near it, i TIM
towel OF linen eambrit, Il nit Of lemon, and yar'
ous polishing powders and sweet smelling u,l
guc,ts in the form Of ruby co}orcd polnades
The first step in her proceedings was'to wasf
Oft the finger tips carefully, tiien to dry them
after assuring herself that there were no ini
spots or other stain uEon them. Then she clip
ped and trimmed the mails into the approved
1ilbcrt shape, neither too short too long, no
too pointed nor too broad; the "half moons
at the base Of he nails were gently brought into
| clear light; all 'llang nails - were amputatcd
and after this she rubbed coral coloret po
| made Of i delicious odor upon the nails and thu
| upper part Of all the fugers. After allowing
this to remain little while she wiped it oil
| again. aud scattered upon the nails Il golden
| brownish powder, which she vigorously rubbed
| with the whole length of her powerful foren
! ger, occasionally aided by the palm. More po
| made, more powder, more rubbing. anu then the
t nails were shown with that beautiful gleam up
| on them, that pcarly pikncss, sccn in the i,i'
cure had said, the nanicure's manpulationa
| greatly - udyantagcd " 4 pretty hand, but eEcn
! iu greater degree adyantaged all ugly onc ~
| The manicure, like the pcdlcurc, charge III
| sous for a sitting.-thAt is, at her own rooms.
! When she di. the visiting her price was 81 That
| she found her business lucrative Was sufficiently
| indicated by her handsome rooms and her
| prosperous appearance. She was almost as
much u tine lady, in respect to ciolhcS, Us Sohe
| of her customers. She was very Independent,
too: for wien i ertain newcomer arrived and
stood at the door-sll looking about at the wait
ing crowd, she said to him:
All, Monsieur the Count, impossible to take
you before any one else. Old friendship counts
for ,u,ch-yes: but il business one must te
lust to all. Tomorrow must suffice for YOU"
4sThat cannot be,'' he answered. = am 60
iue into the country this evening OH visit"
IL am desoatcd,' replied tue compassionate
manicure, rubbing away with great checriuuess
of manner on the tirger-nalls VI one Of the pret-
ty american girls; but what. will you l,aye!''
she concluded, taking time to give him . shrug.
= To very astonishngly and rlagnitIccntly-
dressed iat1y who swept III. followed by a
little pagc in boots and buttons, she spoke SO
r,ldclv that We concluded the social status Of
the new arrival was not quite SO real US her pro-
fusion Of ricl, larcs.
ia! Ia! td:'' she exclaimed pctu]antly;
s:always late Your ride in the Eois first, he
manicure after. Think you that does not want
10 cat, manicure: cannot do your hands to-
night. Tile present company finished, dire.
Not finger hail for NC more tonight
u am going to i tiuc dlnncr-party,' pleaded
the suppliant.
4'Uli, then, il You really have absolute need"
And some OF us gisylcd among ourselves at
the idea Of any one being in ''absolute need" "
OF having her nails rubbed.
Impcratisc.s' cried the lady.
How they settled it did not wait to sec. But
it has often struck me since my visit to TIM
Paris pcG:icurc and manicure that ii lucrative
business might lie tionc-at any rate III the lit
tic surgery If the leel by some s'caiy-hand
ed women In our large American cities, especial
Of the subject ry carly and lunS-coutinucd prac-
1ice in the nursery.
A WONAN'S GREAT SORROW.
DdnburU -ases.
It was at this season Of thu year, Just seyen
wears ago, that an extraordinary scene occurred
in Danbury 1t was in the evening" and couple
we're bringing in several pots OF plants from the
ya1d to save them from t4c frost which the
temperature Of outdoors threatened. While
thus engaged she spoke, referring toa gcraniun
she had in her hand:
II wouldn't lose this one for great deal, as
mother gave it to me-"
HI looked at it.
.sYour mother gave it to you: Guess not. 1
bought that plant myself"
"'Nhy, it's no such thing"
II tell you did, ~ lc aided, speaking with
warmth.
And tell you you didn't,'' she firmly as
sercrated. ''Do you suppose / don't know
what was given to ne:"
''Do Won suppose don't know what bought /
with nT own m0ncy!''
>'1t YOU say you bought that gcranitm,' she |
said, speaking very slowly, and with white lips, |
t. you say what you KNOW to be false
Do Won mean to say ile." he tissed.
s.If you say that, dor
s-You shall be sorry for ths,'' he threatened. I
'Ncyer,3 SHE rctorted.
He put on his hat and coat and left the house.
That was seven Years ago this fall. She never
saw Linn again, nor heard from him, in all that
seven years, What must have been thc thoughts,
the agony Of mind endured BY that wrctched |
wife III that time, no Que on earth knoWs. She
kept her thoughts to herself and patiently, as
FAR as outward appearance went. bore the bur
den put upon her.
On Friday evening Of last week her door
opened. aud a man walked into her presence.
There WAS q luoa. crv- aud she Was in the
arms Vi her husband What happy home was
that. All the agony of the seven long years
was forgotten in tilat hour OF reconciliation and
reunion. hearty supper WIS spread, and'with
tears and smiles she lowered about him, min
stering to every w.lnt After supper there was
i long talk Of the past.
at is SO singular,:' she said, speaking in one
If the pauses, ''t that il should have happened
IS it did, I tan scarcely comprehend it ALL 1t
seems like au awful dream. We both lost our J
cmpcgs, and We lia7e both suffered 'or it. The
miserable gcraniun! Do rou know cannut
!
% conc and take it back, for would not have
t in sight.'
"What!n he calculated, lido you still persist
n saving that she gave it to You!''
s'Why, John. OF course she did. Haven't you
rot over that idea yet::''
!. No, hayen't,'' hc persisted, his face dark
mug ~ bought that gcrauium just as sure
IS I'm living MAUI
She thought Of his years Of cruel dcscrtion, |
# all be had caused her to suffer because of lis
'tstnacy, and hcr heart hardened, and her face
lushcd.
u You are mean to say that when you know it
S false.''
ii, isn't false It's heavens truth.''
- It's no such thing. It's i mean, contcmpti-
,le lic.''
He jumped up from the chair, seized his hat !
Ind coat, and shot out of the house in flash,
md she never uttered Il word in protest. She |
ut there witt: clenched hands and u white face. |
lnd let him go.
And 80 lie is gone. And to-day she is alone
'gau with the old burden and the old pain.
a THOUGHTFUL HUSBAND.
Einlira Gazette.
II he had confined himself to his legitimate I
[uill-irving duties, there would have been no
ccasion for him to have been strutting around :
nth his left hand in sling, patch on his nose,
nd an absurd old gum shoe Oh one foot. lie
Fas, however, only another victim Of that !
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