, 1884-08-03
1t Strangely Leaves a Re
porter's Physiognomy.
Visits Scenes Where Angels
Fear to Tread.
Some Peculiar and Startling
Discoveries There Made.
From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Tue person OF n fashion reporter OF the
Post Dispatch it secured surreptitious
entry into a West End boudoir, and SO
disposed itself that its visual angle was
substended by the bureau, the pier glass,
the wardrobe and the bed.
Then the eye waited.
Presently a vision of loneliness foated
into the room. This was at 4:lO p. M.
The vision vas clothed in a calico wrapper,
and its long, yellow hair lay dimply mat
ted along its back. There was not much
effort to be beautiful in tho vision, its
prettiness being of the natural and I'M
adorned order. suggestive of brown wind
sor, Turkish towels and cold water. When
the vision sat down, it was evident that
no silken or other hose was between the
little pink heel and tho kid slipper. No
cuffs were on the wrists, and, indeed, the
wrapper chung damply to shoulder and
arm, and suggested all manner of Thoughts
to the eye-ofnaiads and the rolling surf
and Bougureau's pictures. MY grac-
ious goodness exclaimed the apparition;
tits after 4 O'Clock. l must hurry" 1t
hurried thus: Taking a couple of good
stiff brushes from the dressing case, it
hn,shaJ ~ Ill La - GUY,
h-,sbod orj hr,,shoJ al L.,,LoI M
little toy clock on the mantel licked for
the half borr and tI,on for H.
Quarters mast fonr and stiu rho, t;na
les orm weononed With ,ha hr,,sh
continued ;,s t,sL Will +bo o,o
had baon mesmer;zo5 br ,bo n,onato,ons
cadence of hr;stIo rnon k.;atIo M IL
boon sootbod IT. drows;nass 10 -
into sleen. an ,nrerval IF wbicb no noto
copld ho taka, and v;ho, the oro s,orod
v;a;lontIr into tha roo,n - -
chance act had occ,,rrad Iced ae ,Lo
hlrc col;co wror ,bo foru rnon ~ -
wss now ;ncosod n snnwn a.. II
abbreviated lac. aarod slooros ~ ,r;.L
,bbrsviotod laco.odaod sr;rt a. looaa
hair had been lnottod into = saro o;nht
md Tho bo5ds 81 tor olooL na;ata5 =,
$40 AAer co r,,ob oxor,;on &c 1900
n,nst come a ra.t "a .ho - 80
v;,b a n,,n;crro III tbo a,,o b,,a;oJ -
s.lf With . d;mnlo on tbo y;sion's oThaw
and an inventorv of tbo I;t,lo toas oaoh
ormod 80 d. u,.,II, -. II ~
500 sbon mil Tbo ,;.ion sn;shod =.
noi,. a. 5.os romnod al -
,anrror,,lr a. .borrL 60, Ill 81 H.
to;Io, zoe ho;nr o~n;@,,oI "a L. I.aaI
sideways tn ,n od;ocont cbair non III
brro rorJort sororo, 49, &c etaaL;nE
4 blra mir ord n,h;t;sb I,,a -
no;r WOW olosoIv ;rsnoataJ 49, ;SaySatH@
cons;st;nr cb;eiy ;n nn,,;nu ,%a So
stretched ont oyor tha 49, T. ~
minutes N d.c;1e tb;s mon,or,ors ,no.-
ton. which was finally adiudged in favor
Of tho blro and ,or Nv 20 H.. H.
hosiery in s;tn A boIf . doran on
PREDATORY nots were bestowed rnor tho
comments and . Tt,l. ,roaso Ill l.
sisted on annearinr inst ovor tbo toas
was c,refnIy smootLed ont ,bon
the vision wont hoGnra ,ho
nier GLASS bunm;ng stroir e-on,
;.Tbe Chimes nf Norm,,dy - ond ,aLinr
the nose of SernoIot.o rossoJ ;,dr,nont
mon herself and found bersolf nooJ A
pair of ,boeg next went on am nrsrccoso.
fnl search for = sine hnttonor erJir, in
the use of a hair min. and the vision ot
j;55 was completed "a to her foundation
When the clock struck e sbo vos in tbo
middle Of n heated controversy with n COR,
act which had +, he tsken oT and tirb,
ened. taken off and lo1sonod ,oken off
and tiubtened again heforo she wa. entire.
w suited PolIowing tbc cor.et came on
avalanche of white stirt tbo, tow balloon,
ike into n@ositiop and then nestlod levine.
". beginning its evening work at exactIv
$40 n m
The vision now began the serious work
of the evening: il took a damn towe, and
dabbled the face and neck there ,v;tboI
dried hv nressrre NOT hv rrhbirc ,rJ
with a soft fluff of svonsdown dns,cd ,be
fair skin with novder-ratber be.yiIy tbe
eve thought. Next the no,vder was a.
carefully rubbed off os it had been mt on.
the front hair was taken ont of the cnrI