Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-03-10
A HOOP SKIRTS STORY.
IcAeil al Borden in Tie Ar.onau,.J

| graphical limits of Bohemia ara unknown 10
| ihlS cepun"Gt. and he Is Of the opinion that
! We're this EHrd vast sChoOi.r JoIn, wherein
/ the pelagDs Ie gave out the following ules-
ION: ~B IIGi BDhemia.' the majority of us
would ga - tie foot. We all know It's O
un;ry whose citizens are a little wiser ami
| vast deaf poorer than other people; who
| practice alchemy in shabbiness and poverty
striving to turn brains into gold, and find
/ Is, Ike the counterfeiter, that the base
mai eria is hard to convert, and harder still
I t. put on the market No prince or potentats
rides the realm Of Bohemia, and her possess
i rs liz scattered over the busy world, IN
marked, unclaimed, aud uahee ied-render-
/ i; g no tribute, acknowledging no suzerainty.
Crowded into little alleys, where all the
-t2irw3ys seem to be back steps. AMI one
wonders whether the houses sever had any
Il Mt. We lind small fragments of her do
min"nS: or perrhed alone a sandy
an OK, the gate IN perpetual non-replr, and
til. doors only two feet wide-exactly the
width Of It's Lalls-one stumbles here and
there on dwelling which shelters her
/ -;t!1rhs.
1t nearer tie sky, however, that the
Il. i'rIty # her population is founi-up
.o-- flights of stars. rickety with age or
- IL y IL lilt btlpG Vi
TIL, U,sh long passages where little doors
WI Numbers IN them are SO numerous that
one r-.a hardly believe there are as many
no IN "a door,-passages where the gas is
forever Gaping, as if II objected to bein:
: H.!ne ~ such 4 dismal place. AMI where
y OH. :.c3aceivab.e plan all the doors and
wi.ll, ~ o.cn where te least light can get
10 t..e.;i.
Thesa are Boiema's palaces, and in the
high I;-r.p.s he highest up and the farthest
tai - iounf her vas ais working away
At IL = L. 5..sh alchemy, each with his Little
crUc.a.e stiiv-ns to find the lacking in
grricI;-pb1r.G; in youth and Lcps,
Geaiii, haIpin., AMI finally life
In she: i'a.acs was our Sky parlor. It
Wa = spGciou, II most Bohemian apart
mei!tS. ban bout twelve feet square. AMI
having what the friEceS;. VINO owneI our
palace, ale! southern exposure en-
si>t!ns uf ole window and pair # faded
grcea 5J:.., The view from this aperture
was waa. the Princess termed extended
anu iua i!uch ~ 1t was somewhat higher
than tar surrounding dwellings it merited
tiIe ,iisjiLclion. Il commanded a countless
-Icc, s'.on OF back yards and chimney tops,
aa person II idle mind could have founi
much food Tor speculation in eHdeavoring to
determine 20 what hous. each lack yard BE-
toase1, AMI from what fireplace each Chin
uey conducted the smoke, 50 jumblei and
confused were they.
All the buildings in its vicinity were
wooGen-at least in the rear-and the boards
had assumed that gray, wcather-beaten color
s. pleasing % the eye and conducive 10
cheer.u.nesS. while here and there Stras
Cling, leafisSS tree seemed 10 II, doing it, best
to provoke discussion. \ pessimist would
have said twas dead; an optimist that 1t hsd
shed its leaves for the winter.
From fence TO fence there WAS a cobweb o.
clotheS-linss. and on that uncaleniarel day
known among housewives as -wash-day.'
sullry enthusiastically sundry-of va
rious shapes and dimensions, added the,r
charm Ia the landscape, danglei in hopele,
hmpae,s, or Swayed and tossed. acccr.lil, |
10 whether the day was foggy or windy
Above these, another cobvab OF tel .pIJl.
wireS SCENE 20 hold eternal wash-,iay. for !
they were decorated with stray kites, paps7~,
rags. and articles # cast-of apparel the |
mystery % the latter icing how they ever |
got there, and how, with tie peryersIty o; |
things ,nauIniate. they stayed there without /
any tastaI4nS or security what ,ver durin. /
the gusts 81 wind, which, despite all precau-
zion, ii pins and SpiralS, sometimes hurleI to 4
the earth their neisnbors Of the ciothes-iines |
0.lpw
Close T. the solitary window Of our parior /
20 close that one could almost n ach il with /
his haud--this network OF wires Upheld IL. 4
accumulation Of antique property, AMI 1
directly in front Of tie faded green blinds an /
old dilapIiatsl hoop-skirt hung deiecteily I
as il it, life had been one OF emptiness
and broken ribs Its cloth cover
ins had nearly all saccumhci 70 time.
and tie rusty wira' pserei forta
with a skeleton-like effect, as If 10 Illustrate
no" vain AMI frivolous n thing is hoopskirt
existence. Gioonlly and desponiently l.
hung, never joininS IN the breezy, joyous
tapping, u Its neiEal'or,, the kites anI
news. ai-rs. nor rejoicing with them At the
is2rreCat.oIIs which followed the downfall If
Their humlIa imitators IN ,he clothes lines
Plainly it, existence hal he. embittereI
by .ae misfortune, or, a. i fr-quent!y the
cas-, prosperity in early lie had untitled L
for adversely II later years
s. thought tie B5hsrnian who occrplef 1
our sky parlov, he sat az the window IN
dressing gown and slipper--both tue w-rss 4
for S.rs .ca--ani his eve won iersI over th-
view which tAs Princess Calisl -rxtea lei
then came back 70 Ess oNl surrounding,
AID atS.n;ly contemplated each article o:
furniture a II lie eNpsctei soma help tlera
lie was IN ssarch u an idea an inspiration
one e! th5 U-in Ingredients in the cai!-ua
e these a!chemssts-tut none sppssral TO ..
concealed about ais apartment, OF else lie
i.sd exhausted them al
Il l. true tina: tbs carpet might have Sas-
ees-ed Poverty-stricken Young gentleman
II tbs NeEs lowest ebh OF fortune. u love
with an equally destitute young LADY. rrpre-
seltsl by the sota-bsistsat, watch asso
illustrated the uEs AMI downs II fortune,
being pos eSssi % Just enough remaining
springs 10 render their entire absence des->
able
The Wallpaper mig; have Furnished Il
sP.ratlou Cor = tangled. mattel forest. N
which TiIiain-FerSonified bv i..sv.
unyaintei .sShtab-heli his or-ies. and
-Ha!7 after the manner * villains
ever s.ncs the world began.
In faci, with t5s exception that usthia- IA
the reoul cOcid possibly sasss>; ;5e rio2 sai
obiursts d father. or the equally vaaltay
ard more Persistent rival lover, II seems -
NE that tee Bohemian might k4vs ,sua