Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-26
A FACE TO ORDER.

Noeps @ ueer Experience. and the Lesson
It Taught Him.
Noel, take that face out of the
room and do not come back with ii.
The teacher spoke sternly, and the
boy. with scowl between his eyes.
and pouting lips, shuff1ed across the
floor.
Raise your feet from the floor, :"
said the teacher
Then he took short. mincing steps,
and felt as if he would like to do some
thing desperate.
The boy went out. slamming the
door behind him. He did not know
what he was going to do about it. He
felt cross; his bicycle was broken; the
boys were going nutting; he had a
horrid lesson to learn. It seemed to
him that he was an ill-used boy. and
he never once thought of putting the
blame where 1t belonged, at the door
of his own carelessness.
Where should he 60 to get face to
orderp In the warm sunshine he sat
and thought about it. Edo and Selim
were on the piazza. Edo wagged his
tail, and was rewarded with cuff.
Selim purred. and got push. The
frown seemed to be not only on Noel s
face, but in his hands, to make them
so unkind.
Down at the foot of the garden he
saw what looked like the opening of
an underground tunnel He thought
he would 60 in and walk along He
met no one, but heard strange sounds
Far her on, a kind of door swung into
large, shoplike kind of place. full of
all sorts of people, talking busily. Noel
went in, and stood on one side. A
little fellow, with very tight fitting
clothes. STEPPED up and asked what he
could be served with.
"A face to order" said Noel.
The little man kept bowling his
head. Eyes; oh! yes, certainly.
That's what they all come here for
Come this way. and I will show you
what we have, and you may select
what you like. Here are compilations,
now-pale, florid. livid, yellow,
dark, light. H. opened show
case gay with color. Then he took
| the covers from several boxes. say
ing: Then here are eyes-black.
blue. brown, gray, violet, nondescript;
round. oval, oblong; narrow slit eyes;
wide-open, staring eyes, all sorts.
see,'' and he put his hand in and
tumb led them over. Noel. with all
the eyes winking and blinking at him.
never felt so funny in his life.
s.And here are the noses" his COM
panion continued, turning to another
box; straight, crooked. broken. bent
long. short, stub, hooked. Grecian.
Roman, classic. retrousse, or
turned up on the end; and
the lips. oh. yes, right over here,
along side of the smiles and frowns,
here we have them, thick and thin,
long and short. With these you can
have makeup fair as June MORN
| ing, or black as thunder-cloud.
What do you sayP All, you want a
pleasant expression All right Step
on this platform, and lie back in the
| big easy-cha;r. Here, Nimble and
Expert, attend to this young gentle.
man; a. pleasant face, now, remem-
| ber.''
Noel was seized gently by each arm.
assisted up some steps. and into q
capacious chair tilted we'll backwards.
Now came a curious sensation. A
sharp line was drawn round each eve,
the nose and mouth; and then he had
such strange feelings; nothing but
great holes in his face, and nose after
nose was fitted; eyes clapped in. and
taken out, and tried again; lips
pinched into place; and at last every
thing seemed to suit the little attend.
ants. and they said they had nothing
more to do but attend to the com
plexion.