The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
ENNUTS FAIR CAPTIVES.
TWO MAlDENS WHO WANTED TO
SEE LlFE'S GlLDED SIDE.

girls go Summing and do nice things like
that" Marion is u blonde. and looks as if
her spirit walked only in tho sunlight of
wings. But here the most exciting
thing we ever do is to give u masquerade,
which makes us n lot of worry II work and
expense, and when it is over we find we have
only succeeded i'll making ourselves perfectly
hideous by n misguided selection of costume.
and have had nothing but a dancing party
after all"
Maude thought they ought to he able to de.
wise something that would have at least a
grain of spice. What do you say to going
to tho limo museum!" she sud abruptly.
"There might be something in it."
There is" exclaimed Maude triumphantly.
''and it's n Human Balloon read so in
the morning paper"
II suppose he would have q few clothes
on!" remarked Marion doubtfully.
"Oh, Of course. tights anyway. Let's go.r
And so it happened that the two daring
young ladies concealed their aristocratic fea.
lures behind thick wells, and trusting their
lives to the integrity of the cable las the first
step in their reckless adventure, perhaps,
came down by the common route and sneaked
aye. verify, sneaked into the dime museum
"Heavcnsl What smells sos' gasped Ma,
rion Mt the top of the stairs.
Its the aroma of novelty, machere. You
may change, you may alter the house if you
will, but the scent of tho freak will cling
round it still"
''That ounds as if you had been here be.
FORE" and Marion cast an eye Of suspicion
upon her friend.
well, | haven't, but l vent into n side
show once at II circus. Marion Hilltop" she
whispered, grasping that young woman's arm
with a black-and-blue clutch, 81 actually be-
lieve that man is in his skinI"
Nonsense! Let go my arm. It's pink
silk, and not much of n fit either; but it does
look a little like skin at first"
The human balloon rose and spoke his little
piece; then drawing a prolonged inspiration
he expanded his chest md stomach until his
body was more than twice the original size,
held it a moment, and with a slow expira-
ton gradually decreased to his normal pro-
portions.
ut makes mt SICK" declared Marion.
~ believe it's n trick" rejoined Maude.
''IIl bet anything it's some kind of a rubber
arrangement that he blows up some way
with air. Let's look at the monkeys"
Thanks; ! meet too many English apes
capering around in society to find anything
uIuusllIS VI tLC t4lIlCitJ Species. N1uuuC, WlLlU
do you suppose the men are looking at
through those round holes over there on the
side!"
a single woman gone over yet. Icxpect it's
something pretty bad. Would you dare looks
Merciful goodncssl Is the place on fire."
mo, MON" responded a bystandcr, eject
ing n stream of tobacco juice from a swollen
jaw. Its the crowd a-rushin' down to sec
the seals"
THEY TAXI IN II SHOW.
Tho two girls, determined to SEQ it all, fol-
lowed tho %unsavory thropg, and to this day
tho possible improperly that hid beyond that
row of bulls eye holes remains a tantalizing
mystery to them. The performance Of trained
seals they found really interesting. Tie
juvenile seal was quito us kittcnish as the
stage juvenile always is; the topical song
seal sang tho usual number Of verses with
the traditional lack of voice, and received tho
same old encores: the funny business bore tho
authoritative stamp of ripe old age, and on the
whole tho entertainment was just as well
worth seeing as two-thirds of tho combina-
tons put upon the regular boards, and hada
decided advantage over the latter in that the
performers were seals and not persons.
II didn't see any fur o N them that looked
like my sealskin coat" commented Marion US
the curtain fell.
perhaps they've shed their coats. l think
Two read that some animals do shed their out
side skin when they get in a warmer eli
mate"
mo, l think you're wrong, Maude, about
that. But perhaps the fur grows on the i'll
side. shouldn't wonder if 1T did, because if
it was on the outside it would got so stuck
with ice crawling around on icebergs"-
"uow do you know they doc" interrupted
Maude.
because, don't you remember, the picture
in our Biographies always represented seals
as summing themselves on icebergsf"
AT the foot of the stairs they found q man
selling tickets for "a first class theatrical per-
Torrance by the English Novelty company
of celebrated artists; gentleman will please
remove their hats"
"a variety show" whispered Marion.
Two always been dying to go to one. l
guess VIC ont buy reserved seats, but stand
back here. We may have to leave"
And a variety" show it was. but absolute.
ly free from any improperly. They found
it sufficiently interesting to remain to the
close, although considerably disappointed at
tho absence Of anything sensational. The
VOcallStS nad OcCLef voices IMAM Inc average
singer in first class burlcsque. and were cos
tuned rather moro modestly. Tho jokes, il
somewhat moss grown, were at least not I'm
pleasantly suggestive, and the specialize:
were all cleverly done. The artist who played
popular airs on q violin with anything unde,
tho light of the sun from a washboard to M
old shoe, as Maude afterward said, gave bet
ter music than Hoey does with his peculiar
instrument in "a Parlor Match" to say
nothing of the man who proved that rca
melody can be extracted from a penny whis
tic in tho hands-or mouth, rathcr-of /;
genius.
well, We haven't seen or heard a singh
thing the least bit outrageous, have we" re
marked Marion, in q disguised tone, as the,
walked down Seventh street. But its beef
q great lark. Wonder if any one saw us
Suppose wo wind off with blue points and
pint bottlei"
Maude hesitated. II would, but | want t
DO Mt home by 5, and I've got to change N.
gown, and curl my bang, and"-
"Maude Anthony, you have an engagement
with -. oh, you sly thingl Well, Ill s
ever to the Ryan md make a call. Tra-la
la-la- If he tells you that he never knew
woman to whom he could conli.le his dcepc
thoughts and sentimcnts-one vino would I'LL
dcrstand bis real nature, until lie met you
you Just wink your inward eye. my dear
and think 'chestnuts' "-'Jay'' in st. Pau
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