Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-28
CLARA BELLIES CHAT.
Some Facts About the Persevering
Masher of the Metropolis.
ONE DAYS FRUITLESS PURSUIT.
The Possibilities of a Charming Young
Creature Upset By
APICTURE FROM THE ROGUES' GALLERY
CORRESPONDENT OF THE DIspArcH.J

firt anyhow on the street; and do wonder
sometimes how a man can stand the humili.
alton of making goose OF himself right in
broad daylight, and on Broadway, too, try
ing to attract the attention of a girl who
never gives him the least encouragement.
They usually look like nice enough fellows,
and not at all the old style of masher. 1
had time with one of them yesterday.
Maud and came out of confectioner' s
and stood on the corner of Twenty-fourth
street and quarreled about whether we
should go to the matinee at Casino or at the
Madison Square. Maud is awfully gone
on Barrymore, and she wanted to see '"The
Burglar" Now, if there is anything hate
it is going to see an actor I adore with an
other girl who adores him. For that matter,
when it comes to Barrymore, I'd just rather
60 and contemplate him all alone. mean
I'd rather go all alone and contemplate him.
Just from quiet back row, and with no.
body along but some candy. think there
is nothing that seems to go so beautifully
with Barrymore as a sort of solitude and
cream drops. 1 didn't want that sort of
sacred feeling have about him interfered
with, and I said if we didn't 60 to the
Casino
WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
Maud said shed have to go home to ask her
mother, and we fixed it up that meanwhile
would go to the Casino and get the tickets
made her hand me 81. I had plenty of
money, but of course her mother might not
let her come back, and you know how it is
with girls in business matter. Maud
crossed over to Fourth avenue for the cars,
and waited for Broadway car.
OF course Maud and had been talking a
good deal, and probably making gestures
with our parasols more or less; and felt it
keenly when found man standing on the
corner of Twenty-fourth street Just staring
and staring. He was like all of them, rather
short, in darkish gray suit very slick look
ing, white vest dotted around with blue
silk spots, a blue necktie, straw hat with
blue band around and a cane with big
silver handle. He had the regular big eyes
and dropping dark mustache and purplish
look around his chin that so many New
York men have. / think they want to look
like Kelcey. He's lovely and purple all
around where he shaves..
PERFECTLY UNCONSCIOUS.
Well, not to get of on Kelcey, I just
looked in a very direct way over this mans
shoulder, as if he wasn't there at all. 1
think that's the best way to do, for you can
see them perfectly we'll, and yet they can't
think you are noticing them. OF course,
when you come SO near to noticing them
they always think you will the next minute,
but don't think any right-minded person
could regard looking over mans shoulder
as if he wasn't,there as encouraging him.
I got on the car just as dignifed. He
swung on the other end of the car, and all
the way up to the Casino he pulled his
mustache and looked at me. I couldn't
help wishing L had sat on the other side Of
the car, because know my profile looks
much better on the flare side of my hat; but
one can't think of everything. I screwed
my under lip together little and wore my
EYEBROWS pulled down at the outer ends, and
Just hiteo tine least DIT In the world at the
inner enos H gives sort OF bored and at
the same time unconscious look. think it
is awful bad taste for girl to look as if she
knew man was looking at her when he is.
1t is SO apt to make the man speak, or do
something dreadful, and then the women
around always think you aren't used to
being stared at. and 1t gives them kind of
contempt Tor you.
GOT LITTLE SCARED
Well when We rot to tbe C.s;no s,.a
.h @ ~ & ~. W 'ne stopped
bod a moment of awfrI onx;at- xuaaJe.
wbather he uonid oet off - az @onuhg oa,'
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neriectIv naInabIe ;ns, ;o;nad an tnng rs Is
at The boI Office and msJs NJ ym nn n,;nd ; ne thn.
7 had lost HIM. Rnt when 7 tnr,ad arornS
with the tickets there he ,xas r;abt faoa ~
face / looked right at him as if had never
seen him before, and as if 1 didn't even
know was looking; and sort of let my eyes
drift contemplatively through his head, as
If my mind was full of thinking about
something else. Well, Maud didn't come,
and, If you Will believe it, that man stood
up the whole performance by post, expect
ing every moment would see him or some
thing. 1 never did, though. 1 just kept
nv attention near enough to him to keep
him from going and vet not to encourage
him. L felt rather scared when came to go
out, because was afraid he might speak,
which, OF conrse, would have been awful;
but he didn't, though he stood so had to 60
by right close to him. He rode as far up
town as Forty-second street, and then he
swung on: L wanted to turn around and
just give him one look Of indignation, so as
to show him my opinion OF man who fol-
lowed person around SO; but 1 didn't dare,
Tor lear he would stop the car and get on
again.
These impertinent men are equal to just
doing anything. couldn't help thinking
though, how stupid he was to waste his
whole afternoon like that with no encour-
agement at all. He might have seen from
the first that 1 wasn't the sort of girl to al
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