Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-28
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

knowing what a pain or an ache is
and she's up in the morning, If not
exactly with the lark, at least as
fresh as a lark. She swings bel
arms as she walks, proving that
she has been physically cultur
ing" herself all winter.
She wants to have a good
time, and to get it she is willing ia
"stand treat"-in fact, she's eager to
initiate her brother in everything,
Bless her little heart, she doesn't
mean any harm, and if she finds any
pleasure in living behind a stiff
shirt front, let her have il. She
counts herself "well set-up" when
she has a kilt skirt Of plain black
cloth, a cutaway coat, stiff white
shirt showing three white buttons,
and low cut waistcoat of some
loudly figured material. Her collar
ls very high and broken at the cor
ners in fashion that she describes
as the gates ajar."
SHE WEARS A FOUR-IN-HAND SCARF
which she ties in the most puffy
fashion and which she would scorn
wearing ready made. A stiff edge
Of linen shows below her coat sleeves,
and her gloves are heavy four but
toned ones of that brick-red color
which is ferociously called "beef's
blood" Her umbrella is strapped
very tight; the one femininity she
allows herself about it is it's round
top, which is of pink coral with a
tiny gold band. Her hat is a stiff
sailor of black and white striped
straw, with black band of ribbon
around il, and her hair, crt short
and closely curled to her head,
doesn't show below the brim except
at the back. The bangles in which
she used to delight, the string of
gold beads that for a while made
her happy, have all been taken to
the jeweler from whom they were
gotten, and he graciously allowed
her their price as old metal, and
then she paid the difference and
took it out in shirt buttons.
THE GIRL WOULD BE A BOY.
The funniest thing about her is
that she carries something that
femininity has always abhorred-
that is a good sized handkerchief.
1t is of plain white linen with a
hem-stitched border, and in one
corner is embroidered her name
just as her latest adorer writes 1t.
If by any chance it can be twisted
into a senblance of being masculine
it is done; for instance Alice is cut
down to "Al," Josephine becomes
"Joe,n Frances changes to Frank, !"
Georgiana is George" and the
happy girl, happy nOw,but who has
been objecting to her godfathers and
godmothers for naming her
Johanna, exults because she can
have Jack" or "Johnny" in one
corner of her mouchoir. She speaks
Saxon, to all appearances she has
forgotten French. and to use her
own sweet words she is "on to" the
latest London slang.
WHY THE BoY.GIRL WILL NOT BE
POPULAR.
There is no reason why the
mothers of the country need worry
themselves over this disease-this
desire to be Il boy. 1t has affected
the girls like the measles, and be-
cause they have got it bad it will
soon be over. No man can make
love to a shirt front; he might to a
flannel blouse, but he draws the
line against resting his head on
stiff linen aud three buttons warrant
ed to scratch him. This the hoy-girl
il going To find out, aud while she
may count it lark for II little while
to abhOr all sentimentaliry, she
wouldn't be worth while consider
ing if in the June days she didn't |
begin to have thoughts Of the young
man, and TO what his fancies were
tending. Slight attacks of love in
the sprlnglime are evidences of a
normal state of health, mentally and .
physically, in all women, even If
they are grandmothers. Thank the .
Lord, when the men are scarce,
there are always the babies TO make .
love To, and | don't know but what
after all they are the more deserv-
ing. g.-Bab.
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