The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-21
AS A GLOVE BUTToNER.

She really cannot keep glove buttoner,
so you see her pushing under her hat
brim for a hairpin. She does this in the
cars, on the street, at Huyler's after her
ice cream soda, in church-oh, any
where. A glove buttoner may disappear
at any moment, but one always has
hairpin.
Likewise she buttons her shoes with
it-buttonhooks get lost, or they are ''up
stairs" or down-one always has hair
pin, though. To be sure a hsirpin is
rather cranky about buttoning shoes and
gets twisted and the varnish comes off
but hairpin is after all so handy; one
always has one. BY the way, the one
with which she buttons her shoes really
sticks by to the last-women have a
way of thinking hairpin won't show;
so in goes that twisted, shiny one. She
really must get some hairpins," but
that one lives long to betray itself under
the edge of her bonnet.
A hairpin is not all it should be to pin
hat on with, especially when to make
it long enough il is bent out into one
straight piece; still hatpins do get out of
the way-and one always has hairpin.
Almost anything can be mended with
hairpin, and there is no use having a
new clasp put on ones little bag-a hair
pin will twist up and make it just as
safe. OF course after hairpin is twisted
it breaks easily, but one always has
hairpin, so it makes little difference if it
does.
Latch keys are forever getting left
home when one goes to the theatre, but
if anything will pick lock hairpin
will, and one always has a hairpin.
John thinks nothing so good for clean
ing out his pipe as a Strengthened hair
pin. It's really better than a broom
straw, and besides the broom may be
away out in the kitchen, but one always
has hairpin.
There is nothing like hairpin for
chasing the dime or button small Dick
dropped between the piano keys, and no
broom can do the final cleaning Of the
parlor corners-s hairpin is the only
thing. Then, too, it's so handy when
the stationary washstand waste pipe
gets stopped. A hairpin is the most con-
venient thing in the world for that sort
of emergency and no delay, for Of course
one always has hairpin.
When leaf keeps turning over while
one is enjoying duet with George out
Of 1.-The Garland Of Song" book a hair
pin used clothespinwise keeps the leaf
back beautifully, and no bother either,
for one always has hairpin. It's good
in the same way for a book mark, and
as for opening letters-when one over
takes the postman, for instance, how
could we get the envelope open on the
street except with hairpin? and of
course one always has hairpin.
It's convenient and at hand paper
cutter always Cards and pictures, too,
that won't stick up in the mirror-a hair
pin pushed in against them makes it all
right; and how in the world would the
average woman get the average cork out
of the average bottle if it wasn't for a
hairpin?
Sometimes it becomes necessary TO
apply friction instantly to a small
spot on the shoulder or upper arm
rubbing through the sleeve does no
good-the place must be scratched or
insanity will ensue. And q hairpin is
the only thing on earth that can put a
woman out of her misery when she's in
q street car, for instance, and has got
10 scratch her shoulder or die on the
spot.
Its the only thing with which to turn
over and hold an eyelid while one hunts
for a torturing cinder, and, though the
cinder blow into the eye in the desert of
Sahara, one always has hairpin.
Then, last but not least, a hairpin is
so convenient for doing mp hair-the |
average woman will bear me out though |
when confess that that is usually the
lime when one hasn't got hairpin.
EMMA V. SHERIDAN.