Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-14
wfre,s. Mrs. Mac D.. of whom he stands in

| wife's. Mrs. Mac D., OF whom he stands in
wholesome dread.
LET her come to see you if she wants to, -
says the aged warrior to his young and frisky
yokefellow, but don't go to her house. in
st s doing as say this
Pretty generally Nanny yields strict obedi-
ence to her aged consort; hence it was with
feelings of mingled grief and Indignation that
the colonel on his wsy up town, saw cab in
front of Mrs. Mods. From the vehicle lady
aiighted and bounded lightly up the steps.
claimed ed the - colonel '.f'd know those s stock
ings far as I could see Them
It seems that the coquettish Nanny affected a
peculiar style of hosiery-a black silk stocking,
clicked in very striking manner-a stunning
| article which she ordered directly from Paris.
assembled the steps OF Mrs. Mac DIS. house as
rapidly his equity limbs would permit, and
gave furious tug al the bell. Mrs. Mac D. re-
f':Ah, colonel, delighted to see you. Caught
glimpse OF you ascending the steps and made
MY vile is herer' blurted out the old war
horse, fairly blue with rage.
BEG. your pardon, colonel; you're mis-
mo, I'm not. 1 could swear that the lady
who just entered this house is my wife, l recog
nized her stockings as she stepped out OF the
cab
You're mistaken, my dear colonel"
LET me see the lady, them
Il could not without first consulting her.
Excuse me one moment and Mrs. Mac D. dis
appeared behind the heavy velvet portieres
which divided the long parior
my dear colonel - gurgled Mrs. Mac D.. as
she returned to the irate husband 1.-THE lady
naturally declines the honor of meeting you;
but you base this question OF identity upon
the style OF hosiery worn by her, she consents to
display her foot to convince you OF your error.
Stand where you are, my dear colonel"
G ~ sne h. i IN odu 1nue
q remarkably pretty foot and just bit of the
enkle. This very shapely member vas clad in
hesh-coored stocking, and the tiny foot was
encased in dainty ratent- leather tie. Tue ev-
idence was overwhelming. The colonel rubbed
his eyes, blushed. stammered out excuse and
withdrew. AT dinner that night Nanny ate
heartily, but the old colonel hadn't any appe-
tte. He thought he had made a fool of himself.
She knew that she had made fool of him. 1t
s.as her foot that ne had seen, but encased in g
hastily borrowed stocking.
The girls that apply for positions as chorus
''ladi.s'' in comic opera companies are of every
variety. There are tall girls, short girls, round
and fat girls, Cross-eyed and old girls, and
girls with feet enough for two. One that con-
fronted a stage manager at \ city theater The
other day. was at least six feet and two inches
tall. She had fine face, but she was so tall
that she was comical. The stage manager
smiled, and was declining her services in kindly
tones, when the star commedian of the company
.'wny. engage this young lady by all means, &"
said he, ''she IS just what we need to lead 3
march,
The gil was eng ged, and all went well until
the question nf costume came up. As leader OF
the march the young woman must wear tights,
and after thorough search it was found that New
York did not contain pair long enough to ac-
commodate the handsome giantess. There was
10 time TO make pair to order, and it looked
very much as though the march wonld not enjoy
the ornamentation of the tall girl presence. The
star of the show had heard of the ichorus girls
Dredicament and regretted that she could not
appear, as he looked for her to create something
OF sensation.
The night of the first performance arrived. and
when the grand march OF the supernumeraries
began the audience was astonishei by tis sight
of the tall, splendidly formed girl that walked
long time to notice the girl, but when at last
his eyes did fall upon her he was SO surprised
that he lost his lines and doundered awkwsrdly
for an instant. How the girl had succeeded in
getting tights to fl her he did not know After
the performance he saw the girl and asked her
how she secured her tights. The tall Amazon
smiled. blnshed and fastened away without
replying. The secret, however, had got
noised round among the chorus. The girl had
cut of pair OF tights at the ankles. and artist
cally stained the hiatus to match. Neat bands oil
ribbon covered the iointure, and no spectator
had dream.d OF the imposture. With the re-
msinder OF her costume she had made the gor-
geous and legitimate costume thst bad fred the
interest of the assembly. While such girls as
these are in comic opera chorusses tine cynics Of
the earth need net deplore the decadsnce of
feminine acumeu and pluck in the large cities.
The girl now, let it be added, wears red tights,
an especial pair having been completed for her.
CLARA BELLE.