Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02

could not be of the best. As he listened
to catch the subject of the girls remarks
the following words spoken in metallic
voice, came from her lips:
''Say, Maggie. l like to strike q
crowded car like this when 1 go home
nights, because you can get a chance to
cuddls up TO good looking feller.''
The soft-hearted gentleman started
back as though he had been struck in
the face. As he did so those young, in
nocent eyes were turned into his, and he
edged away from the girl in despair.
She was wondering why that nice look
ing ''feller'' made point of avoiding
her. She had thought she was encour
aging him coQuettishly, and not 8 bit of
wickedness was In her unrefned little
mind.
ga truly gift from Santa Claus;'' ex-
claimed one extremely innocent maiden.
'Of course not, you little goose, re-
piled the owner of the stocking. "It Is
only q remembrance from that jolly
jack
'But how did he get your stocking?"
cried innocence.
The question was not answered with
any great lucidity. For fact the piece
of hosiery had been sent to the chap. for
bravao, upon his offer to fill Il If she
would do. so.
The gay young women laughed immod"
derately as they fished out the nought
from under the roses.
And why shouldn't all girls, rich and
poor alike, believe that they are objects
of interest to the men who eye them at
every step-even on rainy days? A man
who paints great pictures said to me that
the only artistic figure a modern woman
ever publicly outs is on rainy days, when
she catches up the skirt of her dress and
tiutters across the wet pavements. Her
poise, and the accidental lines of her
skirts, make her a thing that can well
be studied for its unique and excellent
beauty. In pleasant weather she is
straight aud dreary, but when she at
tempts to get across a puddle without
spotting the ruffies of her skirt, she be-
it is TO be feared that all observers are
not sc artistically actuated.
"Have you meyer noticed the rainy
day peepers?'
l asked the inatronly woman in charge
of department in big store what she
meant by rainy day pepper.
"Why - replied she, 'the men that
haunt the shopping district on raiuy days
in order to catch Rlimpses Of the ladies'
feet. There is regular set of them.
They idle along the sidewalks, and they
appear to get great amount of enter
tainment out of @ view of q garter and
glimpse of q stocking. 1 once had an
experience with q man who had planted
himself under our awning on stormy
afternoon, and who was staring at tine
procession of feet that moved brilliantly
over tie street crossing. At last | got
mad at the persistent way in which the
fellow studied the exhibition, and sent
our special officer to tell him he had
better move on. He turned and asked
what was meant. The officer replied
that there was no need of his
staying there all day TO see things
in which he should have no interest.
Yes; said the man, but suppose l
have an engagement here with a lady
that never saw before, and suppose
that she has agreed to let me know her
by wearing stockings of black and
white stripe, haven't got to keep
look out for her. BY George, there's
my girl now And sure enough, there
was a saucy looking woman crossing the
street and showing samples Of black and
white striped stockings. The chap made
q dive for her, and the next minute the
two of them went skipping away under
one um brella. So that fellow wasn't q
regular rainy day pepper after all. He
had At excuse, don't you see for watch
ing for the woman's signal.
0nr Nc lister girls are inst now learn