Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-29

during the first sitting. When 1t occurred, the
maid hurIiedly prepared the re Is oaY
wheTeupon the kind hearted artist nurrleu tne
maid down stairs to the neaTest urusgls' ~. noI
some brandy, in the meantime supporting tnS
fainting woman in his arms. Enter husband!
Tableau.
Don't have your wife's portrait painted; es-
pecially not by famous artist. This is my al
vice to you. OF course, you may 20 es Sn Sa
choose. Anyway, DR.; Moiair, lasn no did
About four years ago the doctor married g,rl
of South Norwalk, Conn. Up there IN the
country they thought her too pae 70 pc PrfH..s,
and soulful at an evening reception IN tne
Bohemian world of art and literature, the BRIDE
attracted the attention OF a Young artist VINO
has lust finished his studies in Paris. He Of
fered to paint her portrait Tor notning, ~
the doctor would allow 1t to be exhibited al tne
1--WE been looking for such face ever Sue
I returned to America,'' said the artist -
promise you it win be the most looked-assao-
In d due ct time the portrait was completely 1t
was dreafuly pale, and sat against a gray H;ck
ground. The common herd Of mortals ekeu
and laughed, but the cognoscenti went lntptfc,,
stacies. ''Pale luncheon were given, ~,
then the whole party adjourned to the acadessT.
to stare at the 'pale lady 1t wasn't sue I
cess; il was sensation. At any hour OF ths gay
or evening you were sure to find crowd IN front
of this remarkable portrait. the pare iankee
girl suddenly became one OF the pess k iatsd
:
complimented and, while her husband WAS ur i
ing out the cavities OF teeth. she was maKing
breaches in hearts. Lnnch parties, 5n r,a.oI
parties and supper parties were organized mere
" to let people meet the pale lady race 70
face. Always dressed in gray, the doctor pale
wife went about from one conquest to anotheT.
The artist watched over her cos TUNES WIN leal-
Gus care.
''That heavenly coloring must not be profaned
by any inharmomous tint, said he. -,
DR., Molair was an industrious man; his
shoulders had grown round in digging and
boring and filing; but he found 1t expensive 10
have a pale wife-very expensive, TOO e1pene
sive. He demonstrated mildly, in voice no
| harsher than the buzz OF his drilling mac hine
The pale Yankee girl listened, but her tnougnts
| were up town at pale luncheon TO be given
| in her honor. The doctor kept steadily al
work. and he did good work, too, and his IN
come could have been quite suihclent Ior
man whose wife wasn't so pale; but as it was.
Well, among the legal decisions this week there
| is one In these words: IN. VS.. M, decree
Paris. but it is more than ffkeiy she'll be back
with the old folks in South Norwslk ere many
| years more.
All the girls, from PASSPORT. Me-, to Seattle,
| Wash, have been wearing what is technically
| termed "saior hats'' for more years than can
| be confidently counted, but they do not all Keep
| account of the slight changes that mark the ar
| ticle for a back number or the very latest edl-
| ton, The straw hat, which for some unknown
reason is called the sailor hat, IS this year one
| of the funniest objects in the world saw II IN
| its most perfect form on the head OF girl who
| is noted for being the most correctly If not the
| best dressed young woman in town. She was on
| to Tuxedo and was going to the train with some
| of the men of her family. As she tripped down
! the steps of her house my eye was naturally
| caught by the black silk stockings that CLEANED
| over pair of russell shoes, the huctuant SKIRT
OF striped serge, the starched shirt with ITS GOLD
| studs and standing collar and the blue jacket
| thrown open in the careless masculine way.
! What most attracted me however, was the last
| thing in hats that perched on her smooth black
| hair. IL was a straw with a crown as nat as q
| SOUP plate and brim fully four inches wide.
1t was not tipped forward or back, but
was worn in precisely the angle that ould be
| secured by a man. 1t was funny. but striking,
| and as looked at it thought that possibly II
| was a freakish invention Of this particular
young lady, but as gazed upon it with some
| feeling of awe two jolly pretty girls with hat:
| exactly like it dashed by. To my utter aston1sh-
ment, the girls, upon recognizing each other,
lifted their hats in the way that gentlemen do or
| meeting lady acquaintance. They laughed
| lightly as they did this, as though the idea wa:
| a new one. A laborer who was passing stopped
| and gazed at the girl in the extraordinary ha
and said to whoever might be listening tina
1.-THE little gyurl have her brothers. hat on her
suppaws." A bright boy who was COMING
81 bEiskly down the street, and who evidently
ftASssa this remark, looked round at the Irish
man xnsisaid:
'sOE$&o she hasn't. You don't suppose II
WssF thing like that, do your
.AASle q CLARA BELLE.