The morning call., 1891-11-15

81 came 10 see the exhibition, and l don't
care Tor that kind of a book nohOw."
And then l turned my back on her, de-
cded, sO't she could see II wasn't no use to
coax me.
The exhibition hadn't begun yet, it
seemed, and all the folks was standing
about looking at some of the pictures that
was hung as thick as spatter all over the
room. | suppose they didn't have enough
carpetng and stuff to go around, so they
had put up pictures Instead in this room,
and they did cover up the wall real good;
and they had filled up the places betwixt
'em with some red cloth so't the place
looked sight better than you'd think it
would. After I'd looked around little,
though, | couldn't help thinking it would
have been good deal better if they'd
turned some OF the pictures the other way
to, they'd have covered up the wall just as
good, and made a body feel sight more
comfortable.
There was one picture in particular that
made me feel real st0mach-sick, and that
was deer that somebody had Just been
taking the innards out of, lying on a table,
with the blood all sposhed round, as nat
ural and as nasty as life. Then there was
lots of pictures of sheep, and some land
escapes, and lots of pictures Of women that
didn't have clothes enough on 'em to suit
me, and there was one big picture of girl
in what man next me called those and
doublet." | couldn't see nothing of the
appeared to have on she wouldn't have had
enough on her 10 be decent anyway. She
was real pretty in the face, though, and she
looked ashamed of herself, too, for there
was lot of other folks in the picture,
dresse in gowns and hoods and they didn't
seem to approve of her at all. One woman
said that the name of the picture was The
Trial of Constance de Beverage" and it
must have been quite trial to her, too, If
size didn't dress up that way just Tor devil
ont ryirlea ri haa 1aH ptna tfnD
in which case it was good thing she got
caught and p0ked fun at, for it would be a
lesson to her for the future.
Well, l trudged around there till l was
dead tired, and still that exhibition didn't
begin, but | set down on one OF the benches
they had there and thought I'd wait little
longer, though lots Of the folks were going
out discouraged, and l was dreadful hun
cry Still had paid my money to see that
exhibition and thought I'd stick it out and
see IL If l had to Starve for It.
Pretty soon a lot of bare-head girls
came out from behind some curtains at one
side of the room, and | settled back in my
seat feeling sure that they were the begin
ming of the exhibition at last, but they just
scattered around the room and began to
look at the pictures like the rest of the folks.
and so got up and asked nice appearing
old woman who they might be.
They are the design girls" says she, look
ing at me kind of hard through her specs
lucy Glc utt0uuiuS SlaSoCS III
there"
Oh" says |, kind of surprised. "There's
| quite family on EN-, amt they? And they
must be a number of twins and triplets
amongst 'em, they're so much of a size. If
| | was Mrs. Design, though, I'd make Them
| comb their hair before they came to school
| of mornings. Most of 'em don't look as if
| they'd seen comb and brush for a week.
| Perhaps, though, they'd take more pride in
| their appearance if their ma didn's make
nj, for
| They are too big To wear ouch things any
| how. but If she is set about it she might cut
| 'em by different pattern, even if she
| couldn't afford anything but brown cambria
to make 'em of, and they'd look better. y
| Somebody come up and spoke to the old
| lady just then, so she went off without
answering me, and | was getting so raving
hungry that thought I'll better give up my
own way for once and go home and eat my
| lunch like Christian. and so L started off
On the way out glimpSed into the room
across the passage, but there wasn't nothing
there but some more OF them drafted pic
lures and some show cases, and | back &c
out quick, for | knew that just as soon as
went in there they'd want me " buy some
thing, and hadn't any money to spare, be
| sides feeling as though had been cheated
enough for one day.
The pretty woman was sitting at the dool
still when went out and she smiled at me-
again, but wasn't in no mood for smiling
| hated to make fuss and say anything
disagreeable, but | make it point to speal
my mind right out when feel as if I'd beer
imposed upon, so kind of slowed up wheI
| came to her, and looked at her yer,
solemn.
How did you like the pictures?" say
she in nice, chipping, sOciable sort OF
way, and l shook my head
The pictures was well enough" says
with some few exceptions, but Pm disap
pointed. l didn't come here TO see no pet
| ures. My niece Ellen has got plenty that