Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-20
SHE DID NOT SEEM TO MIND.
1t Was the Nouag Man wnh the Blonde
Bang who suffered and He showed IL.

1t Was the Nouag Man WIN the Blonde
Bang who suffered, and He showed IL.
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WITH A BLONDE
~ bang and q silver-headed cane came into
the reception room Of o fashionable Washing
ton physician one day last week and looked
abouthim for seat. There was only one vacant
owing to an unusual crowd OF patients He
took il and sat down TO wait, making pre-
tense Of reading the while
He soon gavo this up, because there was 90
little light that he could not distinguish the
print without difficulty. Besides his eyes we're
weak. In fact that was the reason wherefore he
was making daily visits to the ophihalmie sur
geon. The day was stormy outside anu the
curtains were drawn.
There is surely nothing quite so dismal as the
waiting room Of an oculist. The patients 81,
around and eye one another slyly, each one won
dering what is the particular trouble which a.
flicts this or that other. People who have trou-
bles of this sort are very apt 20 be morbid One
may escape reflection for a time upon the un.
fortunate condition Of lung or a liver, but
anything the matter with the organs OF sight
haunts she patient continually.
So the Young man with the blonde bang two
old ladies, q very fashlonably dressed girl y
man with a crutch, two stout women IN black
silk and child with blue goggles sat silently
waiting, pretending not TO observe each other
in the half-lit room. Some copies Of the Lou
don Punch on the center table were evidently
intended to supply a lngubrious quality Of
humor for anybody who needed cheering up.
tame black squirrel clambered mp and down
the portieres and INDUCED in an occasional
chew al tho woodwork Ii also was palrably
there for the purpose Of supplying subject OF
agreeable interest
There was a ring at the door bell. and pres
q To- sod hsas. ~
sty le sugg. stiye of / street between i7tL and
18th on Wednesday afternoon entered. Sh,
was paipably near sig hted. and the fact chaneeU
to be that she had left her lorsnetto in her car,
riage outside. Hesitating for a moment. shS
walked over to the nearest corner and coolly
sar down in the lap of the young man with III,
blonde bang
She did not romsin there. startled JUMP
or his part caused her to relinqUish the SCAT a
once. some young women might have beer
embarrassed undersuch circumstances. Wher
ono Is really well bred, however, one Is pro
pared for all things, and il not discomposed b,
any unexpected event of a trifing nature. III,
SOS repose which marks the caste OF We're 4,
were lie imperturbable.
Accordingly, the young lady rose, quickly
put Without undue haste. From her manner
TIE observer might have imagined that she had
| been accustomed all her life to sitting in youn,
gentiemen's laps. or course, this was not tn,
case, such not being the fashion on i street
An improperly which is fashionable ceases u
be such NJ once. Morals must always be to
| certain exteat dictated by custom. Il may b,
set down as a general rule. at all events, thai
no selt-respectinS female will sit in the lap Of
person of the opposite sex until he has beeI
| INTRODUCED TO her
III The young woman in this instance e1
hibited self-possession the same 10y nS
means be said of the youth with the blond,
bang. He stammered an apology, which wa,
hardly due from him. and. plckiny mn his ma
and cane, slid out OF the room. That was NOR,
than a week ago. He has made his regulal
visits to the physician daily since then. but b,
has not once ventured into the reception room
preferring TO sit outside on the from steps an,
await his turn. There he can be reasonably
confident that he will not be sat upon by an,
one-ieast OF all by near-sighted young womei
who come in carriages