Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-03

but dinner and are regularly ticketed as being on
the market, aud vet do not know that it takes
more than legs and feet to make a good
walker. Your ignorance is vastly amusing"
They were two of the swell set taking a
stroll in the park and unwittingly dropped into
a seat within easy hearing distance Of n STAR
scribe. who was hidden by thcket of brier
bushes, hence was an interested listener of the
sprightly conversation.
Come to think of it, | did hear Willie Weeks
say that You were a regular high stopper. but
dlda suppose he meant it that way. He was
greatly exercised and suffered worse than
ever, but thought
"Oh, Lille, you are such blessed little sim
pleton; IL really doesn't matter whether You
have any thoughts at all. for they are liable to
be all wrong. That odious Weeks; just because
VIII not permit his attentions and snubbed
MIN he tries to create the impression that have
"A temper. 1t would be q weak-spirited girl
indeed VINO would not get exasperated in an
atmosphere contaminated by the Weeks bur-
lesque. BY the way. the creature comes right
along IN the line of my observations. His
Walk. III II could be perpetuatcd in craven
image one could worship il without shocking
orthodoxy. Tor there Is nothing ike il in heaven
or on earth or In the waters under the earth.
Here, Lii, how is this?" And the lively Nell
seized her umbrella, stuck it, club handle as
lar In her mouth a. the proportions of the two
would admit. bumped her graceful figure like
kangaroo ready to spring aid began to mince
along before her chum.
HOW WILLIE WALKED.
Now just imagine INV coat bulges in the
skirt like balloon and Is too narrow across the
shoulders to accommodate even my narrow
contracted soul, that NV hat sets on nv small
mead ike pimple on my nose. and that NV
trousers are cross between legelettes and twin
Diazer skirts. and am not a sight for gods and
men. And then the gait of him. | think OF
irozen-toed turkey the minute l see him COM
Ing. How can a girl retain her sslf-respect
and associate with things like that?'
HE Is rather-yapid, said the quic ter Lii. :
put some women admire him. Kate. for in
stance"
Yes, and they dead matches on fads
hate Is as oGious an example OF the iaddish girl
as wears a garden hat. yachting jacket. tennis
shirt and ball room slippers on the avenue
The gal. she affects is Ealf MILDLY and half
gamin She thinks i, Is coquettish. and in
reality Il Is only tough. And Niyieni Because
she Is literary she thinks she must be eccentric
ana breezy, SO she goes tearing down street
hSe house aire, with n swing that fops
the tail Of her gown around in front. where it
trips her up. The twin Lawrences. with their
klne-like eyes and peculiar way of thrusting
their heads forward AS they 60 bobbins about.
remind me OF pacing and trottiag horse har-
messed together. They sublimcly uncon-
sciols or the art OF keeping step. and conse-
quently play game OF see-saw as they amble
along. And there is Minnie Stellar"
Why. Nell, how can you find any fault with
her! She has a superb form and think -
WHAT SPOILED HER.
snow. Lii. don't think; You weren I bull. for
a thinker: Minnie is as you sav; besides being
tall and slender. size is graceful as a reed in the
wind when she waltzes. and when she poses TO
receive she is marble goddess. and when she
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feminine type. Positively. she makes the only
corn possess ache out of sympathy as she
goes GRIPPING round on those horrid French
heels and shoes two sizes too short. What girl
i'll her right mind would wear the beastly in
strument of torture. any how
Isn't il qaeer that girls will make Themselves
uncomfortable By wearing shoes too small for
their feet? said Lii as she stuck out No 2
boot. IN which there was oceans" of room
Now, like a narrow foot"
lies. little woman. and Your feet are SEN
sibiy shod and you are not overburdened with
flesh you are yourself naturally graceful
walker
Thanks, awfully"
"Oh, not at all. Now, there is YOUR sister
Mabsl-do You know the happy-go-lucky kind
of hitch she affects? Nearly gives me St. Vitus
dance She is young enough to be broken OF
It, too. IL she was my sister L 4 do her up in
plaster Of paris till her joints set Young
girls are apt to be sef-conscious. L think. and
from sheer embarrassment get into very repre-
b ,lsibla habits OF walking. Ii mothers would
only begin with their daughters Zen they are
quite small they could correct all such habits
easily. They never could do it BY constant
nagging. however-just saying to a child DO
throw your shoulders back; do stand straight.
Will not effect reform child told to throw
it's shoulders back will do so. and at the same
time bend back till its stomach sticks out
like pouter pigeon. That il only max
Inn haI L.
little maid papa was very particular in
training me. He made me little wooden gun
and taught me the manual of arms. He made
me stand correctly and put me through the
PAGES with light weight on my head As
this did not quite correct an inclination TO
stoop he would slip thin piece of board across
my back under my arms, and, with the weight
on my head. he would make me march down
the nursery 'toeing the line. which was a GER
tain light strip in the hardwood floor
thought it was all prime fun then and now l
bless him every day for the though.fulness
which rescued narrow chestel, round
shouldered child and made me AS an"
DRESS AND WALKING.
~ am sure that ones dress has something TO
do with ones grace and seIf-possessiou," yen-
tured Lii.
''Inleed it has. Now. the present style of
street dress is responsible for q whole lot Of
awkwardness. woman can't be a model Of
grace when she is frantically cropping for the
tail OF her gown. And then. when tbs refrac-
tory thing is well in hand the horrifying
thought strikes her that the 'sham is revealing
its weareis poverty. A few more eDii.ptic
struggles and hoists and then the silk UNDER
skirt goes swish. swash, swash through the riv-
ule!s of window-cleaning suds. tobacco-chewing
offal ard over crossings where the street
sprinkler does his whole duty. With
wild desire TO save the silk skirt-to
rescue which means to relinquish the
conquered territory in the upper region
of dry goods and begin the battle over again
she goes on her tip toes over the suds and the
saliva. and tired with that effort takes to her
heels on the muddy crossings to save the toes of
her shoes from SOIL and bends forward like one
with curvature Of the spine. Now, it stands 70
reason that woman performing such gymnas-
tics on the street can't do her whole duty q q
daughter Of the gods. In fact think Hebe
herself would succumb IL she had to envelope
her shapely form in modern draperies. II is 90
perfectly ridiculous, too, the manner in which
about two-thirds Of the women manage the up-
per and lower portions OF their bodies. Actually
one would hardly suppose that the part above
the waistlne wasany relation to the part below 20
utterly are they at variance in action. told
Mary Moore the other day that her manner Of
locomotion always suggested TO me the idea
that in some former period Of existence she
must have been . jackknifs, for on no other
theory could account for the extraordinary
manner in which she seemed to hinge In The
middle. and she actually became very much In
censed at me, nor could appease her wrath By
volunteering the statement that half the girls Of
our set keep her company.
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