Omaha daily bee., 1892-10-16
Disturbing Experience of a Convalesceut on
Shopping Tour.
TOO MUCH COMFORT FOR BACHELORS
The Correct Thing in BetrothaI Souvenirs
A Cob OF Gossip Sandwiched with
Useful Hints-The Latest
Frllls of Fashion.


words, it seems natural for members n
the human family to look upon people,
places and things through spectaclcs of
some peculiar color, whose hue depends
largely upon the state OF the wearer's
mind.
| have been wondering if any OF my
fair. sisters have ever encountered an
experience similar to the one which
occurred to the writer. After short
but severe illness, of which it would be
quite natural some little traces might
still remain, ! am out for an afternoon
of shopping, ana going from one store
to another | have the pleasure OF meet
ing number of friends On boarding
the car for down town | meet the first
lady friend, who Immediately eXclaims:
''Oh my dear, how awfully you do
look. | would advise you to take a
change of climate ut once. Your com
plexion has that yellowish tinge which
indicates malaria"
At these sympathetic words my heart
futters family in protest, for l confess
that have no ambition TO play the role
of the interesting invalid. It's quite
out of style. you know, and its no par
ticular pleasure to be told that one has
the appearance of a walking tombstone,
and now just before starting out on this
shopping tour | have carefully noted
the reflection in my mirror and con-
cluded, with considerable pleasure, that
the said reelection was pretty healthy
looking. But my friend says look sick
so, after all, tell myself must have
been mistaken about that reflection,
One can't be a Judge of ones own ap.
pearance. These unpleasant cogitations
are interrupted by the sight of friend
who has ust returned from the east
and does not know | have been ill. He
shakes hands in a cordial manner and
says:
why; how charming you are looking
today!"
But" reply in hesitating way, Il
have been sick. "
''Well, if you have, no one would sus-
pect it; YOU are the very picture Of
health. Your eyes shine like stars, and
that white veil is exceedingly becom-
ing"
AT these flattering words l begin to
cheer up and to conclude that do not
look as if | were in the last stage of the
gandees in spite of the convincing words
of my kind lady friend, and somehow
that naughty little cap of mine slips
back a little further off my curls. and
conscious -of jaunty air, my steps
quicken to keep pace with happier
mind. Bye and bye | feel gentle tap
on the arm, and turning around am
happy to discover sweet young girl,
and from her rosebud lips she greets
me thusly:
'Why, you poor dear, l can see that
you are still on the sick list. Actually.
your dear face has a CHASTITY look. I
think you did wrong to venture out to-
day."
l can offer no denial of this serious
charge; in fact | am rapidly becoming
, hewlldered as to how | do look, anyway.
But passing on | enter store and am
soon at the counter of favorite clerk
(gentleman.)
''How do you do today?" is the pleas
ant salutation. II never saw you look
ing better; in fact you never look pad,
even when sick. But it seems to me
that the roses in your cheeks are fresher
than usual.
/ am too bewildered to reply and be-
gin to suspect that these rapid and won
derful changes are due to some unseen
and mischevous fairy sprite who is play
ing naughty trick with her magic
fairy wand, which, mayhap, she waves
before my defenseless countenance and
TRANSFORMS it at will from round and
rosy to pale and sickly.
Did you ever look into one of those
comical mirrors, so arranged that when
you turn 1T lengthwise you look very
thin and angular and the features dark
and melancholy But turn tho mirror
sideways and your reflection is imme-
diately transformed into very short.
rolly- polly and jolly looking Individual
''Do my friends look at me through one
OF those magic mirrors?" ask myself.
Surely the change cannot be all in
poor little me. But, ah! there comes n
handsome woman, a dear friend, and |
am ready ior the loving kiss lin fact
am about ready for anything in the wav
of surprises) and the anxious and so.
licitous tone of the gentle volce which
says:
mo need to tell me, dear, that YOU
are not we'll; looks are enough Those
poor eyes are absolutely CLASSY. | sup
pose you have had to take that horrid
stuff belladonna, have you not?n
"9es," family murmur, "about two
months ago"
"Well," continues my foir friend,
they say II ma ies the eyes brilliant,
but III the effect in your eyes is brilliant
] can't say that | admire it.''
But somehow | recall to mind tho re-
mark OF the gentleman friend who told
me that my eyes were like stars. y
What contrast OF opinions. After the
usual adleus to this fair consoler, | de.
termined to call upon IA gentleman
friend, in whose integrity of opinion
have hitherto had reason to believe, and
obtain, If possible, some solution of these
mysterious changes, and say at once:
"Do look sickpH
Look sick! Well, should say not.
Look as If you had never seen a sick
day"
"Well, my friend, can't believe YOU.
All my lady friends say do, while ali
the gentlemen say | don't. Now is il
not fact that all you gentlemen like to
tlatter lady and try to make her happy
by the administration of little 'taffy?''
He laughingly denies the charge and
says, II can explain that to you in a
minute. One woman never wants an.
other To think that she is looking pretty,
They are all jealous OF one another, you
see"
''Shame" | Indignantly exclaimed.
Don't you dare accuse us of such sci,
fishness | cannot allow you TO bring
such a charge TO our door. | admire a
pretty woman as much as | do "A hand
some man.
''Oh! we'll, maybe YOU do, he replies.
"But that ratio is about to 1000, for
as rule they can't be said to admire
one another"
"That is what one gentleman thinks