The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-16
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4 5svy Of Young Ladies and rhs,. Ant..
bliity While Preparing to b@ Taken.

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They werc going to havo their pict
ares taken. There were three Of them
in the photographers dsessine-room
and three tongues were running.
Lets have the first pr%ooftuken with
our eyes cast down; it makes such a
cute picture" suggested Polly, who
had long, thick, black lashes and knew
how effective they were.
s"Oh, mop pouted Nellie. curling her
Titan red locks and wrinkles up her
pale straw-colored eyebrows in disgust.
I'm too straw berry -blusdish for that.
Where's the powder pulp Pm going
TO smile in one of the sittings. S'pose
III look like that orang outang, in tho
Javanese village but I'm going 10 smile
because Harry Daley says he thinks
my smile IL SO winsome."
Harry, indeedw snorted Margaret,
giving a vicious jab at her bangs witt
, few invisible h%uir-pins. "That man
Just fills you up with all sorts OF COM
plimcnts and you believe every word
he tells you. He's a most arrant dirt.
Why, he told me you had a smile that
went clear across your face aud h,li
way down your backs Nice expires.
sion for n gentleman (3) to usep
II don't care" snapped Nellie, her
cheeks a tritle pinker. HE Just said
that for fun. He's always rather
slangy, and l don't believe he's such n
Hirt as you would make him out, Put
q pin in my belt. there's a love-"
Where on earth are my ear-ringsPs
4ueried Polly. upsetting q bottle Of
glycerine in her search through q
hand-salchel which contained the fol.
lowing articles: One hair brush, one
powder-box, one powder-puf, two cold.
cream jars, three curling-irons,a bunch
Of artificial flowers, two switches.
several bangle-bracelets, a package OF
assorted hair-pins. one lace bertha, two
evening bodices. both somewhat the
worse for wear; two pairs satin slip.
pers, one feather far, lone box of rouge,
two pencils, one paste h%air-pin, one
ribbon crown, two necklaces and u
sash.
"Are you nearly ready, ladies?" asked
= woman from the other side of tho
locked door. "Ihe photographer saws
he's been waiting some timo."
well, we're almost ready. Just tell
him we'll be out in five minutes" and
Meg fastened a few curls in the center
of her Psyche knot, pinned up a chiffon
ruthe and began u search for the shoe
horn.
Il wish my nose wasn't so long" said
Polly. powdering the end of that APP
pendage till it looked like Humpty
Dumpty's proboscis might have done.
Just thank your stars your cheek
bones aren't as high as a Navajo
,quaw's,a as mine are" said Meg. gloom.
ly, training n tiny curl straight down
IN the middle OF her forehead like the
bad little girl in the verse.
Are you almost ready, ladjes?n
asked the same woman, in a resigned
,ect Of toue, some fifteen minutes later.
"Yes, We'll be there right away"
and a moments silence was followed
by: "How do l look. Mcg2" SIS my
1ress on straight, Pollyp1 Dear me!
what does make that photographer SO
inpatient" "How is my harp de-
:lare it's nearly impossible to mako it
stay in CURL" "My slippers are miles
100 big and they make my feet look
'arge." where's my powder-ragp ~
ike evening dresses cut square in the
seek" Just pull my sash a little
tighter, Polly" Are YOU going to
wear gloves" "That ribbon crown is
10 becoming to you" AYES. Harry al
ways likes ornaments in the hair"
Three weeks later they receive the
proofs of their pictures and after a
careful examination Of tho same each
girl III to tho conclusion that
they don't half do her justice but
;hcy just latter the other girls to
leath,s