Omaha daily bee., 1893-07-23


verified in the vindication OF the hair.
pin.
The hairpin is real hero
Buried underneath mountains OF abuse
IL mas commanded the light OF Justice.
II has mounted the throne of useful
Righteousness and ~will hereafter reign
in the glow OF modestly earned crown
of universal utility.
Long reign the hairpin, queen OF the
home.
Give her few hairpins and she viii!
make home happy" was said of
young woman who possesses infinite
resources. 1t was figure of speech
which will doubtless appeal more to
the feminine understanding than
to the mind masculine, for the latter
will never be able to understand the I'M
mense number OF uses and possibilities
OF this ever handy, always accessible fe-
male appendage, or convenience, or
whatever may be its proper designa-
ton. AS an all around, desirable trav-
cling companion it has no equal; no
Yankee notion can hold candle to it,
III your Tauchnitz Is uncut out comes the
hairpin, and better paper cutter can
not be invented. And-tell it not in
Gath-but rather than trouble herself
to take off her gloves the society girl
will probably extract pin from her per-
fumed tresses, will rub it daintily
with her cobweb of handker-
chief, and use it in lieu of
fork to eat berries in the. train. AS a
shoe buttoner in case OF necessity all the
world knows its merits. Used as geo.
metrical instrument Twill draw a circle
as well as the best Of compasses. 1t can
be bodtin If need be. 1t can be a
needle even. 1t can pick locks, mend
straps, fasten refractory bags; it can be
used as a clothespin. book marker-in
in fact, it is a vcritable multum in parvo,
and the name Of its capabilities is legion
in the hands of an American girl of fair
abilities.
81 wish had an electric bell in the
house." said the mistress of q capacious
country dwelling.
Cant Madge arrange you one with
half dozen hairpins?" said the Har-
ward student, who, according to the
New \ ork Tribune, had been struck
dumb with admiration and wonder over
the clever and queer contrivances of the
daughter of the house. Il am sure she
could do it, The writer heard not long
since of a Long Island girl who, while
driving friend to the station, upset the
village cart and broke one of the traces,
and who deftly mended the latter with a
hairpin and got her guest to the station
in time for the train. But as the smoke
of the approaching locomotive showed
its white feather in the distance it was
discovered that during the accident the
friends dress had been torn quite off
the band
81 cannot possibly go to town like
this" she cried in dismay. holding up
several breadths with the gathers com
pletely unrippcd. Ever equal to the
emergency, the fair Long islander drew
out several hairpins from her braids,
shook back her flying tresscs, ran one
hairpin through half of the loosened
folds, made a hook at the end 50 that it
could not slip. gathered up the rest on
another fastened it in the same way, Sc
cured the whole to the band with q
third, and finished just as the train came
steaming up, so that her visitor went on
her way rejoicing, none the worse for
her exciting experience.
However can | manage this Hopping
AFFAIR."" said a youthful dandy whose
mother handed him an umbrella on a
rainy day to take to New York. The
strap is broken"
Hero, fasten it with a hairpin," said
the woman, of course, and with a tight,
neat little ring made of black wire the
umbrella looked sufficiently slim and
well rolled up to satisfy even the fastidi-
-oqss Taste Of the young man:
/, " ~
4 iAta recent dinner at which several
| diplomats were present, says, the New
| York Tribune, the overfertile subject of
beautiful women came up, and as usual
evoked many comments, criticisms and
! memories of past beauties as compared
with the bellies of the present day.
''Who is the most beautiful woman
you have ever SEEM" was asked of the
minister to -, who has grown gray in
the service and had lived in every large
town in Europe.
"Unquestionably the empress OF
Austria" he replied without moments
hesitation. "Of course | speak Of the
time when she was younger and happier
than she is now. | remember we'll the
first time | saw her. We were all
assembled in large salon of the palace
when some heavy velvet portiere5 were
suddenly drawn back. and she appeared
surrounded by her ladies. 1t was like a
veritable fairy scene. | suppose | was
young and foolish and impressionable,
but-what vision ofloveliness thought
her! She was dressed in violet, with
something glistening all over it, and |
took it all in at a glance-her regal
figure and carriage, her magnificent
eyes, and the superb coronet of hair
which she wore plated as one sees even
now in her pictures. She spoke most
graciously to me, Il youngster, and it
was then and there that | became her
slave and shall be till die"
"Well," said one of his listeners, 81
never saw the empress of Austria, but /
have picture in my mind that would
not like to lose. My beauty was a
Brazilian who had lived in Paris most
of her life. She was too perfect in looks
to require any wits, suppose, for |
must confess she was rather stupid
but it suited her style to be apathetic
and Indifferent. One evening my angel
was smoking cigarette and spark
fell on her light muslin gown. She
only said languidly, Look, mon ami, my
dress is on fire; pray put me out, and
really felt grateful to her for not jump,
ing up and screaming as most women
would, thus shattering my ideal OF the
absolute calm and restfulness of her
great beauty"
-.
A handsome young druggist was in a
talkative mood the other day, says re-
porter on the New York Sun.
Women are queer creatures" he said
with rising smile under his nous.
tache.