The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-16
ARTIFICIAL APPLIANCES.
Stories of Glass Eye and a Me-
chanlcal Hand

PerhapS the talk began with the Sun
day papers because nj breakfast on
Sundays the girls of the family were
apt 10 divide the big sheets up and sit
reading out scraps To each other. while
their coffee grew cold in the cups. II
was bad habit 1t made breakfast
drag on 10 an intcrminable length.
causing the maid below stairs To be be-
hind with her work all day and the
maidens above stairs to be late TO
church.
Well, the girls were reading out bits
to each other. Name had Just con-
tributed thrilling one about the last
footpad. who cholled "A woman and ran
down the alley with her purse and her
rings.
Il wouldn't mind anyone snatching
my purse" said Imogcne. because
carry most of my money tucked inside
my dress waist. and"
And make an embarrassing spec
tacle of yourself when you have to get
1T ont in hurry" interrupted Name.
very rudely. Name had been shopping
with Imogene for the trousseau. She
said she nearly blushed herself 10
death And she said that clerks who
couldn't control their risibles ought not
To be allowed TO wait on ladies.
Queer things happen in town." muir
INJURED Cousin Jane, who was only stay
ing with them over Sunday. 'Did /
ever tell you of my adventure in the
carette' No? Wen, that was the
queerest thing. My husband and his
youngest brother. Fred, and | were
going up 10 Lincoln park in ii. They
Were talking TO each other a bout stocks,
and futures and things, and / wasn't
naVips ..ttrcb attention 20 fhar,, -
thing e.se when suddenly man at the
other end of the carette began smiling
and winlling at me in "a disgustinglv
elaborate fashion, Girls, l declare l
did not know the man was there. /
may have been staring at him absent
ly, but had done nothing intentional
ly TO attract mis- attention. He was
just the kind of man who might
insult a woman alone Big fellow
with a big braided coat, big red
tie, tremendous black mustache-thc
kind of mustache You can see be-
hind mans back-and bold, vacant
looking black eye. But / wasn't alone
The carette was full of people and
there were those two strappiug fellows
of my own close at hand. Well, of
course looked away and made as if
hadn't noticed anything. by and 10y
SbptS Il look dL MIN i declare, he was
doing the same thing! One eye shut,
the other open and fixed on-me, his
mouth, under horrid dyed mustache.
parted in a silly smile. | turned sharp
" away and looked out of the window
for long, long time. A lot of people
got out at Bellevue place and more at
Division street | thought maybe my
unwelcome admirer had gone by this
time, and just glanced over at the
corner near the horses long enough to
catch his inpudent stare. know
l blushed scarlet ! hoped Jim
and Fred wouldn't see, they are both
SO quick t-mpered. Other people be-
gan 10 notice. Several of them glanced
from me to the man and smiled and
nudged each other. 1t was odd the
way he persisted and yet didn't do
anything more than stare. was be-
ginning TO wish he would, so could re-
buff him.
'At Schiller street the only other
person in the carette got out II wasa
lady with the biggest pair of sleeves
I've seen yet.
" Schiller street already remarked
my husband. Hello! What's that in
the corner?'
The lady with the sleeves caught
my eye as she passed and began TO
laugh most unlSindly, i thought Hush,
dear ! said; he has been staring at
me in that ridiculous way ever since he
started
He has, has hep I'll punch his
head, growled Jim. The man never
moved a muscle Well, / began 70
laugh. l think 1 was getting hyster-
ical And Jim laughed too, rather un-
willingly. And Fred joined in. You
know Fred viii laugh at anything.
The conductor on the doorstep seemed
to think something was awfully funny
and the driver tried TO find out the
joke through the window. Would you
believe it, the man never stirred. We
drew up at North avenue with the aw-
ful lurch the carette gives when it
stops. All out, Far as we gor called
the conductor.
And then, girls-and then-the man
in the corner woke up and opened both
his eyesi lie had just been DOING, with
his mouth half open, and he had glass
eye, and when he shut his eyes the lid
caught somehow on the false one and
stayed up. My dear, we Just roared.
We couldn't help it The driver and
conductor shouted and yelled. And
the poor man was SO shame-faeed and
so angry. l think he would have liked
to punch everyone's head"
Ibid you ever!'' How perfectly alb
surdf" and so on.
Presently from Imogene: ''What kind
of sleeves did she have, Jane-velvet?'
NO, corded silk"
Il ask because I've just had new
sleeves put in my black satin dinner
gown-the loveliest things, changeable
velvet apple. green and pink. They
make me look about three feet across
the shoulders. WiX put them in for
me, and, do You know, those wTetched
sleeves cost me twenty-five dollars
Oh, i couldn't dispute his bill Three
and half yards Of velvet at five dol
lars a yard. and making, and lining
and bit of ermine at the wrists. But
/ call IL sinful-twenty-fi dollars for
pair of sleeves
About what a whole gown costs
me-" said Adele
''But you make your own. you clever
creature And shall l when | am
married.
Not while Frank Danton can afford
to buy you such diamonds as your en-
gagement ring"
isn't it beauty Frank likes it
too lie kisses il every time he sees it
The diamond or the fingers? You
have the prettiest hands 1 ever saw.
Imogene."
sThey do look nice, don't they?
said that young woman, concerted y
contemplating ten pinll-and-white hG-
gers. Il always have them manicurcd
Saturday afternoons. The very pre-
est hand / ever saw was a mans we
met last summer at Geneva Lake. Jane :
story reminded me of him. The Town