Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-31
FALSE CURLS ARE A BOTHER.
Miss Prfnl<s, Mt All Events, Regards
Them Dreadful Nuisance

Mamma is surely old enough to have got
over the vanities of YOUTH said little Miss
Prinks to a friend of hers. But, as mat
ter of fact, she hasn't. She will insist on
wearing false curls. much to my distress.
because they do not stay on.
Now, we had little dinner party at our
house the other night, and the first course
was hardly over before perceived that one
of mammals curls was coming off. The
curls she wears are the little ring-shaped
locks that are stuck in over the temples.
They are quite becoming, particularly when
they cover a thin spot, and there could be
no objection to them if the old lady would
only fasten them properly.
"One of the curls had got loose, and. still
attached to the hairpin that held it, was
slowly making its way downward over her
cheek. OF course, she is so deaf that 1
could not speak to her about 1t, even If 1
had been near enough. So waited to catch
her eye, and then indicated the trouble by
touching my own temple with my finger.
Instead Of taking the hint quietly she Sc
sponded by saying aloud. so as to attract
the attention of all of the people present:
Why does thee not tell everybody of
the fact that thee wears false hair, Mary p
TT was only my alarm lest the curl was
going to fall at any moment into her soup
that induced me to venture calling her at
tention to the matter, for l might u We
known that her indignation would DR. <Rot
some such remark.
Mamma is extremely sensitive about
those curls. Last summer we were at At
lantic City, and, while promenading on the
board walk IN company with two or three
other people, l saw one of those dreadful
locks begin to come loose. Slowly but
surely, it became detached, but l did not
even nudge her. l thou ht it would be bet
ter to wait until it dropped off and then
nick il OniPtlV Presently II did nd
l put my foot on 1t.
"As 1 paused suddenly, the others turned
around to see what was the matter l said
that l thought l would stop there for a
moment to admire the view, while they
went ahead. This rather puzzled them and
l don't doubt that they supposed something
was the matter with my own garments.
But mamma clinched the suspicion by say
ilg in stage whisper:
If thee is losing thy petticoat, Mary,
thee had better dodge into that little Japa-
reese shop
Eat this suggestion the man who had
been walking with me suddenly started
ahead followed by the others. Feeling
much embarrassed, 1 fingered for about
half minute, in order to get an opportuni-
ty to pick up the curl unobserved. How
ever, when / took away my foot, there was
nothing beneath it. l had missed 1t, evil
IDENTIFY, and it had blown away.
Presently, l overlook the rest Of the
party. Mamma looked considerably an
noyed. Being so deaf, she did not realize
that everybody could hear her when she
said, in another stage whisper:
Mary, l do not care to go out walking
with thee again If thee cannot fasten thy
clothes on properly
II had only one consolation. The curl being
gone, it would not be possible to appear
with an cdd number. and, inasmuch as
none could be bought at Atlantic City, in
all probability mamma would be obliged to
give up her curls for the rest of the sum-
mer. What, then, was my dismay when
she came down to dinner at the hotel that
same evening with a full complement of
those ornaments!
1T turned out that she bought them in
strings by the yard-a fact which she had
never confided to me-and, even though a
dozen or two had blown away, she would
still have supply. But, after the exper-
fence Of the other evening, you may take
my word for it that I will never interfere
in the matter again."