The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-10
ONE BLOOMER GIRL
Hhs Long-Dreaded Happened, But Sh
Was Equal to the Occasion.

| Hhs Long Dreaded Happened, But Shs
| Was Equal to the Occasion.
At Tower Grove park there was q
big crowd, and one section of it wit
messed an incident which may lead I'd
the abandonment of the bloomer ha bill
| by one young women; or it may lead
merely to her acquiring more &C
curate knowledge of the eccentricities
! of the costume once believed to be
fashioned for the exclusive use, COM
fort and protection of the malc
Of the human species. Yesterday
this young woman and an.
other young woman equally pleas.
ing to the eye. equally expert
in the management of the wheel, sped
swiftly along the smooth roads and
byways Of Tower Grove park They
were a handsome. pair and attracted
the attention of most people whom
they passed. After awhile they began
to attract more attention.; at least one
of them did. The diffusive glance of
the man who was looking casually at
everything at once gave place to a
concentrated gaze at one object;
women blushed and looked angry, and
men blushed and looked twice; small
boys didn't blush and did giggle, and
the young woman from Olive street
was the cause of it all. Finally a
mounted policeman's eagle eye fell on
her He put spurs to his horse and
after hot race of two hundred yards
overlook the girls.
Excuse me, miss" said he, 'but
there is something wrong with your
Clothes"
The other young woman glanced at
her companion and nearly fell off her
wheel. "oh. Lord" she gurgled,
they're coming down"
At this the Olive street young woma h
stopped her wheel and dismounted. 1t
wasn't wise thing to do perhaps. but
probably it helped her to arrive at a
speedier realization of he, companions
remark than would have resulted from
mental process, for be it known that
when the upper section of pair Of
boomers is sundered from its moor
ings the fact is more apparent to the
wearer when she is standing than
when she is sitting. When the girl
stood up what had been an inconsider-
able, though noticeable, hiatus in the
continuity of her apparel became some
thing worse.
The policeman blushed till his he'll
met smoked. the other girl scurried
about like hen whose offspring is in
danger. and the wicked men gathered
around and looked. The girl in trou-
bic appeared to he the coolest person
in the crowd of two hundred people.
With deft jerk or two and a wiggle
and twist she restored the garment
to its former position, and stood hold
ing it with one hand while she beck
oned to the officer with the other He
approached, and she asked him for
something.
I'm sorry, miss, but l haven't got
it" said the policeman.
At this juncture a man with n tow
linen suit and peglige shirt. who had
manifested a deep interest in the
entire proceeding, slipped a hand
under each side of his vest. and
after fumbling pervously for moment
shifted them to the rear and clawed
wildly at his spinal column. At
most instantaueously smile of great
benevolence lighted up his face, and
drawing from beneath the tail of his
coat a pair of silk embroidered sus-
penders he rendered them TO the
young woman, saying: Here, take
mine, ! really don't need EN-"
Il
laughed, the policeman Inquired his
baton and scowled, and the girl looked
scornfully right through the young
man and then beckoned to an elderly
gentleman and asked him to lend her
pin. He did it, and in few moments
the young woman from Olive street
and her fair companion were gong
away from the park at a gait that
would have put Dute Csbanne on his
mettle to eouaL-St Louis Globe.
Democrat