Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
THOUGHT 1T WAS ALIVE.
Poses as a Wax Figure and Frightena
a Hayseed.

Poses as a Wax Figure and Frfghtena
a Hnyseed.
From the Chicago Tribune.
A young woman in box at the charity
ball at the Auditorium attracted the atten.
ton of a group of men. One said something
about her fan, which was an exquisite
thing in feathers and lace.
''She won 1t on a bet. am the VICTIM"
explained another Of the group.
TN tell you how it was. She bantered
me to take her to one Of the museums
where there are wax figures, and 1 took her
up. AS we wandered about the place. adj
miring some of the natural poses, she said
she believed she could fool some one by
passing as a figure. We talked about tho
proposition frivolously until 1t took Sc
rious turn, and I made her a wager OF
fan that she couldn't.
'She sat down at the first landing Of the
stairway, and assumed sort of pose such
as young woman assumes when she goes
to a photographers The first person she
fooled was one Of the attendants at tho
place, who slapped her face with a feather
buster. 1 think she would have backed out
of her bet then If / had not gloried in the
situation from the eyre where L stood. Inc
attendant, as I learned afterward, was
new hand, and it was his first round at the
figures.
Every loon an elderly man and woman
wandered in with a catalogue. They did
not miss figure or a scene. When they
reached the young woman in question they
examined the catalogue, and then looked
at the young woman. The figure had no
number, no name The old gentleman
asked an attendant what 1t was and the
attendant replied that it was new figure
and hadn't yet been put on the list.
"a young man with a dreamy expression
stood in front of the figure and said: II
A. L foil in, love with
and then passed On. / felt like kicking him,
but 1 kept quiet. After a while the old
couple returned, and the man showed dis
position to linger and daily about the figure.
The good old wife said to him: Samuel, II
that was real woman think l might get
little jealous of you even now.
1.-The old gentleman replied: We'll. moth
er, if it was alive think you'd be justified.
It's the speakenest figger, as it is, 1 ever
saw, and I've a mind to hunt UP the man.
ager of the show ard see If he won't sell it,
"T reckon we had better be going the
good old woman said, as she tugsed Samuel
by the elbow.
"As they passed on the young lady con-
cluded to speak. Say, dad she called out,
come back. I'm alive She is a holy ter
ror that girl is even in her demurrer moods.
LAS soon as the old man heard the voice
he looked back, and the young woman was
reckoning him. The old man leaped in the
air. and L heard him say: Mother, I've got
'em, sure as a gun. I TUX one of them
new-fangled drinks in the drug store. and
come on, mother The last saw of them
the old man was clearing the way with an
umbrella, his good old wife was in pursuit
and the people in that room were getting
out of the way. The young woman con-
Guided she had gone too far, and came 10
me quickly for protection. AS we passed
out I asked one of the attendants what
was the cause of the old mans flight, think
ing we might be suspected.
LIT is nothing unusual, he answered,
for folks from the country to come in hero
and imagine that the wax figures are look
ing at them
Il paid the bet, but I'll never make am
other one like it