The record-union., 1896-10-25
TALKING HER OVER.
How nrs. Vane and Mrs. Wane Dis
CuSSed rIrS. rlain.

three women in the world two Of them
would get together and talk about the
third. 1t is manifestly impossible to
prove this to be true without sacrific-
ing a great many million women, and
this is not necessary to prove that two
women can select a third as a topic of
conversation and talk steadily about
her two full hours without Wearyipg.
If she chances to be new comer to the
town and to their "set," or better still,
if she is newly married, the conversa-
ton can easily be prolonged. in proof
Of which listen to the manner in which
Mrs. Vane and Mrs. Wane discussed
Mrs. Main on an electric car the other
day. Fifteen or twenty unpublished
pages for which we have moi space to-
day may be seen at this Office. Said
Mrs. Vane:
"Oh, by the way, have you seen Mrs.
Main yet?"
Yes; saw her at the theater last
night"
Have you met her?"
mo, but I've seen her several times;
saw her at the opera one night in a
perfectly stunning bonnet and gown"
Yes? Husband with hero
suppose he was her husband, although
/ haven't seen him yet"
Hes tall, dark thin man, with
very black hair"
why, this gentleman was rather
stout and fair, with very light, wavy
hair"
1T couldn't have been her husband.
Wonder who it was
r hoy he elf
Somehow I don't like to see a married
her husband"
Neither do l."
"Of course there's no actual harm in
it,
"Oh, no; of course not"
and.
Indeed they will"
"And they're sure to put a wrong
construction on everything"
Always"
80 one cannot be too careful"
mo, indeed
But she did look very stylish last
night"
DO you think her pretty?"
well, that depends. She's a decided
l.
an admirer of blondes"
Il prefer striking brunette. There's
more character in that style Of beauty"
"Oh, much more"
do you think that she powders?"
I've heard so.''
Have you? That's strange"
"Why?"
well, I hadn't heard that she did,
and yet / felt sure she was powdered
last night"
Most likely she was"
"And-and-and-well may be 1t was
only false suspicion, but somehow or
other got the impression that her hair
was bleached."
'Bleached?"
"Oh, / don't say that it really was, 1
merely got that impression from look
ing at her.
We'll, s'pose there's no harm in it,
but wouldn't bleach my hair
1T seems so unnatural to do such a
thing"
so it does"
Il thought her features rather irreg-
ular."
so did t.
has an old look in her eyes?'
Il thought So but / made up my
mind not to speak Of it If no one else
seemed to notice it,
Il noticed it right off,
Somehow she impressed me as per-
son who would avoid looking you
squarely in the face"
Yes"
Queer we should both have noticed
it,
isn't it,
They say she dresses a great deal"
"Oh, she does
We'll, one has to nowadays
"Of course. / didn't mean anything.
detrimental when 1 spoke that way of
her"
Of course not"
Not for a moment"
''She dresses charmingly, too, they
say
She does?"
Yes; always has everything to
match"
1T takes money to do that, and her
husbands salary can't be SO very large.
However, l don't mean to insinuate
How was she dressed when
you saw her?"
Description of entire costume follows,
after which Mrs. Mains private and
domestic affairs are dwelt upon during
the rest Of the ride-World
Tho E,.ra.>:o