St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-01-18

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At Tower Grove park there WAS > big
crowd. and one section of 1t witnasaed-
IN incident which, may lead 70 the
sbandoument Of . bloomer hs6is b
one young woman; or It may lead
merely TO her aeqciring . moro acc1r>
ate knowledge Of the eccentricities Of
tho costume once believed TO b. fash.
ioned for the exclusive use. comfort
and protection Of the male Of the hu-
man species This young WOMAN and
another young woman equally pleasing
to the eye, equally expert in the man
agement of the wheel, sped swiftly
along the smooth roads and byways Of
Tower Grove park. They were hand
some pair. and attracted the attention.
Of most people whom they passed
After awhile they begun 70 attract
more attentions; at least one of them
did. The diRusive glance OF the man
who was looking casually at every.
thing at once gave place to eoncen-
trated gaze at one object; the wounan
blushed and loeken angry, and mes,
blushed and looked twice; small boys
didn't blush and did gigyle, and the
young woman from Olive street VA.
the cause Of it all Finally mounted
policeman's eagle eye fell on her. He
put spurs to his horse and sfter hot
chase Of two hundred yards oyertook
the girlA
.Excuse me, miss," said he. hut
there ID something wrong with your
elotheA"
The other young woman -elanesd at
her companion and nearly fell OF her
wheel ''Oh Lordr' ahe gurgled. they
are coming down"
At this the Olive street young Won
an stopped her wheel and dismoantsd.
It wasn't wise thing TO do. perhapA
but probably It helped her 70 arrive
at . speedier realization Of her eou'
panion's remark than would have re.
suited from q mental process, for b 10
known that when the upper section Of
. pair Of bloomcrs il sundered from
its Doorings the fact Il more apparent
to the wearer when she IS standing
than when she Is sitting. When tho
girl stood mp what had been IN ineon.
siderable, though noticeable. hiatus In
the continuity Of her apparel became
something worse
The police man blushed until his he'll
net smoked, the other 9irl scursisd
about like hen whose oAspeing i in
danger, and the wicked men gathered
around and looked. The girl in trouble
appeared to be the coolest person n The
crow Of two hundred people. With .
left jerk or two and . wriggls aud .
twist she restored the garment tc its
former position, and stood holding is
with one hand while she becEoned
to the officer with the other. He ap-
preached, and she asked him for sooo.
thing.
I'm sorry. miss. but I haven't got
Il. said the policeman.
At this juncture young man With
tow linen suit and . negligee shirt
who had manifested deep interest in
the entire proceeding. slipbed . hand
under each side Of his vest and sitter
fumbling nervously for . moment
shifted them to the rear and clawed
wildly ut his spinal column. Almost
simultaneously . smile 81 great benev-
olenee lighted mp his face, and draw.
ing from beneath the tail of his coat .
pair Of silk embroidered suspendera.
he rendered them to the Young wom-
IN, saying: '.Here. take mine; really
don't need 'em."
II was well meant. but the crowd
laughed, the policeman fingered his
baton and scowled, and the girl looked
scornfully right through the youn1
man, and then beckoned to IN elderly
gentleman and asked him to lend her
. pin. He did il, and in. . few mo-
menta the young woman from Olive
street and her fair companion were
going away from the park 1T . gait
that would have put Dute Cabsnne on
his metal to equal-SA Louis Globe