The morning times., 1896-11-01
THE BUTTON GIRL.
Newest Fad Has Thrown Trilby in
the Shade.
The Street Boys Cannot Be Kept
Supplied.

iho ou.toh iau mas s'ruck tnc town at q
gait that Trilby's shoes might envy. Were
that young woman more youthful she would
add saber to her military coat and go out
To fight for her laurels upon the field of
fadism.
The button girl has sprung up. like the
button,in day, and instead of Eeing deco
rated with flags and campaign ensfgns, she
is wearing buttons! II the button makers
have been wise enough to have political
colored ensign, we'll and good! You may
read I'm silver man; papa's for tin as
you ride down in the cars of a morning.
And if the local button maker has made a
certain stampof button you may See Colds
good enough for me- under the ripe chin
OF a pretty miss on her way to a political
meeting. But the buttons mostly are non
, sectarian, as an old lady rem arked as she
read the inscriptions upon the buttons of
There's everything from Put a penny in
the plate to 'SuHday-school's out"
There Is one style of the. button girl. the
girl who loves buttons. She takes up the
craze less as 4 fad than as a real fancy
She likes to own the buttons and caresses
them as she would cancelled stamps or
WORKOUT coins. They are SO pretty, she
thinks.
TALKS BY BUTTONS.
This StN-Ia ,,f 10
who carries on her conversation by buttons.
They save breath and are So realistic. Like
an illustrated song:
10 Il caller dropping in for lunch she can
say, "GinCer-suapS, fresh today" And to
the guest at parting She can point to a tut
ton that Will remark, stay longer next
time" Aud when looking in her own mirroI
Il minute later she can point 10 a reflective
button, Glad she's gone This is for the
girl who loves her buttons and finds com
paIy III them. They meet any and all Occa-
sions
gentleman entering dry goods shop
went to the notion counter for some trifle
Behind it stood a pretty girl. Her brcastpin
was i button-"Mcet me Sunday" And for
cuff buttons she had: "Will YOU 20 treat
and Il don't know the way home"' These
rather reinbarrassedthe gentleman, but when
the girl turned around he read: 'Now's your
time" And when she flashed her head
around her neck ribbon was fastened at the
side with "Caramels, please and Soda,
five cents"
This settled the gentleman. He walked
out without the spool of thread and went
home to tell his Wife, only to learn that
the button fad had struck the town and he
had encountered the first installment OF it
There are decorative buttons that trim
n gown. These are purchased by the hun
dred at SO many for a cent. They are for
the girl who wears a great many buttons
in fact. dresses III them.
OF ALL SIZES AND. KINDS
One of these maidcns came down town
on q rainy day, with her rainy-day suit
a sight in buttons. There were buttons
around the foot OF her skirt; buttons around
the yoke OF her waist; buttons around her
belt; buttons upon her vest, tive pyramids
of them. Some We're blue, others white,
and others as black a the mud underfoot.
The pyramids upon the vest We're the
most interesting. AT the top YOU read,
e policeman Will take me home" below
you saw, Bloomers under this skirt"
and by the side of this Interesting an
npuncement, My feet are wet" and lone
of my legs is really longer than the other"
As the pyramid grew in proportions the
announcements became still more enter
tanning. The bottom row said: Does your
umbrella Leak" Make room for me-"
Homes the best place. Wish 1 didn't
work." Don't YOU hate rIiT."''
Tho loIya,- tho
diverting strain until You gladly read as
the bottom button, Guess I'll get out
here
This is my Corner was the announce
ment on her hat
The feature OF the button fad is its
personality. Like Ii Hung Chang, the but
ton is privileged to SIX almost any ques-
ton without rebuke. The simple Do you
cwn Your bike" is passed by unnoticed,
and Don't puncture Your tire is taken
in the spirit in which it is sent-that of
general advice. The button has its mis-
sion as we'll as its peculiarity.
FIVE HUNDRED ON ONE DRESS.
The largest number OF buttons that could
be Worn was determined by the girl who
piled 500 upon her dress. She was the one
WHO clothed herself, SO To speak, in buttons.
Her only other adornmcnt being a simple
black dress, the buttons did the rest. Each
button weighed q fraction OF an ounce, so
her weight was increased many pounds
avoirdupois.
Many girls who will not wear buttons