The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-12-10
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The girl who skips when she walks"
answered Miss Tailor-Made, with
pleased smile, 'is cheerful girl. She
Enjoys life with the same gusto as the
Eirl with an elastic step who tips on
her tees at every stride. She is full
OF hope and does not know what it Is
to be respondent. She looks on the
bright side of life and is a NICE sort
of person to have around"
Wonderful" exclaimed the white
haired woman. "Why, you've struck
my little girl off as if she'd been your
most intimate chum for years. She's
In Europe now studying music" she
volunteered with frank friendliness.
"What about these women who walk
with noiseless, cat-like tread?" asked
the plaid-waisted girl, nipping further
confidence on the part of the stranger
in the bud.
Beware of EN-" advised her chum,
earnestly. "Their ways are just as cat
like as their walks. They steal upon
you unawares, and they make these
mean, snippy little insinuating re-
marks, all the while making declara-
tions of friendship that you cannot an
Bwer. Ugh! A woman with walk
like that makes one shudder to meet
her. The cat-like tread is SO different
from the walk of the well-poised wom-
an. She glides along, too, but you
can hear her when she Is coming. and
though she stands erectly and throws
her weight forward on the ball of her
foot and moves with n slow. even.
graceful motion, there is nothing
s.ea!thy in her walk. Her character is
MS clean-cvt as her stride She holds
herself well in hand, she is gentle, she
is sensitive, she is sympathetic, she is
loving and lovable, and fate isn't very
kind to that woman If she isn't a
mother. and neither is fate kind to the
children who miss being her children"
Some women have such sloppy
walks" asserted the girl in the blouse.
"Of course they do" answered the
other. "But that is no index to char
acter, is it? Oh, no! That's what you
said at the outset of this converse
ton. Well, just want you to under
stand that it is. A woman with a sloppy
walk, as you call it, is careless crea-
lure. She shufIles her feet along and
wadd.cs about instead of walking, and
she does everything in that slovenly
way. Tier house is never in order, her
clothing is never shfp-shape, and heaven
help her children if she happens to have
any. Like Topsy, they have to 'jes'
grow, for their mother will certainly
never look after their little wants, and
small things of life. The woman who
throws herself well back and walks
with rather heavy tread like a pea
rorl; is altogether different type. She
IS vain, but she is very kind-hearted and
unselfsh. and is continually doing for
others even if she does have the bad
taste to tel about it. She is. nine times
out OF ten, little apt to be a trifle
iickle. and is always impetuous."
ut seems to me-" unused she of the
plaid waist, that, according to you.
no matter what kind Sf walk woman
has, she is bound to 'De very tickle or
trifle so. Am | right?"
WHAT silly question" snapped out
the other Would Il woman be wom-
an II she were not in a measure tickle?
That's what makes US so lorab,e and
Interesting, and if we undertook 10
walk on our hands or heads we'd be
fcsle just the same. After all, think
4 the woman we like the most is the wom-
an with a walk like that little matron
tripping out the door now. Hear how
she clips along with brisk, musical
step. Now she is stopping a moment
to peep at the cakes and pies and rolls
in the window. And now she is walk
ing briskly on"
Everybody within hearing was watch
ing the little matron by this time, and
when she was out of sight every wom-
an of them turned expectantly toward
the tailor-made girl.
"A woman with a walk like that"
Rhe said. goes through life with the
fixed resolve of getting the most pleas
ure out of everything. She peeps into
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as she moves briskly along, and she
always manages to see something new.
She is hopeful and cheerful, and has
no end of faith in the goodness of HUI
man nature. She is the most COM
Portable and comforting woman in the
word to live with Oh, l tell you it's
II fine thing to have brisk, musical
walk. If women only knew how a
walk could talk they'd think twice be-
fore every STEP
well, I'm all beat out" admitted the
girl in the plaid shirt-waist as they
called for her checks. 81 didn't dream
you could see anything of a persons
character in her walk" and then she
began to laugh.
whats the matter?" asked Miss
Tailor-Made, impatiently.
Just watch the women as they get
eff their stools and leave the lunch
counter" was the reply. "They are
every one trying to walk with that
brisk. musical step you've just been
talking about, aren't they?"
yes" answered the tailor-made girl,
"and some of them are sadly out Of