The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-01
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Fluffy Friyols, you do look q
siEht!" and Miss Tailormade sat up al
straight. as possible in the straightest
chair In the room and tried to look
severe.
| II her name was not Miss Tailor
made. and II Fluffy Frivols's name
was not Fluffy Frivols, they were ap-
propriate names, and every uptown
girl who knows them will recognize
them at once.
1t was at Fluffy Frivols's house tho
other day, In the apartments devoted
to that pretty young woman, and very
pretty rooms usually, though on this
particular day they were close and
warm and dark. Fluffy Frivols her.
self was buried in the pillows of q big
couch, a round, shiny little red nose
showing and pair Of drenched red
eyes, such eyes as might belong to
| modern Dolores, who can't look pretty
when she cries, rather than to the Or
binary pink-and-white, violet-eyed,
light-hearted Fluffy Frivols.
"Yes," Miss Taiiormade remarked
again, with even more severity and
displeasure In her tones, you do look
a sight, Fluffy Fcivols, and that is
just the way expected you to look
and Just the reason I came around
here"
Miss Tailormade herself looked like
a particularly fresh damask rose. Her
very best Efforts could not bring any
thing which was an approach to an
expression Of severity to her face. and
even her gown forgot to bs severe, a.
It found itself trying to follow pretty
curves In and out, and had an air Of it,
own quite unlike that Of the ordinary
tailormade gowns, and which was IN
fnitely becoming. Miss Tailormade's
friends say that she knows very we'll
there Is nothing she looks so well in,
which may be true. Hasn't Carroll
Beckwith himself said that the high
est form Of art was the decoration Of
the human form? If he didn't, that
is what a pretty pupil understood him
to say, which Is the same thing, to all
intents and purposes.
And meantime Fluffy Frivols drew a
long, weak sigh, and in weak, fading
away little voice murmured:
you are very cruel"
Eyes, intend to BE-" replied Miss
Tailormade. STILL" with an attempt
at great severity, I'm like a surgeon
and I do 1t for your welfare. I'm
Tm-oh, dear-what do they call 1t
when the doctor digs down after q bull
let or whatever It is: Oh, yes, I
know, I'm probing the wound to make
1t well. I knew you'd be all In mess
this morning and I've come to get you
out Of IT,
Il shall never feel any better" said
Fluffy Fnvols in the same weak voice
and with world Of untold grief in
her tones while the pretty French maid
bathed her temples sympatheticalIy
with violet water.
oh, yes. YOU WILL" answered Miss
Tailormade cheerfully. you will
feel much better after l have taken
YOU out walking"
"Felice. you may open one of the
windows and lay out Miss Fluff's walk
ing gown and then you may 60. Il
will do everything else that is neces.
sary"
you know I have broken my en-
gagement with Jack?" said Fluffy
Frivols in faint, heart-broken tones.
well, Of course, ! didn't know 1t,
but l suspected you would do some
such foolish thing after last night. Il
suppose he came around to talk 1t over
this morning."
Yes"
And you have been crying almost
all night?"
Yes"
And you went down to see him all
teary and red-eyed?"
Yves, suppose So"
We'll. doa't wonder. 4 shouldn't
fsve blamed rim il Se had broken the
Engagement himself. Fluffy Frivols,
You arc regular little goose. That
Is just what I came to tell you. I
learned lesson when was quite lit
tie girl years before I came out, and
have never forgotten 1t. Inever cry
If can possibly help 1t, and wouldn't
lose minutes sleep for ten of the
best men in New York-or one-that's
more important.
Il learned that from Southern girl |
who was friend OF sisters. She was
such pretty girl, and she just tried to
make herself as pretty as ever she
could, and to keep herself pretty.
Il suppose all girls try to be pretty,
for that matter, or think they do, but
1t was really almost religion with
her, and she was an awfully nice girl,
too, as sweet as could be. always ready
to do nice things for other girls, and
she had the loveliest mother.
ut was when we were living In Phil
adelphia. I was only about sixteen.
and thought everything sister did was
great fun, and liked to be around
with her and her friends as much as 4
could.
We'll, Millicent-wasn't that
pretty, old-fashioned name?--was en-
gagged to a Southern man, and she had
some trouble somahiDg such as you