Evening journal., 1898-08-22
CLAY PIPE cURLING-IRoNs.
An Inquisitive Man Finds Out Thai
Up-to-Date Girss Have Returned 10
Method of Their Crnndmothera.

This is the story the puzzled tobacco
clerk told the customer:
Business was lax, and it was too
hot to work, anyway. We were just
laying a bet as to which we'd rather
be doing, Staying spaniards with the
boys in Cuba or killing time where
we were, when all Of n sudden n girl
came into the shop. She was n swell;
you could hear her skirt rustic all
over, like a ghost, you know. And
she was pretty, too. l supposed she
was after cigars for some poor fellow,
and was about 20 bring out our most
expensive and worst sort, when what
do you think she asked for? Clay pipes.
And she wanted the penny kind, too
Now. we only keep two sorts-ten-
cent-apiece ones and the two for q
cent. But she wanted only one, and
nothing could induce her TO take two.
ats no economy TO burden your
self with something that you have no
use for. she said. Economy doesn't
mean cheapness. but utility
"Those were her very words. They
kinder knocked the argument out OF
fellow. OF course, it's policy to
make as much out of a trade as pos
sible; but / wanted her TO get the
worth Of her money. But she had a
will OF her own, she did, and what's
more, she broke the bowl Off the one
that she took and asked If she might
leave It with us. as she only wanted
the stem. And she put that stem into
her purse-a gold purse it was. all
done up In pearls, and went out. Now,
what I'd like to know Is, what did she
want with that stem9 She couldn't
smoke with il or use IL for soap bub-
bles. Is It some new fad for lemon
ade stick?"
1t is not always wise 10 give an opin-
ion when you are ignorant. so the
customer kept silent, but he thought
very hard. and by and by when he
passed a hairdresser's establishment
he was blessed with an inspiration.
He entered and inquired If there was
anything that fashionable girl could
use a clay pipe stem for.
"Well, not a fashionable girl, "vouch.
safed the owner; mot If she was one
of those up-to-date ones. But II she
wasn't"-here an expression of pity
ing boredom came on his face-"ii
she wasn't she might possibly use II
TO curl her hair with"
The customer thanked him ant
went out. He had taken only few
steps when II was his good fortune
to meet an up-to-date girl with whom
he was acquainted. He did not wisl
to be rude. and he did not hankei
TO let her suspect that there are
few things that man doesn't know
but would like TO know. AT the sam
time he couldn't let an opportunit.
slip by. So he began:
"You have wonderful hair. Nat
urally curly. Of course and went O
to tell her what the hairdresser ha
just told him.
"All nonsense" she averred. III
doesn't know what he's talking abon
Now, it's the up-to-date girls that d
curl their hair that way. Our grand
mothers did 1t, and what beautifu
soft curls they had. Lately some on
made the discovery that clay pipe
gave n softer and more natural wav
and curl TO the hair than irons die
and it's now the latest fad. It's cheaI
too, and awfully convenient, for 70
can put plpestem in the smallest re
ceptacle. / always carry one In m
purse. You insert a hnirpin In ia
large end of It, you know, and make
handle; then you heat It and win
your hair around it.. You see. W
moderns can't improve so much upo
the ancients. Old things are best
He gasped family and lifted his ha
He felt sure that the tobacco cler
would. gasp also when he knew th
secret.-N. y. Sun.