The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-16
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side, near the front, and my grand
mother would not let me have false ones
/ put in. 1 know 1 am too young TO have
1 lines and wrinkles IN my face, but I've
/ got them all the same. I suppose they
nave come from my worrying so over
my hard fate. have made up my mind
TO come to New York, provided you will
/ see me and give me your advice. 1 am
! not sure if 1 viii not come eren If you
! refuse. 1 have earned money enough to
4 take me to your city, and I am sure
/ when I get there I have some kind Of
! ability that viii earn me a living But
/ what I want most is 10 see you and
/ have you hear me recte. Then, If you
think have any talent, I want you, as
the greatest possible favor, 10 show me
how I can make the best of myself
| Please don't think I am just a stage
| struck girl. know I have some talent.
VIII you see me if come 10 New York?
Once again I beg you not 20 throw this
away, but please send me an answer,
and, If possible, a favorable one. Very
respectfully yours,
AMANDA K. PARKS.
] read this letter over a number OF
times. I was impressed with the ear
!
consulted my editor, and we decided
that I should write 10 Miss Parks and
consent to see her if she came to New
York. did So plainly saying in my letter
that I could not promise to take any spe-
cial interest in her case. as 1 was very
busy woman, with scarcely a moment
of time outside Of my regular duties in
behalf of the Sunday Worlds correspond
ents. Ny letter in reply to Miss Parks
was posted about six weeks ago. It
ELECTED no response. and I had almost
forgotten the incident when last week
tall, countrifed-looking girl, answering
very accurately the description Miss
Parks gave Of herself, appeared in my
Office. She announced herself as Miss
Amanda Parks, and even then I could
not recall her name. However, the
young lady very soon made herself
known, and I was so impressed with the
incerity and purpose manifest in her
appearance and particularly with the
beautiful quality Of the girls speaking
voice, and with the sympathetic glance
from her eyes, that determined. If
POSSIBLE 10 be of assistance to her.
Miss Parks has not money enough to
take advantage of the services which
she could secure for large compensation
services which she requires in order TO
overcome the defects and blemishes which
ar. objects insuparable TO a career for
which she has undoubted talent. She is
a modest young woman. moreover, and dis
likes notoriety, and it was only after
long argument in which I explained 10
her an offer which I felt permitted to
make. to the effect that the Sunday World
would undertake at my suggestion to give
her the benefits of all that science can
do IN her case, on condition that she would
permit her story TO be written and illus
trated FOR the benefit OF its readers, that
she consented TO an arrangement which
she is to enter upon Immediately.
I propose. with her cooperation, TO use
Miss Amanda Parks as a living object
lesson for the benefit Of the readers of the
Sunday World. The Illustrations today
show her precisely as she appeared when
she first came 10 see me. Her costume
and all are exactly those she wore. There
are certain defects which can be easily
remedied within a few days in Miss Parks
case. For example, the eyebrows can be
made symmetrical with the proper parting
at the. nose. \ clever surgeon-dent.st Will
Within ten Gays ItE4stCt the Ail4Ss>4llS TEEN
which now give her such an uncanny look
when she smiles, and a different gown
would vastly improve her outward appear
ance. Il Will take much longer time %
straighten out the stopping. contracted
shoulders. TO 90 away with the awkward
carriage. and 10 transform a muddy. freck-
led and blemished skin into a thing OF
beauty. But il can all be done within a
few weeks.
intend 10 show how this girl, who viii
pardon me if 1 say publicly she is now
awkward. ungainly and very plain 10 look
upon. can be made into a symmetrical. /
handsome woman, with some chance OF /
getting hearing At least in the profes- /
sion which she i 81 eager 10 enter upon, I
and for which she has such undoubted /
talent.
Next week the readers Of the T'~7av I
World viii sec what we have accomplished /
in the first seven days treatment
HARRIET HUBBARD Al rsl{.