Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-03

minutes or less the hair would be as dry
as bone, or dryer. She said, however,
g; It should not be applied on the beach.
In the suns rays, for the reason that the
sun dried 1t up too quickly on the hair.
making the hair brittle: but that it should
De taken to the bath rooms and there used.
Did a Thriving Business.
wen, the way this young woman sold
her hair-drying preparation was a sight to
see. The women sent their men folks
scampering off to the bath houses to get
the fifty-cent pieces wherewith to purchase
the marvellous and Iong-Iooked-for hair
drying decoction, and inside of something
Iess tnan ten minutes the young woman
was all out of goods, although many wo-
men were surrounding her and clamoring
for the stuff. She disappeared under the
board walk for a brief space but soon re-
replenished stock of her air-drying mix
ture, winch she promptly proceeded to get
before
and the stuff virtually sold itself-so long
has something of the sort been a crying
need among women batherS-and inside
OF something less than three-quarters of
little express wagon loads of the bottled
substance
Meantime the women who had purchased
had repaired to their bath rooms. gloating
be perfectly dry, but in shape for curling
before luncheon, through the instrument
tally of the magic decoction.
However, the detection only appeared
to make their hair wetter. The more of 1t
they applied to their locks the wetter 1t
became and the wetter 1t remained After
sitting In their bath rooms, waiting for
the hair dryer to get In it's work. for an
hour, and still finding their hair only
little moister than 1t had been when they
emerged from the moanful tide, most Of
them, strangely enough. arrived at the
conviction that they had been done"
What 1t Really Was.
One Of the women who bought bottle
Of the stuff. and who suspected from the
lack of action in it that it wasn't all that
the young woman had claimed for it, had
the curiosity to submit the remnants of
her bottle to her husband. who happened
to be well-known Philadelphia chemist.
The chemist, her husband was sufficient
ly brutal to laugh quite long and bolster
ously at his spouse and to declare the ar
ticie to be about as good an article of dis
titled water as could be manufactured for
as much as penny or so per gallon. He
was, of course, correct in his analysis, as
many other women who had bought it as
certained when they took 1t to the drug
stores on the board walk to find out
about it.
The young woman with the sweet in
nocent face. the duck suit and the express
wagon hasn't been seen on the beach since,
nor do any of her victims look for her re-
appearance.
There are so many cheerful workers of
both sexes at some of these seaside re-
sorts who need the money-and get it.
Bellies of the Beach.
The girl with the gold anklets and the
digitated stockings is now the feature OF
the beach. There are two of her and they
go in bathing together. They were members
last season of a notable extravaganza COM
pany that played through almost a year in
New York. Their bathing dresses, which
are exactly alike. are of fine baby blue mo-
hair. with collar and belt Of navy blue.
Their hair is done up in baby blue polka
dot handkerchiefs Their arms are bare -
the shoulder, and around the fullness of
the arms they wear heavy bands. nearly
an inch wide, of gold. Their stockings are
startlingly realistic flesh color, and digi-
tated-that Is to say, the feet of the stock
ings arranged for the reception Of the toes
as gloves are contrived for the fingers.
Around their ankles they wear gold snakes
with emerald eyes, and IL they don't look
like pretty good limitations of nautch girls
OF Hindustan they don't look like any
thing. They appear to be totally uncou-
scious OF the vast amount of attention they
attract. They are distinctly pretty women.
1t would seem from the conversation Of the
other women on the beach that these two
remarkably arrayed young stage persons
are not approved by the feminine sex, but
the men seem to be quite unanimous in
voting them all right. Thus far the two ul-
tra-rigged stage women have been known
In the course of the ten days of so since
they made their first appearance on the
beach to wade with their pinky toes into
fully two and three-eighths inches Of foam
Ing surf. Bets are about even all up and
down the beach that neither one of them
will wet her baby blue bathing suit, or
even her anklets during her stay in At
lantic City.
The Man He Was Looking For.
A well-known Washington hotel clerk
was parading the board walk the other
forenoon. when, in front of one Of the
swagger hotels, he was approached by
fine-looking middle-aged man Of great APP
parent prosperity, who had been sitting on
the hotel veranda projecting onto the
walk.
why, how do you do. young man." ex-
claimed the ffne-looking man, cordially ex-
tending both Of his hands to the Wash
irgton hotel clerk. 1--we been sitting here
for days hoping that I'd see you pass by
for I've been wanting to
Now, wait a rliEute-wait a minute"
put in the hotel clerk. stepping back and
regarding the prosperous-looking man with
a complete lack of enthusiasm. Il want
to find out something before you get any
further. Do l look like a come-on, or
don't I?''
Why" replied the middle-aged man.
quite obviously ilabbergasted. I'm sure
that I don't know what you are refer
ring
We'll, just wanted to know, that's ALL"
said the hotel clerk from Washington. look
ing himself over critically. Because I'm
on my way to my annual visit in New
York and Saratoga, and If I look like a
real good thing down here in compare
lively mild place like Atlantic City, what
dye spose the graftersll be taking me for
when I get to the places where there's all
kind of action, and to spare, for the real
markS?"
The man who had approached the hotel
clerk stared hard at him.
Missed His Opportunity.
ooh, perceive now, after looking at you
more closely that you're not the man l
took you for" he said. AT first sight YOU
looked like young man who very bravely
saved me from drowning down here last
year when I got beyond my depth. and
who disappeared in the crowd as soon as he
had got me safely on the beach, and I had
hoped that you were the man, for desired
to reward the savior Of my life. But see
clearly now that you are shorter and stout
er than he was. Good morning"
The Washington hotel clerk didn't quite
know whether to believe all Of this or
not, until, the same evening. he was intro
duced to the prosperous-looking man at a
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