Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-08

near her, but / did. And the salespersons
at the glove counters always say my fin
gers are so long, you know. that l can't
expect 10 be htted- The shoe statesmen
uoh care to say they can't fit me, except
to order, because my feet are so large.
SO they say it is because they are so
slender. Horrid subterfuger'
. II dreadful, sympathized the dump
ling girl
y GU know how l love small, round hats
But the millinery girls all say L am so
tam That mite of a hat would be so
unoecomlng that L couldn't wear it.
overheard one pert miss say that beam
poles with topknots' should have sense
enough TO know that they ought to wear
large hats. l adore white lawn dresses
but when | have the temerity to suggest
one 10 my dressmaker, she always says,
with plying smile. You know you look
Ike ghost all in white, you are So slen-
der"
How dreadfully forward, to be sure.
agreed the plump girl
When / bump my head against the ton
or carriage door in going to the theater
and disarrange in one second what has
taken full hour at home to put up,
eating smile of suppressed. apologize
agony to the men, Dear Carrie, is so
tall, you know It's maddening.
Ana when we get in the theater l hear
throughout the play, intermingled with the
lines of the actors on the stage. CONVEX
sation in the rows back of me like this:
can you see all right. dear?
Not q biti
+" Too bad. Change seats with me- That
tall girl in front ought to take box or
go down to the planning mill and go up
against the buzz saw. Take my seat
Then hear him swear under his breath
all through the play. And his dear muir
murs words of sweet sympathy My
brother Jack says it's tough on me. That's
mild. L wish l knew how to swear real
nice
1T wouldn't make you any shorter" re-
piled the other girl.
Il insisted upon having a red raglan
this winter continued, the tall girl, and
When | told mamma about it she had a
mt. and papa and Jack nearly fell off their
chairs Jack said I'd scare the horses in
the street. Papa said I'd look head tall
er in raglan, and he'd have to have the
front door cut through to the second story
to let me in. Men are so unfeeling. You
see? Everything that applies to me is so
l have to say it myself"
1T is the same with me" said the dump
ling girl, quite tearfully. My hands
so plump and my finger are so short
that l can't get a pair of gloves to fit
All l hear is that 1 am so this. and so
that, when II comes to buying ready-made
things. that l have long ago given 1t up
in disgust. Everything l wear is made to
order All of my gentlemen friends are
tall. The particular one says he needs a
to find me on the level, and a
magnet and magnifying glass in a
crowd, but he is nice, you know. Just
as all of your admirers are little chaps
who do not come up to your shoulder, do
their best with their mincing little steps
to keep up with you. and try to look your
size. Such a dismal failure, Of course
dear, but they do the best they can. It's
always so. l pine to be tall, and you re-
pine because you are not short. 1t is SO
very annoying"
There, you said it yourself" cried the
tall girl I'VE can't get away from so
We can't lose it. How provoking it is!'
''Horrid,"
They both made jab at the electric
button to stop the car The left-handed
man. who overheard the conversation, felt
to remark that he was glad
there were other people in the world who
ma jority of US.