Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-07-18
CHARACTER IN THE WALK.
One Woman's observations Of Hell
Sex's Peculinrities Of Gait mt
Club Reception.

| tour of the house they took refuge in
an alcove near the dressing room, re-
| lates the New York Sun.
THE peanut crowd at circus is mild
by comparison" sighed the frivolous
one of the two, setting her Gainsbor-
ough hat straight.
1.-THE show is not the show, but they
that co." quoted her companion, SOL
EMMY. "This is the best place in the
world to study character. See that
woman over there in black, gliding to-
| ward the stairs? I'D never trust my
reputation to her.
But why?" asked the frivolous girl.
"She looks pleasant"
"She'd tear it to pieces, that's why"
| answered the other. ''She's the kind
that always pounces upon every pit
of gossip at seaside place, and passes
it on little worse than she received
it. But she does it in such gentle
purring way, that you never realize
what she's doing"
"How can you tell?" demanded the
frivolous girl. "You don't know her."
''She has feline walk" her compan-
ion answered.
"You can't tell character by the way
people walk" said the Gainsborough
girl, incredulously.
But you can. 1t betrays them ev.
cry time. It puts palmistry and as
trology all in the shade. Take that
lady in gray just coming through the
dressing-room door. 1 warrant you
her husband is well managed. No one
with that erect bearing, that firm, even,
easy step could fail in what she under
took. She uses enough motion and
not too much. She's just and fair"
"How about that creature behind
Aer?" asked the other with an air of
awakening interest. She indicated a
| girl in brown flannel shirt waist with
a walking hat tipped well over her nose,
and heavy boots with half-inch soles.
| "She? oh, she's an aggressive young
person. See how she strides! She
overdoes everything she attempts, just
as she overdoes her walk. Our lady
in gray had just as much energy. But
| she could use it. This girl will never
| get what she wants by tact. She'll
beat the world into giving her things
| and say please afterward."
''Not pleasant person to live with,'
said the frivolous girl shuddering.
sob, here's a perfect illustration of
| the hen-walk," exclaimed the character
reader, with professional enthusiasm.
'He- little, short jerky steps and her
| important fussy manner-haven't you
seen them a hundred times in the
| chicken yard. I'm willing to stake my
reputation that she never had big
| thought in her life. Existence is
| round of pretty things, and she is never
| contented.
'Listen," she whispered, as the wom-
an under discussion paused in front
| of them to speak to friend.
"Not we'll at ALL" was her answer
to the question of how things were
| going with her, "our new cook can't
make the coffee right, and Johnny has
the whooping cough, or at least we
are afraid he's going to, and I with
all the spring sewing on my hands,"
Then the woman moved away.
"Now, what do you say?" asked the
character reader, triumphantly.
"It's really amazing. How did you
learn to do it?'
"Just practice" returned the other.
"Ah. here we have the deprecating
| walk"
She indicated a tall girl with pen
sive face under brown velvet hat.
"Nol;ce the little hitch in her walk.
She doesn't step evenly, not as far
| with her right foot as she does with
her left. You will always find her halt
ing between two opinions. She is the
type that gives milliners brain fever.
She spends an hour trying on every
hat in stock and finally by process
of elimination narrows the desirable
ones down to two. I'm sure you've
marked her when you wanted to look
It hats yourself"
The frivolous girl under the Gains
borough hat nodded feelingly. 81 see
YOU are character reader" she said
How Some Dazzling Things Happen.
sNancy, how do you like my SIS
hat?''
cit is lovely, Blanche; where did you
get it?'
"Oh, I bought the materials for SO
cents, and Dorothy Gibbs trimmed it
for quarter. '-Chicago Record-Her-
aid