Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-02
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20 girls, said the Frivolous Girl, as
she sank down amid the cushions of the
davenport, i just did the most per-
fectly awful thing, and if you'll all
promise not TO tell and to Tess up ON
something awful you've done, I'll tell
you"
II was in one of the stores, and as
came cut, there stood what / supposed
was one of those dummies, all dressed
up in swell clothes. So in passing
took hold of its arm, aud gave it good
pull, to whirl it around and he gcGs7l't a
dummy at all. 1t was man p
II stall never know how | got out of
that store. | think | must have stood
there looking at him idiotically for
some time for I know Just how he
looked, and he looked like dummy,
too, with a sweet little moustache and
rosy cheeks. Ugh may the saints de-
liver me from ever seeing him again. .
"Hunph," said the Gibson Girl, 81
did something worse than that 1t was
when everybody, young aud old, thick
and thin, pretty and ugly, wore sailor
bats"
# WAS on the train and took off mine,
and to keep it safe pinned it on the top
of the seat in front of me- Well, after
awhile | went back to get drink of
water, and as | had nearly reached my
journeys end, thought | would put on
my hat; so as | came up to where it
was, | laid hands on it, aud was draw
ing out the hat pin when, to my horror,
a hand came up and an amazed and
indignant face confronted me. The
hat was on the head of a woman-and
my own hat was still pinned to seat
farther up the aisle
well" said the Demure Girl, .I've
done worse than either of you Eve
never told of it before and it makes me
blush 10 think of it even. One time !
had a swell new gown with all The
extras, even to a beautiful parasol. So
one day / went down town with the
serene consciousness land the par
asoD that | was all right. | went into
one Of the stores, made some trifiing
purchase, and sailed out, and as | went
through the store | noticed that the
clerks were all looking at me, but
thought of course it must be my hat OF
my gown or myself When / got on to
the street | held aloft my parasol and
was aware that people we're still staring
and that after they had passed me they
would even look back Finally | be.
came uncomfortable, and when two
school girls walked behind me and kept
tittering, | was sure something was
wrong, so | looked, and girls, what dc
you thSpk9 Instead of my parasol
was holding aloft featIter duster, il
ever pride had fall it was then.
| turned and went back to the store had
left so proudly, and there was my gor
geous parasol on the counter along with
other feather busters. just imagine, il
you can, the spectacle it must have
been-a feather buster of all things"
The Blase Girl sighed
'Pll now tell you mournfal tale o.
| The Greenest Girl in Chicago, or How
Daisy Dennison Missed Half Of Con
cert
II went to Chicago Orchestra Con
cert, and paid two dollars and hal
for good seat The music was superb
but somewhat bewildering, and wher
| it stopped and people began going on
/ thought the concert was over, though
| it did seem rather short
SO, not noticing that people simply
were walking about showing off theil
tine clothes, and having none 10 show
myself, | made straight for the ext
and soon found myself on the street.
| thought it queer that no one else seemed
TO be coming out, and it seemed as i
the cabbies lined up along the stree
looked at me rather curiously; then
| flashed over me that this was simpl,
| the intermission, and that | had paiC
two dollars and half to hear but hal
of the concert A wild but helpless
rage took possession of me, but the im
pudent stare of the cabbies brought m,
to my senses, and with a horrible feel
ing that they knew all about it,
walked away swiftly, even taking on
my watch, to deceive them into think
ing | was going to catch a train"
| Thanks, so much,' said the Frivol
Gus Girl, Il feel better, and now III
leave you with a weighty question t.
decide Which would you prefer, t
look as green as you are, or to be a
| green as YOU look ?'n