The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-10-07

1dlr.
l know it is not becoming, dressed
like this
Oh, dear, the mirrors stare one in
the face,
l can't help seeing what mop it is
'Twould take Diana's self to give
it grace.
This dress, too, Helen; I'm so sorry
now
did wear black lace and braid my
hair;
l wish I'd staid at home, I'll make a
VOW
Henceforth against-Oh, thanks, I
do not care.
To waltz again. That stupid Sidney
Brown!
He'd like once more to drag me
from my seat
l was so glad and thankful to sit
He almost killed me with his clum-
sy feet.
No, / don't mean to dance again to-
night;
Such wretched music and the floors
poor;
The rooms too hot; besides, I'm just
a fright
What, Helen, WHAT oh, grille, are
you sure?
You are not testing? Look again
and see
would not look for worlds. Oh,
tell me true!
The dear, dear fellow! Yes, indeed,
It's he;
All, now he sees inches delighted,
How well he looks-a prince among
other men,
All, Harry, so you managed, after
OF course, I'm dying for waltz, anu
then
I'm. glad you came; it's such
lovely ball.
The short skirt has come to stay.
1t has fought it's way slowly, surely
and serenely in face of all opposition
and refuses to come down. 1t has a
pert way of it's own and its very
flippancy Haunted in the eyes of the
woman who has reasons for not wear
ing one, and the young man who
need discipline, wins it many follow
ers.
The short skirt, by right, belongs
to the breezy girl, the girl who will
join you in a tramp DER the foothills
and mountains, with nature crisp and
sunny, and who trudges sturdily by
your side through woodland paths,
climbing fences unaided gathering
flowers or autumn leaves whichever
season it may be, with never a
thought of the burrs that may cling
to her dress or the rents that may be
made in her skirts.
You know that her mind and heI
soul are unhampered as her body
and that her companionsip is all the
richer because you dor t have tc
stop and free her skirts. The short
skirt belongs to the girl who takes
her fishing tackle and helps to gather
material for fresh yarns. 1t is the
habit of the girl who climbs tht
mountains or gathers specimens DO
tanical, geological or mineral, The
student sits serenely on her camI
stool and sketches the impossible
places from which her long skirt:
held her back. The short skirt be
longs to the teacher and the tired lit
tie working girl who dons it, and ;
pair of stout, heavy shoes on rain,
day and goes back and forth from
her work, unhampered by any fea
of wet feet, coughs and colds. To he
it is a life preserver The short Skin
calls for the heavy boot and the con
bination of the two is noodoo t
the doc. 1t even belongs to the house
keeper doing her own work, with
baby to be cared for. The runnin
up and down stairs, with thousan
and one bits of drudgery that com
into the busy housekeeper's life. It
for the woman who goes shoppin
OF a rainy day-then she has he
hands free for bundles, umbrella, ct
The short skirt is a blessing
womankind and 1t has come to sta
.
1t takes two hundred years
make a gentleman, but a humorist
born. 1t is not recorded that Il
parents of mark Twain, Thoms
Hood, Ben King or "Bill'' Nye we
people notably addicted to the ma
ing and taking of jokes. 1t is eve
possible that they have marveled
stolid helplessness at the freakish