The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-09-10

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time see you come into the room ]
wish were tall. / do so envy you
your height r
The tall young woman acknowledged
the tribute gracefully then sighed as
she settled into chair at her own
table. ''Do you know" she said to
her friend, THAT that little woman
over there is one of my greatest griev-
ances.'
why, / thought she seemed very
/ pleasant r. replied the friend.
81 suppose you thought she really
meant what she said just now, and
that she showed sweet generous ma
| ture in making that remark. Well.
she didn't mean it at all. She mere
| ly wanted to call attention again to
her own diminutiveness, which she
considers much more fetching than
my height"
'Oh, is that the trouble1" laughed
the friend. well she is dainty little
| thing"
"Of course she is" said the tall
| young woman whose tone now bor-
dered upon asperity, "but she need
not make invidious comparisons at
| my expense in order to call the fact
to peoples attention.
This isn't her first offence, then ~
mo, indeed its a habit of hers.
Nature provides all small women with
| this method of attack to enable them to
get the better of their larger sisters.
They usually pretend to admire, in
order to emphasize by contrast the
more attractive quality they them
selves possess.
THAT is their indirect method.
The direct is more effective and usual
ly consists in calling attention to their
shoes. Sometimes it is gloves and
belts, but usually it is shoes. Just
| this morning, when we were all out
on the piazza, and there were enough
| men around to be worth the effort,
| that same little Mrs. Grimston over
there, apparently casually regarded
her feet and then suddenly laughed
| What do you think Of these new
shoes of mine?' she demanded engag-
ingly. Aren't they pretectly hugel
| But you know I thought that for once
I would get shoes that wouldn' scufi
out the first time / wore them, so
bought them inthe boys department. =
The stout neat little shoes she dis
played were at most No. rs and as
wear No. 51 and had on a short skirt
you may imagine how pleased l felt.
"You know am 6ve feet eight and
weigh I5o, and my waist measures
twenty-five. ] had never been sensi-
tive about any of these statistics, OF
given them any particular thought un'
til Mrs. Grimston began to emphasize
them. Nearly every day now she
says something like this. Do you
know that have gained ten pound:
since came to this hotel? I got OF
the scales today and was prefectly
amazed to see them go up to us, fol
have never weighed more than Io4
before! And my dear, lam ashamet
to confess it, but I bought a new bel
today and had to ask for size twenty
two
| Another universal trick of little
women is to assume the helpless, de
pendent role, which, of course, ap
peals to all mankind. They have Il
| have some one check their baggag
and buy their tickets for them. The,
continually find it necessary to be help
ed down from high places or up stee]
places or across mud puddles, owe
which you havestepped without stop
ping to consider. They never fail t
cali attention to this by saying, a
they smile gratefully up at their pro
tecting male escort, How I do wisl
Iwere as self-reliant and Independent
as You are, Miss Prinder It's dread
full always to be trouble to one
| friends. This causes the protectin
male escort to reflect with gratihca
tion what fine thing it is to aid he
with his manly strength.
ssInvaribly, too, the smaller tia
woman the greater is her social as
surance, All my life I have wonder
ingly watched little women, who, wit
The most serene composure and sell
confidence preside over women
rlubs, star in amateur theatricals G
espond to dinner toasts. As for m
IF I am conscious that more tha
three persons are listening I am ovel
come with trepidation at the SCUM
of my own voice, so I never eve
think of attempting platform efforts
; "Of course no little woman wi
ever admit a lack of timidy. Oh, NJ
indeed / have watched them pc
form with the most amazing coolne:
and self-possession and actual ef
joyment of the centre of the stag
: receiving the plaudits of an audiene
I with sweet composure and then hay
heard them say in private, oh, m
, dear, l had such a dreadful stag
fright that I was simply i'll. Iwoul
give anything to have your self col
fdence. :"
: The tall young woman sighed agai
!, before she proceeded with her Dime
There's good deal of stuff wri
: ten nowadays, F" she concluded. "abol
the tall woman's reign and the a
vantage of inches, but there's not
!, ing in it. The little women ha'
the better Of US every time"
"Do YOU know her? 7"