Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
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Nervy Ethel

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turned down everywhere went.
was beginning to think l had come t
the end Of my rope on luck, 80 triet
my old standby-nerve. used t.
know fellow that worked in a drue
store on one of the State street corners
and thought maybe he could put me
next to something in the way Of job
! so l stopped In and asked him If h<
knew of anything
I nearly fell dead when he said thai
| the proprietor of that very Dtnt ha6
! been looking for a girl to do demon
strating and that I would TT the place
? to It," He gave me a knockdowr
to the boss, and we cfnched the mat
ter right on the spot I'm to start in
tomorrow "a
1t looks dead easy, but I don't know
how I'm going to like being on exhi-
bitton. wouldn't mind, if I was a
peach to hook at,: but I don't think a
pug nose IS very good place to show
Of layer Of face dope and beauty
powder.
But it's up to them, and as long as
they're, satisfied I've got no room tc
kick,
Tuesday.-Wow! but I did feel fun
ny to-day! logged up with peelzza-
boo waist On, sitting in a downtown
window and looking pleasant till my
mouth ached. *: .~-.~~os,~~~ ss,esr.
My stunt Is to sit in front of a swell
little dressing table that's all trimmed
up with fluffy cushions and silver
toilet articles and smear my face with
the same old cold cream that's fixed up
with new name. I dip soft rag into
the box Of greasy stuff and daintily
mop my face with it, carefully keeping
out of the way of my mouth, because
it doesn't taste good. After it's rubbed
in-you bet l put on mighty little
take up dinky 1.-THE "lace-trfmmed
chamois and evenly apply the pow
der" as the directions say. All this
time have a ,handg]ass in my other
hand and when I'm looking at myself
as If l like it-l'm smiling at the rub
bernecks on the sidewalk, as II l was
awfully stuck on myself. u,~.-,,-.-:
If stay at this long IN either get
to thinking I'm ''beaut" or else will
get so sick at the sight of my phk that
I'll enter a convent, where they don't
allow mirrors.
Wednesday.-Of course, couldn't
miss getting my regular oalh]own.
Talk about Friday being an unFucky
day-I'd like to strike Wednesday off
the calendar. And it was all on ao-
count of Name Curtis.
She came along the street and
caught sight of ma in the window. Her
mouth opened wide enough TO Eare
anybody and she began talking TO me.
OF course, I knew what she Was say
ing, although I couldn't hear her, bat
she couldn't make out what l said I
stopped monheying with my face and
began talking to her on my fingers.
There wasn't anybody else outside and
we we're having a nice little confab,
which who should pass the window
but the manager on hts way from
lunch: I telt awtully silly and he
looked as if hs could take My 6szd Oh.
He didn't say anything to me right
away, but when was leaving the
store at six o'clock he gave me great
big piece of his mind. l don't care.
I piled it on to Name Curtis Just the
same and she thinks L am making
money hand over fist. ~.>..s.-.-
I bet she'd like this job, because
she'd rather be looked at than eat.
Thursday.-This thing Of trying to
look beautiful all day long is wearing
me to fragile. But I'm lucky to get
out of talking about the stuff 1t sure
would 60 against the grain to stand up
the way some of these demonstrators
do and have to spiel off lot of yarns
about the wonders that this goo-y mix
ture worked in my complexion when
hadn't ever heard Of it before. And
it's always the homely, wrinkled old
maids who buy it, and I'd feel like ]
was cheating them.
Friday.-Gee! but I've had a strenu.
GUS evening. Just because a few but
tinskys think they have a right to
NEEDLE in my affairs! And the com.
bination was a fright-Charley and
the preacher. This morning who
should come along the street and rub.
Der up at the window but the preacher
of our church, and he threw a fit right
then and there. He marched into the
store and started to make a scene and
the boys had to fairly put him out OF
the place. He couldn't see me there
so he came out to the house tonight
and raked pa and ma over the Goals
for letting me take such a job and
blew me up for fair. Charley sat there
and took it all in and when the old
tattle-tale had gone he lit in. I felt
like telling him to mind his own bust.
ness, but like his caring and I don't
want to make him sore $
I'm afraid it's me for another Job.
Saturday.-Sure, Mike! wonder
what they take me for anyway. I'm
so made could pop. The boss came
to me to-day and said that my weeI
with the face dope stunt was up, ba,
that fhav'd 1iko m hava ho ctov rioh1