Evening journal., 1906-08-11

Is not a wedding, and I have not been
giving presents. 1t is just those awful
pumpsl'
"Pumps7" queried the girl with blonde
hair. "Whatever In the world have pumps
10 do with strawberry tarts, and why do
You sigh as though really and truly
hydraulic pump were necessary to haul It
up from the heels OF your shoesY
&" 'Tis pumps. and / mean IL, responded
the Lingerie Blouse. Those wretched
pumps. that look SO deceitfully inviting In
the shop window, and that feel 30 delight
fully comfortable when the man hts them
on, and you prance for few steps up
and down that strip Of carpet-they are
/ the cause OF all my woe.
''You see, It Is this way. SILK stockings
/ simply adore, and with a low-cut pump
/ such rs every self-respecting soul-no.
that is not meant for n pun-is orderiuG
| in quantity this year, you really cannot
wear anything but n sheer silk stocking.
| I tried gauze .lisle for awhile, but some
! how they looked ike economy-they did
not look IN the least little bit smart: so,
cind of the excuse. l changed back TO
| silk"
"But where does that long sigh aud
i heartbrOken look come in In this tale of
| fbe pumpsf" questioned the blonde. and
why don't you come 10 the point "
point there beT'
well. give me half chance, and you
ahoIl hear Whether Il Is that 7 have
heels smaller than the ordinary. or the
standard. or whatever It Is that they
make the heel part OF shoes to At, /
don't know But what I do know Is that
lust as sure as put on new silk stock.
ing in the morning. ] take II of In the
evening with the heel part absolutely
missing Just what has become OF the
piece Of stocking that was there before
tine hole arrived to take Its place ! cannot
even venture guess; but the horrible
fenr always seizes me that have been
going around sllp-slopplng with a bare
heel showing itself above the back Of my
shoe at every step. To darn n hole OF
that size would mean a weeks work and
a visit 70 the oculist after. One cannot
put Ia q patch right there. and there Is
nothing to patch with, aud so II simply
comes 10 this that 7 wear out a dollar
and a half pair Of stockings pretty nearly
every dav Surely that's enough to sigh
FOR. Isn't it7 she asked. looking for sym
pathy
"If that's the way you're running
vour spending money. can see a positive
dearth OF strawberry tarts and ice-crean
sodns, and n regular famine In matine'
tickets the Hydrangea-laden Hat ven
ttired to remark. But what are you goinl
10 do about itf'
J -why don't you give up the pumpsf'
/ sensbly asked the Blonde.
] iNtAHaf'f
the Lingerie Blouse. why. ! would hl
so far out OF the fashion that l Nigh
Just as well give up all my pretty frock
and take to wearing sackcloth and ashes
Why don't you suggest something feasible
and at the same time pleasant, II pos
siblew
''Well. Il seems to have M rrowed dow
10 a choice between purse aud pumps
, and, since they. are your purse and you
pumps, the choice is altogether yours.
should imagine. Were II mine / shoul
/ unhesitatingly take the purse, as, trut
I TO tell, ! have already done. In the cor
nict between the pump and the hosier
\ department Il seemed ! was getting IN
!. worst Of II, and so ] have renounced IN
4 fascinations OF the low-cut shoe an
. 'verted back 10 the old standby, the o'
q ford"
q "But they are not half so smart OF goo
a looking" objected the pump devotee.
: "Oh, but you can lace them with sinai
ribbons instead of the usual tape laces,
I put In the Blonde. land II you tx a cuI