The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-07-21
The Diary Of
Nervy Ethel

1 bunch of ads this morning and was
.,irned down everywhere | went. .
was beginning to think | had come to
the end of my rope on luck, 80 tried
my old standby--nerve. used to
know a fellow that worked in drug
store on one of the State street corners,
aud I thought maybe he could put me
next to something In the way of job,
SO | stopped In and asked him IL he
knew Of anything.
nearly tell dead when he said that
the proprietor of that very joint had
been looking for girl TO do demon
strating and that | would fit the place
to Ct" He gave me knockdown
to the boss, and we cinched the mat
ter right on the spot. I'm to start In
tomorrow.
Il looks dead easy but don't know
how I'm going to like being on exhi-
bition. wouldn't mind, If was a
peach to look at, but ! don't think
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 to
kick.
Tuesday but did feel fun
ny to-day! logged up with peek-a.
boo waist on, sitting In downtown
window and looking pleasant till my
mouth ached.
MY stunt IL to sit In front of 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. dip soft rag into
the box of greasy stun and daintily
mop my face with 1t, carefully keeping
out of the way OF my mouth because
II doesn't taste good. After it's rubbed
in-you bet put on mighty little-l
take up a dinky little lace-trimmed
channels and evenly apply the pow.
der" as the directions say. All this
time I have handgass In my other
hand and when I'm looking at myself
Us II like tim smiling at the rub.
bernecks on the sidewalk, as II was
awfully stuck on myself.
II I stay at this long I'll either get
to thinking I'm "beaut" or else | will
get SO sick at the sight OF my phiz that
I'll enter a convent. where they don't
allow mirrors.
Wednesday. course. couldn't
miss getting my regular calldown
Talk about Friday being an unlucky
day--I'd like to strike Wednesday on
the calendar. And IL was all on &C.
count of Name Curtis.
She came along the street ant
caught sight OF me in the window. Hell
mouth opened wide enough to scare
anybody and she began talking to me
or course. I knew what she was say
ing, although couldn't hear her. blu
she couldn't make out what | said. J
stopped monkeylng with my face and
began talking to her on my fingers
There wasn't anybody else outside and
we were having a nice little confab
which who should pass the window
but the manager on his way from
lunch felt awfully silly and he
looked as II he could take my head of
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. don't care
piled II on to Name Curtis just the
same and she thinks am making
money hand over fist.
| bet she'd like this Job, because
Ihe'd rather be looked at than eat
Thursday thing OF trying tc
look beautiful all day long is wearing
me to fragile. But I'm lucky to get
put OF talking about the stun. II sure
would go against the grain To stand w
The way some of these demonstrators
do and have to spiel OF lot of yarns
about the wonders that this goo-y mix
ture worked In my complexion when
hadn't ever heard of 1t 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 few but.
tinskys think they have a right &c
NEEDLE in my affairs! And the com
bination was 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 NJ right
then and there. He marched into the
store and started TO make scene ant
the boys had to fairly put him out o.
the place. lie couldn't see me there
80 he came out to the house to-nigh
and raked pa and ma over the coali
for letting me take such a job anC
blew me up for fair, Charley sat Their,
and took II all In and when the ole
tattle-tale had gone he lit In, fel
like telling him to mind his own bust
mess. but like his caring and | dom
want to make him sore.
I'm afraid it's me for another Job.
Saturday.-sure, Mike! wonde
what they take me for anyway. In
80 made ! could pop. The boss cam
TO me to-day and said that my weel
with the face dope stunt was up, bu
that they'd like TO have be stay RICH
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