, 1907-12-12
Mere MAN v
the DAY
How He i!e ped the Club Woman
Out of Difficulty.

NS'"t pSf ocISu UP IL SAhSfS wv
room. high in the air, almost like a
medieval maiden in a feudal tower,
out of reach of everybody. She was
a club woman. too (they all are now
adays), and booked to lecture at three
o'clock sharp on the "Evanescence OF
Tdealism." She found the situation
thrilling-because she was swishing
her silk petticoats to and fro, patting
her trailing ~broadcloth, dabbling pow
der on her nose, fuffing her Marcel
wave, and eyeing with dismay the
mass of lace and chiffon hat lay upon
the bed-her very elegant bodice. 1t
buttoned up the back, not frankly and
in a perfectly straightforward man
ner, but with see say flags and little
tags of velvet artistically askew.
How in the world am | going to get
into it?" she gasped in dismay.
She wrinkled her smooth brow and
pondered, What a luxury a maid is
especially in the eyes of the one who
hasn't d maid. She poked her head
discreetly out of the door and peered
down the vacant hallway. Nobody in
sight. 1t was 2:3O and time began to
press upon her conscience.
Against the doorway hung a frou
frou thing of silk and frills which she
managed to slip into, n then h
made a wild chase down the corridors
in quest of the chambermaid. Does
anybody know where hotel chamber;
maids keep themselves in off hours?
She didn't, and couldn't find one any.
where.
She snatched up the chiffon affair
and slipping off her silk kim she
got into her bodice as far as she could.
But she was a snug little person. and
not very strong on physical culture,
SO that she couldn't for the life of her
get her shoulder blades out of the
way and her elbows positively refused
to work backward.
"O!" she cried after q few minutes
of frantic squeezing. putting and
stretching. while the seams of her bod
ice cracked in protest and beads of
pe~rsipration started out from under
the delicate coating of violet cream
which she had laid ON with so much
care.
"Oi"
She had broken one OF her beauti-
full angular nails, so prettily polished
and pink as a rosebud.
The lowest button was fastened and
the top one; that was all! In between
yawned an awful gap, displaying some
very pretty lingerie and fresh blue
ribbons, but nevertheless rather negli-
gee and not at all compatible with the
"Evanescence of Idealism."
"1ll have to finish dressing at the
club" she said. grimly, after a last
futile dab at the %coquettlsh button. So
she cooked her feather hat jauntily
owe her Marcel, snatched up her veil,
long suede gloves. and white cloth
Jacket, and made a dash for the door.
AS she opened it. GREATNESS with ex-
element, she encountered her neigh
Dor in the adjoining room. just about
to unlock his door. 1t was a mere
man. but he looked uncommonly nice!
Her practiced Eye took him in at "a
glance-a gentleman, well groomed,
and clad. shod. and gloved in the most
elegant fashion, and the very polite
way in which he stepped aside. hat in
hand, to let her pass, settled the mat.
ter.
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