The Washington herald., 1907-05-20
Overheard at the "Friendship" Fete

As a medium Of taste--good bad, and
Friendship was paramount
on Friday and Saturday. Il was a genu-
ine beauty show, where art more than
ordinarily was a prop 10 nature. Such
Upholstering Of pompadours and figures.
such variety in the line Of "veiled
wonderland every veil d lesson course
in embroidery-and such general sugar
coating and veneering Of old age. was
good % see The race OF grsndmOthers
is dying out Perennial ancestors have
been substituted I saw what was oT-e
called a grandmother and her grand
daughter at the county fair. They stood
with their backs toward me. Each wore
chic modification Of the jumper gown
and a aower-ladeu Legh9rn hat and for
the life Of me l couldn't tell which was
which 1t is a great age in which TO
survive.
Scene-Rebecca's well Of lemonade. (By
this time the announcement ought 20
read, "Rebecca's 81 Of Iemonade.)
Characters-Glri under 0rgandie; girl a
Ia mushroom hat
First girl, Have you any idea what
happened TO Mabel that she hasn't put
in an appearance yesterday or today
Second girl: Yes, l know all about IT,,
and il is nothing short Of tragic. After
all her struggles to get into the best
booth at the fete, the poor thing is laid
up in bed with a bandaged face"
First girl. "Mumps- -toothacheg
Second girl. Worse. Somebody told
her about a new face cream which is
rubbed into the pores OF the skin and
out again. leaving the complexion Ike q
roseleaf. 1t was supposed 10 contain
enough oxygen 10 produce a brilliant
color warranted TO last for TWO hours
after a massage
First girl. Too good to be true"
Second girl: Listen. Mabel bought a
jar Of this cream and carefully studied
the directions for use. She saturated her
face with hot water and then dove into
the glass jar for large dauhs Of the
cream. which she proceeded 10 apply
Ny dear, she no sooner began 20 rub with
her two hands-and you know the size
and strength of them-before great
streaks of blood appeared on her face,
and she screamed for help as il fiends
were treating her TO massage of pins
and needles"
First girl: "The oxygen. Of course, She
might have known
Second girl: NO silly; ground glass.
There it was in small particles, mixed up
in the cream. MabeTs father wants 10
sue the manufacturer on account Of
~ ell I h1
Heve he will 1t doesn't pay TO sue unless
you are sure of a compromise, and
the
LemonaG lders arriving at this point.
the conversation was interrupted. How
my heart ached for poor Mabel, with her
.crystaIlized oxygen complexion cream!
Along the Streets Of Paris came a beau
tiful woman. whose flower face had ii
setting Of widow-weeds. She was tall,
slender, siren-eyed.
\ man. well-clad in tweeds, and wear
ing a Panama hat as trophy Of his re
cent trip. enthusiastically went wedding
"Ah. my dear Mrs. B. he cried. 4 am
oycrjoyed 10 see you. Where have you
been this long while?'
In mourning" silver-voiced the weed
beset flower, "and l am there still"
"Oh. but I must come, too gushed the
Panama authority. wait a moment until
get out my notebook and jot it down.
I am frightfuny stupid about remember
ing addresses, you know
"And-black dresses?' qUeried the sill
yer voice. in that indescribabIy sweet
H..
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\ coterie of women who rather pride
themselves upon gray substance of brain
in preference 20 very hard cash, chatted
together across the cake table.
\ creation in millinery-whose shoes
did not quarrel with her petticoats, and
whose brown eyes finished the keynote to
her costume-approached
Isn't she adorable" gasped an un-
envious juvenile, and they say she made
lucky strike In the market the other
day, and has all kinds Of money, and
And" chimed in the grayest of the
gray-matterers. 4 have observed, my
dear. that she derives quite all Of her
intellectual warmth from the Social
Register"
The most original woman in Washing
ton-everybody knows her artistic house
in Massachusetts avenue-was talking
with some Of the Sunday afternoon
Chevy-Chasers under the largest Norway
fir in the Italian garden.
1T is positively funny" she was say
ing. the way the fame of that table has
spread abroad. They have been tele-