The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-22
THE WOMAN, THE BOOKS
and THE PRETTY GIRL
By KATHRYN KNIGHT.

take an interest in something sea.
GUS
cor do You mean serious Interest
in something's sympathetically ia'
! CURED the Woman "The two are not
4 exactly synonymous, and sometimes
you get more pleasure out Of being
serious yourself"
eyes, there are those people who
4 take an interest in bugs. They take
a real serious interest In bugs, bn' i
4 often does seem awful silly- $3w,
why can't | take an Interest in some
/ thing? I'm going to I'm going 10
1 take an interest in china or Old fnrnl
ture or books"
Then the Pretty Girl looked very
4 important. while the Woman listened
In awestruck silence But it's Silly
/ to have convictions If You don't back
I them out, and the Pretty Girl Is not
/ slow,
! Lets go right around to that book
/ shop the Book Worm told us about
| and look at the books"
! The book shop was kept by a nice
| Nttle man who spoke English with ara
/ English accent, which everybody
! knows IS different from an American
accent Tie was delighted to show the
Pretty Girl the books Of which ne
was the custodian. They were
fooled" books; the classics were
dressed up In handmade costumes
that were perfectly beautiful.
There was one set of fooled Shake.
,peaFe that was lovely Radiant In
binding 81 red and gold 1t fairly
shone resplendeht
Now. this. said the custodian
was done Al our English house u
* one ar the finest specimens Of hand
work that we have
Isn't It perfectly beautiful" cZ-
claimed the Pretty Girl ITS inst toa
sweet for anything. And then Ia
burst Of confidence, You know ] am
rot really Interested in this sort oa
thing but I'm trying to be-
THE Woman. who had been tryia@
tU uphold Ire dignity Of the personal
III conducted party by admirins an old
engraving which she afterward found
aut It was wrong to admire. because
said engraving had been colored
gaaped. But the Custodian Of thc
Books did not mind: he merely
aeamed upon the Pretty Girl and
brought down some more books
which were utilized in her education
Somehow, everybody helps the Pro.,
ty Girl to do whatever she happens
10 want TO do.
Then a lovely volume Of Tennyson
was displayed The binding was 81
dark brilliant green. and the golden
edges and the binding met in what
seemed to be solid cover.
isn't it too cnte?" exclaimed the
Pretty Girl. as she ran her finger
along The smooth binding 1T looks
Just like one of those fancy candy
boxes. DO you know turning snd
denly on the Woman, who was adj
mirlng a copy of Jack the Giant Kill
or" "he didn't send me any candy
last week"
How much is thls?" gasped the
Woman, picking Jack hastily mp in
an endeavor to bring the converse /
lion back to more intellectual lines,
"sixty-nve dollars. It is one Of the
most beautiful copies in existence. !
See. these engravings are exquisite
and the type used resembles fnei
italian writing. The binding is SPLEEN
dld calf"
What a mercy tt isn't COW" broke
gurgunely from the Pretty Girl who
beamcd az her own Joke
And because the Pretty Girl made
if-for no other reason the Woman
felt sure. the Custodian Of the Books
beamed TOO which led the Pretty
Girl to remark as soon as she reached
the outside that it was all mistake
about Eagljshmen having no sense o.
humor
"Do you SOIL many books?" was The
next question the Pretty Girl though.
TO ask
Wei. no. but you SEQ. We have
such expensive books that the ma
iority Of people don't buy them We
have number of good customers. The
5lng Of people who know just what
they want and uho don't mind paving
tic prices asked. These are the peo-
bic who already have splendid li-l
braries and who are always looking
ont for something to add 10 them
Il think TT start a library soliIo-
oulzed the Pretty Girl at would De
better than collecting furniture. be-
cause ! live in a fat and antique
things are 50 big and china gets
broken. I think III begin right away.
now. how much is this?" picking up a
tiny volume Of Keats.
That's six dollars; a very artistic
piece Of work IT is too"
The Pretty Girl rursed MP her lips
though'fuiiy.
y wonder whether III need a new
pair of slippers io go 90 the dance
and Then she boamci On Che Custo-
dian-"I believe f'd better wait n be-
Gin tho Iihrsrg But it's beer so e0o.i
~ sou to hoV us al thc charming
henbs. Tre learned such a Dot this
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