The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-07
MERE MAN SAVED
the DAY
Vow We keipeJ the Club Woman
Out Of Difficulty.

medieval maiden ia 4 leudal tower
out OF reach OF everybody She wa
Il club woman. too obey AL are now
adaysl, aud booked To lecture AZ three
O'Clock sharp on the "Eyauescencc OF
ldealism. She found the situation
thrilling-because she was swishing
her silk petticoats 10 and fro. patting
her trailing broadcloth. dabbling pow
der on her nose nufhng her Marcel
wave, and eyeing with dismay the
! mass of lace and chiffon that lay upon
the bed-her very elegant bodice II
! buttoned up the back, not frankly and
| in a perfectly straightforward man
ner, but with see saw 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 IL
! especially in the eyes of the one who
hasn't maid. She poked her head
dscreetly out OF the door and peered
down the vacant hallway. Nobody In
sight 1t was 2;50 and time began 10
press upon her conscience.
Against the doorway hung a frou
frou thing of silk and flills which she
managed TO slip into. and then she
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
90" she cried after few minutes
Of frantic squeezing, putting and
stretching, while the seams OF her bod
ice cracked in protest and beads Of
persipration started out from under
the delicate coating Of violet cream
which she had laid on with so much
care,
"O!"
She had broken one Of her beauti- |
full angular nails. SO prettily polished |
and pink as a rosebud
tho lowest button was fastened and !
he tCp one; that was all In between
yawned an awful gap. displaying some |
very pretty lingerie and fresh blue |
ribbons, but nevertheless rather neeH- |
gee and not al all compatible with the |
"Eyanescence OF Idealism."
I'll have to finish dressing at the /
club" She said, grimly, after a last /
futile dab at the coquettish button. SO
she cooked her feather hat jauntily
over her Marcel, snatched up her veil.
long suede gloves, and white cloth
jacket. and made dash for the door
As she opened il, GREATNESS with Elk.
element, she encountered her neigh
Dor in the adjoining room just about
TO unlock his door. Ii was a mere
man, but be looked uncommonly nice,
Her practiced eye took him in al a
5lance--a gentleman, we'll groomed
I
elegant fashion, and the very polite
way in which he stepped aside. hat in
sand to let her pass, settled the mat.
er.
A wild impulse seized her. She
,Ould never explain it afterward
20 70 she burst forth snatchlng of
Ter jacket in hot haste. Would you
De so kind am in an awful hurry, /
N going 10 lecture at the club and
m late-and there's nobody to do
.nything for me! Would you be SO
.ind-" she hestated.
As 20 button YOU up the back" he
nterposed, beginning 10 strip on his
doves Just as though he had been
here before
His eyes twinkled-of course they
id-but he never even smiled and he
vent 10 work like soldier.
Il beg your pardon" he said. with I
ist the faintesi echo OF a ripple In his
eep. pleasant voice. and she could !
Eel that his hands were shaking with I
he emotion to which he was too. well :
led 70 give free vent butts there I
map 10 this. madam ?"
She laughed-because she was hvs. ,
arical-but she pulled herself togeth- :
b OiteralBJ and said with much dig. ;
ity: !,
It goes first to the right and then
, the left, and then bias down the =
de TO the waist line II
% I see he observed. But you
rust pardon me If I am a little hwk. =.
ard. This really is the worst ever .
ID seer"
Isn't IL awful2" she exclaimed.in a r.
1rst Of confidence I'm never have q
mother like tiff have 10 wear r
sins" .
lie tucked in tho little white frills I,
ld bows ss well IS he could and Il :.
oked all right 10 q moment OF 20. "a
Thanks she cried. bre8thlessly. 4
bope | can return your Kindness in n
me way a
That seemed to be too much for !,
m He burst into a hearty laugh. r
Thank YOU he said. merrilv n.
-os are next door. aren't you Wen. =,
90 ger inro trouble sometime with h
y collars" :,
Bat by this time she bad reached =,
. elevator and was half way fut,, no.