Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-07
Aged Equestrians


Perhaps the unhappiest of all the un-
happy sights afforded here in this an
cient island reservation of the lobster
tribe is the elderly get-rich- quicker
who is trying to learn to ride a horse in
sassy" and free manner at an age
when by rights he ought to be getting
measured for one of those nice rolling
chairs that they use in the incipient
paresis wards. 1t is, indeed, sad thing
to behold the agonies of an old codger
endeavorfng to break into the same
class with "Comanche Bill" when both
nature and education have combined to
qualify him as an understudy to Aunt
Hetty Green. Yet, on the bride path
in Central park many of these venera-
BILE equestrians are seen daily. Truly
they are a piteous spectacle in their
bias riding breeches, with leather in
laid work, jogging along English fash
ion, which means coming down and
meeting the horse about every third
jump and looking just as happy as
man can look when he is perfectly mis-
erable. All the weirdest sights in the
park arc surely not in the cages.
The Wise Waiter
Instead of getting angry a United
States Steel official was rather amused
the other day at the action of waiter.
For three years one of the young part
nerS" has lived at the same swell hotel
and has dined in the restaurant at
tached thereto His pet waiter knows
his every wish and has always been
literally tipped. The other evening,
though, the steel man was shamefully
neglected. He had to ask for butter;
his napkin was damp and soggy, the
particular sauce he likes so well was
not on the table and, in fact, the waiter
was an antithesis of a devoted servitor.
All his attention seemed to be concen-
trated upon a man at an adjoining
table. The servant lowered about him
like bee around a flower, anticipating
every wish and bringing him sundry
little extras The guest was evidently
stranger The trust man could not
recall having seen him before, and
from his long patronage of the place
he had come to know all the regular
customers, by their faces, at least. His
curiosity got the better of him, and as
he was leaving, aftor bestowing the
customary tip, he asked "Why is ii,
August, that you have been so attentive
to that man and so neglectful to me? Is
he in the habit of giving extra large
tips?" "Oh, no. m'sieu," said August.
He is stranger. He has never been
here before" Then he added, apologet-
ically. "and am sure of you. m'sieu',"
Beauty Made to Order
Milk and pink compilations will soon
be made to order in this city, and IL
Miss Knickerbocker, who has reached
that uncertain age piods along with a
salloW skin she will have no one to
blame but herself. 1t sounds as If the
pipe has been given another stirring
up with the yen hook, but it Is a fact
that the society woman who has pined
for the rose blush will have her am
bition gratified this winter. The Sc
cret? There's none to 1t. A great
dermatologist has solved the mystery
of converting faded society woman
into study of pink and white. The
beauty doctor has already made sew
eral successful experiments with his
fountain of youth. He simply tattooes
a blush on the cheeks without injury
to the flesh or skin. He declares the
process does not cause pain-not even
a wince-beeause the needle only en-
ters the skin one-sixteenth of an inch,
He uses vegetable coloring to produce
the schoolgirl blush. This is Injected
under the skin. The fluid Is said to
be quite harmless and really possesses
antiseptic properties, Two slttlngs are
necessary for a complete operation and
the effect for few days Is not pretty.
The complexion changes from pink to
red, and finally to delicate pink. Pity
the poor rouge boxl
THE GoTHAMITE.