The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-06
HER CLOVES

| sometimes, SAID the pretty young
woman with sigh, 1T is dreadfully
hard TO remember that one is per.
feet lady, There are occasions when
! it would be such a relief TO be just
ordinarily vulgar and able 10 say what
! you think Not that one ever gains
anything by expressing ones opinion
| except relief TO an overcharged soul.
The last time my soul was over
charged was when bought these long
black kid gloves
They are mighty pretty gloves
said the Young man who was listening.
reaching for one Of them in an absent
minded way
mo black dressed kid glove is pref
| ty' returned the girl calmly, as she
skillfully removed the gloye-wth her
hand insdefrom his grasp. Gloves
used to be merely one item in a girls
expense account but nowadays You
buy your seasons supply Of gloves
and then If you have any money left
over you purchase dresses and hats
and inexpensive things like that. This
short-sleeved rage may be sending the |
glove manufacturers wives to Europe |
and buying diamonds for their daugh- |
ters, but it is tragedy to the rest of
us"
II like You in short sleeves said |
the young man Your arm
"It isn't the sleeves I'm obiecting |
to-, the young woman interrupted
IT'S the gloves to meet the sleeves.
81 was in a hurry when ordered |
these, she continued so ! told the
clerk that my size was No. Ga and to
send them. When they came | began
to have doubts. one hates to pay
$3.50 for gloves and not have them fit,
So | carried them back and asked TO
have them tried on. They proved alto
gether too small The naughty person
waiting on me looked me over with
cold contempt al having exposed my
vanity in trying TO wear gloves not big
enough for me. It made no difference
that had worn GA gloves all my life,
for ! could tell by her sniff that she
felt that she had unmasked me. She
tried on a larger size and the top but
ton would not button.
q" ! shall have to give You your
money back she said languidly I
have nothing -ah-large enough for
you
"Ridiculous. cried the young man,
making another attempt to examine
the glove with the hand inside
Yes, wasn't it, agreed the young
woman Il knew | was not sylphlike
but had never before considered my
self as belonging TO the Brobdingnagian
class So | went to another store l
asked for two sizes laracr ana while
they We're pretty loose ! didn't mind
that for winter WEI FELT quite
soothed because Thu c,e! ftted me
without acting in the '2aj as though
she was performing any herculean
feat
Well the first time wore my new
gloves the thumb seam pulled out in
spite of their being very loose. lndig
nantly | marched back ] was going
TO spread the gloves out before the
man at the complaint desk remark =
that | had worn them just once aud D
then wait to see remorse and guilt |
overspread his face When he had
sufficiently groveled / was going to {
permit him trembingly TO give me an ]
order for a new pair SO as to save the s
reputation of the store
There were few bitches In my r
scheme In the first place, the STAGE c
Ffgbf Instead IF ,
a clear space and an attentive man 7
found a crowd of 20 or 20 women c
fighting TO get at a grim looking indi c
vdual incIosed in a little cage They | I
all clutched long gloves. mostly black. O
and they all talked at once On a sort
of tidal wave / found myself swept up
to him. | was gasping for breath and
just waved the gloves feebly at him.
! forgot my speech. though I did muir
mur something about new gloves.
III seemed to electrify him. lie shot
a baleful glare at me and growled ont
in a sort Of ascending roar; New !
gloves Certainly not. Where would .
ouy profits be If ! gave all these wo- :
men new gloves? Certainly we don't .
guarantee long gloves, madam. ] know !
we do guarantee short ones. but never
the long ones Sorry. Just your bad :
luck to get a pair that tore out, but
Wen mend EN-. ;
They mended them and they tore :
worse and then they set in little :
piece aud I waited two weeks for :
them TO do IT and now they're just .
patched gloves Aud they skimp on ,
the Kid so they won't go up over my )
arm right aud it's just horrid anyhow.
and { think somebody ought to do .
something about it,
Il will" said the young man prompt :
~. I'm promise 10 huy Won brand :
new gloves whenever YOU want them .
Il youll only say youll marry :
POOH said the girl. and she dim .
pied and turned pink. If I couldn't !
manage a proposal all by itself with .
lut mixing it mp with a stray chance :
ike a glove story" 9
y takes a mighty intelligent person :