Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
HOW THOSE NAUGHTY
MEN DID RUBBER!
1T WAS so EMBARRASSING FOR
THE GIRLIES, TOO
But What Could They Do When They
Woke Up and Found Twenty
thousand Persons in
Their BedroomI

in your lace ana tnen discover lHae
about 10000 strangers We're i'll your
bedroom looking ct you?
You would be embarrassed, wouldn't
YOU? Suppose most of those persons
seemed deeply interested i'll you, the
feminine portion of the vast croWu
giggling; wouldn't that still further
annoy you?
Suppose again you had to dress
But what's the use supposing? That
very thing happened to two pretty
girls yesterday morning. 1t happened
at Santa Monica and the bedroom was
in the sand at North Beach.
Doubtless the girls were tired and
slept soundly. They probably intended
to arise before daylight and dress and
be ready for the coming of the heet.
With comfortable beds made by
spreading blankets III the soft sand the
girls slept lulled in their slumbers by
the deep didpdson Of old ocean dS tue
waves broke on the shore with sweet
musical boom and sang to the young
hearts odes as sweet as those OF the
greatest bards of ages-and a lot OF
that sort of hot air.
A bright red blanket and dull gray
one caught the eyes of thousands VINO
thronged the cliffs along the Santa
Monica palisades waiting the coming
of the battleship fleet.
Sleeping Beauty Awake
One of the blankets moved and a
curly head popped out. Two rosy fists
bored into two sleepy blue eyes. then
the beauty took a look at the world.
She blinked at the great round, red
sun, then turned her orbs toward the
cliff. Wonderment of the first moment
gave way to dismay and the golden
head popped back into the blankets.
A delighted litter ran along the cliff
fifty feet above.
II wonder if her alarm clock failed
to work?'
"What do you suppose is under that
other blanket?"
Last call for breakfast in the dining
carl"
These were some of the remarks that
kept Miss Goldenlocks under the big
red blanket.
The gray blanket moved, then out
popped the dark head of an apple
checked maiden who took one quick
frightened look about, then hauled
back into the cover like a diamond
back terrapin into its shell. ShriekS
of delight followed. Evidently a muf-
fled conversation was passing between
Miss Red Blanket and Miss Gray Blan-
ket.
The situation was a desperate one
and required desperate measures. The
blonde sat up, shook her curly locks
defiantly and without so much as a
glance at the assembled multitude
pulled her blanket about her. Then
up ropped the brunette. A ripple of
laughter and some applause ran along
the cliff above them. A saucy tiptilted
nose went up a degree. The joy of the
/ concourse was unbounded.
Golden Locks Arises
A minute later it became apparent
that the apparel necessary to make two
young ladies presentable when the
ships should arrive was fifteen feet
away beneath gray shawl
| Did any one of the ten thousand mon
present offer to jump off the cliff and
carry the things to those girls? Nope;
not any.
! Did any of the women on tire cliff
! say it was a shame? Nope; not any
The girls held a consultation. Little
| Papoose Redblanket wanted Mourning
Dove Grayblanket to go get 'em. She
| teased and pleaded. She pouted and
| pretended to cry Not a word fioated
above the roar of the sea.
Grayblanket wanted her mate to go
and said so. No go.
Shouts of Here come the ships"
brought the crisis in the affairs.
| Carefully with red blanket tucked
| tightly about her, Goldenlocks arose in
the dignity of her five feet four APP
plause and laughter.
She stepped forward in the soft sand
| ana nNS Pink toes peSpCu Jul AAOAA-
beneath the blanket.
The brunette watched her sister in
| distress with great concern They
giggled bit and said things that
never reached the ears of the vast and
delighted throng. The gray shawl
when lifted disclosed two piles of raj
ment Nobody looked-that is. no.
body but 25000 men and women.
One dimpled arm came from the
blanket. One little hand grasped some
things. Oh, the poverty of man 5
knowledge of-"things." She captured
an armful of something and retreated
to her blanket.
Shrieks of horror and dismay from
little brighteyes in the gray blanket.
What They Wore
The brunette arose. wrapped like
Pocahontas, and she looked the part.
She walked like a Japanese maiden.
but her short mincing steps through
!, the sand failed to keep her toes from
} view
100000! See the tootsies" gurgled a
cut-up from Watts.
"Come on, cunning sing, get oor
little clothes" bubbled a jokesome
wight from the wilds of Ballona.
Grayblanket, queen of the Yapahoo-
tees. got her things" and retreated;
Two animated hummocks covered by
red and by gray blanket held the
Now and then the geeful gathering
saw "things" bubble out from the
blankets Wise women doubtless kept
tabs on the progress of affairs. The
men didn't look much-at the wild
waves.
No man on earth could have
achieved that feat. Ever try it in an
upper berth? They dressed and stood
forth. "a dream in blue and a vision in
champagne colored silk and satin-or
something
If the writer does not describe the
way they were dressed this story will
not be believed by the feminine readers
of the paper.
The blonde wore blue chenille cut
, bias and shirred over a gauze net with
red dotted capuchin, watteau back
with slashes and cores of jabot. Her
hat was a dream, a dear, love OF a
thing ana a lot of that sort of guff.
Miss Grayblanket Wore champagne
colored silk arrangement caught back
, with black velvet ribbons above and
below. Her skirt was cut EN- trolley
train and was held back by bows OF
: elephants breath ribbon. Her waist
was trimmed with six grebes set in
: green bombazine The ground plan
was soutache Cor is 1t succotash) with
taffeta braid and linsey woolsey to the
leeward and camisole across the gar
; hoard strakes That is as near as
2 the writer could come to 1t at dis
tance of eighty feet with pair OF
, field glasses focused for the fleet
Oh. YES, the hat. A man said II was
"hun -dlnger" and he looked like one
who ought to know.
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