The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-06
Manfcuring in Public.

The opinion of thousands Is ex-
pressed in the following story told by
an observant' woman who would like
to abolish that most despicable
breach of etiquette and good breeding
which is reAllysa habit, or SO many la
dies both young and, old
"She was tho rlttiest thing in the
car the other morning, and every one
eyed her with pleasure and admira-
ton when she tripped in. Sho had
on chic black mushroom sailor with
a coquettish bow perched on the
crown. Her collar was pinned just
|so with two little gold pins. Her
dainty gown was immaculate and
showed that it had been carefully
Numbered. Her belt had the right
slant. She held herself in the correct
hips-back-chin-up method recon-
|mended by the style. promoters. Her
hair was sleek and pulled out in a
pretty way over her ears. while in
the back 1t was becomingly rolled
into two puffs, beneath which the
struggling ends were closely confined
with a shell barrette.
Altogether she was satisfying to
look upon, yet, few minutes later,
disgust and disapproval spread over
the faces of all in the trolley, for my
maid OF the correct up-to-date car
riage opened her handbag. and, TAX
ing out her manicure instruments,
proceeded to devote the next twenty
five minutes to her fnger-tips. Such
a time as she had doing them. The
passengers gaZed in horrible fascin-
alton as she filed and scraped and
.scissored away busily.
"But if the expressions OF the per-
sons In the car were to be taken as
an index Of their thoughts, they must
have been thinking that the little maid
was hopelessly commonplace to make
such public exhibition OF the way
in which she manicured her hands
She did not make any secret OF it,
nor did she perform the rites in any
shamefaced manner. On the contrary
she took as much time as she wanted
to do the fling and polishing. and
she held her hands unnecessarily
high, as if she were rather proud
of having hands that had to be tend
ed in that way. That the woman be-
side her looked as ii she would like
to throw the girl out OF the window
never made a particle OF difference;
neither did the remarks obviously
being made about her by the women
accompanied by friends. The maid sat
there with the utmost indifference
apd piled her tools to her hearts
content.
after she had gotten her hands
fixed to her liking, she commenced
on her stock collar and adjusted that:
then she patted her belt down about
her trim little waist, and 1t ended in
her lingering every bit of her attire,
which was already so carefully ar
ranged that 1t was painfully precise.
!, ut made all wish that women
would finish their toilettes at home
where such matters should be attend
ed to, and then forget all about them,
for 1t certainly. gets on ones nerves,
this public dressing, and by the looks
on the faces of the other passengers
Id that car there were no envious
opinions Of that young lady formed
The streets are full of women who
fuss over their attire. They will pull
their Gibson stocks up about their
ears by the points, they will pat first
one side and then the other Of their
,coiffures, and then pass their hands
caressingly over the back of their
heads and readjust their barrettes;
they Will examine al the clasps Of