The new South-news., 1908-08-01

reflection in the mirror gives back
fosief, brighter face as she mods APP
pfoyingly toward n. but the improve
menf, although she does not guess
81. ia not TIE artificial color but the
air Of solf-saiiafaction she now wears
She has siill an hour and ten min
utes 10 wait. but she le getting uer-
v0us and rosflsss. She is 30 afraid
that she ia going 20 miss her train
because--sho doesn't know just why.
but she IL sure she will
Tired women with children are. of
course. numerous The fact that she
has one little toddlcr clinging 10 her
and another in her arms 10 no bar 70
tho little v0mhn from Derby coming
into town 90 see the store wluLowa.
She. with her Now England thrift.
has risen early. dressed an fcur Of
the children. cooked the breukfaat
aud washed mp the dishes By candle
lifht and come In 90 town 20 do q
round OF "window-shOpplng." All
day she has been doing II INDUSTRIOUS
iy. now she is going back 10 her vii
lnge tired. nervous. over-wrOurht by
the noise and excitement Tho chill
dren. also tired and out OF sorts. have
every one mishehared In various
ways. been punished pro tenn and
threatened with something more last
ing when they reach home. and are
/ therefore peovifh and suilcn But
she viii DO the same thing next year
iu The same way, except she may have
"A nth olivc-branch 10 care for. AS
she lays the baby down. the toddler
sticky and dlrty-faced. sets up howl
for little mothering. A middle
aged woman, motherly-iooking and
plainly dressed. from whom one
might expect human things. turns.
glarca at the tired little woman, the
bowling toddler the frctful baby and
the sulking Older ones. draws aside
her skirts and turns her back upon
the disconsolato family party. and
mifabile diotu It Is the young woman
with tho oscs-of-hcr-stocking cheeks
who IA touched by the scene aud tries
TO amusc the little howler.
II "a 80 much cheaper than 10 20 to
hotel. that even women OF preten-
dressing-room instead OF going up
town TO a hotel Here they have
maid at their disposal thirty
| eighth OF one az least--so here they
make their toilet for the nonce. One
woman who is going to stay in town
all night has worn her "nightie"
under her blouse and petticoat SO she
may be cncumbercd with nothing but
her sard-case TO the usual kit
IN her stocting she has addcd her
toothbrush so she Is ready for a
weeks tour.
The little thirty-cighth woman who
comes into the dressing-room and
does not look az the mirror. sinks
listlessly into a deep chair and let's
her umbrella lie where II fell Eyes
turn curiously or sympathetically to-
ward her as their owners hearts di-
rect them. Women offer her stimu-
liant from their bags. and every wo-
mon who has bag has bottle In
Il. IL would appear. But incidentally
discovering Il through the Kindness
of their hearts. It were not fair TO
discuss it.
AS others come and 70 the little
| thirty-eighth woman Is forgotten. The
ceaseless tide sweeping young and
old. high and low, rich and poor,
has run the gamut of human expert
cnce between two train-calls. After
about twenty minutes utter devitali-
cation little thirty-eighth arouses her
self and looks at her watch. Now TO
businessl This Is no trivial under
taking TO be met In the free-for-all
mirror where the light is not strong
enough. slipping into n corner near
a window she takes the hand-mirror.
before which she draws up second
chair. on comes her hat. out comes
her hair-pins, up comes the notion
stock from her stocking. She is be-
ginning with the process OF over-iay
In its first stage when we turn our
interested eyes 10 group of young
girls who troop in arm in arm. fresh
as the roses OF May. Here is no need
for powder-rag and rouge. II is on
tour of inspection they penetrate
this sacred precinct Ethel notices
Gladys chewing gum with the soul
content nothing else can give. "oh.
where do you keep its" she asks in
surprise. Il keep Il in my hair. :"
rosy young GLADYS answers inno-
Gently; Il don't ever put IL in my
stocking any more; / don't think it's
nice
Meantime the work OF the thirty
eighth has gone steadily on. The
pins having been taken out OF her
hair. FUZZY pompadour and coil
were carefully laid on the chair in
front of her. brushed and fured.
the thin growth en- her head skerered
into fiat little knot and the false
"crowning glory" carefully re-
placed
We might have asked II there has
been some sort OF black magic here
had our eyes not strayed at intervals
to the window where the process OF
rejuvenation was going on. FLUFFY