The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
c Oh, Skis, THINK
Of FER NERNE! F"
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knse length and some aimsy SilH leg
gins buttoning AL up the sidA
And put 81 AL on
! thought I was . picture IN T. Ne
IN a PaQuin gOwni Ny soul swelled
II was comfortable too Such . smooth.
snug. graceful feeling "A Il gave ona
TITS q dear-and 80 are you" said
20 Mrs. T. IF I dared "a wear II on
Van Ness avenue tomorrow I'd love
to be the nrst % wsas enc On the
street"
'Do you thinh you Ars brave
enoughT' There Waa sxoitemsnt IN
MrA Timmis's aasstioA didn't nks
the implication
TIL DO II tcmorrow,- aid Ana
When ] told ny Tom about what 7
was thin king OF be wa horrfned- tom
IN going soEs day TO % thu same rs-.S
lation 70 me thai Tin u - ATA Tim
nie)
why, what an IGsA- he said -xou'u
be mobbed arrested and put IN jail
ana I'll havs 70 bail you out The
women wouldn't stand T. The men
would laugh ara boot 81 you You
would be praying to di& Ny dear
"T said tomorrow. Thomas. dear"
But you c&n'ti II MrA TimmiS 30
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your
And then ! toII Tom hss fAe& NO
You are 70 80 with me ] think q man
should so along"
Thomas face looked a. though he
would die oI ar1plexy.
'Mer' he said
Even So firmly
but -
-Yes or no. Tnomasr' ny ters was
intended for nnaL
Yes" said ThomAA
As We alighted from MrA Timmisa
cab at Van Mesa avenue and California
street must confess ! felt shaky.
would like 20 have given u all up then
and there but the thought OF the last
glimpse had In the mirror came 70
my mind You SEE I ala not realize
until you told me how big my feet
were. how thick my ankles looked and
how little Of . ngurs ] had ! really
thought myself . beauty with thu gown
and plumsd hat ] was q thousand
times glad that ! had worn two thiok
wells. needed them - hide the
blushe&
We walked down toward Markst
street and could hardly put one foot
before the other.
Before we had gone one block san
Francisco asserted herself small
knot Of people gathered 70 watOh me
pass.
~ III o4NoS eA5oAl@nt ~ - - ~
maker-a clever ona, too sale OnA
Blsss her for thinking Il olsvsTi
"a dirsctoirsf" . man exclaimed
and stared hard ~ my lsft side where
In the gown is slittsd -Avi she's got
leggins on What q shamer' He
must have looked close or he could not
have detected the iegginA The Lady
with him stared, tool
What big feet she hasl What .
pretty gown, though; I wish - she
broke OF. but the man took up tho tAl&
YOU'D look dandy In ons not slis
, quite so high"
Lets hot foot IL more said TnonAA
mo: slowerr I commanded
BY this time. seeing shat q crowd
wasn't going 70 gather. my nervousness
had passed and though not really en-
joying the comments Al my expense.
could bear them better. Then II came
upon me that was doing this for =
cause-fOr the sake OF art-for the
gown unquestionably reveals a woman's
best points-anatomically speaking.
People before me gathered TO stare
and people behind me gathered to fol-
low. The wind blew a baby gale and
my skirt few up with II. revealing ths
gaiter.
How shockingr' one old lady said
and turned to her daughter. The dress
Is stylish. though You might have Jour
green modelled after
AND we passed on
Now Thomas fell into his own.
Up to now he had been almost ig-
nored. but II came at last
What a guy the chap with her
looks He Is as red as a beat" Some
body was unkind.
20 LordF' said Thomas.
By this time about twenty people
were following and one woman from
, the crowd dashed ahead and snapped
J camera in my face. Then she looked \
into II TO roll her dlm-
"Darnr' she exclaimed. "ths shutteP
was closed and didn't Eet ~. after ALL
, Maybe you think ] wasn't glad
, As we passed down the more thickly
peopled district the clerks and gfrls
came running to the doors 70 zee the
gown pass. They gigsied and gigsled
|, and for a second the street seemed
one tittering ripple.
Mrs. Timmie's cab met us At Eddy
, street and Thomas sank gratefully
, into It
Thank the Lord. that's ovsrr- he
said
.Overr. looked him in the eve
Not at all We have Fillmore ana
! Market streets 10 do now. I'm going
to vaccinate this city thoroughly so h
will all take. and any woman who 40
desires may wear any dress aha likes
on its streets"
Thomas succumbed.
On Fillmore II was no diferan&
Knots OF people stared and commsnfa,1
but went no further. They Ioolxe6 ovss
. my bad pointA and In some eAsen evan
(contiAusd "a Next PAxA1