The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-02-03

@ef BOSOM TREND
IN Well. # looked
~ woise than that
",e~o fo"f Aunt Nancy
woes didn't seem to no
ice. sne sat down on the bed. lust
a. sociably as you might have done.
have come TO have a little talh
With you Nancy. slie said. Nothing
WI induce 70 call me Nannette
take an interest IN you for your IA,
Tiers sake and also because YOU are
my namesake know I ought 10 do
my duty by you and 7 shall.
That made me groan lnwardly and
wonder which OF my many lmperfec.
lions had attracted her notice. sbs
aiu not long leave me in doubt
Nancy, she said. you have the
most extraordinary oolnure have
ever beheld upon human being. How
comes q that slight young creature
ike you should be possessed Of such
an enormous head Of hair? Couldn't
you manage 10 compress # within rea
sonable bounds It gives your head
size ridiculodsly disproportIonate 10
your body Such growth OF hair is
almost a desormity"
Did you ever," calculated the
bosom friend
There was a wicked twinkle In her
eye and a smile about her mouth. Ny
eyes strayed inyoluntariiy to her own
sparse locks, which we're twisted into
a hard knot at The back OF her head
II yoa will believe me. surmounting
that excrescence was the most mag.
nlicent comb--real tortoise she'll. SET
With seed pearls and tiny diamonds -
the most exquisite object you can ina
gine."
How incongruous In that connec
tionl" murmured the bosom friend
Decidedly So agreed Nannette.
Well. Aunt Nancy kept harplng upon
my frightful growth OF hair-one
would imagine that was a monstros-
ity. TO hear her talk-until had to
admit that # was not all my own.
Do vou mean TO tell me that you
wear false halr-a young girl ike
you? she cried, lifting her hands In
horror That all those little puifs
and-and sausages and beautifully
waved locks are artifclal2
Z The marcel wave is my own. an
swered sulsily. but the-saussges. as
you call them, are false. Why, Aunt
Nancy, It is the fashion-everybody
wears them.
A most ridiculous fashion, said
Aunt Nancy emphaiically. and not at
All becoming Why. my dear child, do
you know that much Of the false hair
that Is sold Is from the heads of Chi |
nese criminals, many OF whom have
been executed for their crimes? Do
You not know that America completes
with France and other countries for
this stun? To think Of the women Of
this enlightened country being willing
to make carica'ures Of themselves by
wearing bushels Of hair from the heads
Of heather foreigners And to think
that my own niece is among the num-
BERT"
"A trihiDg exAggeration on Aunt
part" murmured the bosom
friend.
she grew quite warm on the sub
ect,' went on NanAette. Z believe
ihe would have been holding forth
fet If had not meekly submitted TO
ler views and promised 70 moderate
he size Of my head arrangement
You promised that" exclaimed the
BOSOM friend, incieduously.
Yes. and don't know that / re.
iret Il, either, especially since Charles
eems to consider It sensible idea
When told him This afternoon what ,
Aunt Nancy thought about II he said. ]
That's about the size OF 1t. Nannette ,
Wasn't your-coiffure a trife-er--ex.
4 wish could see that comb OBJ
eryed the bosom friend. somewhat
You shall, exclaimed Nannette,
Behold turning her
cad. III is an heirloom in the family 1
nd Aunt Nancy has handed It on TO 4
ie. | do not believe that she would
ave trusted me with II If | had not
apiiulated at the psychological mo
rent"
1T was the very wisest thing you
yer did In all your life. declared the
osom friend, eyeing the comb enw- !
usly- And ! do not see but that your !,
air looks at least as well as It did be-
're"
Wait until you see me In my new
at.' moaned Nannette. IT'S az big
. wagon wheel d
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