The Montgomery tribune., 1910-11-18
TELLING
THINGS

dooes are Just as bad as the other kind |
are delightful-the gowns that you sim
ply cannot have a decent evening In.
though you bought them at the very |
best place In town and have done |
everything to them you can think Of
to break the SPELL"
"Uh-huh!" agreed the blush-rose girl |
eagerly, her lips hampered by pins. |
Its no use trying to change the luck
of them, though you do everything,
from wearing them the very frst night
Jack is back from the Philippines to
Tapping them about at the Country
club. Hateful things They just do
1t on purposei"
Il wonder. though" murmured the
other girl. pepsiveiy, sitting down on
the edge of the bed.
What, dear?" asked the blush+ose
girl encouragingly.
"Oh, nothing, believe I won't say
it. Only, do you ever think OF the rea-
sons for your getting different parts Of
your wardrobe? The occasion, you
know, that seemed to call for new
party wrap. though afterward you real
ize that you might just as we'll have
worn the old one and saved your money
for the house party expenses? And
whenever you wear that wrap after
ward you remember how disappointing
1t all was for Il minute"
"Oh. yes." chimed in the blush-rose
girl. But you really didn't have to
get that party wrap for the great Mrs.
Smith-Popson's box party, because 1t
wasn't that sort of box party at all; It
was only an informal little affair. The
real reason you blew in your dollars
was that your hostess nephew came
back to town the week before and
everybody said"
Stop this instant, you little witchl"
gasped the other girl. You are q
perfect clairvoyant!"
Just a guess. my DEAR" placidly re-
turned the blush-rose girl, pinching an
eyebrow into a tidier line. I'VE all
do it. But never thought before how
1t applies to everything one possesses.
Why, you could go straight through
your things and if you were perfectly
honest, cross-your-heart, how many
pieces could you find that you got just
to be in READINGS for the season or
to look as well as the other girls? I?
always wait, I do believe. until
have special reason"
4 But 1t is the last thing any girl
would be really honest about" muir
INJURED the other girl. feeling In the
writing desk for her shoe-trees.
"Of course. I was SO cross the 9TH
er night at the Whitbys when | caught
myself wishing l hadn't broken my
neck to get my bracelet back from the
repair shop. I upset the entire fam
lily about getting 1t In time; left IA
ther biting his lips, Bob slamming the
door and mother shocked and unhappy
because sister Jane called me a selfish
pig. The term hardly seemd to appy'
or was that just my conceit? And
then suddenly 1t occurred to me that
the whole disturbance was because OF
that silly remark somebody made, and
.. you repeated to me, about my rounded
waist! And not think came Of it!
One feels so humiliated!"
Il know" murmured the other girl
And the weird thing you do when yor
are under particularly foreign influ
ence. 1t Is q wonder everybody does
MT see through you. Like getting {
pale-blue lingerie hat to wear once
just once, because certain person ap
!. proves of fluffy girls, when you know
. perfectly well 1t isn't your style. ant
: you will never dare to wear
again.
"Rut 1t was almost worth It," sh,
!. added, absently. smiling into her re
= fiection.
"By the way" suddenly asked tn
blush-rose girl, with suspended hair
brush, now that we are telling things
:, fer goodness sake who was the In
:. spirations Of that wonderful sea-gree
= business you appeared in last Christ
mas? 1t was success, of course, bu
not the least like you, somehow. Nv
always meant to ask you how yo
2 came to do It,"
!" The other girl was very busy wit
a refrs tory locket clasp. She di
not answer at once and deep scal
let slowly rose to- her forehead an
, then eb,-ad away. Finally she locke
!, her friead squarely In the eye an
: said, with an easy candor that woul
have convinced jury: mo myster
= about It at all. year; got 1t to pleas
grandmother. It's her favorit
color"
81 should be almost inclined to b,
neye that" murmured the blush-ros
:. girl, "if / could"