The Huttig news., 1910-01-29
HER GENTLE
 HINTS
 It Took Him a Long Time to Get Wis ,.

"Ah?' she said. entering the room Are you ready 2n
 Yes piSed John picking up his hat and rising 10 his feet. I'm ready"
 She put her black caracul coat on one chair, her ermine boa on another, her vanity bag on a third and herself on a fourth
 Come" she said, "I'll let you but ton my gloves"
 And as John comes awkwardlY for ward and starts on his appointed task, let us carefully consider this matter of buttoning lady's gloves. In the first place. she was seated and John was bending over her, a danger ous position and most naturally to be relieved by kneeling on the floor at her feet or sitting on the arm of her chair Then again. as everyone knows, it is not the easiest thing in the world to button black button on pair of black gloves at night, and John had to bend over further and further while she gave him tender little glances
  courage him and to see that he was not growing discontetnted with his work Further and further he bent over, and more and more tender grew her glances until at last he drew a full breath and said:
 "There!"
 How nice you did ft!" she whis ,ly you!"
 'Oh, that's all right he said.
 And turning to her impedimenta he added:
 Shall 1 help you with your coat?"
 T wish you'd do something else for me first" she bashfaly said Do you mind, John?"
 What is it?" he asked first.
 T think-I don't know, but I think that one of the buttons on the back of my waist has come undone. Do you mind, John?
 And as she turns around and re- signs herself to him with pretty lit tie air of helplessness, let us give a modicum of thought to this somewhat intricate subject as well In the first place. every time he nearly had the button where he wanted it. she drew her shoulders forward a bit and he had to start all over again. It was an exceptionally pretty waist; gold and amethyst chain hung over the back of her shoulders; a string of pearls en eircled her throat and ended in a lit tie clasp at the back: the riot of her back hair was partly confined by a knubbly tortoise shell ornament. and various little curls threw themselves around in an ecstacy whenever they had chance. Then, again. she kept l turning around to see how he was pro. gressing, and glaneing at him over her shoulder, and turning back quickly when she caught his eye. and putting her head on one side and looking coy Ah. very. very coy she looked and especially so when he murmured:
 That's t.
 But her only response was to put her head little further on one side and to look cover than ever.
 Its buttoned,' he said.
 "ree-hee!' she giggled. 'Tee-hee hee,
 Now you can help with my coat.''
 And as he helps her with her coat let us take thought together and re fleet upon this phase of the question too. Helping a girl with her coat can be divided into three stanzas: holding tucking in the sleeves. adjusting. Sc in Q n1a nhp hnl f h,.4 ;f was Tn vain that she tried to find the sleeves and at last John had to take her hands and guide them into their places. Next. she turned around. pink and rosy, so that John could tuck in the sleeves of the waist Very pink was her face, and very rosy. and very close to Johns. but John only blinked his eyes and when it came to the third stanza he refused to sing at all and left her to adjust the coat herself. smoothing it over the shoulders and pressing 1t in at the waist as though she liked to do it herself and wouldn't i let John do it, even if he went down on his knees and asked her with tears in his eyes
 And now my boa she smiled
 He slung it around her neck In a sheepish manner but it seemed to her ] just possible-jnst barely possible that his finger touched her clumsiy under her chin; suspicion that was confirmed by the brick-red tints of John as he picked up his hat again.
 Now I'll turn the gas out
 And wn-down-down went the gas to the nearest point of light. where it remained for good 90 sec onds and then suddenly turned up again.
 ''Oh. there you are." she cried
 Why, where did you think I was?' asked John. from the doorway
 Never you mindi" she exclaimed. and down--down- down went the gas. only to flare up again after an inter- val
 T thought l heard you tiptoeing over here" she accused him
 No, no" said John. "1-I was right here al the time"
 So for the third time she doused the yjim and her expectancy was at last