Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-20
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H HAT hair is scarce is known by all
persons who watch the markets
carefully, but even the most de-
voted market fan would hardly think
that it is so scarce that burglars
should include it on the eligible list of
stealabe articles. Mrs. Grace Evans
Of st. Louis does not know why a
burglar stole her raven locks as she
slept one balmy eve There is no real
reason why anyone should want hair
these days. 1t has been so long since
any genuine hair has been seen that
1t is no longer expected in even the
most exclusive circles. There are SO
many satisfactory limitations that no
man should risk his liberty in an eff
fort to obtain the original thing. The
only plausible explanation that can be
given for this thief's strange taste is
that he is collector of curos, with
an especial liking for relics of ancient
days.
Miss Louise L. Obermuller hello girl
for an Alton. ILL.,, telephone company
asked her employer to be allowed to
take few hours off to get married
The employer, a married man probably
at least q man with some grudge
against matrimony refused to grant
Miss Obermuller leave of absence. He
might have had a suspicion that she
wanted to spend the afternoon at the
Alton ball park eating peanuts and
drinking pop and throwing the peanut
sheiis and the pop bottles at tine unp
but, whatever he thought, he refused
Miss Obermuller said nothing, that IS
to her employer OF course, being d
telephone girl, she had to say some,
thing to the customers. She was heard
to make such remarks as Number
and Line busy" number OF times
after her talk with the cruel employer
but nothing was thought of it. The
time for the marriage was set Time
sped. Hour by hour the appointed mo-
ment drew near. A half hour before
the day and. date and the minute, MISS
Obermuller left her post She had
stuck beautifully, beautifully. But
now she deserted. Then she went and
got married. The minister and bride
groom, two verv essential articles or
the property list at a wedding, were
waiting. The Alton Telephone company
will now have to employ a new tele-
phone girl. Serves them right
Taste is a funny proposition. Some
like this and some like that, and whai
one would abhor another would reve
in. There is a woman in st. Louis
Mrs. George Everhart, who is basing
plea for divorce on the ridiculous
charge that her husband forced hei
to plow. The mysterious thing is thai
any woman of refinement should have
an objection to such delightful outdoor
exercise. The charge. it seems, would
be good reason that the marriage con-
tract be reinforced rather than it be
severed. What ordinary wife is of,
fered the opportunity of such sweet
employment, far from the madding
clubs, far from the toll of the bargain
counter and the fumes of the midnight
supper? What vocation could be more
delightful than that of a chauffeur OF
country plow? Nature to the north
south, east and west. Nature on all
sides. Nature everywhere. To temper
criticism with kindness, as the dra-
matte critics say, Mrs. Everhart is an
unappreciative wife.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont. suffraglst
addressed a gathering of nurses In
New York recently. Mrs. Belmont told
the nurses that they ought to have g
union The possibility of such ma
tional calamity makes all thinking
persons shudder as the aspen leaf
which is something remarkable In the
way of shudders. Think of nurses
walk0ut. suppose Inat you are uoW !
with the gout There is a strike and
your nurses desert you. You join with
other afflicted in hiring strikebreakers
You employ corps of non-union
nurses brought west on a special train.
The striking nurses find 1t out. They
besiege your house. They pitch, un.
derhanded but forcibly a fulisade of
pebbles through the window of your
sick room. A large pebble hits you on
the equity knee. There is no escape.
The house is surrounded by nurses
Let us hope that this terrible picture
will never become realized.