El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-07
GENEVIEVE'S ADOR-
ABLE QUALITIES

AMBERT vas seventeen when thu
subtle beauties Of Variegatec hose
- and neckwear first dawned upon him.
He was tall and lanky and those who
loved him said his hair was auburn
Youthful enemies nick1amed him Car
rots" or "Pinky-" They insisted that In
certain lghts-about nine lights out o.
ten-there were discernibIe interesting
shades CT rose and salmon pink in Lam
tert's hair which needed acknowledg-
ment and recognition OF some sort
II he had been a girl Lambert would
haze wilted beneath his hair and shed
tears and resigned himself TO the tire
some theory OF harmony in colcrs- He
would have realized that lavender was
beyond him and that red. SO far as he
was concerned. did not exist Not being
girl and therefore holding &c the in
born masculine belief that anything ne
wanted ought tc be his, Lambert burst
Into a regular riot Of colcrs when ne
started cut en- the downward path Or
sartorial extravagance--
They Stood For It.
His family in time grew accustomed
to seeing him, ulumine the house with
the mysterious radiance OF lavender
seeks and purple ties, learned not TO
blink when he changed To- violet blue,
and even grew TO bear the various shades
or crimson, polka-dotted and otherwise,
with PANIED tut heroic martyrdom- He
tad striped ties and checked ties Others
were plaid II there were any Eues OF
green. yellow, brown, clue, gray, scarlet
Or terra Gotta Of which he did not pos
less sample, with hosiery to match, 1t
was because tbs salesman had been
stricken with paralysis or heart disease
IN the midst OF his sessicE with LAM
bert
OF course. all this magnihcence over
lowed the confines CT one chiffonier and
closet Lambert's ties and SOCKS eddied
through els mothers rccm into his sis
stared Al enc from odd corners. The en-
Ire house grew &c Fave a Persian effect
because Of the 5u2erabundance Of Lam
berts belongings
Just Her Brothers.
Sometimes MS mother would sigh and
murmur that she wished Lambert would
take craze for black and let 1t go at
that. because her eyes were weakening
Under the strain, but mainly his family
braced themselves and bore the az
mctlon IN silence
Then Cf a sudden they broke up house.
keeping and went 10 live il hotel The
nalc who was cleaning their rooms &C
cosIed Lamberts sister one day She
had large waste basket IN each hand.
One was packed tightly with ties. the
other with socks.
Excuse me. miss" said the maid as
she IecIed attention TO the baskets
but now many men are there in your
famIly?'
'Two-ny father and brother" said
Lamberts sister.
And do the two of them wear all
iheseT sasped the maid.
Oh, dear, no.. said Lambert's sister.
Inose are just my brothers."
Good heayens? squeaked the maid
and dropped both baskets. a thought
there must be 6Ozen men-an' lusr
Dnei Just onei Good heavensr'
1t took all the spare time of Lamberfs
mother and sister to find places for his
belongings They piled them neatly and
cred boxes witE cretonne and packed
them full They made embroidered
lhlngs 10 hang on the walls and NIL with
Lamberts ties Still Lambert fused and
worried over the lack OF space.
No One Else Had Room.
They took his fifth best belongings Into
their rooms and his sixth best they
packed in trunks in the closets. Nobody
Else had room FOR anything because OF
Lamberts ever-present ties and socks. and
ae was always buying more.
II a perfect manIaI said his moth
e. m sick 10 death of it, ! uont
hno" anything tnat annOys me more. I'M
less II is his infatuation for that silly
i.tue RlmpIon girl. who hasn't al ounce
o. sense IN her head"
les. but CONSIDER the hair she has
on II, said LamDert's sister. There
are simply pounds. Plnky's at the age
"hen he's attracted by quantity and
lneres nothing stingy ABOUT the size OF
GeheVieVe Rlmp1On's coiuure.'
III AFRAID ne'n run away with her
ana get married." mOanec Lamperr's
notner; Boys OF nineteen sometimes co
sucn things, you know: / Behave It's
because CT 2er that he bought -nar last
aozen Ties ana those particularly horrgd
'Scks alter L had distinctly IolG him I
would not give up 10 MS Things the box
;cuch wnere l keep my evening gowns!
He'll have 10. hang his ties out OF the
"lnoows because there's absolutely no
'tner place. It's ali that grip
III Course They Liked Her.
-A-.1f ndVIIs SC-uGateG n4s family IN
MS way one can imagine the snock
AeS experienced when one morning
AS iaA4IIy wandereG INTO his room.
lid found AZ strangely Cais. There