Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-02-18
Their Morning
Talk

say. amt it the limit the way us
girls has to hurry in the morning7
demanded Miss Martin, twisting In
frcrt Of the rest room mirror, with her
mouth full of hairpins. Il never get
nv ruffs on to suit me before mas
hollerin' to know II amt goin' to eat
no,hln lefore have to run for the
1871, an I just have to fall down the
stairs whether | got my clothes on or
not"
"Aw, it's somethin' fiercel" agreed
STEELE the billing cler.. Il betcher If
old Parkhurst had to hurry just once
the way we do he wouldn't raise no
boiler every time we took a minute
after eight o'clock to get ourselves
lookin' decent"
He gives me a pain" put in Mabel.
That yawp of his ought to get him a
Job on the L. Fullerton next-change
for wrightwood, Diversey an Wei
lington Say, Martie, amt you got a
new tie?"
"Juh like it?"
Sure! Reds awful becomin' to
you; you ought to wear 1t all the time.
Juh buy 1t. or swipe 1t off'n that good
lookin' Teller we seen you with on
State street?'
Miss Martin bridled. Say, what you
talkin' about? l don't go round on
State street with no fellers. always
travel In a taxi'
"Oh, you swell thing! Girl in the
Taxi-What? Say, girls. juh s'pose
my green satin evenin' gown, cut day
| colletay, will be swagger enough to
wear to Marties weddin', or will l
wear a rope of pearls? Anyway, J
didn't swipe the red flag off'n any.
body; bought 1t myself at the Nam
moth store about a month ago.
The door opened and into the al
ready crowded room pushed Big John
son.
Yep! Late again. Cars blocked
| H'lo, Martie; what's that about the
danger-signal? You don't mean to say
you've had a red tie for a month and
never wore 1t once? You've had
strangle hold on that mirror long
enough Let me have a look at it--a
man on the platform jabbed his elbow
into my Trace sand l guess likely I've
got dent that'll change the phrenolo-
gist's readin and make me marry the
dark man."
! "All right, go ahead, II you're that
stuck on your face" replied Miss Mar
tin, unabashed, settling herself com
fortably in the waste-basket, which.
bottomless and sway-backed, bore
mute testimony to its popularity in
the chairless and couchless cubbyhole
designated the restroom.
Say" went on Miss Martin, Its
no cinch to be part of big family
specially when you're a stock size.
Every time l want to put on my
clo'es never can find EN-, but / don't
bother to hunt around in the closet
Just run right out and look around
at the rest of the folks, and sure's
you're a foot high somebody'll have
'em on.
IS j was sayin', bought this red
tie a month ago, an instead Of wearin'
it down next mornin' l left it on my
bureau When l came home, Harry
was wearin' it. l didn't say nothin',
for Harry's awful good about lettin'
me wear his ties, but next night met
Dick on Randolph, an he had 1t on!
When he got home that night raised
a holler. ! said if | wanted to buy
things for other people I'd start a
orphan asylum-the orphans 'ud be
more grateful, auyway-an' I'd thank
everybody to leave my things alone,
for / was sick OF lookin' on other
folks for my clo'es when ! wanted to
wear 'em myself.
"Oh, ] raised a fierce fuss. Did II
do any good? Say! Next time | want
ed that tie, ! found it hangin on Har-
RVS gas Jet. an him thinkin he owned
it. He was realinsulted when took
II this morning. Amt that a brother
for your"
That's not as bad as what my sis
ter did TO me-" said Big Johnson, turn
| ing around with a chuckle. You know
that chemise with the Irish lace inser-
ton Mabel gave me Christmas? Well,
] / looked all over for that the other
night. and then knew sis must have
Il or. / went downstairs. She was
entertaining her beau in the parlor,
an the minute | came in, she knew
what ] wanted. | could see 1t right
through her peekaboo.
did she bulge? Well, not thumb
nail. She sat there and smiled at me,
Il l.fN
wanted before him-he's awful shy.
An couldn't get her out of the room,
either. or I'd have got It. had TO
wear my old one TO stay all night with
Lily Hyde. oh. was boilin mad at
her"
"S-st!" STEELE put her head inside
the door cautiously "Parkhurst is
lookin for you, Johnson. Cut it out"
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