The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-04-11
WORLDLY WISE PERSON
BY JOSEPHINE CARROLL

when she went to children's parties.
She had a meek. pretty little face,
abundant yellow hair and large. ap-
pealing blue eyes that held a shadow
OF apology in them for her temerity in
presuming to exist. She retained the
modest violet atmosphere after she
was grown up.
Other girls might blossom into dar-
Ing coQuettes and fascinating bellies.
but Albertine always kept in the back
ground. Whenever people looked at
her they involuntarily thought OF lace
mitts and hoopskirts and curtseys.
They felt that Albertine should be
put under glass.
This being the case, it was aston
ishing that down In her secret heart
Albertine had fierce love OF the dar-
ing. the wild and gay and the extreme
When she picked out dress design
she always chose the rankest, most
alarming atrocity. The dressmaker
said. ooh, certainly" and then pro-
ceeded to modify the pattern to suit
Albertine's appearance.
Things had way of dropping softly
on her in old fashioned lines. She
wanted to look frightfully smart and
somehow she never did. Secretly she
suspected the dressmakers, but she
never dared accuse them
1t was the same way when it came
to the young men. Let perfectly
steady, sober youth who earned reg
ular salary and was good to his
mother come her way and Albertine
| raised her little nose and shifted. She
simply could not see him. She ad-
mired extravagantly the sort of young
man who dashed down the street
wearing crimson silk socks and a tie
| to match and the latest cry in waist
coats, and If he was followed by a
bulldog SO much the better If people
raised their eyebrows and coughcd
discreetly when his name was men,
| toned it made the situation perfect.
Albertine always felt loftily then
that she was an experienced, worldly
wise person and the eyebrow raisers
were narrow provincials. Usually the
bulldoggy young man never pro-
crossed in the acquaintance farther
than raising his hat and casting an
enhancing smile at her, but Albertine
was satisfied with just adoring him
from a distance.
Her family was quite alarmed when
she fell in love with Harry Jungles
because Harry always was in debt
and worked only enthusiastically
and Albertine's relatives had a great
deal of money. Harry seemed awake
to this, for he actually called on AL
berthe and talked poetry to her il
the parlor in low, rich tones and told
her hoy the world misjudged him
Albertine went SO far as to powder
her already white nose and her moth
er caught her once using an eyebrow
pencil. 1t was much the same a.
though an Easter lily had begun tt
rouge. The situation was saved, how
ever, by the sheriff's removing Harry
for forgery, and after that Albertins
wore what she thought was a heart
broken expression and thought SHE
threw into her face deep lines of ex
perience and suffering.
After Harry several others of tn,
same kind followed. Therefore, hav
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fear that she would do some fool thin,
and spoil her life her family was en-
tranced when she became engaged t,
jeffrey. 1t all happened so suddenl.
that one was scarcely aware Jeffre,
was on earth before he was introduc
ing himself as future son-in-law an,
brother.
Jeffrey was absolutely as nearl.
perfect as he could be for Albertine
Liberal minded people might say h
erred on the side of rigidness an,
propriety and possible narrowness
but one felt that he would always b.
at home at six o'clock sharp for din
ner and that Albertine never woul,
have to hang out of the front windoy
trying to distinguish whether it wa
he wavering down the street at on
o'clock in the morning. Jeffrey choke
at the sight of cigarette, wouldn'
be caught dead at dog show and sal
his wife never should be permittte,
to wear decollete gowns in the ever
ing.
The more people considered tn
matter the more inexp)icable it be
came. Finally her dearest friend fla
ly asked Albertine to explain Jeffrey
attractions.
"You see," said the dearest friend
with your ideas / can't understan
how you happen to fall in love wit
jeffrey. of all men,"
"Of all men!" echoed Albertine i
bitying establishment "Why, III tel
you, Susie-+because / recognized a
once that Jeffrey is the most sophi;
ticated sort of person. He's such
man of the world. ! can't abide thes
goody-goody men!"-Chicago Dali
News.