El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-17
CHAPTER VIII

Copyright. 1914. by Star Company
T was s o'clock in the morning when
Fanny Eedden arrived at Madame
L EidettTs Beauty Parlors" Five
minutes later Nellie Benson appeared
and greeted her kindly.
81 rroke TO Madame about you yes
teriay afternoon she told her She
saws you can come and learn mani
eurfn' and shampooin'. It will be quite
q while before you could do hair work
and perhaps you'd best not try that
mill vor have begun TO get pay TO-
doing nails"
Nellie always talked rapidly and
dropped her "g's" persistently- she
evidently considered time too precious
IN he wasted on such an Insignificant
thing as a final letter that did not ma
+arisIlv affect the meaning Of a word
She chatted all the while that she was
removing her coat and hat and show
ing Fanny where to hang her belong
Ings-
..rII lend you one Of my aprons
abe told her. Tomorrow you can bring
one OF YOUR own. Oh, here's 'Toinettel
Miss BRYAN, I want to make you ac-
,,,stnted with Miss Hedden. I've
Known her a long time. She's comm
here to learn manicurin' Ind cham
pooin'.'
pleased to meet you" returned Miss
Bryan. Cher name had been U Brlen
originally, but she dropped the first
vowel and altered the two middle ones
when she changed her Christian name
Of Annie" to "Antoinette.") You're
taking up hair dressing and facial, too,
she denounced facial "fay-si-al."
fact which mystified Fanny as TO her
7 may learn hair dressing sometime,
but not just now" Fanny said vi hat
Is the other thing you spoke Off
'Fay-si-al massage" explained An
toinete. Treating the face, you know
surely yOu'e heard Of it"
A light broke upon Fanny's betoEged
mind "Oh, yes" she said 7 do not
suppose I viii take that up for some
time-if at all"
As the other girls arrived they
Joined the group already assembled. all
baking at once. But when, a half hour
later Madame Ridetti entered, there
was z sudden lull-
Fanny looked with interest at the
mistress Of the Beauty Parlors" She
seemed like a walking advertisement
hair was very much waved her face
very much made up" her nails glis-
tened daZziEEly. Her figure was laced
into tho latest model corset and her
dress fitted her with painful smooth
ness About her neck she wore an
immense lorEnetue chain and from her
ears dc ngled a pair Of pearl drop ear
rings She acknowledged Nellie's in
PRODUCTION OF her friend with a languid
bow
One Of the Girls Laughs at the Mere
idea.
Good morning" she said Nellie
has spoken to me about you. I am
willing TO let you learn here If you
sre willing to make yourself generally
useful meanwhile. Nellie will do your
nails at first, just to start you and to
make your hands look nice Then you
can try and see what you can do on
the other girls"
Bessie Allen. a plump. happy-gO-
lucky girl, giggled outright at this re-
mark
What are you laughing at2' Madame
asked but with no sign Of disapproval
She was evidently a calm person who
did not give vent to any emotions that
might disturb her placid expression OF
rountenance-
4 was wondering who'd play goat
first, and he experimental on" the
girl said merrily. The last new girl
you had tried on me first-and I sat
IN q tack all the time"
Madame smiled indulgently. We'll,
she never learned anything anyway"
she observed q hope that Miss He'd
den-We will call her Fanny after