Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-28

when YOU come right down to 1t,
said the young person with the cho-
oolates, "she isn't actually so awfully
pretty. And yet"
81 know It'll" agreed the girl with
the pile OF schoolboolSs. TITS the
oueerest thing about Helene! / can't
see why she is SO popular!"
"She has a perfect string OF boys
all the time" Indignantly added the
girl in the green sweater. II she was
q raving. tearing beauty"
when You take her nose" inter-
rupted the one with the Chocolates,
and her eyes and mouth--all sepu-
rate, mean and not togethcr--thereS
not one OF them that's right There
is tho tinieSt little hump in her nose,
because i. especially specially noticed Office hal .yI In
aren't such a deep blue after all,
while her mouth is too big. I suppose
it's because / have a small mouth my
self that / notice big one as 1 do,
Not that I think my mouth is per-
fect! / hope wouldn't be so silly'
And yet, If you could have heard Har-
rison raving over Helene's. Her teeth
are rather nice and I suppose that's
why she laughs so much!"
"Dick Graham says" added the girl
in the sweater, that Helenes eyes are
simply fascinating! He likes the way
she screws them up nearly shut when
she laughs, and he says they are SO
dark they are almost black! But
that's on account of her lashes! II
had lashes as long as Helenes my
eyes would be exactly as dark look
ing! Do you suppose she puts some
thing on them to make them so black
and curly? Why, they're almost ar
tificial looking! Honestly, If 1 could
be given lashes like her this minute
I don't believe I'd want them! They
look stagy!"
Dent they?'' breathed the girl with
the books. And she never does her
hair stylishly. It's always blowing all
around every which wayi I suppose
I have especially good hair or I
shouldn't be able to keep it smoothed
down as l do! Somebody told me my
head looked just like the fashion mag
azine pictures! I think a girl owes 1t
to herself to follow the modes and
keep up to dateL Boys don't pay any
attention to those things, though! 1
expect Helene could wear her hair in
braid and put on a gingham apron
and they'd still be as crazy over her!
1 think she must be awful fiirt! One
Of the deep kind that never let's on"
TT must be something like that"
| agreed the girl with the chocolates
eXCitedly. Il never could understand
about Tom Smith before! Why, Tom
and l always have known each other
| anu ldSI year L was just as nice TO
| him as L could be! Every time / saw
| him I'd ask him to come and see me,
and l chose him for the valentine
party and everything!
Nobody could have been nicer to
| Tom Smith than 1 was! OF course, 1
wasn't crazy about him or anything,
| and that's why I didn't care a bit
| when he went over to Helene! But
| just for curiosity's sake I'd like to
i know how she managed it! 1 don't
| pose as a beauty, but my profile is
lots more artistic than Helene's, and
| when l have on my rose party gown 1
| don't see why boy should deliberate
| lywalk by me and sit down by Hell
! enc! So far 1 could see she didn't
make move to attract him, but OF
| course, she must have smiled or some
| thing when l wasn't booHngi She
just firted with him, that's what
Tom can't see that she's just footing
him, and when he does see and tries
| to come back you can better believe
HE brought her a big box of candy
yesterday put in the girl with the
| sweater.
/ do I care about Tom Smith HUH"
TITS so exasperating,' said the cir
with the books, ito see everybody run
ming after her! She doesn't wear ex-
traordinary clothes at all, but they
always look nice on her. Why
tried on a dress downtown like that
green silk of Helene5's-not that
have to copy her, only just saw il
and thought I'd see how I looked
me. I guess it couldn't have been tbs
same dress after all! Why, I have
two new hats to her one! I always