The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-24
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saw . woman today about five
ieet tall and about two feet wide. She
wore q dfegs with ruffles up the skirt
watch Ilade her lcok like a barrel
with many hoops. She wore white
stockings and red slippers and a hat
tied under her chin with a large rib
bon bow. On either side OF this hat
two fat curls stood out. On top OF
the hat were three piumes waving hi.
larionsiy in the air, she walked
l,qricIi,y. hef. body swaying from side
90 side. her. eyes roFthg-in an; dlree.
rtions. ohe wAted ahead OF me into
"a drug store St.the end OF Main street
IEnd went te!the 'phoae. stood lIs
! tenlrg cuvtouSg and this Is what
heard: "Oh. George, is this you,
Yes, It's me. Your little mel Oh
George. what DO you think! Some
ljody wants to Glope with me! Ami
YOU Jealous? Not a bit! No. indeed
went. Goodbye. dear!"
Somebody behind the counter-way
hapk-'said in low voice-WeH,
daRt believe ! ought TO tell. II might
n,afe George jealous.
In discussing some OF the reason;
or the high cost Of things. outside
II war causes. heard a well known
store proprietor say today: 81 sent
en- energetic collector out the other
cay and offered him g generous per
Ccntage OF all the money he could col
iect for me. | gave him about five
hundred dollars worth OF bills and he
started out saily. But Just about
knew how he would cone back. ~
tel two days hare trampiHg all about
The city he turned Up disconsolately
with only a few dollars he had been
able TO collect One woman refused
10 pay for her daughters suit. saying
he had bought II without permission
and then ran away TO be married
Nearly everybody had some excuse
The collector said he felt sure no
more OF that monty could be collect
cd The proprietor replied Il felt
,easonably sure would not lose that
money when | allowed my goods TO
30 out on credit. II don't give cred
II some people went buy-and these
very people spend great deal and
can't offend them. The fact that
| will lose that tive hundred dollars
means | shall have 10 charge more
Tor all that ! sell TO come out even!
DO you blame me-"
wouldn't bs q bit surprised 10
learn OF other tragedies like this any
day: A little girl know has a large.
very beautiful noll which came from
Germany 4 number Of years ago and
which has been treasured ever since
spending most of the time in a COM
Portable box hotel Lately We found
tner mournfully crying over her baby
and after q number Of days, puzzling
over various strange actions on her
part, we learned that this patriotic
doll mother was contemplating the do.
ing away with her baby because she
came from hated Germany and wore
Germany's broad child face. We ar
gued with her III vain. saying that she
rjust not feel as she cid but the more
We talked the worse we made matters.
That doll German was no longer loved
ct least the doll mother was going
ic pretend that way. Finally the baby
disappeared and for a week we dared
not ask about her. The little girl sal
atcut the house or IN the porch max
'ng squares for Red Cross sewing ca.
SEES. She worked with so much unus.
ual energy that we Rnew she was try
ing to forget the child she had spurn.
I'd. One night we found both doll and
mother asleep In the basement. After
awhile the dolls mother came upstairs
clone and no questions were asked.
This went on for another week until
one night at dinner, the little girl
frightened and was her old self again.
What do you imagine had happened?
She had taken the head off her beau.
;iiui doll and with the clandestlne
help Of Dad. had boxed and sent the
body 10 PittsbITg for a new head. She
wouldn't even allow the head to &c
iLere to be removed by doll hospital
authorities, saying it might 60 by mis-
take onto another American doll.