El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12

THE other morning as street car
1 was carrying a full quota Of work
ers to the marts Of trade. something
happened to the power or the brake,
and the car stopped.
A pretty blond girl who had been
languidly hanging to a strap immed-
lately showed signs Of interest, she
glanced about the car. studied her i'm
mediate group Of strap hangers, like
a vaudeville artist ingratiating him
self with the audience before begin
ming his turn.
See had the pretty droopy type Of
blondness that suggests a second day
rose" which has been wired. dashed to
a tooth pick and made to hold up its
head in brave attempt to give it the
freshness it has lost on the florists
counter. She began:
IF this limousine has broke down.
am late again. making three times
this week have got a scowl from
the boss. If this bright young work
ing girl don't look out she'll get
fired"
A middle aged man looked at her
indulgently, a fledgling in a straw hat
smiled A lady Of uncertain age who
suggested the cookbook stencil, bring
the vinegar to boiling point" shifted
and the blond girls companion with
the air OF giving a cue answered:
"A lot you'de care II they fired you
with your prospects"
Haven't an prospects-my face is
at present my fortune" And the girl
who suggested "a second day rose.
swung ner head around so that every
hnr
was
Your face landed your fortune, you
mean?" The obliging friend ed on
And my cheerful manners Fassed Il
up"
BY this time the strap hangers and
those who had seats settled IN them
with the comfortable expression Of
people who are about to be enter
tanned. Some jaws dropped and some
shut tight as clans. according to the
temperaments Of their owners The
blond girl continued:
Her Point of View.
NO. It seemed they didn't like me
7 lacked the response OF We're de We're
u wasn't sufficiently aloof. I was 2
child Of nature and I liked the movies
I said what I thought and I thought
what I said"
7 didn't know It was off-bu. say.
you weren't marrying them" Tae lead
commented.
ANY one that married him. would-a
married them and no mistake
The passengers gulped in the broken
romance, two or three Of them seemed
on the point Of giving up their cher
ished seats for a nearer view OF the
girl who was telling the story OF her
life" in a street car.
Was he stuck on them?" the lead
inquired.
wasn't he, though-his mother,
E IL
were some dried peaches, believe me
They were all terribly refined, never
talked about their clothes. their
neighbors their indigestion, the
laundress or how much anything
cost
Gee, they must have been all dear
and dumb. weren't they?'
NO, they'd talk your head OF
about what they read and what was
in the papers. Peace conference and
IA points and things like that, and
they talked about pictures and art
galleries. Oh. they did talk, forever
and forever. about nothing at all
1T must have been simply dreadful
for you"
American and take TO making signs
Everyone called on me, from the pres
ident Of the divinity college. that's in
their town, down to the girls that used
to be in love with him And passed
remarks on how they did their hair,
OF how bald they were If they hadn't
any to do, and their clothes and things
like that-and the dried peaches Just
dried a little harder"
Just For One Month.
Didn't they expect you to talk
any2"
'They didn't call that falkland
wasn't Il funny. they never said cut
it out or anything like that-but you
just felt their disapproval frost-biting
you"
How long did you stand it,"
asked the sympathetic friend
I went for a month, and I canned
EN- all at the end Of 10 days-they
were welcome TO have little Alfred
hack again. And it's the open season
for me-say. isn't this car ever going
to get right2 Let's walk"
And they left the car And for
moment or two the passengers wore
an expectant look, as If awaiting the
ne.-t number on the bill No one
would have been surprised If man
and a girl had arisen from their sea Is
and begun TO sing a topical song. with
a little dancing on the side But none
OF the other passengers appeared 10
have a gift for vaudeville after the
monologue girl left the car. and ev-
eryone began to fret about the power