New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
y UpERcYL1ousNEss is not 50

- safe after an, because @ per
~ son who forms the habit Of
wearing 1t may some day And
that his lower lip has become per-
manently projected beyond the upper
SO that he can't get It back and must
go through life looking like the King
Of Spain. This was TO be the culmina~
tion Of Florence Atwater's still plas-
tic profile, as foretold by her aosher,
il Florence didn't change her way
of thinking; and upon Florence's OBJ
serving dreamily that the King Of
Spain was an awf'ly handsome man,
Mrs. Atwater retorted: "But not
for a grill" She meant, Of course,
that girl who looked too much like
the King Of Spain would not be
handsome, and her daughter UNDER
stood without difficulty, neverthe-
less, with an air Of happy refuta-
tion, made the gratuitous statement:
"Why, he's my very ideals I'd
marry him tomorrow"
Mrs. Atwater paused in her darn
ing, letting the stocking droop in
her work basket. @Not at barely
thirteen, would you?" she said. ut
seems to me you're just shade too
young to be marrying q man who's
already got a wife and several chill
dren. Where did you pick up that
Td- marry him tomorrow Flor
ence?"
"Oh, I hear that everywherey" re-
turned the damsel lightly. "Every-
body says things like that. I heard
Aunt Julia say it. heard Kitty Sill
yer say it."
about the King Of spain3" Mrs.
Atwater inquired.
II don't know who they were say
ing it about" said Florence, "but
they were saying it. I don't mean
they were saying it together; heard
one say it one time and the other say
it some other time. I think Kitty
Silver was saying it about some col
ored man. She probably wouldn't
want to marry any white man; at
least don't expect she would. She's
been married to couple of colored
men, anyhow; and she was married
twice to one of 'em, and the other
one died in between. Anyhow, that's
what she told me. She weighed over
200 pounds, the first time she was
married, and she weighed over 270
the last time she was married to the
first one over again, but she says
she don't know how much she
weighed when she was married to
the one in between. She says she
never got weighed all the time she
was married to that one. Did Kitty
Silver ever tell you that, mammal"
ayes, often!" Mrs. Atwater re-
piled. II don't think it's very enter
tanning; and that's not what we were
talking about. ] was trying to tell
you
81 know" Florence interrupted.
"You said I'd get my face SOS my
underlip wouldn't 60 back where it
ought to if I didn't quit turning up
my nose at people / think are be-
meath contempt. I guess the best
thing would be just to feel that way
without letting on by my face, and
then there wouldn't be any danger"
"No," said Mrs. Atwater. "That's
not what I meant. You mustn't let
your feelings get their nose turned
up, or their underlip out, either, be-
cause feelings can grow warped just
as well as"-
ID UT her remarks had already
I'D caused her daughter to follow
a trail Of thought somewhat
divergent from the main road along
which the mother feebly struggled
to progress. Mamma" said Flor
ence brightly, "do you b'lieve it's
true il person swallows an apple
seed or lemon seed or a water.
melon seed, f'r instance, do you
think they'd have g. tree grow ur
inside of 'em? Henry Rooter said
it would, yesterday"
Mrs. Atwater looked little anx,
ious. "Did you swallow some sorj
Of seed?" she asked.
ut was only some grape seeds
mamma; and you needn't think
got to take anything for it, because
I've swallowed a million, I guess, IL
my time, and"-
I'm your time?" her mother 70
peated, seemingly naystifed.
Yes, and 30 have you and papa,
Florence went on. "I've seen yo,
when you ate grapes. Henry sale
maybe not about grapes, because
told him all what I've just been tell
ing you, mamma, how I must O.
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