Pueblo chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 1921-10-24

ward. II whoever had concocted his
huge joke returned and seemed ike
ly TO be mean about It. Benny meant
TO say he had done nothing but try to
sell Cousin Susan" cook book.
Perfectly legitimate business. just
what he did all day long. And II he
had swallowed a cocktail and eaten
a few viands while waiting for Cousin
Susan to make up her mind. what OF
u; Cousin Susan had asked him Ia
do II. Cousin Susan had insisted
that he Join the party. That'a what he
would say
Benny went back TO the dining
room. lie walked to tho sldehoard.
raised glass. uttered CHEEKY
Here's jookingt' and swallowed the
cocktail lie put his hat on the moor
and seated himself on the chair at the
end of the table.
Well. folks" ne said. you'll cx-
cusc me IL ! begin. No standing on
ceremony in old Liberty Hall. heyl"
He attacked the nicely Drowned
chicken that lay on the plate before
MN. BIC took stalk OF celery from
inc holder nearest. He found "a crisp
/ bread roll in his napkin and crushed
/ II. breaking IL in two, Butter was on
/ the individual butter plate at his hand
The water in his thin crystal goblet
was iced. As he ate he talked to the
wax figures.
done Anyone who has mado a study
of wax figures knows they are OF re-
narkably different merit. There are
I those one sees In cloak store windows
on upper Third avenue; they look cheap
and they are cheap. Their smiles are
imposaihly artificial and their com
: pleNions such as no human being ever
Possessed. They are, indeed. mere
dummies for displaying garments as
cheap and shoddy as themselves. As
7 you near Fifth avenue and Broadway
/ tho wax figures improve in likeness to
living human bcings. In the great de-
partment stores and elite shops the
wax figures reach their greatest per-
/ fccuon. Their faces are natural and
have character; their limbs are articu-
lated 30 that they can he seated or
placed In natural standing positions.
You only know they are dummies by
the price tags they bear and the fact
that they stand in show windows aud
I by. perhaps. slightly waxy appear
ance Of tho faces and hands. Even this
perfection can be surpassed IL the
maker is given the opportunity.
Tho motionlcss figures seated at the
lAhlc were or tho most perfect quality
The women were beautifully gowncd
the men neatly clothed. They were wcll
posed. II might have been n group Of
'ociety men and women pctrified Just
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table. Benny couverscd brilliantly lie
spok" OF baseball golf tho Castles, the
latest musical comedy, asked whether
his right hand ncighhor would get TO
Newport this season and whether his
left hand ncighhor had attended tho
races at Belmont park.
And by the way, Miss Wander
gould. he said, speaking to tho figurr
in the stoel-blue evening gown. half
way up the table on his lcft Il haven't
seen you in the park lately"
Miss Nandcrgould" did not rcply.
Her waNen face was turned away from
Benny. toward that OF her neighbor.
on, very we'll Not that I care
rhid Benny. II mcrr-y mentioned 1, sc
Tic was having a grand time. He was
I privileged to do all the talk all the
time lilo cracked a joke with his
I netehbor on the right. Ho pretended
TO listen to rcply. oh. that's IL. tx
] III? he said. and turned to speak to
Misc Nandergould' again. Ills words
died on HIS lips lie had not been con-
7 "rious Of "A sound or OF "A motion how
ever slight on the part OF anyone nj
Tho table except himself but the wax
figure he jcstingly called '.Mi.s Vans
dcrgould' had turned her head Benny
stared at hcr-he could not he mis-
| tnk'n, She had hccn looking nt hrr
ueighbor. nov she looked not a Benny.
nnl past him. She was as waxculv
/ motionlosH as before. her eyes had tho
Same classy glitter: she was. sccmingly,
iho same wax figure, but Fhe had
moved her hU1d. There could he no
donht Of that; Benny did not doubt H..
1t was a fact
Tho noisy little book-agent became
silent lie was not frightened. he had
an uncannS feeling, lie looked up and
! down the table, trying to learn whether
any of the other WINK fipttr,y b,d