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Show THE DEVIL AND THE MANICURE. 1 f ; fifl There was once a manicure, good and virtuous. 111' Bi Her remarks were confined to tho weather and 1 jj' 'I I ffiH pet animals, while her eyes were never raised flH above her. work. She wore a black skirt of a just $ jv i flH cut and a nonconformist shirt-waist. She was li ' not a success. One day a man's hands were laid ' j 4 fit: on the little white pillow in front of her. Some- ''PW' ' how she felt thrilled, but only made weather and ' j i' ,':lp mVJ pet animal remarks, not raising her eyes. That ' f4'!j vAa day she got a two-dollar tip and later, at her mir- Wl'I 'H ror, wondered If she had possibilities. I The man a devil. ' f The next week the same pair of hands were if'!' 'fl laid on the little white pillow in front of her. 1 j' ,': I The Devil said "Good morning," and she said 1' ! "Good morning." J, ' ' J , Then she raised her eyes. " .r V h 11 Thtv were a deep, deep gray, and some times V . they were almost green. She forgot the pet an- 1$ 'H imal and weather remarks and talked about the iljvj t! stage. if iJ'.'?l i;"BBi The Devil talked. She talked. In fact they . p'iv Wfl both talked together. H vjlh fl The Devil suggested that she wear her hair ! HI . in a different way, and thought a princess gown If''-' ji would suit her better. .'J f ' That day she got a five-dollar tip and later at ' her mirror, she knew she had possibilities. ; The man was still a Devil. i The next week there was a revolution. Her ; ', ' hair was piled high, a la Fritz! Schef, behind her ! j 1 , H amber comb. A jaunty little princess u-ock swept 4 h , 'M round the curves of her figure. Her little bank ; '"' ' ! account had been sacrificed on the altar of her 'V' ', ' possibilities. :'fi' i ! The Devil came again and laid his hands on '-'! fl the little white pillow .in front of her. She for- ' :ff.j ", i fl got the stage, weather and pet animal remarks j;, ' fl and spoke of trial marriages and the influence of - H The Devil asked her to go to lunch. She de- fl murred, and wont. Tho Devil asked her to kiss j: fl him. She said no, and did. That day she got f fl a cheque for a tip, and later, at her mirror, she :, , fl felt afraid of her possibilities. fl The man was very much of a Devil. ' ' The next week she left the manicuring par-" x I lor. but the following week she came back to the ?j fl little white pillow. Her remarks were again con- ... S ' fl fined to the weather and pet animals, while her fl eyes Avore never raised above her work. She wore t fl a black skirt of a just cut and a nonconformist i H shirt-waist. !' jH She was waiting for the next Devil. Ex. ' j "ti fl |
