Show MISS DEACONS FATE THE THE THE CASE of Miss Gladys Deacon t I the famous r American AmerIcan beauty who became prominent some months mouths ago because of the story that the he crown prince of f Germany desired to make ma te teher her his wife furnishes another Illus Illustration illustration illustration of the adage that it is best to let well welt enough alone A bulletin says that Miss Deacon is In a critical con condition ditton as the result of pf an operation to cure cure a slight defect def bt in her nose This young oung woman was very well satisfied with her nose up to a short time ago In connection with her other features lt it had been very much ad admired admired mired Indeed competent European I I I critics pronounced Miss Deacon the prettiest girl who ever came out of the United States s and that is saying a great deal One day she net met an artist who looked at her with an n artists eye I You are very beautiful he said and I then he added the fatal but There I I I I 1 is a slight depression in your our nose I which prevents it from being absolutely 11 perfect Miss Deacons heart straight straightway I way grew heavy She u fretted about that almost Imperceptible depression In her herno nose e more mor than many people fret over oer a mutilated hand a lost eye or a disfiguring hump Finally the young woman consulted one of the foremost surgeons of Paris He told her that he could remedy the defect and she joyfully consented to the th operation It consisted in the injection of a little melted paraffin un under under der tier the skin sIdn at nt t the proper place In other operations which were success successful successful SS ful the paraffin hardened the wound healed and the deformity was cured With Miss Deacon it was different Ever since the operation slight though It was the wound has been troubling her and now her condition is reported to be critical If she recovers her health her beauty will have been spoiled polled The cynic will say sa she has been rightly served for al allowing allowIng allowing lowing her vanity to run away with her Perhaps she has but after all the girl Is more deserving of pity than blame She wanted to be perfect God had apparently done his best and failed and she thought man might be able to improve on the work of the Almighty Now she realizes her error The blame lies not so much with Miss Deacon as with those who permitted p her to submit to the operation They The Theare are really the ones who sinned while she must suffer Fussy ussy Jimmy Anderson wants the legislature to pass a bill which will enable him to draw a salary as poor commissioner as well as county com corn commissioner commissioner missioner There Ther is no reason for pass passing passIng passing ing any such bill Fussy is a poor commissioner now no goodness knows |