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Show , She Uore Plumpers. '.Nrter hear of jdumiiers?" asked a lady friend of mine the other day. i "No," said I. "Whut now feminine device is this, for goodness' sake?" i "Well," she replied (we were calling at the time at the house of a mutual j friend), "just you notice Miss when ! she comes down stairs, and tell me if you I notice anything straugo or remarkable j iu her appearance." I The Miss referred to lie it said, j is a tall and somewhat angular young I woman of uncertain age, but who is j possessed of a considerable degree of per-; per-; sonal vanity and a more than ordinary ! desire to appear at her best upon any i and all occasions. ' In a few moments she appeared, and ' after greeting us cordially we eutered ! into a general conversation. Nothing very remarkable about her, thought L "Well," said I to my lady friend, after j our departure, "I have scanned Miss pretty closely, but failed to notice anything worth commenting upon in ' her appearance. She talked as if sho j had something in her mouth" I was interrupted at this point by a peal of laughter. "Why, what on earth are you laughing laugh-ing at?" said I. "And, by the way," I asked, "did it not strike you that Miss is growing somewhat stouter? Her face seems to be somewhat plumper" "There," interrupted my friend, "now ! yon have it. Miss had 'plumpers' ; in her month." To my look of inquiry anil astonishment she responded: "Plumpers, j'ou see, are small round shaped affairs like a doll's saucer. They are made of rubber, and when held in place in the mouth they cause a woman's wom-an's cheek to Veeouie plump and round. When ladies hae lost some of their teeth plumpers come into play; prevents their jaws from appearing lantern shaped or their features from being angular.'' j "Heavens and earth!" said I. "Whnt will the foRiinine mind conceive of next?" NfcW York Herald. i |