Show i 5 rt Story of th Day ill illI MY PINK SHIRT WAIST I Continued ed from yesterday 9 Do Dot t OU think pink is the color most becoming to me I asked aske desperately ly IY Fred It is the one color that is most becoming to you I selected the therial rial with especial view to Its becomingness It goes b beautifully with your YOUr and velvety brown eyes and ad crea creamy y pink complexion If you YO were a 3 avery avery very man in town would fall in Ip love with you dear with that shirt waist Is true rue my complexion Is foolishly feminine feminIne feminIne-DaIsy's Daisy's phrase creamy d describes It quite well and well and i I could see see that that if IC I had really reallY been a 3 girl p shirt waist would have hae bc been cn decidedly fetching on me m. Even as as s I Imy Imy my reflection In the mirror I thought to myself If If your mustache shaven en you'd snake make quite a it stunning girl old man saw therefore thE that I must try another tack Don t t you think youve you've made It rather low in the neck I asked Why no Fred I dont don't think think it Is a bit too low It seemed to me you wo td It so oo much after wearing weaning those horrid high collars Besides Fred e g t a beautiful white throat and a 3 low v neck looks lovely on ont you fOU must t try something else I Dont Don't you think It puffs out Just a little too much in iii front tron i I asked Not ota a bit Daisy said I made I it t puffy on n purpose The chief fault in a 1 e. e I Lota I r mans man's shirt Is ig that it fit fits fits' too tight and the great beauty of a shirt waist waist is that it puffs out and is roomy Of course course Daisy dear after all your trouble in making it I would be a abear abear abear bear not to like it but but r rI But what I was wondering lov love if yOU if-yOU you know this has got ot to b be a a sort of business suit suit business business shirt waist I mean mean and and I was wondering If If-If If if a plainer one wouldn't be e. e et et fr the office Th The trimming on this i Is very very pretty petty and for for fora a picnic or something of that sort it would be very appropriate I mentioned a pi picnic nic because picnics picnics' are things I never go go goto to Suppose I save this for our next picnic and nd me meanwhile you can make me a plainer one for the office when you feet feel like it This on will be exactly the thing for for I concluded en en- en n- n Wh Why Fred of course you are not to save It for tor Id I'd like to know when you'd ever wear it if you did Daisy exclaimed exclaimed And as for making a plain one I couldn't make one much than that There are no not more snore than thana a dozen tucks in it and Just that one little ruffle round the shoulders You Vou don't dont know how much that little ruffle luffie adds to it and how perfectly lovely you look with it on or you wouldn't want a plain one I saw that I could not argue successfully against Daisy It seems too bad to put it right on and wear it its it's so beautiful I said holding it up and gazing at the shirt was admiringly I But Daisy S sala saiu hl never mind about that that when when this one was worn out she would make roe sue another That night I tossed restlessly In bed for rain and anti cooler weather But the sixth d day dy y dawned dry and 1 It w was s clear IU he the e day ay was to to tobe tobe be as hopelessly intemperate as any of its predecessors An import important nt conference arranged weeks beforehand demanded my attend attend- ance Had it not been for that I should have feig feigned illness and and stayed away from the office that day clay Why Fred what on earth are you doing Daisy a asked lec as I was getting In into my shirt You dear clear ear boy take that right off Have lIae you o fo forgotten gotten so soon the shirt waist I made or you I hadn't forgotten the shirt waist Indeed what else elsei but that lad bad ad I thought of during the whole feverish night I had started t to put my shirt on hoping Daisy might f forget To that end I had talked rapidly of a dozen different things while dressing hoping to distract her attention but all nU to no purpose D Daisy always has my comfort on her mind and so she couldn't forget the shirt shirtwaist shirtwaist shirtwaist waist bless her dear soul souil It looks lovely s she cf cried ed when she had pulled it t out in one place and patted it down in another until her critical eyes were were satisfied Im almost afraid to let you year wear I if for Cor fear some one will fall faU in love with you ou and abduct you you loo looH R wet dear dear I am sure aurem my cheeks wore pink blushes that matched the pink in the shirt shirtwaist shirtwaist shirtwaist waist and never I think did maidens maiden's eyes ces droop more shyly than did the eyes that drooped above Daisy's pink shirt waist that morning The feelings of a little Lord Fauntleroy not little enough for his curls and lace collars were not nota a circumstance to mine Oh aint he a daisy cried the first ragged urchin I encountered But that wasn't so bad as the remark of ot the next ragamuffin who shouted Say miss youve you've lout lost off your skirt I passed these Irresponsible insulters of progress in dignified silence and stepped upon an open pen s street reet car without glancing either to right or left Our home is well wen out toward the end of the electric car line and there were very few passengers on the car when I boarded It For this trifling circumstance I felt more grateful than you could probably imagine I gave the conductor my fare and received my change without so much as asa asa asa a glance in his direction but not until I reached out my hand toward him had the consciousness o of ot the little ruffle rume with which Daisy had adorned the wrist fan fallen en upon my senses with such fiery vividness Knowing I could have my pick of seats In the car I had carefully thought out what part of the car I should sit Elit in You will realize what an Important matter mattel this was to me when I tell you that the 11 ride ilde to town from where I live consumes over forty minutes Continued Monday |