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Show Her Transformation. She dtnnk quantities of water, ate a lot of .starchy foods, Abstained from exorcising every day; Sho assimilated lactic and a caso of malted malt-ed goods, But it seemed her fate to liavo to fade away. Sho so mourned attenuation, with a vis-ago vis-ago liko an owl's, That a smllo upon her faco was never seen; While below her mouth wero wrinkles, and above her eyes wcro scowls. And her noso was Ilka u hatchet In between. be-tween. But one day sho fell to laughing in a strange, hysteric way, Just In thinking how ridiculous it proved; And it mellowed to a cacklo that was sano enough, they say, Till at last she giggled ovory tlmo she moved. Why, sho chuckled out her wrinkles, and sho snickered off her frowns. And then took to all tho things sho shouldn't do; Now sho's grown as fat as butter, and has outgiown all her gowns: But sho laughs away at that disaster, too. Elliot Walker in tho Woman's Homo Companion. |