Show A HANDY ARTICLE the various uses to which men can rut put the safety pin ill well I 1 beverl never this exclamation fell from the lips of a young and inexperienced perien ced salesgirl girl in a large dry goods store while a now orleans aimeb demo crat man was present the cause had been the approach of a tall well dressed gentleman who in a low tone of voice and with a perceptible blush asked for a box of safety pins to think continued the girl I 1 that a wo woman m would be mean enough to send her husband to buy safety pins for the baby baby nonsense cried an older girl at the same counter youre green enough to make a salad of why that man bought safety a fety pins for his own use men use them in many ways first they put one through the top of their trousers and catch catali the band of their flannels to hold them up snugly 0 sometimes one on each side then men with sloping shoulders put safety pins ping through their suspenders so as to hold them from slipping off other men ho do a great deal of writing use ube a small safety pin to hold the cuffs of their shirt sleeves from froin falling over their hands they simply make a tuck above the elbow and set the safety there some men too use safety pins to hold their socks up my mother keeps a boardinghouse boarding house and there a man among the boarders who have safety pins lying ap about his room if a button comes off and hes in a hurry a safety pin holds things together for the time being if that man had been married and buying for the baby he have blushed blus lied lie he v would rould have been used tov to women omen but he s an old bachelor and the reason lie he got red in the f face ace the young and inexperienced salesgirl was speechless she could only look her admiration of such nv N wisdom v and her ber thanks for ha having in g it imparted unto her |