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Show I! ffiie Diary of I 1 Nervy Ethel Mc lay. It eamo pretty near hclnt 111 olt with mo this week. I answered, j t bunch of ads this morning nml was turned down ovorywhoro I wont, l! was bcElnnliiR to think I had como to ; tho end of my rouo on luck, so I tried ( my old standby norvo. I used to 1 know n follow Hint worked In a drug itoro on ono of the 8tnto stroot cornors,' and I thought maybo ho could put inq !l next to BoniotliliiB In tho way or n Job; i to I stopped In and asked him If ho know rif nnythlng. 1 j I nearly lcll dead when ho sntd that ' tho proprietor of that very Joint hail , been looking for u girl to do detnon- . trntlnR and that I would fit tho placo 1 to t. "t" Ho pavo mo a knockdown; to hq boss, and we cinched tho mat-tor mat-tor right on the spot. I'm to Btnrt In to-morrow. It looks dead easy, but I don't know how I'm going to llko holng on exhibition. exhi-bition. I wouldn't mind, If I was a poach to look nt, but I don't think a , pug nose Is n very good place to show oft a layer of fnco dopo and n beauty powdor. Hut It's lip to them, and ns long as thoy'ro satisfied I'vo got no room to kick. Tuesday. Wow! but I did fool funny fun-ny to-day! Togged up with a peek-a-boo wnlst on, Rlttlng In n downtown window and looking pleasant till my mouth ached. , My stunt Is to sit In front of a swell little dressing tahlo thut's nil trimmed up with fluffy cushions and sllvei toilet articles and smear my fnco wltt tho same old cold cream that's fixed up with a now nnmo. I dip n soft rag lnte i the box of greasy stuff nnd dalntll) I mop my faco with It, carefully keeping out of tho way of my mouth, because It doesn't tnsto good. After It's rubbed ' In you bot I put on mlrfhty little 1 tako up n dinky lltlo laco-trlmmed chamois nnd "evonly apply tho powder," pow-der," bb tho directions say. All thli tlmo I have u handglass In my othoi hnnd and when I'm looking nt myself na If I llko It I'm smiling at tho rub-bornoclcH rub-bornoclcH on tho sidewalk, as It I wai awfully stuck on myself. If I Btny at this long I'll cither gol J to thinking I'm a "beaut" or olso I will got ho sick nt tho sight of my phiz that I I'll enter a convent, where thoy don'l allow mirrors. ' ' Wednesday. Of courso, I couldn't miss gottlng my regular calldown. Talk nbout Friday bolng nn unluckj day I'd like to strlko Wednesday on the calendar. And 11 was all on account ac-count of Mnmo Curtis. Sho camo along tho street nnc j caught sight of mo In tho wlndow.'IIei t mouth opened wldo enough to scan anybody nnd sho began talking to mo Of courso, I know whnt sho was say lng, although I couldn't hear hor, bin Rho couldn't inako out what I said. 2 stopped monkeying with my fnco and began talking to her on my fingers Thcro wnmi't anybody else outsldo nnd wo wero having a nlco little confab.' which who should pass tho window but the manngor on his way from lunch. I felt awfully silly and he looked as If ho could tuko my head off Ho didn't sny anything to mo right I wny, but when I was leaving the Itoro nt six o'clock ho gavo mo a groat , big piece of his mind. I don't enro I pllod It on to Mnmo Curtis Just ths tamo nnd sho thinks I am making I , money hand over (1st. j I bet fiho'd llko this Job, bocause iho'd rather bo looked at thnu cat Thursday, This thing of trying tc look beautiful nil day long Is wearing Bio to n frazzle. Hut I'm lucky to gel Dili of talking about tho stuff. It sure I would go tignlnsl tho grain to stand up Uio way sonio of these demonstrators do and havo to spiel off a lot of yarn a nbout tho wonders that this goo-y mix-turo mix-turo worked In my complexion when I hadn't ovor heard of It boforc. And H'h ulways tho homely, wrinkled old iunlds who buy It, and I'd fool llko I v was r.hoatlng them. Friday. Geo! but I'vo had a Btrenu. ous ovonlng. Just bocnuso a few hut-tlnskys hut-tlnskys think thoy havo a right to meddlo in my nffnirs! And tho combination com-bination wns n fright Charley and tho prsachor. This morning who should como nlong tho street and rub-1 ber up at tho wludow but tho preacher ' of our church, nnd ho throw n (It right I thon and thoio. He marched Into tho I storo and started to mako n sccno and the boys had to fairly put him out of i tho place. Ho couldn't seo mo there, i bo he enmo out to tho houso to-ulght and raked pa and mn over tho coals ( for letting me tnko such a Job and blow me up for fair. Chnrloy sat thoro and took It all In and when tho old tattlo-tnlo had gone ho lit In. I felt like telling him to mind his own busily busi-ly junss, but I llko his caring and I don't i want to mako him sore. 1 , I'm afraid lt'n mo for another Job. I! ' Saturday. Sure, Mlkol I wonder I .what they tako mo for nnyway. I'm so raado I could iop. Tho boss camo I to mo to-day and said that ray week with tho faco dopo stunt waa up, but that they'd llko to havo bo stay right pn and doinonstrnto again for them. I naked him what ho was putting mo up ngalnst this tlmo and whon ho told mo I noarly fainted. Ho Bald ho had a new Btyle of corn plasters, that ho wanted to put on tho market and Inoldoutnlly on my foot and also u spoclal clastic ankle bandage that ho wanted shown. thought he was Joking nt first, but when I found out ho wasn't I got right ' up on my high horse. I told him I wns k lady If I did have to earn my own fifing. Bo I quit. I've got neryo, all I " right, bvt won't Btund for being n pornplas'.tr modol. Chicago Chronicle, i. j&v u , |