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Show Till. CIIOK'K. The f.M t was unmi.stakable as shown b her mirror. Another wrinkle had made its appeal ap-peal ance. This made five about the right ee and four about the left. They wrote for the woman the heart-breaking traged.v of forty years She sighed heavilv and said,' half aloud, "Oh, how 1 wish I might be young again!" The sudden dimming of the mirror's surface and the. pale opal light that filled the room caused .Jier to look helrind her. Poised in the air was a tiny fairy, bowing low. "Well, what is it?" asked the omau. "I am the fafry Opportunity," was the reply. "And what can you do for me?" continued the woman. "Among other things, I ran make you young again." "Ah! OJluU l my .grfeatest wish!" "Jt shall be granted." "And what of my environment? Shall 1 U11 he of the present period? May 1 slip back only In years?" "Not at all. Y.ou will live In the period to which -your youth properly belongs. Ami now If you are ready -" declared the fairy, preparing to use her wand to work the change. ' "Walt Jut a rr.umBtft.rgood fairy." .interrupted, the woirrefL "Let me tke mv inventory. lAftr-fbung womanhood wom-anhood was passed in the eighties and nineties. n?hat would mean a revival ttov me of tight , baaaues. bouffant bricks, bustles, full hi, ommon-sense ommon-sense shoes, dolmans, l'syche knots, bloomers, bicycles. 'Sweet Mnrle,' 'iioulanger's M.irch,' rlck-ra-lv, cio-quet, cio-quet, lambrequins, worsted mottoes, Henry James and the Duchess, hammered ham-mered brass, painted and be-rlbbon- ed fire shovels No. 1 thank you for coming, but I think you needn't wait, after all, for you can do nothing for me. today. I find there are many things worse than old age!" . The Philosopher. |