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Show THE "CHRISTMAS FACE." Typo or Conntenno Saen la IIoMUsf Shopplag Tltuoi. The "Christmaa foce" has become a distinctive feature of modern life aa much so as the "bicycle face." It makes Us appearance annually a few weeks before the holidays, and gradually disappears dis-appears toward spring'. It can now bo seen on thohsuuds of restless women vv ho vv under anxiously up and down tho crowded streets, tolling from window to window, pushing their eager ways into the dense, knota of humanity and Htnrlnir with hungry eyes at the Christmas Christ-mas giftw displayed. It is -seen in. thehig-atoirea where tho diopper threads her weary way through endless aisles and handles over the huge piles of Christmaa offerings in search of "something suitable." v It take-4 vveeltn of riding through crowded streets to acquire the "bicycle face," but the "Christmas face" usually begins to assume fixed lines after two days' shopping, and at tho end of a week the, earnest and energetic seeker after bargains hns developed a look of anv-ious. anv-ious. restless and painful expectancy bordering on mild insanity. The "Christmas face" is easily distinguished. dis-tinguished. The eyes are never in repose. re-pose. The.y roll from side to side and take on a haunted, hungry look as they peer Into the shop windows and lay Imre the innermost secrets of bargain counters. The; rove over bewildering acre" of fancy work and shrink with bloodshot terror as they gaze into the seas of blue and green and yellow "art work's" displayed in the fake Christmas i-tores. Often thfty light up with hopeful hope-ful tenderness as they restlovinglyupon isomc- rare bit of artistic beautv in metal, met-al, oil. or fabric, but quickly darken with despair when the price ticket is displayed. The mouth assumes a hardened expression. ex-pression. The lips are tightly drawn into sour and sternly bitter eurves at the corners. The lines of the checks are sunken, and the brows are heavy with doubt, and deeply corrugated. The chin is pushed outnt an angle of about 20 degrees, and the entire eovintenance betokens varying shades of sickening anxiety, deferred hope and pathetic mnrtyrdom, nil blended into a sort of fixed and vacuous- insanity. Chicago Tribune. |