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Show I THE "CHRISTMAS FACE." , Type of Countenance Scou In Hollilnr Shopping Tlmoa. The "Christmas face" has "become a distinctive feature of modern life as . much so as tho "bicycle face." It makou I " il appcarauce annually a. few wcvltH before the holida3a, and gradually dis-; dis-; uppearo toward spring1. It can now be awn on thousand.? of restless women J wlio wander Anxiously up and down th." m crowded streets, toiling from window 1 j ,io window, pushing their cajrer way, 1 into the derue knots of liumanity and .1 1 tarinpr vitb hungry eyes at the Christ inas gifts displayed, ,. It is Aeen in the big stores where the ,' I nltopper threads her weary way through endless aisl&s ami handles over the huge piles of Christmas ofTering3 in search of "sometJung suitable." j It talcw weeks of riding through crowded streets to acquire the "bicycle ' -face," but the "Christmas face" usually ; begins to assume fixed line after two days' shopping, and atthe end of a week Sthe earnest and energetic seehtir after bargains has developed a look of nns-. nns-. ions, rootles and painful expectancy bordering on mild insanity, fl The "Christmas face" is easily dis- Vfa tinguiahod. The eyes are never in re- K pose. They roll from side to side and Ij tahe on a haunted, hungry look as they S peer into the shop windows an1 lay l lare the innermost secrets of bargain m counter. They rove over lnwil(lering ' nere of fancy work and shrink with ,Kj , hloodshpfc terror a's thay gaze into the Up xeas of blue and green and yellow "art S works" displayed in the fake Christmas V -Mores. Often they light up with hope- K ful tenderneis as they restlovinglyupon 9 Home rare bit of artistic beaut v in met- Bl 1. oil, or fabric, but quickly darken J with despair when the price ticket is jK dinplaywl. H The mouth assumes a hardened ex- Hi pres-sion. The lips are tightly drawn w into sour and sU'rn'y bitter ourved at K the corners. The lines of the cheeks are H sunken, and the brows are heavy wit.li H doubt, and deeply corrugated. The Hj chin is pushed out at an angleof nhout Ml 20 degrees, and the entire countenance '. betokens varying shades of sickening H1 anxiety, deferred hope and pathetic B martyrdom, all blended into a sort of B' fixed and vacuous insanity. Chicago I, Tribune. |
