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Show I UTTIf WOMEN ARE I MIGHTY ATOMS rwh "bjal the tall jouiis woman - on'. ml the dining room 1 Hl hoi .'iletid, a little s woiiisti who vna ono of a i m, iait at n tablo near the !. i i H nl out iicVUrlngl; : "Oh. Miss I'llmltr evei.v tlmo 1 fee jo come Into In-to the noin I wish " weio tall. I do so 1'iivv j on jour he tht!" Hie tall .voting womni: acknowledged the trll uto grai efu.lv , tnen sighed as she settled Into a chair at her own table ' I)o j ou know," shu uild to her friend, "that that little woman over then' is one of m gie.ltcst gllev-an gllev-an e " 'Wlij. I thought mIi Roomed very pli isant' replied the tiieud. "I suppOM' oii thought she roall) meant what she said Just now, and that she showed a sweet, generous nature na-ture lu miking that remark. Well, she didn't mean It at all. She ineiely wanted to call attention again to her own dlmlnutivoncKS, which she eon-sldeis eon-sldeis much more fetching than my height." "Oh, l that the trouble?" laughed the friend. "Well, sho Is a dainty little thing." "Of course she Is," said tho tall young nuiiinn, whose tono now bordered bor-dered upon asperity, "hut she need not mnko Invidious comparisons at my e.penso in 'order to call the fact to people's attention " "This Isn't her llrst offence, then";" "No, Indeed; It's a habit of hers. Natiuo provides all small women with this method of attack to enable them to get the better ot their larger sisters. They usually pretend to admire, ad-mire, In order to emphasize by contrast con-trast tho moro nttiactlvo quality they themselves possess. "That Is their Indirect method. Tho direct Is more effective nnd usually consists In calling attention to their shoes. Sometimes It Is gloves and belts, but usually It Is shoes. Just this morning, when wo wcro all out on tho piazza, and tlicro wcro enough men around to bo worth tho effort, that same llttlo Mrs. Grlmston over there, nprarently casually regarded her feet and then suddenly laughed her pretty llttlo laugh. "'Whnt do jou think of these new shoes of mlneV" she demanded engagingly. en-gagingly. 'Aren't they perfectly huge? But jou know I thought that for onco I would get shoes that wouldn't scuff out the llrst tlmo I wore them, so I bought them In the boys' department.' de-partment.' Tho stout neat little shoes sho displayed wcro at most No. -3 aud as I wear No. 5Mi and had on n short skirt you may Imagine how pleased I felt "You know I nm live feet eight and weigh 150, and my waist measures twenty-live. I had never been sensitive sensi-tive about any of these statistics, or given them any particular thought until un-til Mrs. Grlmston began to emphnslzo them. Nearly ov ery day now she sayB something like this. 'Do you know that I have gained ten pounds since I enmo to this hotel? I got on the scales to-day nnd vvns perfectly amazed to see them go up to 115, for I havo never weighed more than 10-4 before! And, my dear, I am ashamed to confess It, but I bought a row belt to day and had to nsk for size tweuty-twor "Another universal trick of little women is to nssumo tho helpless, dependent de-pendent role, w hleh, of course, appeals to all mankind. They havo to have someone check their bngguge and buy their tickets for them. They continually con-tinually tlnd It necessary to bo helped down from high places or up steep places, or across mud puddles, over which you have stepped without stopping stop-ping to consider. Thoy never foil to call nttentlon to this by sajlng, as they smile gratefully up at their protecting pro-tecting male escort. 'How I do wish I wcro ns self-reliant and Independent nB you aro, Miss Prlnderl It's dreadful always to bo a trouble to one'o friends. This causes the protecting malo eseoit to reflect with grntlllcntlou what a lino thing It Is to aid her with his manly strength. "Invariably, too, the smaller tho woman tho greater Is her social assurance. as-surance. All my llfo I havo vvender-Ingly vvender-Ingly watched little women, who, with the most sereno eomposuro nnd self-confidence, self-confidence, preside over women's clubs, star in amateur theatricals, or respond to dinner toasts. Ac for no, If I nm conscious than moro than thrco persons cro listening I am overcome with trepidation at tho tornd of cjy own voice, so I never evei think cf attempting at-tempting platform efforts. "Of course no llttlo woman will ever admit a lack of timidity. Oh, no, indeed! in-deed! I have watched then perform with tho most amazing coolness nrd self-possession nnd actual enjoyment of tho centre of tho stage, receiving tho plaudits of an audlenco with sweet composure, n'ld then havo Leard then say in private, 'Oh, my dear, I had such a dreadful stage fright that I was simply 111. I would glvo anything to havo your self confidence!' " Tho tall young woman sighed again beforo sho proceeded with her Cl.mcr. "Tliereti a good t'enl of stuff written nowadays," sho concluded, "about tho tall woman's reign and tho advantages of Inches, but thero's nothl ig In (t Tho Mttle women have fie better of ui every tla.i." Cbicas News. |
