Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-09 | Page 10 | The Rhyming Optimis

7 ' x.r.The Mhymmg Optimis THE" BUSINESS" GIRL'S COSTUME. j By Aline Michzielis. JSAW a pretty girl one day as I went into Uwn. She looked as lovely as the May In ultra-modish ultra-modish gown. Xow just a mere, mere man am 1 and so I would not dare to seek lo try to specify the 'clothes that maidens wear. But on hor head she had a hat of wondrous size and hue, a peacock large upon It sat 'mid llowers of green and blue. Her nalr was very, very red, tho proper shnde this year, and cast and westward of her head swung car-rings car-rings from each ear. Sho wore a skirt, a puzzling skirt. I pondorcd it In vain until my brain began to hurt, thought reeled beneath the strain. It was as long as days in June, as long as Arctic nights, as skimpy as a hash-house prune or. - circus lady's tights. And this the riddiq thai fa tried, but merely to resign: Vow did the lady got Inside this skirt, of strange design? Although Al-though I'd like lo linger hero the answer to obtain.' J'll pass to other bits of gear more candid and moro plain. A charm !ny. pi oce of camouflage, camou-flage, the bodice of her dress, though 1 must say as a barrago 'twas not a great success. With wrist watch, beads of jet and jado and dainty satin pumps, this charming charm-ing mai'd. so well arrayed, mado others look llko frumps. Thought I. a cinch that girl lias got; she knows no toil or cares; but. like the lilies In the lot, ejad rags she always wears. Just then she cried: "My. but I'm late! How will I oyer write a dozen business letters and get them off by night?"