| Show SOME MALE VANITY philosopher a Notion Shop FJLC Pibcowrscs Thereon Who buys them asked an Alta re aKearnystreet notion shop ter in a 1 0jflt1fl orter to a lot of tiny pocket mirrors ith ailcleaners toothpick and comb dl COll1plctc III 51Ip0Se you Hunk the ladles are our qt customers said the U notion man best but it is not so Men slrtin men the pickeKSup of these unconsiderec is trIfles Pretty men inquired the reporter The salesman grinned It doni 31iatter much how they look he said Whether they are apes or Apollos they riut a pocket mirror all the same The retire eveiV hour or so to some secrej t to admire themselves Talk of the e place vanity of women Indeed It pales sir w fades away into insignificance by com mrison with the admiration the majority of men have for their own mugs Could you mention not for publication publica-tion of course but for individual satisfaction satisfac-tion tbe names of some of these pur cbasers fThc notion man looked grave I could not give away the secrets of my wisonliouse he said solemnly I never trust a newspaper man and in there the-re = cnt regard I hold the confidence these gentlemen have reposed in me as cacrcd Vliy there are some half a dozen who entertaining a great respect for my critical judgment of physical beauty st ° p in here every day to inquire how they are looking Then it is Am I pale today Jim1 or Do you think my color is too high Jim or That left eyebrow eye-brow is growing a trifle heavy dont you think Id better have it trimmed off a bit If I say your color is too high my friend is ou to the barbers for a dab of powder orbut this is a dead secret I we accommodate him in this shop If he is too pale we tinge him up Its wonderful positively wonderful Now the ugliest men are the toughest If there is the slightest blemIsh in S pocket mirror they wont take it because forsooth for-sooth it may not faithfully reproduce their bright pearl beauty But there are different degrees of vanity among these male beauties are there not So sir there is but one degree and that is the superlative but there are different degrees of candor Some are modest and will declare that their moustaches or beard are always getting landed Now theres a goodlooking blonde railroad agent on Montgomery I street who bought a six by four mirror from me the other day which he keeps in his breast pocket He is a glutton about his personal beauty he is but a real I estate man a fair stout young person whose office is near him has found out II that he has this glass and begs the loan of it a dozen times a day I Then as a matter of fact you have more customers among gentlemen for those pretty little articles than among the other sex 1 Five to one sir the percentage of those who carry pocketmirrors is small among ladies but eight out of every dozen men have one stowed away in the rest pocket Why continued the no ion man some big smirking fellows siness men have come in here and Led me if I could teach them how to ash Just think of it Fellows in the aes sir who have not known a blush wenty years Believe it would be ming to them if they could flush up ie a moss rose when a girl glances at an The ancient rounder got hold of ie secret and made all the rest hopping sad to learn it You wont give it away V Roll when he wanted to blush hed jab spin into his leg and keep his mouth hut What did the mouth have to do with it0 Because the pin would make him feel lie swearing and keeping back the blasphemy was the effort that suffused Us cheek Thats the true business shelp me Do you want to look at any race pocketcombs today No Then excuse me for heres a dude that does I and 1 the philosopher resumed his professional I profes-sional air and advanced on the customer I with interlaced lingers and a captivating ills F AUu |
