Show THE CONQUESTS I I II I I OF CONSTA CONSTANCE Switchboard Operator at the Hotel I Rich t I BY AL ALMA I. WOODWARD ARD J Copyright 1913 by the Pr's s Co Col THC rne STEH I. M MAX I. RU RUM th thO ped- ped F c e s 9 t l 1 1 1 I u uv U worldly wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom om I 1 cn look 1001 lookdown lookdown down own an an pity th thO simps there Is Inthis in inthis Inthis this world Connie remarked airily I I Its how many people Is beI bein be- be in played for fOI dubs 5 an yet et keep on ont t h 1 Ink n k i n they're It ft Really I in In- In 1 Yep A frien u uv mine married a shoe sale salesman mon In a Sixth avenue store bout six months ago a o. o mainly because he used to tell toll her every even time he waited on her that a foot root as small as hers awful hard to fit ft W Well ell thc they went vent an took three rooms over 01 on Ninth a avenue an ln livin delicatessen delca him hem bein devoted to frankfurters an dill pickles when all allu u uv a sudden udden his hili female parent gets tired uv u her hur abode an an un blows bloats In fn on th Ninth avenue avenue- Well ell ell my Jill t tickled tickled tick tick- led cause caUMe she's a awful particular girl an th thO fact that the thc old ol lady 1111 wanted want want- c ed to make mako her own soap out uv ut cr ery loud suet suat an lye ho o didn't make snake nhit n a nhit hit with her u at t all So she sho got up her courage aji sho she laid fer for him down In th thO hall on ono one nl night ht before he had a n chance to get upstairs an an she Jus' Jus told him that soap factories as a rule rulo situated 1 l In places place where th thO breexe most times limes blow off the sea se seon an on she goin oln to have hao no complaints bout TIER HER apartment turn turned d In to the th agent an hed he'd have ha to tell toll his ma soAn so 50 An what'd he ho do but go an get board fer th old dame damo ame in n a family right across the tho frum rum them where she kept on her hor nor hobby only more no oo 00 cause th thO family o er there Is lar large e an an they use a lot uv soap on Saturday nights V Well ell what Im I'm gottin at Is 18 that my frien s so HO awful proud uv u hur as she calls ItAn It An all th time lime there sh she has to keep her windOWs S shut shut no matter how hot it Is 19 cau cause c th fumes is wafted on on ever or right Into her flat rIat an nn besides es her house hOUft money is docked one- one I half an per week to ray pay for tor th old ladye room Triumph Id Gee what fer a dub I And youve you've never been what you ou call a dub I asked suddenly Yes I tt uz she flared back Once I uz but It didn't take mo me long to to get Jet wise to It t. t It when I met th thO Master mm lie He II IZ th thO kind hind uv n guy 1 what gets notes written to hint him Im frum trum skirts to to commit suicide e fer him If It'll accommodate him nn any H 1 dark an an so handsome that It hurt an he had hd a an an e eyes es what hat saw through things An every overy time he met a girl hed he'd work his h smile An gee in ni five rI minutes R shed she'd be on Oh his his shoulder der almost lie Ire had a hUn bunch h of ot gaudy s-audy pocket charms on a that dif dl- ferent terent dolls had donated Tie He carried cm em 1 Instead tead of scalps Well yuh Juh c cant can't nt blame blamo me altogether er or for fer fer anything so all all- fired popular ax as that specially as ho sc seemed mcd to be in some ome unit himself So I Joined th tin ranks r n th hi mc quicks me-quicks R an sang soloS soloS' to fo thO th dl dimple in his chin long With tho the rest until th thO first novelty wore ore off an I T be begin tl to object to his manner Tic lIe sort sod himself ho be a n master man born to tn tobe be served h by others An All b bit by gosh sh i I found my myself cJ elf fetchin art an just like perfectly good fool tool a al an rot roi ro- ro r Q 1 J Jt t i i i t Ja M Lr J t warded wardel h by a tap on th the head frum rum his tl fingers ers or maybo maybe only a expressive ex expressive ex- ex exI I c glanco glance from his tang lang roes rous lids J JIt It It t until one day clay y when whon he sends mo down to a sale salo uv U Umen's omens omen's mens men's s socks satin sayin as I J had such Nueh taste he could trust th the errand to me that I life liCe I went th tit Jot joa got uv u um my m myoung young down lown there an got in th thO thick u uv we itan Itan it itan an had men walkin all over m my feet an me for bolt bein there an an when wh n I 1 emerged ed triumphant with six pairs assorted colors all nil fer one ono P plump I beat bat it back baek to his office how pleased hed he'd be with Ith m my work an an maybe may maj- be hed he'd squeeze m my hand Instead when 1 I steppe stepped d over th tin threshold I R seen HI it empty empt except fer his typewriter who wu dh diPPY P over O him herself herself all tin th good it t did dud herAn her An she tells me mo enjo fin every eq word the cat that thaL he had went vent to lunch witha with a n now new one So I Just JUAt sat at there an an eer ever ev- ev ey- ey er cry minute I sat there UT grow in In old Dr Fahrenheit Pali- Pali hot that Fahrenheit Fah me a red anger anJer in ln nt would a needed to a anew anew anew new thermometer to record At last I J got sot m my idea I 1 borrowed Y th thO of office rice shears an snipped th toes an heels heclA ot off every e one of or them hectic bargain aln socks Then rhea I J wrapped um om um up again an ac wrote oh the package So goj r. r 5 S y f fM I I 1 M 4 j 2 4 ri J Jong long as nR you wear these youre you're sure uro to tobe toe be lye e footloose an free rree An rn I drifted out u uv uw his office roolIn fool fool- In ns Os pleased an on peaceful as if It Id I'd Just tossed an egg into an electric fan tan I J It Is said that bandeaux are aro to be popular again this winter Many of ot them aro are to be Jeweled d and somewhat barbaric a style best suited to older women and tall sta stately girls girl This does I Inot not mean of or course that our petite sisters will not share sharo In to their splendor but there will be many man occasions when the they can substitute softer less Jess ornate bandeaux to advantage ad c Nothing could be oe prettier prattler for tor the debutante debutante de do- In a filmy pink frock than a n soft gilt ribbon bandeau embroidered cred in apple blossoms or tiny pink rO roses 08 A heavy silk could he be u used ed th that t would work up quickly quick and anti yet ret be ter very ef ef- ef For a blue frock a a. gilt Kilt bandeau bandeau bandeau ban ban- deau embroidered with tiny forget nio tor et nots trailing from tho rho center to the ends would beautifully carr carry out tIll the color note o of the tho gown own Black lack velvet embroidered in n gilt gill thread would offset the yellow ellow gown and an any number o of ot other colors color could be combined With i good effect f fn r n o j jf fJ f t J il f r I L' L r I |