A Particular Girl.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XII, Issue 588, 15 February 1881, Page 7

A Particular Girl.

When a girl concludes to put up her hair and make herself look sweet, the best policy is to let her have her own way. She can’t be drawn away from her mirror by any of the ordinary things of this life. A fire will sometimes do it, but it has been shown that even a fire may fail to excite some girls. The other night a New York lodging house took fire, and at a most uncomfortable hour—when most girls have their back hair down. One of the young ladies heard that the place was burning down, but she didn’t feel like making her appearance before the crowd which had gathered in the street looking like a perfect fright. She shut the door leading into the hall to keep out the fames and went to her mirror to fix her hair. Anybody wbo has waited for a girl to fix her hair knows that it takes time, and a great deal of it. The girl wasn’t any quicker than the average, and she was very particular about having her hair done up exactly as it should be. The fire had cut off her chance of escape by the stairs and her lover, after appealing to her for some time, finally lost his patience, and got away without her. A fireman got up to the room on a ladder, and she made him sit ou the edge of the window and wait until she had arranged her hair-pins and ribbons for a right sort of public appearance; then she threw herself into his arms—it was so romantic—and slid down the ladder with him locking just sweet, The whole thing was a tremendous success ; but when the young lady was safely landed on the pavement she found that she had forgotten her stockings!