What One New York Girl Did

When a girl concludestoput up her liair and make herself look sweet, the best polcy is to let her have her own way. She an't be drawn away from hermirror by aiiy of the ordiDary things of this life. A fire will sometimes do it, but it has been shown hat even a fire niay fail to excite soine girls. ?he other nicht a New York lodging house took (re, and at a most uncomfortable hour, when most girls probably have their back lair down. One of the young ladies heard hat the place was burning down, but she lidn't feel like making her appearance be'ore the crowd which had gathered in the treet, looking like a perfect fright. She hut the door loading into the hall to keep ut the flames, and went to her iuirror tó ix her hair. Anybody who has waited for a girl to fix her hair knows that it takes time and a great deal of it. Thisjtirl wasn't any quicker than the average, and she wa9 very larticular about having her hair done up xactly as it should be. The firo bad cut ff her chances of escape by the stairs, and ïer lover, after appealing to her for some me, finally lost his patience and got away without her. A (reman got up to the room on a ladder, and she made him sit on the dge of the window and wait until she had arranged hor hairpins and ribbons for a mblic appearance, then she threw herself nto his arms - it was so romantic - and slid lown the ladder with liiui, Inoking u-t weet. The whole thing was a tremendous uccesrt, but when the careful young girl wassafelylandedon the parement Mie l'ound lm she had forgottcn her -tookingM. - ¦