The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-22
ABOUT WOMEN.


Call a lady "chicken," and ten to one
she Is angry with you. Tell her she is ono
chicken" and twenty to one she is more
angry still.
"Isn't your husband little bald" asked
one lady of another in a store yesterday.
"There isn't bald hair in his head, !" was
the hasty reply OF the wife.
A doctor and military officer became en-
smored of the same lady. A friend asked
her which of the two suiEofs she intended
to favor. She replied that sit was difficult
tor her to determine, as they were such
killing creatures"
"Mrs. Sage, should like to know whose
ferryboats these are that tumbled over in
the hsll?' "Ferryboats, indeed, sir? Those
are my shoesi Very polite of you to call
'em ferryboatsW "Didn't say ierryboats,
Mrs. Sage; you misunderstood me-fairy
boots, 1 said. my dear friend"
While Mrs. Butler was playing Juliet at
Philsdelphis, and Just when she had ex-
claimed, "Oh, cruel poisonp tall, lean,
gsunt, sandy-haired medical student in the
stage box, deeply absorbed in the scene,
thrust down his hat on his head with con-
vulsive effort, crying out in voice of
thunder at the same time: keep him up,
Juliet-I'n run and fetch the stomach
pumpW
A romantic young lady fell into river,
and was likely to be drowned, but pre-
server accidentally appeared, and she was
conveyed in state OF insensibility to her
home. When she came to herself she de-
clared she would marry the saver of her
life. Impossible" said her father. Sis he
already married, then?" inquired she.
"No." sis he not the young man who
lives in our neighborhood?" 'No; it is a
Newfoundland dog"
The attention Of young women in hurry
to marry something may be called to the
advertisement of Mrs. Annie Jackson, of
San Francisco. In answer to the advertise
ment of Mr.. j. she says: 81 will leave 1t to
the public to Judge whether left my bed
and board without any just cause or provo:
cation. Whisky, as usual, was the cause.
I was compelled to leave my home sud-
denly on Monday night last, or lose my
life. With my babe in my arms j took
refuge in friends house, where remained
all night. Next morning went home and
the furniture man had my bed and board
carrying them out. That is the way 1 left
my bed and board"
The Saratogian relatesthe following: "She
hadn't been in Saratoga great while, and
one day this week she stepped into book
store and inquired for the lectures OF the
late Canon Kingsley. An attendant apollo
getically said to her that there wasn't copy
In the store; he was sorry, but if she could
wait she could get wopy before long, as the
proprietor had gone "down below" and
would probably get The work. Thereupon
the lady fell to exa mining the pretty things
of the store. She took up picture paper
and looked it through, reading the fashion
article, the short story and the jokes. Then
she took a pamphlet copy OF "The old
Curiosity Shop" and followed the sad
fortunes of Little Nell for three
quarters of an hour. Meantime
the attendant went to dinner and
another took his place. The latter, seeing
the lady apparently wanting something,
asked If he could do anything for her. ooh,
no, thank you; / am waiting for the pro-
prietor to come up stairs. He's going to
bring up some copies of Kingsley's lectures,
and am waiting for one Of them.' up
stars?' queried the clerk, why Mr.. -
has gone to New York. ooh, the other gen.
tlemsn told me he had gone down below
after some books and she went away think
ing what silly thing she had been TO snip
pose that they keep books In cellar in
Saratoga"