Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-14
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1877.

LADIES IN STREET CARs.-Touching the
matter of surrenderiug seats to ladies in our
street cars correspondent suggests that Amer.
ican ladies, with very few exceptions, think
they have a right TO seats occupied by the
other SEX and generally do not even thank the
gentlemen who are kind enough to give them
| their places. He also recalls curious circum
stance that happened tho other day 10 street
| car, wherein a man dressed IN female attire
had his sex discovered because he thanked
gentleman who offered him seat. All this is
rather severe upon American ladies, and is not
| very creditabe to American gentlemen. But
the fact is, IN the language of Sir Roger de
Coverey, "a great deal can be said upon both
| Sides" If it be az established rule that gen.
| tlemen no matter how weary they may be,
shall rise and stand 10 a crowded car 10 order
that lady may be seated, why not carry the
rule still further, and have it expected that
gentlemen will yield their berths in ocean or
river steamers to such matrons or damsels as
may be so unfortunate as to be counted out on
the berth or stateroom question ?-NeU York;
Herald.
THE INVENTION OF PUNCTUATIoN.-The
invention of the modern system of punctuation
has been attributed to the Alexandrian gram.
marian Arstophanes, after whom it was i'm
proved by succeeding grammariaus; but it was
so entirely lost 10 the time Of Charemagne
that he found it necessary to have it restored
by Waruerfried and Alcuio. 1t consisted at
first of ouly one point, used in three ways, and
sometimes Of stroke formed in several ways.
But as no particular rules were followed in the
use of these signs, punctuation was exceed.
ingly uncertain until the end Of the fifteenth
century, when the learned Venetian printers,
the Manutii Increased the number of the signs,
and established some fixed rules for their ap-
plicatioo. These were SO generally adopted
that We may consider the Manutl as the To-
ventors of the present method OF punctuatlop;
and although modern grammarians have 10.
troduced some improvements, nothing but a
few particular rules have been added since
their time.-CdSSelTS Popular Educator.
FORTUNE MADE BIZ MODEL.-A model is
not quite the sort of person one would expect
to make fortune. There has just died at
Paris one, Charles Dubosc by name, who had
been hiring himself out as q model ever since
he was seven years old, which was 10 1904, and
by dint OF great economy, amounting even TO
miscrncss, he has lett 900. lie has left
also will in which he directs that, after all
HIS ]uSL utDlS nave UeCU pdlu, tilc luCOmC al
ing from his capital shall be spent in helping
young painters and young sculptors studying
for the great prize at Rome. Brought into
frequent intercourse with artists, he learned to
see that even those who afterwards became
famous had often most trying time to pass
through when entering upon their profession,
having often not enough to pay their models
10 help these struggling ones was the dream
of Dubose's life, aud for this he denied himself
all luxuries and mauy comforts.
AN unpleasant incident occurred recently in
club at Nice. A temporary member, Of ltal-
ian birth, was caught playing asomewhat novel
trick at baccaret He invariably sat at the end
Of the table, where the banker cannot see dis.
tinctly the amount of the stakes placed on the
board. Some of the players sitting near this
gentleman observed upon several occasions that
when his side won, his stake on the table had
suddenly and mysterously increased. The
modus operandi was this He would place on
the table little pile Of say five or six bone
checks of 20 francs each If his side won he
would pull the pile down to show how much
was staked, at the same tine dropping among
it two or three bones of 100 francs each.
The toilet of Japanese damse is matter
of no light consideration, and to be ID good
time for the fair she must be up and dressing
long before the sun rises from behind the great
sacred mountain, Full The long, coarse, tress's
of raven black hair must be washed, combed
and CREASED till the head shines lkc knob OF
polished black marble, the cheeks must be
rougcd 10 the proper tint, the throat, neck and
bosom powdered, carefully leaving, however,
on the papc of the neck three lines Of the orig
iual brown skin of the owner, 10 accordance
with the rules OF Japanese cosmetic art. The
eyebrows must be carefully rounded and touched
with black, the lips reddcucd with cherry paste
with patch of gliding 10 the centre.