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audib}y,a a lady who sat with her husband in the
front row. -,
Then he found her eye fixed on him, and WAS
silent.

O.
silent
FEMININE NOTES.
ssWhat would you do, madam, II you wcrea
reutlcman?' *sSir, what would you DO Il you
were onc2''
Sweet thinge in compliments-Totty {archly)
-"And you've never been in love bcfores AS
tonishing!" Horace" Oh, no. It would have
been astonishing II lad, since have never
seen yoa beforc9'
"Pa," asked an uptown boy, what Is meant
by Paradiscs" "Paradise, my SON." replied Inc
father, gloomily, stparadise is the latter part Of
next summer, when your mother goes on q visit
to your grandfather"
It is sad to reflect that the young woman who
was this Christmas working green bulldog on
her Charles Hcnry's pink slippers may 90 WORK
ing blue basement to his black pants next
Christmas. such is life.
Norwich Bulletin: Kate Claxton was saved
at the BROOKLYN Theatre by having q pctticoat
with her. This confirms our opinion that no
rieht-,niudcd young man should attend an en-
tertainmcnt without one.
Those authenticated young ladies with noses
suggestive OF a cold morning, and who missed
fire during the lcap-year just passed. now sadly
evcr."-l Philadelphia Bu1leti". =:
aDo YOU reside in this cityl" asked masked
man OF masked lady at masquerade party
the other evening. He felt sick when sue said
to him in low voice, "Don't be a fool, John;
know YOU py that wart on your thumb" lt~as
his wife.
He purchased his sweetheart q pair OF ten
button gloves, and handed them IN at the door
himself. The serTant-girl took them, and, go
lns to the foot OF the stairs, bawlcd up: Please
miss, 'eres q young man ez has brought you
pair Of 1eggin's."
The Young man with an umbrella and eye.
glass who takes up bis position in full view Of
the strect~crossings on sloppy day has become
Gnsf5 Of Is f,nP1tnf spea for
women.-BrooHyn 4rgus-
A fashionable young man lately presented his
sweetheart with string OF pearls. As she hung
them joyously around her neck clo1d came
over her brow, aud she cried, Beloved, do not
pearls bctokcn tears ~ - Nary tear" was the
response; ''the1n's Imitation
So rnauy unsettled questions remain to vc1
American society that the great Partisan PROB
lem, How to make lady's 175-outton glove that
shall combine the advantages OF soatskin un-
dershirt and a patent duplex ehouldcr-brace,
has not received the attention it deserves.
Rochester Democrat: II wish I were you
about two hours" she said with great tender
ness. "And why, my dea1t" nc !, ASKED VIII VIII
,onata1v With his watch chain. the
eoy!S 49,, un,d Inv nv wife new set OF
eausG e.lus :, lu'n "ou0 D1' 1'
1ufs.
Mistress" You're going to your brothers
wedding to-day, aren't you. Maftha: Marina
--"Yes, lem, and 1 was agoin' to ast you, IN,
IL, fonor sen nd md styIe. as tbey
an 49, coid land me- own 'ter 20 in !i'
sa}a r., q eo"'o '.AAo- |''o -
Pm"
Worcester Press: Anna Dickinson isn,t very
happy in love scenes; but when 1t comes 70 tnop
ping around under the bed IN the next act 10, iol
the tyrant whom she married ]nsl oc1ole t,le
curtain fell, the critics burst INTO tears anu tle
galleries focus their sympathy Oh tne puaee
where the dust is stirred up.
New York Commercial: Airs Spnklns nag g
seventeen calls yesterday. The mllkman calleu
first at a. NJ, then came fourteen men II sus
cession with snow shovels to ask II sue ul1n
want the sidewalk cleared, the outc.ae1 eet. callGu
with his bill about 3 in the afternoon, and nna1ly
Spildns himself called ut IL 30 p. m.
The following conversation, illustrative OF
Paris life. was overheard in the Cafe Anglais:
.sWhat n nrettr woman!,' s.Yes, she is charm
tng.n And that monsieur, is it her husbandl''
y Oh, nor replied the friend, slipping his ab-