Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-18
Cold Rrrana.

always knowledge NV
. The reason a boy loves a woodsaw is because
IL leaves no chips 10 pick up.
ladies hats will be felt" this season saws
an exchange. SO will the bills
u,n men are careful 10 keep their feet dry. but
Win rather wet their whistles than not
Sah cornet players breath be said 70 he n
March wlndg OF course IL he plays marcbas
paney SHOOT women out of a cannon I'm n
raiis circus and they talk all the way as they
III We were a theatrical manager we ro,,a
discharge any actor who dared TO saw ..ms
July" for my duty" ~' H'o
A man who can bend his shin against rock.
ing ,chair and smile at the darkness which
Hail Maine Blaine. Blaine Maine Hale, all
hail Hale, all blame Blaine, Hail-Blaina
blame, all-oh Hale! We cannot get this
thing right
Orchestra pits in theaters should have q
SINK In which To put the bass viol player
and his iron lunged instrument. A real
healthy bass yiol fighter can obscure the en-
IRE stage from the people OF the first row.
IL is lamentabe fact that a piece OF paste
BOARD with verse on IL, given as a reward of
merit in sabbath school, has not half the
charm for boy as the same size piece Of
paSenoatd with the simple talismanic words,
admit one
There are some very fine orchestras in this
city, but none whose music Is sweet enough to
keep the boys from going out after coffee
grains between the acts. Ii takes a very able
orchestra 10 overcome the appetite for parched
cofft e and lemon peel.
A young man of our acquaintance received
letter this week, from his affiancad breaking
of the engagement for the reason that he WAS
so foolish as 10 LET the bankrupt law be re-
pealed without going i'm, and she knows thew
could not live In any sort of style.
When a woman combs her back hair yirI,
TWO ropes, holds one in her mouth until She
winds the other upon her tuck comb, and
then finds that she has lost her last hair pin,
a 10 fuyfN
To bold her hair in, and the other 10 make re-
marks with Gin breakfast 7dJle.
A WOMAN HBRMIr.-old Mother Dpdiue.
the female hermit, who lives in the mountains
about hiteen miles northwest of town, made
her semi annual visit To Sutro on asst Wednes-
DAY to sell few eggs and lay i'm a scanty sup
ply oil groceries and other provisions In con-
versation she seemed quite self-posseSsed and
lntelllgent. She says she will be sixty years
old next October; that she has lived alone i'm
the mountains now for twelve years, and that
she is perfectly happy in living secluded from
the outside world. Her only support is that
Wnich she derives from 2h0 Angora goats and
eight hens. She says she is seldom visited by
the whites, and prefers never 10 see one about
her premises, for IN nearly every instance thew
lease her about her mode OF living, and after
their departure she worries over their conduct
toward her. She likes the Putes and even
seeks their companiOnship. They have never
yet seen her in need but that they would shoot
some abbits or Kill few birds Tor her relief.
ana In CO. weather have even shared the
warn tn OF their blankets with her. In height
tnlS singular woman As about five feet six
lncheS, and In action sprightly. Her dark
auburn hair lies in wayelets about her fore.
cad, and hangs about her head i'm long curls.
Her dress is neat, and in no way conforms
with that she is reported to wear i'm the moun-
tains. She is a native of Massachusetts,. has
two brothers living in Westport, In that state,
and sister living in Lowell. Her living 4
recluSe was brought about by troubles in her
ITde pendent.