The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-10-07
vANITY's FAIR.

vANITY'S FAIR.
A duck of a lover makes a goose of a hus-
band. -.
Courtship is not run by the "Rule OF
Three
Unseen happiness kiss in the dark.
Nearly all the pawnbrokers of France are
women.
The reigning beauties of England are
daughters of clergymen.
sIf it wasn't for hope the heart would
break as the old lady said when she buried
her seventh husband.
A gentleman who did not trust to his men,
DRY, wrote in his memorandum book, " Must
be married when get totown."
The young wife of Senator Call, of Flor
ida, is regarded by a society correspondent as
the most beautiful woman in Washington.
A couple at Tuscola, Michigan, quarreled
and separated at the church door after their
marriage, and have not seen each other for
six months.
"Don't be afraid to praise your servants
when they deserve it." remarks all exchange,
uut tlS isiilutt u ltuSudtu tiIcS bldl Ou lIlt
hired girl she has to hunt for another situa-
tion.-Ffee Press.
Get a woman started on the subject of a
prospective wedding inthe neighborhood, and
you will come about as near perpetual motion
as mortal man will ever get.
1t is said of Sir Isaac Newton's nephew,
who was a clergyman, that he always refused
a marriage fee, saying in a tone of pleasantly,
Il ~ ...,, .-,.r ,,o-r altlln., I l,, l-.z
you mischief enough already without taking
YOU money!
Let no man ever quarrel with a woman.
If you are troubled with her, retreat if she
abuses you. be silent ; it she tears your eyes
out. feel your way to the door, and-fy-
without a word.
Our old friend Pickering says that he has
known ladies in which the instinct of decora-
ton was so strong that if they We're told they
must be hanged in the presence of twenty
thousand persons tomorrow, their first
thought would be, "Oh, dear! and l haven't
a dress fit to be hung in"
"What does your husband do asked the
census man. "He amt dom nothing at this
time of the year." replied the young wife.
"Is The a pauper?' asked the census man.
She blushed scarlet to the ears. "Law, mop
she exclaimed somewhat Indignantly, /" We
amt been married more'n six weeks"
"John,' says a Philadelphia father to his
boy, who was about to be married, "shallI
buy you a nice shot gum" "Oh, father"
returned the coming bridegroom, {. amt you
ashamed? She amt that kind of a glrl."
A Japanese poet describes his lady love as
having a bright yellow skin, a sharp and
pointed nose, with teeth as black as the Kom-
bang, her feet fiat with the ground, and her
gait gentle and majestic as that of all ele-
plant.
When is a married man like a bird? Wl,eE
he comes home at2 a. m. P. S.-For the
benefit of bachelors tit not being necessary
for the married f~action) We explain that when
4 man m home at the hour named his
wife makes him quail.
The makers of the Brie cheese in the val
ley of the Marine, France, are in many cases
very rich; but, however well-to-do, their
wives and daughters stick closely to the dairy.
The people in this district are not church
goeIs. Indeed, it is a curious fact that in the
best-to-do parts of France churches fill very
badly. whereas in the poorest districts they
are crowded.
Mrs. E. B. Duffey, associate editor of the
Vineland Daily Times, is described as a very
energetic, wide-awake woman. She sets type,
composing her editorials without copy, works
all day long in the Office, doing with her
daughters help the work of three men, filling
up her evenings in sewing and other domestic
duties. She is an authoress of ability, having
written several books, which have been ex-
t~ensively sold.
There are few women who, it they have
exhibited the judgment and tact which gen.
orally command a certain measure of happl-
ness in life, arrive at middle age without &C
quiring an expression of face which is often
no bad substitute for beauty. Character and
experience leave their mark upon the femin-
Inc countenance in a more conspicuous de-
gree even than time itself, and when a
woman has once passed the age of thirty her
face proclaims with increasing distinctness
whether she is a daughter Of wisdom or
of folly.