The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-12-08
Pleasantries Concerning the Fair Sex.

Plessantries Concerning the Fair Sex.
In Wyoming ladies vote, fifteen feet clear
being allowed around the ballot for the
sweep of their train.
We are informed that gloves will be worn
this winter with no more buttons than they
had last year, unless some way is discovered
OF frightening the women's arms.
1t cost Mr.. Bach, of Hsrrodsburg, Ky..
500 to kiss Miss Barton against her will.
Some girls would have said put that Back
where you got it.-Nycum Advertiser.
While watching Bernhard in "Frou-
Frou" the other evening, well-known New
York merchant was affected to tears, Sadie's
dresses reminding him of the bills he would
have to pay ere long
'By Jovel' exclaimed Harry, "lcok at
that grill What color She's the picture
of health Said Dick, who had learned to
discriminate between nature and art: "A
picture of healthI A painting you mean"
Boston Transcript
Singular, but you can't hire woman to
patronize lady dentist The trouble seems
to be that the dentist allows her eyes to roam
all over the customers dress, takes in the
color, material, trimming, style, and esti-
mates the cost, while she idly wanders all
around IN the sufferers mouth with a PROBE
and jabs it at random into any cavity it
happens to touch.
"True," said Deacon Goodenough, in a
spirited discussion with Elder Crossley on
the creation, "true, woman came after man.
But man didn't keep her waiting minute,
and Ill bet money on it." (Which" re-
piled the elder, sis where she differs from
him, for when u man goes after a woman
nowadays, she keeps him waiting an easy
half hour at the very shortest"
A risky old widow, by the name of Butler,
who had been married several times, usually
with disastrous results to her husbands, hav-
ing obtained a divorce from her last hus-
band, who was Republican, Immediately
married a new husband, who was a rising
young man and a Democrat. The friends
OF the widow congratulated her upon the
acquisition of ne1 husband. The widow
blushed violently, and chewing the seam of
her apron, replied: "Why, he is not new
husband at all. He is the same one l used
to have before the war; Galveston News.
The latest thing for ladies' wear is a large
cord with tassels attached, which is worn
around the waist. 1t looks nice, but any
young man who is really attentive to girl
this winter will have to protect his right
wrist with some kind of pad, and even then
much of the romance attendant upon clasp
ing the waist of lovely creature will dis
appear when your arm comes in contact
with something that seems too large for Il
clothesline and not large enough for ships
hawser.
An old fogy exchange, talking about the
slatternly home life of our society girls. ad
vises the young man of to-day ito see the
girl he is counting, before breakfast" Why
bless your stupid old soul, they all do. See
her before breakfast Hours before. Some
of the boys never think of starting home un-
til they smell liver and bacon climbing up
the hall stairs like south wind blowing
over bank of violets, stealing and giving
odor But the most of them say, with fine
sense of sarcasm, good night" about 8 o'clock
in the morning. This gives the girls four
hours or more in which TO get ready for
breakfast, and if she can't fix herself up 10
that time she is a slow coach. "See her be-
fore breakfast" indeed. Did you suppose
the boys went away before o'clock2
A downtown woman got mad at her hus-
band, the other day, and inwardly vowed
that she wouldn't speak to him again. mo
never. And how that man did enjoy him
self A rastful calm settled all over him;
he put his feet on the window sill, smoked
his cigar in the parlor, went out early and
came in very late, ate with his ni'e
brought friends home to dinner unexpect-
edly, stayed in bed until the fire was kind
led, and inhaled more true joy than he had
ever dreamed the married state afforded
And that woman was dancing mad, and
grew madden every day tillat last she broke
OUT al should think you'd be ashamed to
enjoy yourself when you know I'm feeling
awfally at the time, SO there, boo. hoo
and the freshet Of tears WAS but preface
to deluge of talk that nearly wore the
Door man out-New Haven Register.