The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-12
o THE LADIES.

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for Zola's novels must be acquired. A
woman who has made many efforts to
acquire such a taste has usually come
50 near to exhausting her intellect that
her judgment on other topics is not
worth much.
Ladies who wear sealskin sacks are
very liable not TO wear them, for i'm
Belgium rabbit skins are successfully
prepared 10 resemble sealskin, and
thousands OF rabbits are annually killed
In England whose pelts go to Belgium,
and leave that country rs genuine seal
skins.
There is n man at Luray, Va, who
became convinced, when young, that
kissing "A wicked, because Christ was
betrayed with akiss. He resolved new
er to kiss anybody. He has been mar
ried twenty years. and Is the father Of
eleven children, but has never kissed
his wife or n Of his otfsprings.
Life in Paris becomes more and more
expensive; indeed, Paris Is almost As
costly as New York. The flower shops
are making fortunes, for every lady ex-
poets 70 receive ons or two Louquets
daily. Tie newest fashion ~ theso
tributes are cushions Of flowers and
fansrf flowers, both very expensive
Aer York Sun.
Polite society reduces its obligations
to the most machine-like System. Thus
the business Of leaving cards Is trusted
entirely TO the fashionable stationer,
who is furnished with n list OF the per-
sons to whom such an attention Is due,
who have sent invitations or left their
own cards with the lady, and they are
dispatched by a man provided for the
purpose.
Albums for preserving specimens Of
lace, or cards, OF monographs, are ex-
ceedingly quaint. The back is satin,
and upon this sheets Of paper or packs
Of cards appear to be carelessly flung.
with monographs on each leaf. still
more fanciful are thnse albums upon
which a bird Is depicted, flying way
with one crest, while others are strewed
over the paper.
A st. Louis young woman enters in
to some interesting statistical and mat
rimonial conjectures. She figures out
that she knows perhaps one hundred
young men, In round numbers. OF
these, she thinks size knows about thir-
ty intimately, and OF these thirty their
are not more than four whom she
would consent to marry. for love or
money. on the spur Of the moment. II
may not be n pleasant way Of putting
1t, but what she says is that, taking
hundred young men rs they come and
10, only n out OF every twenty-five
can be set down as unobjectionable,
and able TO make a living for himself
and n wife.
There Is good deal Of human nature
In u ~10-year-old girI. The Browns were
discussing, at the breakfast-table, how
many conference delegates they would
try to entertain. Two, four and six
were the numbers before the house,
and The general sentiment seemed to be
in favor Of the smallest number, Lit
tie ~10-year-old, however, stoutly adyo-
Gated the maximum number. I'VE
have three spare beds. and might rs
well take six. Take six, mamma.
Please dol" .'Well,n responded the
matron, "if you will wipe the dishes
each time, we will T~en-year-old i'm
mediately began to sink down In her
chair until her head almost disappeared
under the table. "How many shall we
take?" asks mamma. ''One.n was the
whispered answer. Springfield to-
Republican.
A new method Of saluting ladies on
the street has lately been adopted by
the nobby swell gentlemen Of tender
years. 1t is done In one time and four
motions. The hat, by a right. hand
grasp, is lifted from the head, brought
forward on a line with the nose, and
then suddenly lowered TO the pit of the
stomach, and then as suddenly the hat
is returned to its place, following the
same angular route. The head at the
same time must be bobbed forward
about three inches, and Immediately
sprung back to its natural position.
The beauty and perfection Of this salu-
tation depends upon the rapidity of the
execution of its movements. 1t Is
known as the Darwin jerk" because
hand-organ monkeys put on and take
off their little caps with the same cell