The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-11-26
MaInENs AMI mArpnNs

Mature, regariiul OF the chattering race,
Planted no beard on q womnas's face;
Not Mecb,s razor tho the very best
Could shave chin that never Is at rest
Fanny Davenport pays twenty-four
thousand dollars 10 Anna Dickinson for
her new play. and fifty dollars a night
Tor every performance after it has run
three weeks.
Bright Eyes, the Pouca Princess, who
appeared before the committee on In
dian affairs, of congress last session. has
turned her attention TO literature, and is.
engaged in writing stories of Indian
child life.
A young lady in the country whose
beauty formed a matter of general admir-
alton and discussion, in passing a group
OF officers IN the street, heard one ofthem
exclaim 10 his fellow, "By heaven, she's
| painted" Yes, sir; and by heaven
only" she quickly replied. The officer
acknowledged the full force of the re-
buke, and apologized
In Providence, r. l., two girls were
recently taken up for smoking cigars on
the streets, and were sentenced to the re-
formatory for eight years. 1t is certain
iy not pretty and lady-like for young
women to smoke on the street, but we
must say eight years Imprisonment for
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| ably, however, the cigars were very bad
| ones.
A woman-a lovely woman, it is to be
supposed-had her first political trouble
at Port Jeryis. A horrid and wicked
man challenged her as not being twenty.
one years old, and instead of swearing
her vote in she commenced to weep bit
terly and tore her ballot to tatters. If a
woman has got to swear to her age be-
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suffrage is already sounded.
1t is now generally understood among
the Baroness Burdette- Coutts' nearest
relations that she has quite resolved 10
carry out her intention of marrying Mr.
Ashmead Bartlett, her young secretary
but with the proviso that the settle.
ments shall be all on her own side, and
her money (such as remains to her,
safely tied up. 1t is also believed thai
the marriage will not take place till all
legal difficulties with regard to the
Duchess OF st. Adams will are cleared
up.
The cradle of the infant princess Of
Spain is of polished ebony inlaid witt
: silver; its form is that of an open shell
the curtainsar are of silver gauze enamelleC
with white velvet flowers, the coverlet o
white satin on which are embroidered il
: brilliant colors the arms of Spain. On'
, lady grandesse of Spain stands at thu
foot of the cradle during the royal in
fant's slumber to watch the precise mo
ment of her awakening; another gran
: desse stands at the head armed with
t huge feather fan to chase away the flies
The royal Spanish crown, which in sill
yer gilt hangs in front of the cradle, il
the work of Froment, the great Parish
r ian goldsmith.
A southern lady, who took up her res
, idence in Europe after the war, was adj
dressed by German nobleman, who, in
doing so, said: MADAME, offer you my
5 hand and my title" She in reply, said
Count, your title is what most object
to about you" "Why, Madame" said
he, "in marrying you should make you
/ countess" YES" said she, sand throw
it into my teeth for the rest of my life'
5 The lady remains wiser in her genera
. ton than many of many of countrywo
} men. and retains her American name
e and citizenship, of which she says sh'
is prouder than she would be of any ii
tie in EurOpe