The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-07
WAITS.

Said Byron, II hate dumpy wom-
an" He meant to say that he hated
to see q good thing cut short. That
was all.
Massachusetts newspapers are to be
prohibited from publishing marriage
notices in future, because marriage is
lottery. f@I
Florence Percy, who wrote Crock Me
to Sleep" is living with her third hus-
band. the two others having been sue
II don't so much mind,'' said Mr..
Henpeck-'I don't SO much mind a
woman's having mind of her own. ex-
cept that in such a case she usually
takes charge of her husband $ alsO.''y
Miss Posigush says she should love to
be.a soldier-they have SO many engage
ments. She should remember, that
where there are SO many engagements
fellow has to be on guard.
A woman in eastern PENNSYLVANIA
became crazy on seeing her husband
kiss another woman. The husband was
a rascal. No true husband would ever
kiss another woman when his wife was
looking. ''''''''
The heroine of recent novel is quite
versatile in the crying business. In one
place the author says cher eyes were
suffilsed with salt tears" while in
another he tells us that cher tears flowed
fresh"
Ladies' new dressing mirrors, framed
in plush, painted by hand, have the fol-
lowing appropriate quotation:
..Be to her virtues very knid,
Be to her faults a little blind"
Said little Edith to her doll, There,
don't answer me back. You mustn't be
saucy, no matter how hateful am. You
must remember am your motherr'
Strange what curious ideas children get
into their heads sometimes.
'.Diamidoazonap1hal hydrochlo-
rate, pyrogallotrigly lycollic, acid, azooul-
thydimethylam idophenylsulphon," are
pretty specimens of the concise nomen-
clature of modern chemistry.
A young lady who had ordered home
a pair of unusually high-heeled boots
was flushed by the announcement by
Bridget, fresh from answering the door
bell IF yc plaise. miss, there's man
in the hall below wild a pair of shtilts
for yez." t $500. ...f;.....
A lady came to the dentists one day
and asked him to pull a bad tooth. She
opens her mouth, and the dentist scans
a key board in which every note is q
sharp. ..Excusc me, - he says. leaning
forward, ..yOu wish me, to take out .
bad tOothp' Yes" '.Pray, which
onep"
..Henry is so practical!" said Mrs.
YoungWife. ''When mother went into
the country last year, he sent all her
L.; oft har TIM daV. ha
said she might want some of them, you
know And it's kind o funny" she
went on, 'smother did want them. for
she has never come back to live with US
since. Wasn't it queerP" i-s4. s4s..
Two Cincinnati ladies. who had late
ly returned from trip abroad, We're
exchanging opinions in reference to the
famous pictures they had seen. ''Give
me the reconnaissance school Of art"
exclaimed one. $50 full of sympathy, of
poetry; SO different from the Pre-Raehel-
ite.'' "It's very true what you say"
observed the other, 'sbut as for me, /
just dotc on the Dustledorp school, the
paint is so much fresher. ," -
s.Gentle spring: "How beautiful is
the season of natures reawakeningr'
exclaimed Miss Posigush; when the
amOrous sun kisses earth's children in
to life again! 1t is the season Of seasons;
it is redolent of hope, of happiness, of
heaven-reaching JOY! 1t is my especial
fayorite of all year-times. Which season
do you prefer, Mr.. Fitzblunta'9 .'TO
tell you the truth, Miss Posigush, 're-
piled Fitzblunt, I'm about equally divi-
ded between pepper and mustard, with
a leaning. if either way. TO mustard"
..Oh. what a joker you are, Mr.. Fitz-
bluntr' Miss Rosigushl says. adding to.
herself: s.Some persons have no touch
of sentiment, not . molecule Of poetry
n theix oQupoqiti0n. !" "~-s ~