Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-19
CHIT CHAT.

| THE Oscar Wilde 1dlOcy might well be
called an aesthetic craze.-Sdt1tr10y
Evening Herald.
CLOVES young dream" usually
merges into matrimonial nightmare
NeaO York Daily NoaUs.
"SIx GIRLS is the title of the latest
novel, 1t is expected that sequel enti-
| tied ''Our Broken Gate" will be issued
soon.
BERNHARDT was h1ssed at Hamburg
recently, and, stepping to the footlights,
said: 81 am not accustomed to play to
geese.
Full many gum of purest ray serene
The fairest of earth's daughters chaw with care;
Full many flower is born to crush unseen,
And waste it's sweetness in her frowss hair.
THERE are times when girls are not
sorry if they have big hands, as for in-
stance, when they are playing Copenha-
gen.-BoStoae Post.
No, Melinda, you err. A man may
have water on the brain, yet not be in
clined to burst into tears PhiLodel-
ohia San.
GWEN lovely woman stoops she
is generally particular to have it at the
fashionable angle.-Biaghanapton Re
publican.
GA BABE" says a writer, sis a
mothers anchor" We have often
heard that the first thing she does is to
weigh it.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.-A fashionable
young lady accidentally dropped one of
her false eyebrows in her opera-box, and
greatly frightened her beau. who, on
seeing it, thought it was his mustache.
ONE Of the most disagreeable things
III the world is the comparison of the 81
will . at the marriage ceremony, with
the 81 wont " after the event.
Ujlie Herald.
$50 she refused you, did she ?" asked
Pingry; "why didn't you press her, my
boy ?" "Press herr' exclaimed Brown;
"she wouldn't let me get near enough
for that 70
"MARY says you can't come to see her
any more," said boy to his sisters adj
mirer. "Why not? ?" because you
come to see her every evening now, and
how could you come any more ?"-Romae
Sentinel.
GIDDY THING" Good gracious, MIR.
Mole and have you actually been spend
ing whole month at Slocum Podger !?
Why, you must have had it all to your
what I liked" Giddy thing" h!"-
London Judy.
If you should happen to meet your
sister on a crowded thoroughfare don't
lift your hat to her as you would to any
other lady-wink at her and below out
"Hello, sis!" She may feel mortified,
but you're her brother, you know
Keokuk Gate City.
If L am not at home from the party
tonight at ten o'clock, " said a husband
to his better and bigger half, "don't
wait for me-" "That [ won't" replied
the lady, significantly. 81 won't wait,
but I'll come for you" The gentleman
returned at ten o'clock precisely.
"IsN'T it heavenly ?" said Miss Silly
billy to Mr.. Polo. What " he asked.
"Why, the MOON" ooh, yes, too
utterly heavenly" "Oh. [ do Just dote
on the moon, don't you?" eyes, it's
awfully nice, isn't 1t, and SO splendidly
conspicuous, too"
BEWARE of the landlady who merely
keeps boarders for company" or be-
cause the house is too large" IL you
have no flesh to lose, hunt up some SEN
sible person who makes business of
running boarding house, and is not
ashamed to say so.-Phiiadelaohio Meas.
WE have dandiacal body among us,
says the London World. and apparently
it fourishes. Just now it delights in
in very shiny hats and stiff collars,
clothes of a groomish cut, very tightly
fitting and closely buttoned, with white
CATERS and lacquered boots particularly
pointed as to the toes.
SAID an auctioneer: "Come, now,
ladies and gentlemen, these goods are for
sale. VIII somebody give me a bid
Anything, ladies and gentlemen. All I
want is an Offer" "Alas," murmured
an elderly woman in the crowd, "that's
what I have been signing for all my
life"
A GREAT deal is being said about the
brave women of America, and our be-
loved land can truthfully boast of the
heroic spirit possessed by it's fair ones.
And yet there is scarcely q woman in all
the wide country who cannot feel the
roots of her hair swell every time she
sees an innocent little mouse scamper
affrightedly across the floor. detroit
Free Press.
A GIRLS seminary in Oakland, CAL,
has male monitor. He is brother of
the lady who is the head of the school.
He takes the girls to church, and he is
only 81 years old. He goes out boating
with them, and while they are at the
Alameda baths he hoyers round. They