Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-02-22
FiRESIDE CHlT-CHAT.

BRONSON A1CoTT says: 1.-THE blonde
type is nearest to the divine likeness"
One by one the men take courage;
On" by one they married get,
Still the ladies say-and truly,
There are those " who ought to"-yet.
SAID she: lido wish I could read
French. There's an item in French in
the funny columns Of the paper, and I
know there's something improper in it. )"
The weather has got pretty cold, but
there is little likelihood OF the mercury
sinking sufficiently to cause a young
ludy to decline ice-cream after the play
-PucG.
"DoN'r you think that Miss Brown is
very sweet girl?" asked Henry. ooh,
yes, very sweet, F." replied Jane; s'that is
to say, she is we'll preserved. ''-Boston
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HR. HENRY LABoUcHERE observes tina
electric lights will not do for balls, since
they make blondes okssghastly, and are
especially cruel to wrinkles and the arti.
ticials employed to hide them.
IT is q polite thing to say to Mexican
girl when you meet her, -. kiss your
feet" And, fortunately for both parties.
the Mexican girl always seems willing to
C2E2s
zen. -.-.
SYRACUSE man made a bet of $50
that he could find six women in that CITY
who would marry him, and he won it.
Each Que blushed, said it was go unex-
pected, -ahem-well, take me, dar-
ling.
\ WASHINGTON marriage ceremony
was interrupted by the brides father,
who whipped her with rawhide, and
kicked the bridegroom out of the house.
1t is Inferred that he disapproved of the
match.
IT Is useless for lady to swing down
the aisle Of the parquet with the air OF
one who has just alighted from the
family carriage, when there are several
long straws attached to her trail.-Bos-
ton Times.
A PRACTICAL youth in Raleigh, N. c.,
who had invited young lady to attend
Il public entertainment, employed two
colored men to clean a dozen street cross
lnys between her house and the hall.
that she might walk dry shod.
The worst cut up man of the hour,
according to Cleveland paper, is that
western reporter who, in describing the
appearing Of the belle Of the town at Il
local picnic, intended to :say that she
looked ou Jait, but, of course, the types
had to get it "all feet" :.
A NEW agony is fora young lady to
buy Il thlr1y-six-cent tanbourine, paint
suEhower IN one corner of it and q
pond lily in another and hang it up on
the wall as a decoration. This signifies:
" Art and music have joined hands; let
'em jingle. IN. II. Reg.
A ROME (Ga.) man is preparing a
unique directory. It will contain the
name, style, whether brunette or blonde,
address and approximate age of every
young lady in Georgia who has in her
own name, or as heir expectant, proper
ty to the amount Of $4,000 or upward.
Miss IDA FERRY, of Chicopee Falls,
who is OF average height, boasts the pos
session OF hair that trails for half yard
along the floor when she stands erect.
The glory has its disadvantages, how
ever, and it is said that a photograph
will soon be the only evidence Of the
present fact. -
A CORRESPONDENT of the Louisville
Courier-Journal says: "There is no
more dainty sight in the land than a
young and pretty Bos ton girl seated in
aesthetic attitude at the table, in dinner
toilet, head languidly reclining to one
side, lips ripe and red as cranberries,
eyes a3 low with anticipations and bright
as diamonds, fingers of waxy morbidezza,
and holding crisp brown smelt by, the
tail, and resting it just moment on the
threshold Of her divine lips, while a
miniature cascade of transparent sail
vary secretion gushes out at the corners
like dew-drops from an opening rose
bud"
Col. H1eG1NsoN, the chief champion
Of women, is much disguised with the
women who invite Oscar Wilde to their
houses and give him receptions " in spite
Of the fact that if they we're to read
aloud some Of his poems not a woman
wonll remain in the room until the end"
Byron was banished from society, and
Moore was obliged to purify his poems
for less offences against decency than
have been committed by Oscar Wilde.
who on some pages of his poems, as a
witty critic says, carries nudity to
point where it ceases to he virtue"
And yet American newspaper reporters
swarm about this haH-baked "apostle F."
i'ilt1 ASH "uat w yOu tIlulA VI Amer
lean ladies ?" Faugh !!
BALTIMORE has high reputation for
the beauty OF her women. "We live on
the zone of beauty" says the American,
"and whatever is beautiful in the d.
verse races of men reaches its ultimate
perfection IN this latitude. In fact, ug-
liDess can't stand this climate. It has
got to die out or emigrate. It is true
there are some strongly marked families
who hold out wonderfully against the
beautify ing influences Of the climate and
nature, but these are exceptional" The
writer confesses, however, that the basis
Of Baltimore beauty is imported, for he
adds: cit is easy to find in this city
the finest examples of true Celtic Irish
beauty, the fairest blonde Saxons and
Morse types, the Norman French type.
and the Italian and Spanish brunettes.
Some Of the most beautiful examples of
the Hebrew type that the world can
show are found in this city,
Across france in Winter Time.