Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-25
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

a young man in western Illinois adver-
tised for a wife his sister answered the
=" ad, and now the young man thinks
there is no balm in advertisements while
the old folks think it's pretty hard to have
two fools in the family.
When Hood wrote, "There is happi-
ness that makes the heart afraid, he was
probably thinking of one evening when he
sat up very late with his girl. and did not
know what minute the old man might come
humping down stairs.
A female, young or old, who does a
mans work ought to get mans pay
tBoston Globe. True; and if you will
look at the new fall styles you will per.
ceive that many women VINO don't do a
mans work are getting pretty good share
of a mans pay.
A man in the car heard novel reason
for going to the seaside. One lady said to
another in answer to a question Ger.
tainly we did. My husband made friends
with man from Iowa, and got him to
sign note with him for s., 1000. l should
say we did gain!'
a young lady in one of our rural districts
was escorted home from an evening party,
not long since, by young man to whom
she was not particularly partial. On TAX
ing his leave ne remarked, 81 guess III
come and see you agin next Sunday night"
Well, jim, " replied the lady, 'you can
come as a friend, but not as Teller"
Said Dublin magistrate From ex-
perience which have gained in the police
courts, l would advise people not to get
married at all, particularly females for,
In the number of assault cases between
married people which have come before
me, have only had one case in which
wife was charged with an assault upon her
husband"
Jenkinson is having his fortnight off. As
he was leaving the house the other morn.
ing Mrs. j. presented her lips for the Gus.
Somary parting kiss hut Jenkinson, the
brute, turned on his heel with the remark,
g Not this morning, Tilda Tn on my va.
cation, you know" Evidently Jenkinson
is bound to get all the recreation possible
out OF his vacation.
Afew days sincea pupilin the State Normal
School at Castleton, VT, was discovered to
be crying very hard. Inquiry by the
Principal elected the fact that the girl had
Just received letter stating that her Sis
ter Mary was dead. School was stopped
and prayer was offered. A second perusal
of the letter showed that the girl was mis-
taken ; that 1t was not sister Mary, but a
favorite family horse named Mary that was
dead. Then thanks were offered that the
news was no worse.
"Women have taken on SASSY aspect "
writes Clara Belle, due to tipping their
hats over their noses. l don't know how
long the fashion will last, but Just now the
turned back brim is discarded, and the top
front of the head is once more covered.
This transfers the neuralgia center from
the chronological bump of reflection to the
bump of love, and l won't undertake to
predict the result. VIII the sudden ex.
posure of the back of the head, right at
the beginning of cold weather, lower the
temperature of the amative mercury sup
posed to be stored in that part of the nod
die? Or will it cause congestion and con-
sequent increase in the number of weddings
next winter ?"
The publication in a well.known maya
zine of the day of an interesting portrait OF
Florence Nightingale gives special welcome
to several items in the recently published
annual report of the Council of the Night
ingale Fund concerning the efficiency and
propriety of the Nightingale Institution
for promoting the systematic training OF
nurses for the sick. Its resources are now
derived from investments amounting to up.
ward of $50 600. Last year twenty-five
ladies completed their training at its school
and received appointments. Thirty-two
others still remain as pupils. The salaries
of mstrons or superintendent of nurses
who have received this training ar de.
cIared in some cases to be as high al Else
and GOO per annum.
Perhaps the greatest contrast in English
society as compared with American is thal
IN the former a womsn's Importance grows
with years, whereas in the latter it de.
cIines. At large English country house
some difficulty arose as to making room for
all the guests expected at dinner "Why,
let these girls Indicating two pretty young
LADIES' take their dinner at luncheon time
said an old peeress, and come down Il
the drawing room in the evening W.
don't want young girls at dinner we wan
good takers" This old lady was famous
London dinner giver, and loved ga feas
of reason and flow of soul" Lady Sails
bury, who stands at the head of the great so
ciety leaders in London to-day, is 81 Lady
Derby about the same age, and many other
conspicuous as agreeable entertainers at tht
same period of life could be cited. But
here. even now, ladies of such an age seen
to deem themselves shelved. 1t is a grsa
pity. A woman of 80 has knowledge auC
experience, which, if she be naturally in
telhgent, can scarcely fail to make her so
ciety congenial to men of sense whethe
they are young or old. 1t is often re
marked by clever young fellows that thei
pleasant hours at London balls are spen
rather in talking to agreeable mothers tha
in dancing with their daughters. Nothir
could improve society here more than de
termination on the part of ladies of matur
age to keep well to the front and asser
themselves.
Although the typical Frenchwoman
not q person OF deep character, she is
systematic and serious worker. Her spiri
of independence, her comparative freedom
from that tlmidity which is often reprt
scented as beautiful weakness of her seq
have enabled her to conquer much of th
ground that belongs additionally to man
simply by qualifying herself TO compel
with him industrially and intellectually
multitude of ways. She likes tC be sell
reliant, and to feel that in case of need sh
can do battle with the world. She seldol
marries for love, but nevertheless becom,
an excellent wife and mother, while Il
interest she takes in her husbands woI
and her desire to help him for the commc
good throw into bold relief the stron gest sic
of her character. If he is doctor, she vi
make out his bills for him if tradesna
she will look after the accounts and presto
over the till whatever his occupation, 81
will lend him helping hand. 1t will
correctly surmised that we are speaking
the 6Rrgeoise-tke all-powerful woman
France. The extremes of luxury al
poverty have the effect of so modifying &
salient points of a nations character tb
in investigations of this kind 1t is alws
better to choose ones types from the gre
middle class. What we wish to lay sire
on is the fact that the Frenchwoman,
though extremely emotional at times,
the ordinary business of life looks