Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-09-20
FEMININE cHIT-oHAT.

WoMAN's sphere: A ball of yarn.
"A. PHILADELPHIA girl dropped her
shoe out of window and killed mule.
WoMAN's love for ribbon is pardona.
BILE, since she owes her existence to n
nib bone.
FASHIONABLE ladies like to get "new
wrinkle" but they don't want to show it
on the forehead.
KATE CLAYTON will play this winter
in the "Sea of Ice." There is no dan.
ger of that catching fire.
',BosToN girls never giggle. They
merely express their delight by dreamy,
far.away, north-pole smile.
The Vassar girls talk of getting up a
rowing club. The Vassarty eight would
prove an attractive feature of a college
boat race. f....
JENKINS says that when he asked the
girl who is now his wife to marry him,
she said: ''I don't mind" and she
never has minded.
"YEs," said Miss Squigglehorn, spa
was professional man, as you have
heard; he used to draw very large
houses" N. B. "Pa" was a building
mover.
The Boston high school girl condemns
the phrase "tumble to the racket" as
vile slang. She says "precipitate in
the direction of the clamor" is a more
elegant expression. l,t ..s.
The poet who wrote "the child is fa-
ther to, the man was somewhat discon-
certed when practical friend asked him
how the case would be in the event of
the child beng girl.
THBRE is a young lady in New York
City who makes, it is said, about 800
calls nearly every day of her life. Oh,
you need not look disconnected, Miss.
she works in a telephone office.
A YOUNG man urged, as one of the
reasons why girl should marry him.
that he bad collection of over 400 DIFF
ferent kinds Of wood. She said if it was
kindling wood she'd think oft.
A YOUNG miss OF 16 asks what is the
proper thing for her 10 do when she is
serenaded by party Of gentlemen at n
late hour. We. are glad to be able to
answer this question. Steal softly down
stairs and unite the dog.
In reply to the czar's query Of one of
the maids Of honor rs to how she en-
ioyed the coronation, her reply was:
SOB, ever so much, your majesty. /
hope we shall soon have another The
maid is summeripg in Siberia.
"WHAr ls that you are wearing 2"
asked Farmer John of his fair city
boarder. ooh, that is my red Jersey in
Cali right" was the reply; "but don't
go near my brown jersey over in that
field, unless you are good at climbing
trees"
ADApY speaker was thus introduced
to her waiting audience by hasty pre-
siding officer: have the pleasure OF
presenting to you Mrs. -, who will
give you an account OF the "reminiscences
Of her past life, which | am sure will
interest you all.
e"CHAwhEs" she lisped to her new
beau from Boston, have you seen
Rogers new group ?" No." he re-
piled, I" but l knew Billy Rogers old
gang, who backed John u. Sullivan. .
They are estranged. Boston "culchah Z"
was too much for her. ,!i
SIX lovely school-ma' ms were out
rowing on the placid Monongahela. A
bold, wicked man on shore, who was n
bad boy few years ago, Instead of
taking off his hat rs the boat went hy.
simply remarked, Behold the whaling
| fleet
AYoUNG lady whorecently started out
as a faEhion writer has determined to
| quit journalism. She mentioned in an
article on ladies' fashions that "sklrts
n tf-n 20. d
than usual" The young lady is certain
ly justified in being angry with the care
less compositor who changed the SIX y
il. skirts to an "h." tg..
A TRAVELLING man, noticing q pretty
girl alone in the csr, went over in her
direction and smilingly asked: els this
seat engaged2" '.No, sir; but am,
and be's going to get on at the next sta
ton. ~" h-ah-indeed- ed-thanks-beg
pardon" and he picked up his feet
after stumbling over them, and went into
the smoking car to be alone awhile.
AN American lady who had reached an
old inn in Normandy, could not make
the clerk understand her French, nor
could she understand the clerks. At
last, in desperation she said with great
u.oS.AS9nSoo. Do|you-spedh-
lish?" He frightened at once, and said
LAND sakes l guess l do; T was
brought up ten miles from Bangor,
Maine!"
IT was at Nantasket. The mother of
young lady who was much addicted to
bathing stood on the piazza OF the hotel,
gazing toward the beach. Presently
she exclaimed with most distressed
air; ..Oh, my child, my child! What
shall I do with her ?" An elderly
woman, rather hard OF hearing, observ-
ing her anxiety, asked: "What ails
you, madam 2" I" "Nothing ails me, u
she said, "but Lizzie's SO tanned Tn
positively ashamed of her." "Tanned Z
tanned? Sakes alive!' returned the
venerable female, exhibiting no little
agitation. "Another human being
| tanned! And. 1 dare saw. that wicked