Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-30

was llisane, and various SINH ar in,nrobabitiss,
Il Al Of winch were mt ne. But Mr. FrnthlIg-
am did not return here, and probably will NOT.
He is now feeding on the tra i.cendetital am
brosia Of Boston. Tho church has dissolved
i this week and will mot srsorg aiizs. I'M. Some Of
tho members will 20 to Flyers, But m ore vii
stay AT home aud do their own Think ng-ths
marked tendency of all th.ists The Timee
i reports the society Sin serious finanotal dit-
Guilty. but this Is an error ] happen to know
that all the debts are paid and considerable
property is left was talking with Mr.. George
L. Putnam (of Putnam 8 sous) about it yester-
! day, aud he thought it rather unusual for q
church that had :.gone ont of business" to have
| "A respectable surplns on han ! BE is right;
and may add here that the excellent financial
condition Of tho church is owing la rgely to Mt
Palnam's own thoughtful overnight NJ. .:
So. :. CoRNs AND BUNIONs
Two summers ago in Sara o!a I was attracted
into building by the sign, cdr. Gray, the
! worlds first manicure" As entered, a bay,
| at q side door, SAID in q eoaxing infection,
| 'This way, sir. Right in this room" And on
| the stars a colored boy shouted: 'This way !!
! Right up here! Smut up, you chucklehe.d.''
| How happy could be with either; so l walked
| uDetairs. 49, :
at the door. There is no 9th r. The woman down
stairs isa fraud" And he wiped the persbiration
| from his brow.
II hoard her boy try to get son in there. sh.
used to DO my wife. taught her the business. /
lived with her as ong as could. and then got away
| from her. or tried to, but she follows me every
| hired the trout rooms downstairs, and up the
same business SO that my patients have to 20 right
BY DER doa'. Sae is tho worst woman in the world
| Corns. sir?
| I explained, apo oset'cs.lly, thatI strayed III
out Of curiosi'y, just 10 see what sort of bust
| ness was carried on there. He kindly told me
abut the process. Two mon were being
tc,ated. Good day!' he said. as took leave,
| g11y>5 T
went out, the bov at the lower door halted m =,
bill, beginning, tMrs Pray The Great Ann
loan Manicure! No connection with the c'n-
| Germ up s'air*!' Yes erday, il ali enqu ring
frame of mind, walked 1910 Mrs. Pray's New
York establishment and said to the lady who
| rec"lv, d me:
rs Dr.. Pray in?"
| .'Ys, am Dr.. Pray" she said.
d.. startled in SURPRISE remarkug' I thought DE-
! well. he amt mani" she retortel, sharply
| The one you mean IA across the street. yonder.
| He amt half mao! Always following me around,
and squattng down near my place Of business
| Tie idea OF his pretending to be- an artist! Corns.
sir? I can treat them for you, or we have a mau
| whe is thoroughly expert and sklllfu."
! young man Sat leaning in an easy chair by
! the window. that was closely cur AIMED w h
lace. His feet, encased in patent leather
| pumps. were on an ottoman that rested O.
| Turkish rug. His arm was lang idly cut
| stretched, and Father pretty glcl held his
hand, palm downwards, aud was briskly rub
| bling his finger. nails with a channels brush.
| On a lit table at b SIDE was box of
| powder and sort Of paint paste, which she
| seemed to be using. They were a'ting payly
| Of some performance. Tue opera, | conf &C.
| tnred. Itxplained tuat T did nos wish to see
DR. Gray professional. ly, but would 20 over
there moment
| "Ab, bill, no doubt he is in strait. ! hear
! and can't meet his expenses. Don't think he will
keep open much longer. Goou morning"
| ] called s'aoross the way" at the rival estab-
| llshment, also lu4uriously htted up. Seeing
| that the Decor had forg otsen me, I asked, els
Mrs Pray my
NO, am glad to say she isn't. left her years
| ago I an DR.. Pray. Her place is over yonder !;
She is always following me around. she was form
! ery my wife. ThanA God for tue formerly The
| idea of her undertaking this profession! 6h~
doesn't know any more about it than child !
Every month two all her hands leave her: can't
stand her: quit her: anil she has hire green lot
OF people and put EN- right onto peoples extremi-
tes!! This profession r. qulreS delicate treatment
oul she butchers en- You'd ought to see the pro
have been treated by her-some of 'em un
crutches!'
The doctor occupied large floor for his
operations, and had several a-si,tsats. Many
lauies call on a manicure evaly d,v Of III.
year. Hundreds OF others Lave It M .icure,
generally 3 female, CO Oh them every day at
their own residences to keep their finger nails
oval. sn1o 9TH anu pink But the rra ctca of the
''profession" seems to have sinouiariy
estrauging effect Oh spnuses.
DON'T.
The little unpreteEtiDus brochur5, DON'T is
having such tremendous ~a.e that its writer,
Mr. 0. 3. Bunca, Of Arpleton's, will probab y
not object to dropping Ills aDonyma Of "Ceu-
sor.' Here, set IN eighty smal pages a"e over
800 prohibi'i'n*. te ling briefly what not 10 do
IN ~ociety, wuut imprcprie les to avoil In coa-
duct, speech aud dress at the theat r, 8 home,
Oh the cars, at the tabl.. AS IL al uteraucas
Of tllis sort, one can easily iud something ~
dissent from.
For instance, "Don't eat soup from the end
OF q spoon, but from the side" Such rule
cannot be called established. The very che &c
of spoon proves that it wal meant to be eaten
from at the end and TO zip from tue side sue
cessfully without spiling, especially If the
At the same Tins the position of the arm ID
I more graceful, if one sips from he side. 1t Is
n sort Of consequence which n,oie is adopted
it is merely a question OF tasse.
"Dout break an egg in'o q cup Always eat
it from tho she'll" Unless q canoa OF mauuers
be founded IN some obvious rvSson, 1t may
probably be disregarded. That is the case
with this
:'Don't have your shoes polished in the
street." This might nave boon omitted, for to
do what is forbidden is always neat aud often
necessary.
DON'T sit cross-legged." TO men.) Where
for?
Don't say vest for twaistcoat.' This de-
ponds Oh where one is. If England, Canada
or Australia he should say 'wal-tcJat" or per-
chance "weskit." bus if 10 tho United States he
should fearlessty say west"
''Don't say right away if You wish to avoid
Amer canisms.' Certainly, Out why shoutd an
American wish TO avoil Amercaulsms? Right
away" is good aAd expressive phrase 10 add
to the LANGUAGE, as Americans have added
scores Of strong word, and phras g. AS Amer
lea contains majority Of all English speaking
people, they should not be shy about n'adlng
valuable additions to the common Language.
''Don't say I am through when announcing
that you have finished your dinner" Don't
use the word SIX in the sense Of putting in
order" Why not? Both are good strong
Saxon II ala through" m ans ex city what it
is used to express; ana the word Elk" was
employed in En.laud 200 years ago In this
Very sense OF arranging or repairing
Don't address letter to sMrs. Lonise
Smith, but to sMrs. Charles Smith," This is
sulsly qu"s ion OF TASTE The fact is that
Mrs. CHARLIE Smith" is not the lady's legal
name; but "Mrs. Louise Smith IL.
'Don't say Sick except when nausea is
meant. Say ill., 'unwe,l' fndisposed. >" THIS
rule cannot be justified. The general app ica-
ton OF the word 10 established; moreover, this
is exactly the meaning it had IN gland when
Shakespeare wrole aud the Bible was trans
lated.
There is no doubt that these ''don'ts" were
introduced by the autnor manly as conc s.
sion to some current manu- 81, rather than by
his own suggestion. Making allowance for
these, there is body of valuable hints. di-
rec.jon ami suggest IN, which IL is imp rtant
Tor all persons to know who have any ambition
to speak correctly. or expect even to go iuto
polite society, 1he sixtleta thousand has been
sold.
THEATRICAL BITS.
In the operate war Maptesou stands on the de-
fan9va tba
outworks and dug rifle pits and zigzags up to bis
magazine. Patti is SICK. So is Mapleson. But
the fight is not good for anybody for war is an ex-
pensive luxury.
Fedora, with its exciting scenes between Manteli
and Fanny Davenport. has proved such great
success that the manager mas secured ths Four