Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-28
TEA-TABLE TALK.

IEA-TA8LE TALK.
HIGH gastrorom1c authority ssys the
most ''genteeP way to eat an oraUge at
table is to divide itwith knife and then
eat 1t with teaspoon.
YES, said Mrs. Silvermine, "we're
going tew Yourope in May, and will take
IN Parass, Veeanna, Burline, and all
them other cities as is frequented by
fashionable folks like we u.s.
Ex-Gov. SPRAGUE's new wife made
better time in contracting q new mar
rage after divorce than Digby Bell
did. She married her William three
days after she got her chill"
The wife of Sidney, New South
Wales, editor appeared at fancy dress
ball as "The Press" her dress consist
ing OF several pages Of her husbands
paper printed in colors on a beautiful
white satin.
A WRITER in the New York. Sun, who
claims to have ''seen the misery and un-
happiness of such marriages." be-
seeches his fellow-men to stnot marry 2
woman with a profession, for you marry
the profession, not the woman"
HALF the poverty in the world would
disappear IT no man was allowed to
marry who can not support wife. Then
Ii women who can not support O man
were debarred from matrimony the other
half would vanish. = PtdLadeLph$o
Chronicle.
A New YORK lady who ia to be "pre-
sented III London this season has had
made court dress at the trifing ex-
pense OF 81, 900. As an evidence of the
refinement of the lady, she exhibited her
dress to "select few at her hotel
Mrs, ParvenU should have been there.
A PHILADELPHIA girl thoughtlessly
told a friend that the names of the
donors would not be displayed with the
presents at her wedding. OF course
the news got abroad, and when the we'd
ing came off not even the presents were
displayed. They consisted of 732
plated sugar spoons and 1880 salt eel
Iars.-TToy Times.
"STRANGE, remarked Mrs. Brown,
81 have rung at Mrs. Smiths door
three times this week, and didn't sue
coed in raising anyone I guess the
family is out of town. Possibly
replied Mrs. Jones; Is but Mrs. Smith
was telling me just now that she could
tell your ring among a thousand. -
Boston Transcript.
An important detail: Guileless young
woman: 'Oh, uncle I do wish you
would take me with you. / adore those
French operettas. Discriminating male
relative: cit lsn't proper place for you,
my girl" G. Y. W.: "But it is all in
French and ] should not understand
more than half that was said" d. M. R.:
Eyes, my dear, but which ?"-Life.
IT is told Of a certain hair-dreaser in
town that he offered lady of social
prominence $4,000 if she would intro
duce new style of coiffeur that would
revive the sale of false hair, which,
since the Langtry knot style came in,
has been very small. The lady, so the
story goes, declined the offer with
thanks. There's where she was silly
NeaO York Paper.
THE young man by the name of John
vino is feelingly alluded to in Mother
| Goose's melodies as having gone to bed
in young lady of Bradford, Mass, who
forgot to take off her bonnet the other
night before retiring, and would never
have known it but for a slightly uncom-
Portable feeling, which she at first at
tributed to a halrpin On the pillow.
A CITIZEN of Austin, who has been
travelling in Europe for the past year,
returned not long since, and he is sur
prised at the changes that have taken
place during his absence. In talking
with friend about the changes, the re-
turned traveller asked: SIS Miss Esmer-
aida Chase still engaged to young Conk-
ling ?" "No, the engagement is broken
off. " you don't say so. How did that
happen % "Well, you see, they got
married six months ago. That broke off
the engagement.
A MAN with more heart than taste was
secretly pleased not long ago when lis
wife decided to take her children and
visit her mother in another city. He
Immediately set to work to surprise her
on her return, got IN painters and grain
ers and fresco workers, and renovated
and tinted the house from top to bottom,
and then awaited her exhibition OF de-
light. 1t differed in kind, however, from
his expectations. She stood few min
utes in mute establishment, then burst
into tears, and finally managed to inform
him that not tint nor tone In the whole
thing blent with carpet or bit of furni-
ture they owned. The money that I'M
fortunate man parted with TO make
things tally with his first artistic impulse
has given him new respect for the
Judgment of the weaker vessel In some
things. -Bosto7a Transcript.