The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-10

the florists and mOdistcS. To see the masses
of cut aoNers all shapes, sizes and colofs
adorning the stage ON these occasions would
make one green with envy. They represent
hundreds III dollars. Then the bcwildering
and neeoy costumes draped and cut rs only
the most experienced modesto can do. What
total value do they figure up! We are not
disposed 10 cast mcrccnary eye upon the
commencement, hut every parent and every
reporter Is only too glad that they do not
come oftener than once year. Even then
girl should have all the credit she Is en-.
titled "a. There are two opportunities IN
woman's life which she generally makes the
most Of, when she graduates and when she
marrcs.
These young graduates who have told In
stirring words and thunderous periods what
il life aud who have drawn the highest
ideals Of future existence, will be the first 10
drop these ideals nj the sound Of waltz. or
bid 10 the the theater. Life before gradua-
ton is all duty. nfterward II Is all pleasure.
Their commencement was the beginning
OF n gay life In which the probabilities
play n small part.
In n recent graduating essay I was amused
nj an original sentence which struck me NJ
being bright and witty, she said You may
Judge man by the company he keeps
woman by what she wears and girl by
what, how and when she reads"
The girl who spends the early hours Of the
morning finishing the latest French novel
will never make the wife that n girl will
who with better judgment forces off the
day hours for convenient reading
The newest fad among young ladics Is
called tips They count every time
gentleman tips his hat Ia them, and when
they reach 100 tips the Tooth gentleman is
supposed "a be the one the lady receiving
the tin will marry. The tips" craze is
spreading rapidly, and the young ladies are
heard counting the tips rs one passes them
on the street. Err.
The above IL copied from one Of our OK.
changes, and II true Il will promise 10 rcyo.
lutionize the courtesy 81 bowling What
man Is willing "a accept bow and return u
when he knows It is for q "tpg' How can
he discriminate between the real and affect.
ed greeting? BOYS will be mNhty careful
now about bowling, especially II there's any
chance Of their being "tho hundvdth man"
This fnd may have given the famous Stock
ton a suggestion Tor his recent novel. Men
arr generally very strong believers In fate
but they are not likely TO accept this hun
drcdth man business without finding out
who the "tippcr' Is.
The recent marriage Of Washington belle
20 a full blooded Indian In the west has
turned out not "a be the hrst instance of the
KIND AL. rsight be little less carping,
n she " satisfied. Nor has inc example been
Furnished Ny women alone. Numbers vi
sciilcrs have firmly adopted aud married
into the wild western tribes. II II not gen
orally known. however that n well known
Nasivillian l. thus tied M. The following
from the New York Horldmay be Of interest
~ a number ~ people:
one of the sinpping brpnzcd youths who
come east and make New Workers envy the
glorious fruits OF life IN the Rocky Noun
tains. u Nanlccr Polk, the only living grand
son Of James X Polk once President OF the
United States. NnnlcCr Polk Il an nristocmt
by education ~ wcllas birth. having had all
the training Eton school could give him and
the athletics and mathematics of Cambridge
uniycniiy. on the Cam When he left col
lego the longing for iaihcrlnnd came over
him aud hc returned to the United States
only a. roam FREE foot over Mexico, the heat.
tmittcn plains ui the southwest and the
platcaus and park, Of the central and north.
crn Rockies. The real romance In young
Folks lie l. known only "a few u bis in.
Inmates mainly members of the fnmou,
Hermitage club, of Nashville, Tenn. When
hc comes 90 New York, o. every man Of the
world must once or twice year, lac does moi
bring with him the beautiful daughter and
only child Of Shooting Cat the Chcycnn,
chief, who Is understood and nyOwcd to hay,
become MIR. Polk by all the laws aud ccro
monies ui the Jheyonncs.
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