The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-02-01
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.


| endow a certain number of virtu0us poor
with a small sum of money as an outfit,
and when these girls, say, twenty or
thirty, present themselves to the trustees
as candidates for that dover, and the
will only provides for six such mar
riages, all the girls must step up to the
urn and draw g lot. OF course, out OF
the twenty or thirty girls who have
qualified only six can be the lucky ones.
! I hese SIX are not entitled 70 the dover
until all the legal arrangements for the
marriage are gone through. There are
always plenty of young workmen, either
day laborers or mechanics, who are ready
to accept a girls hand and the S25 or
$50 dover, for she has had to go through
rigid examination as to her honesty,
neatness, etc.
very often see the announcements in
the daily papers of such marriages, and
one attracted my attention more than
usual on account of the length of time the
testator had been dead whose funds were
to annually benefit these virtuous girls.
l translate the advertisement literally as
follows:
MARRIAGEs.-The Trustees of the Monte
Capable Chapel, of the Church OF san Saliva
tore of Petra Sane in Naples, make known
to the public that on the second Sunday Of
September, 1883, at Il NJ, lots will be drawn
for three marriages, each successful person
receiving the sum of ll9 francs iS24 left by
the will of Cesar Capable, who died in 1910,
aud left such sums in favor cf-three young
women who Will qualify themselves, which
qualification must take place on or before the
9th of September The following are the
I Ubat~ "a faeeanFlunfc
OF the testatUr; > They must be marriage
able whatever that may mean: 8. They
must be honest and poor; and 4. They must
not be over twenty-five years Of age.
Now here we have a provision made
differently from the usual run, in that
the candidates for this lottery must be
the poor descendants of the testator.
Just fancy that will made for such q
purpose by a man who died ten years
before a pilgrim placed his foot on
Plymouth Rock, and that it is faithfully
carried outl-Pdris Register.
Two American Girls See Bismarck.
l went to Berlin from Dresden for two
weeks with my cousin Cissy, says letter
to the Boston Transcript and we both
wanted so much to see Bismarck. Every
body said that, being there such a short
time, we could never see him in the
world, because there were hundreds of
Germans who had never been able to do
so, and still had lived their whole lives
long in Berlin. So : thought there was
nothing to do except to write hun anote
and ask him if he wouldn't allow Cissy
and me to look at him. found my
pen and paper, and l wrote: prince
Bismarck, two English girls who are
only in Berlin for a short time are
anxious to see the greatest man in the
world and want to know Il you could
grant them an audience.
| signed it with my name, and when
directed it ''Prince Bismarck, felt Just
as if 1 were directing it to Santa Claus,
or to some one up in Heaven. Cissy and
1 took it up to the palace. We walked
by the sentries and through the big
courtyard up to the front door. The
butler stood there, oh so stern and
grim, and refused at first to take my
note, but when l said: ''Why, you must
take it; don't you see it is to Prince Bis
he frowned more than ever and
took it.
If you can believe it that very night
while we were sitting at supper there
came a letter with great seal on the
back directed to Miss Percy Jones. The .
people at our pension were so curious
that l wouldn't open it before them, and
7e c0uIu scsssss5 sc - 1ir-- -
,ome when we could get to our rooms.
Finally it did come, however, and l
eaTn- D-~,,.o-o1- #ba
young ladies an interview at twelve
,'clock tomorrow. We were so excited,
issy and |, and we began TO be awfully
cared, too. After we got into our night
rowns we rehearsed court reverences two
hours before we went to bed, and we
aid over long German speeches such as
We thought it would be proper 10 make
o him. The next morning we put on our
lest clothes and our new English hats
md started out for the palace. The sen
ries didn't look nearly so ferocious as
hey did the day before, and the butler
imiled and smiled, as if he had never
1nown how to do anything but smile.
We were shown into large dark hall, /
md I said;
sOh, dear me, Cissy, what if Prince
Bismarck should come and speak to US
while we are in this dark place There
sn't one thing here that l could make
about.
But lust then Herr Won Rottenberg,
he Princes secretary, came and told US
hat the Prince was in the garden and
would receive Us there. I never shall
orget how the garden looked There
was long path in front of US, with a
foliage meeting above 1t; the
green leaves rustled, the little shadows
played all over the ground, and Prince
Bismarck came walking down the path
With his dogs on either side of him.
How do you doi l am very glad to
ee you
He looked so oily that didn't feel
lfraid of him any more, especially when
le turned to me aud exclaimed;
SIS that the kind of hats you wear
n Englandl Horriblel They are too
nigh"
Then we all walked down the path.
Cissy with him, and | with the Herr Won
until after a while thought
hat Cissy had been with him long
enough, because l wrote the note, you
Know. So Just stepped forward, mean
ng to pull her slyly by the dress, and
ust as I did it Prince Bismarck looked
It me, and then he laughed all over.
walked with him the rest Of the time,
md he showed US his flowers, and /
praised every single flower and said how
beautiful and how lovely it was, and we
1etted the dogs and praised them.
finally he took US to the Koniggratzer
treet entrance into the garden and
wished US good by, and we managed to
ell him how very, very kind we thought
lie had been to us. The great gate
opened and shut; everything was over.
We had seen Bismarck.
Fashion Notes
The French visite is still a popular
wrap.
Toilets for evening wear are made up
n red silk
Directoire and Empire effects are noted