Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-17
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He sailed notover the stormy sea,
And he went not down in tho waves-not he
But o, he is lost, for he married me-
| Goodby, my lover; good-byl
The Countess Crosby, of the old nobility
of Austria, has gono on the road with her
circus troupe. SHE will take it to Paris be-
| fore the exposition closes
Husband TO wife in full evening dress)
"My stars Is that adj you are going to
wear!" Wife (calmly)-"Ah except the
| flowers Which of these clusters would you
| selectw Husband (resgnedly) )-"Thc big
gest."
Mrs. Clevcland's Angora cat is in the hos
| ptal.
One of the latest fads of Baltimore girls is
| to dress in black from head TO foot, with veil
and gloves to match, aud then, borrowing
neiShbor's child, show it around the city. OF
course, the natural supposition is that the
| child is not borrowed, ahd that the Joung
lady is a widow. As n widow is generally
supposed to be ready to rccontract matri-
mony the sympathles of tho susceptible
| young man are readily aroused.
Mrs. Joe Chamberlain Is said to be dis
| gustcd with the frecdom which pertains to
| conversation in English society.
| toSinit, tneN say, IS puJ luSt scNchtech'
Yet she crushed at u blow all the fops of
the town
The very first time she appeared on the scene
In something she calls Directory gown.
"You look tired. Miss Brown; too much
| dancipg!' 20, dear me. no! bat we gave
what is called an engaged dinner last week
where eight betrothcd couples were invited,
and afterwards they retired to eight different
,,rtl oil
the evening, and it reminded papa and
mamma so much of their courtshp they
went out and sat on the stairs and left me
alone. DO you wonder still look tired"
| So sweet, so sweet, she sang, is love,
Lifting the cup to lrs that laughed
Drinking the deep enchantmcnt of,
Fire, spice, and honey lii the draugbt
So sad. SO sad she sighed, is love,
Bitter the lees aud black the art
That from the deep onchantment wrings
A spell to break IL woman's heart!
The tall slender young woman fitted along
ono of the uptown streets yesterday, wear
ing rather curious ornament. Around her
trim ilttlo waist was claspel u huge dos col
lar, perfect in every detail down to the plato
for the name. Il mischievouS ncWsboy
looked at it with open eyes, and then yelled ::
Say, whcros do chGinl" to the amusement
Of several passcrsby. BY careful Inquiry
! discovered that it was the newest '>fad"
for girls with slender waists to wear the Cog
collar for helt and that run on the article
| was threatened.
| Faint heart wins not lady fair;
Victory smiles on those who dare.
| There IS but one way to WOO;
| Think thy mistress Willing, too;
! Leave her never chance to choose,
Hold her powcrless to refuse.
Ella-Do you like Aleck. Bella-No, but
| am passionateiy fond OF his confectionery.
The youth to the maiden his love was dis.
| closing, l.f
And willing TO take him was she
''I see havo made ifa ,nistaio in proposing,
For am miss TAKEN" said he.
Aunt Ito niece. seated in tho parlor with
her au)-Whv do you both talk so low /.
Niece-Hcrbcrt has cold, and l think
must have caught it,
| In Holland an unmarried woman always
takes tho right arm CT her escort, and the
married woman the left. y: a clurca wed
ding the bride enters the eiiiic2 on the rignt
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side of her husband
Mrs. Cleveland has kindly consented to
have her name used by Mrs Chaplin of
Brooklyn as ''pntroness" of fair to he
given for the benefit of the BROOKLYN home
for consumptives This "patroncss" bust
ness is quite the English fad now. pThe sup
position is that when a society woman at
taches her name to a charitable enterprise
| t.pn bn ,vhn
quite so fashionable will be be moved.
1t is said that M. Gounod, the composer,
who is n man of intense religious convic-
tons, once spent an hour upon his knees
praying for the conversion OF Sara Bern
hardt, in that ladys prcsencs. Sara's re-
sponse was short, but not very sweet, and at
last she had TO turn HIM out of her house
Clerk-Shal l send pair OF my trousers
stretchers with the trousers, madam! Sad
eyed lady-No, indeed sobI, my poor hus-
band will not need them Tsniffl the trousers
are [sobl for his funeral He is sob to be
laid out Isniffl in them. Clerk (encourag.
ingly)-The stretchers cost you nothing
extra, madam. Sad-eyed lady (refectively)
We'll, send them along. They may be use-
ful some day.
The duchess of Marlborough was the first
| lady 10 be presented at the last drawing
| room. The way it was managed was this
The duchess applied to the queen for "the
entree" for the occasion, and the request was
granted, although her majesty is always very
| reluctant to allow this privilege, except to
those who are entitled to 1t. The duchess,
! therefore, escaped the crowding In the sa-
looms, and, having come in by the cntree en-.
trance, she was able to get to the queen di
rectly the diplomatic corps had passed. The
queen has given the dowager duchess OF
: Marlborough the privilege of "the entree
| for life.
"My darling,n said the young man in O
nearto broken voice, ~ fear that these kisses
sweet as they have been, must be our last
Tomorrow l must leave you, never to re
turn, perhaps. But you may rest assured
, that will consider all that has passed he
tween us as sacred, and-I-" "Mr
i Biinks," said the Young lady, ~ have in my
} escritoire three medals which won at diff
} ferent times III pistol shooting contests
Would you like to look at themln "O-ah-