Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-25
THE AFTERNOON TEA.

A handsome maid, a homely man!
Why, think you, did she choose him!
To press her hand and hold her fan
And, at the last, refuse him'
All, no! Hers is a shrewder plan
In beauty's cause to use him.
The sunshine's brighter after rain,
Foods sweeter after fasting;
The maid is fair, the maid is vain
And wants her praises lasting,
Ands selects a man that's plain
To hold them by contrasting.
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer is a cousin of Jeffer-
son Davis.
Verona Baldwin, who gained such motor
iety several years ago by shooting millionaire
''Lucky" Baldwin, because, as she said he
had ruined her, is IN jail in San Francisco,
charged with insanity. She fancies she is
filled with electricity, and that she is related
to noble English family. She has made
application to be appointed on the detective
force, and has worried the police so much
that they intend to put her in AN asylum.
She is still q remarkably handsome woman.
The average man has very little use for a
smart woman. Her disposition is anything
but domestic, and she is not the most genial
companion for man whose mind is taken
up with business affairs. He doesn't care
how intelligent she is, but he hasn't mucn
use for her if she is smart.
I've plaques sans cracks of dragons rough
In Oriental glee;
I've Young Chings, peachblows, sang de
bnuf,
Yet am not care free;
/ wish hau biberon
OF the period of Kang-he!
I've health and wealth and love galore,
And am good to see,
And yet long for one thing more
One thing would comfort me;
l wish had biberon
OF the period of Kang-he!
Queen Victoria has grown very petulant of
late and her manner begins to show that she
is getting pretty well on in years. Though
every provision had been made for her com
fort at Biarritz she was pleased with nothing
and has refused to remain there. She COM
planned that the house was too cold at night
and too warm during the day; that the beds
were uncomfortable; that the service was not
satisfactory, and that she would go to SPAN
for relief from the discomforts of the villa at
Biarritz.
While Mrs. Kendall was at Sheffield re-
Gently she was interviewed by a lady Jour-
nalist, to whom, not unnaturally, she dis
coursed, among other things, on dress. She
mentioned that in fThe Weaker Sex" no
fewer than eighteen dresses were to be worn,
IL am KNOWN" she said, ''to always wear
well-fittipg gowns. Well, 1t is ridiculous-if
| by any mishap chance to have wrinkle on
my bodice l receive countless letters ac-
quanting me with che fact" Asked where
she obtained the combinations of colors she
introduces into her costumes, she replied
"From flowers. l was the first who wore
pale blue and green, mixture which was
suggesed by the forget me-not and one Of my
favorite toilets is white satin relieved with
yellow, just like white ionqull with its
golden center"
"How many of the wise and learned" says
Thackeray, shave married their cooks Did
not Lord Eden himself, the most prudent
man, make runaway matchi Were not
Achilles and Ajax both in love with their
servant maids!
Hannah More 1t is related by tradition,
''neyer was kissed in her life"
Lots Of ladies in Sorosls are said to be ex-
pert politicians and wire-pullers.
The wife of ex-Secretary Whitney has a