Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-25

rants to introduce an oyster spoon. 1t is
an instrument intended to supplant the
oyster fork now in use, and from the
tines of which the slippery delicacy, es-
pecially in the hands of lady, so often
drops just as it is about to
disappear forever. The oyster
spoon Is much the shape of
an ordinary spoon except thatiits smaller
end is indented, or scalloped, and the
curved edge of the nick is made sharp,
so as to cut the oyster loose from the
shell. The luscious morseI then slips
into the bowl of the spoon, taking all bis
liquor along with him. A great point is
thus gained, for it is the juice which
gives the delicious salty flavor to the
animal. The oyster spoon has much to
recommend it, and, should the New
York ladies take kindly to it, it will
speedily become the correct thing else
where. 1t will make raw oyster eating
by fair women far more attractive to
fastidious men, who regard the present
operation as rather vulgar, you know.
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In the way of women and nutrition,
how is 1t that we take our daintiest
drinks in drug stores, where things of
horrid taste and smell are the chief
stock? As is pretty generally known,
these places in New York sell many
things besides medicines. And now
Uncle Sam has located postal sub-sta-
tions in them. You Twill perceive at q
thought that the drug store of the
future will be an important headquar-
tiers for the eccentric, the rapid, the
mysterious as well as the elegantly lux
urious. For example, she may not only
get the needfuI dose of one sort or an
other, but also receives and posts let
ters without having the "people in the
house" know to whom the missIves are
directed, or by whom supersoribed.
The next step in the ev-
olution will be private offices for ladies
where letters may be written,
and then the ancient "apothecary' hall
Will have become completely metamor-
phosed from an ill-smelling and myster-
ious hole in the wall to Cloves post
ofice' where rendezvous may be ap-
pointed, letters written, photographs re-
ceived and Uncle Sans postal facilities
put to most charming uses. Cigars and
cigarettes are already here. All that is
now needed is a dainty lunch counter
and the morning papers. Hurrsh for
the drug store!
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Perhaps many of the beauties of $50
oiety' object TO the publicity that they
occasionally receive from the news
papers, but most of them do not. One
tall, dark, young woman, whose name
appears IN every published list of guests
at most fashionable functions, has an
unslakabIe thirst for fame. 1t was only
the other night that she made one of a
theater party. Her brilliant loyeliness
was the center of attraction, and she
gloried in the admiring glances that she
brought from the entire audience. The
play was progressing smoothly when, at
q most serious and important point,
groan was heard in the audience and the
theater party became greatly agitated.
Two young men were supporting the inert
form of the beauty, whose futtering
eyelids and limp attitude indicated
shat she had tainted. There was immense
confusion as the men lifted her to the
aisle, and carried her out of the theater.
One of the ladies in the party reached
out and unfastened the girls dress at
the throat, thereby permitting the pa
tient TO breaths more freely, and, at the
same time, showing few snowy inches
of perfect neck. Nothing could have
been lovelier than the helpless gIrl as she
was carried tenderly up the aisle, and
EXPLANATIONS of pity. mingled with MUIR