The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-12
FRAULEIN MEYERS GOLDEN HAIR
How 1t Is Responsible for the Renais-
sance of the Nirht- Can in RarIin.

How 1t Is Responsible for the RenaiS-
sance of the Nieht-Cnp in Berlin.
Fraulein Elizabeth Meyer is one of the
bellies of Berlin, and her distinguishing
feature is her beautiful golden hair-beau-
tiful in its color. its quality and its luxuri-
ance. Fraulein's hair has ensnared many
a fellow, just as Pyrrha's did in the time Of
that treacherous old poet Horace, who
used to frolic around with the girls and
then publish the affair to the world in
Asclepiadic or in Greater Alcaic or in
Sapphic verse. Horace wrote, as also did
Solomon, two distinct styles; the one might
pro perly be called before" and the other
after" If there were any chance of
proving the matter one way or the other,
I'd be willing to wager my all that Hor-
aces so-called lighter odes were written
after O'Clock in the afternoon and before
l o'clock in the morning, and that all his
serious literary work was done between 9
o'clock in the morning and o'clock in the
afternoon. There is about most of the
serious" verses a distinct redolence of
bromide. Essentially human in every
other respect (as his literary remains show,
the dear old fellow must have pursued the
very literary methods that other literary
men have pursued from time immemorial,
ana Will continue to pursue to the crack of
doom. And IL is reasonable to suppose
that in his practices this very human genius
Illustrated the natural frailty of man which
Radicals has wittlly hit off in his cOuplet
about the devil and the monk.
But as for Fraulein Elizabeth Meyer, she
has had an exciting, marvellous experience
-one that will shock (and therefore charm)
all the fair sex. Upon rising betimes the
other morning from her billowy couch and
upon unloOSing the coils of her splendid
hair preparatory TO c0nbing those golden
tresses, 10! there fell from her ambrosial
ringlets shower of mice! 1t seems that
during the night a sagacious old dame
mouse, hunting about for a habitation, came
upon Fraulein EliZabeth's inviting wealth
of soft hair spread over the d0wny pillow.
Here" thought the wise rodent. "ls a
comfortable place for me and NINE" So in
crept Mistress Mouse and cuddled herself
up among the silky strands of hair. There
were seven of them next morning when,
standing before her mirror. Frauleln Eliza
beth rudely unc0iled her tresSes, thus pre-
cipitating the blue-coated mother and her
pink-skin progeny to the floor The parent
mouse fled under bureau and the six help
less babes lay rolling and sQuirming pathet-
ically upon the floor. In this supreme crisis
Fraulein Elizabeth's presence of mind did
not desert her. Leaping into a chair, she
screamed Justify for help, and presently
every chair in the room had woman on it,
each in Mysteries. The dignified paterfam-
ilias finally made his appearance and re-
moved the frightful creatures that had
caused all the hubbub. but Fraulein Eliza
beth was sick abed for a week III Conse-
quence of this awful experience.
The local journals got hold of this story
and told it el0quently, and now panic has
come upon all the womenfolk in Germany.
Nghtcaps have suddenly come into fashion
again-not the picturesque frilled affairs
we've seen in prints, but gr0tesque fabri-
cation Of oiled silk. which is said to be prop
erly cool for the head and at the same time
proof against depredatory rodents.-Chica-
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