Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-16
WHAT A LOVER LEARNED,

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regarded.
WHAT A LOVER LEARNED.
She tore open the box, her eyes sparkling
with authorization, and as the light OF the
diamonds broke forth to view she gave a
little cry of delight. Then her face fell
suddenly, and she looked up into the eyes
of her lover reproachiully.
"Why, those are earrings, she exclaimed,
and the tone of her voice indicated plainly
her disappointment.
eyes, they are" replied the young man.
"Are you not fond of earrings"
"Ye-e-e-s," replied the girl hesitatingly,
"only they are not in the least fashionable,
you know"
The young man was much surprised, but
he soon understood that earrings were bad
form, and he confessed himself very sorry at
the mistake made.
Eyes," said the young lady pouting, "you
are sorry, but it isn't very gratifying to
know that you have not noticed me care
fully enough to be aware that l have not
worn earrings for fully six months"
"Dou't speak of it, DEAR" said the young
man. And as he spoke he leaned over and
kissed the place where the pretty creatures s
earring was missing.
THE RAGE FOR ANGoRAS.
The girls on Murray Hill are crazy over
tortoise shell Angora kittens. These little
animals are rare in America, and cost any
where from S25 to $50 apiece. Only yester-
day was calling on pretty young woman,
when a tiny kitten trotted into the room,
Jumped on to its mistress shoulder and sat
there contemplating me and the other fix
lngs about the place. My charming hostess
had brought this example home from Paris,
where Angoras cost dollar each. All the
girls, she said, were devoting themselves to
kittens now instead of dogs. 1t is the fash
ion to put large silk ruf1es ON one of the fore
feet.
Angora kittens really possess enough wis
dom to render them admirable pets, and, as
it is a passion with them to sit on a woman 8
shoulder and press their faces against hers,
their value as an ornamental companion can
be imagined. A perfect tortoise-shell kitten
in a pale blue ruff1e on the shoulder of a
girl with golden hair, brown eyes and a
creamy skin is really one of the prettiest
sights you will come across in days search.
don't suppose the fad will last long, how
ever; probably until the present lot of reg
nant kittens shall have grown to cathood.
A PICTURE FROM LIFE.
Somebody writes to me that 1 devote too
much attention to sketches of wealthy
girls and neglect phases of life among the
uuloItundte. IL ndppens tuab nave just
| chatted with a well-known novelist, who
told me that he had spent all of last night
seeing sights to transfer to novel. One
thing that he witnessed will serve my pur-
pose of giving picture of pitiful lite in
| New York.
! "a cup of coffee and plate of butter
cakes, seel'
The speaker was a pale-faced girl with
burning eyes, slender, consumptive figure,
and cough. The scene was a coffee and
cake restaurant on Sixth avenue and the
hour was in the morning. A colored man
was sweeping the wooden floor and youth
in white apron in front of an open fire
was dabbling a white paste upon large
pan and watching with eyes that were not
only fatigued, but also crooked, the spots
| assume russet tint
'How many cakes kin yer eat dis mornin,
Lottie, called out the young man in front
of the fire.
1.-TWO Of 'em. guess, Jimmie, responded