Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-10
She. Will not be Familiar.

What strikes the pilgrim from other
lands, writes Philadelphia Press CORES
pondent, is the predominance of women in
Boston. Women everywhere-in the res
taurants, behind the lunch counters, in the
shops, in the officers, women seem to be
doing all the work. l don't find any fault
with this arrangement. They are more
civil than the men. 1 only wish they
could become street car conductors. PROT
ably they may some day. Down here at
Nantasket Beach you will find the same
superabundance of the fair sex. They pre-
side at the popcorn booths with all the
dignity of long lineage and great mental
development. Foreigners from New York
or Chicago, ignorant of the country, some
times make an effort to be pleasant with
these young ladies. The result is always
disastrous to the foreigners.
'I'll wait upon you, but III not be ia.
miliar with you,"
That's the shibboleth of the Boston serv-
ing lady.
! was much amused at the attempt of
one of these foreigners" just mentioned
to bestow a small fee upon one of these
young women. She drew herself up with
all the hauteur of family pride-for no
doubt her name was Winthrop, or Adams,
or Hancock, or Winslow-and then she re-
marked:
Excuse me, sir, we are literally reward
ed for our services by the corporate lessees
of the beach, and, consequently, the offer
of any gratuity is entirely supererogato-
ry act"
Johnny, accept the gentleman's nick
ell"
1--WE keep him for that purpose, in
order not to offend those who may be
strangers in Boston,.
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scrofula, the blood and all skin eruptions
DR. Fenners Blood and Liver Remedy and
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A superstitious man in Bethlehem,
Pa, buried cat in his leighbors garden
under the mistaken idea that it would
bring bad luck to the neighbor. The
bad luck was on the other side Of the
hoase The neghbor had the superstitious
man arrested and there is trouble on his
plate This reminds US of a woman of q
superstitious turn of mind, who to bring
bad luck to her neighbors was accustomed
to throw an old copper cent with hole in
it into their yards. The small boy of the
neign1orhood caught on to her funny work
ana it was fun for him to have a morning
hunt through the yards to get the cent.
Whether anybody ever had any bad luck
because OF the woman's queer action no.
body ever seems to have learned. 1t was
good luck for the small boy all the same.
An Allegheny physician has been
prosecuted for neglecting to report case
of typhoid fever to the board of health.
Honesty never has to crowd anybody
in order to get room to make living.
No epidemic in recent years has
depopulated as many cities as did the
recent census enumerations.
The dude does not look so much like
an ass. clad in his blazer, as he resembles
a zebra. This is rather tough on the
zebra, too.
There is no longer any excuse for
allowing the parlor clock to run down. A
new clock has an attachment by which
little dial marked wind" bobs up as the
clock is running down.
Jay Gould says there is no stringency
in the money market. If Jay were
country newspaper man he would not
m axe such wild and reckless assertions
-Alonzo; What has come over ReginaldF
He used to be such shy, bashful chap,
with women. Now he puts on
more airs than he can carry. Alphonso.-
Why, don't you knowf he was the only
man at Undertow Beach during the whole
month ofJuly.
"I'm sorry my daughters girl;
Her sex only adds to my woes;
For though she's as fair as pearl,
She can't wear her daddy's old clo'es.'