Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07

Clarence is, and he never stays out late that he
doesn remember me and bring me home a box
OF candy or some foT -
The box OF candy came one night, or rather
one morning. After Clarence had gone down
town and Fanny had taken up the morning pa
per she opened it to enjoy her favoTite dish
the gossip OF the day served with French can
dies. But look! Her lips part, and her eyes
cloud. She has found something in tina: box of
sweets which ought not to be there. What
| think you? A love letter? A tender message o
! come fair rival? No; only ClarenCe's visiting
! card. But that was quite enough. The truth
! dawned upon the mind OF that little woman with
| lightning rapid y. There must have been two
boxes of candy she whispered hoarsely
1.-TWO boxes. and by mistake this box has been
| brought home to me. oh, what wretched
woman ] ami
1t was true as holy writ. Woman's institution
| HAD gone to the bed rock of truth like diamond
drill. Six months later the papers were served
! in due form Of law. On, wha: bitter pill was
in that box OF sweets!
Could the handsome singer VINO, in dainty
| satin, powdered wig, and with such pink cheek Ks
and shapely mouth, makes love to and wins the
not sweet mi kissable? III warrant that the
| lmpressionao.e matinee girl, who hangs SO 0e-
| Eghtcdly upon his utterances, does not believe
! so. And vet the feir thing is not always deli
| cious, aS little anecdote that will n2rrate
| can prove.
There is little love of a comic opera lady in
| town with whom the whole community is in
| complete sympathy. She is as dainty as Dres-
! den china figure and sings with the fresh vlgor
! OF bird. AS she receives the devotion OF the
tenor in the opera all the club men in the audi
| ence hesye envious signs, for she seems to en-
joy the lit kisses that the fortunate man be-
| slows upon her cheek, and the club men think
| that it must be very jolly to caress beauty that
| receives marks OF alteration in such respon-
| sive spirit Viewed from the front the kisses
of the tenor seem highly agreeable thing, OF
| thelr KIND, and the matinee girls fancy tnat
! they ecu ID be as charming and radiant as the
| exquisite actress If that handsome young man
:, we're only exercising upon their cheeks instead
p tTnf n hR "a
ago The tenor received pretty-little note from
the fair artist 1t read Es follows:
DEAR Mr.. BLANR-I sincerely trust tnat by
mentioning most delicate grievance that l
have against you shall not hurt your feelings
Being brought into close contact with you by
the exigencies of our parts in the opera, 1 am
forced to suffer sever Iy from the odOr Of garlic,
for which species OF refFeshment you appear to
nave perpetual fondness. its aroma never hav-
ing been absent from you since your hrst APP
Ieararce with me. I have refrained as long as
possible from speaking to you of the matter,
having hoped that you would branch on upon
anoLher article OF diet. but as there appears no
promise of your doing so, ana as continuation
OF garlic will ultimately exhaust me and ruin
my art, am compelled to call your attention TO
10 henceforth crafty your appetite for garhc
after and not before the evening performances.
l am the last person in the world to
wish to deprive you of favorite dish, but 1t has
reached a point when the garlic is stronger than
my physical fortitude, and therefore it will be
necessary for You TO forego the pleasure OF con-
Stunning II ct dinner. Yours sincerely,
The tenor being q good natured man, aston
ished the pretty singer the very next evening by
coming TO the theater, not only without his Gus
tomary fragrance, but redolent of choice scent
OF mignonette, he having copiously sprinkled
his handkerchief and wig with that grateful ex-
tract.
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While Lilly Langtry, the lady Of the peerless
meek, is IN Paris. rejoicing, SO il is reported,
amid luxury lavished upon her by an English
lord, her whilom adorer, Handsome Freddy
Gerhard. is bathing in snow white at Nara
gans, tt Pier, and is naturally enter of at
traction for all the gay gir.s at that resort.
&c bhard is shaped like Greek god, and can
swim like dolphin, sni as he has shaken off
for good and all the shackles that bolnd him to
the English &C ress he is quite a desirable parti
in tle matrimo iial market. He "a reported en-
gageu to q beauteous lady known somewhat
Familiarity 1.-The widow o'Donnel." Mrs.
O'Dounell is smaller, daintier and prettier than
Langtry and her dash and animal vigor have
made her strong fayorite with the livli-
est young bloods OF the town, whom
she has entertained with exceeding
liberality snd taste ever since her husband left
her q fascinating relict. Mrs. O'Donnell,
strangely enough. is not lending her stimulat.
ing presence TO Narragansett this summer, but
you should see the photograph OF her taken
year or two that represents her in the surf down