Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-13
For the Gazette.

1OLA xiii WIN ID
the owner of a set of faultless teeth ap-
piled to her dentist for a wash to remove
their brilliant whiteness. She was tired
of being accused of wearing q false set,
of seeing people raise their fingers to
their mouths upon seeing her laugh, and
Of hearing such whispered remarks as:
pretty woman, what a pity she has
false teeth!' How young to have false
teeth!' Wonder who her dentist is! , -
So, 1 repeat, it doesn't pay to be ma
tural, and what I've said about the
teeth and complexion also applies to the
hair.
So skillfully made are the various at
taohments in puffs, toupees, fringes and
s%calpettes that it doesn't pay have a
heavy growth of hair, and go through
the hard labor every day of keeping it in
perfect order.
Assuredly 1t doesn't pay to be natural
any more.
A fashionable doctor, having a house
on Fifth avenue, prides himself on the
favor with which he is regarded by wo-
men. In this respect he IS decidedly un-
admirable, but his skill as a physician
enables him to rank high in his profess
sion despite his conceit. The other day
he received a summons to call on q wo-
man famed for her beauty. She was q
new patient for him, and, as he ar
ranged his cravat with extra precision
before entering bis carriage, he fancied
himself on the brink of an unusual con-
quest.
Reaching the house, he was shown into
the reception room, where, a moment
later, he was joined by the beautiful girl
whom he had been called to attend.
"Ah," exclaimed he, rising to greet
her. "you are not, then, i'll enough to
be in bed"
ooh, 1 am not Ill at ALL" cried the
girl.
"Some other member of the family, -
asked the doctor, rather disappointed.
"Well, - said the young lady, eve
call him n of the family. You see, it
is my little fox terrier, Dixie He has
. bone IN his throat, and [ thought you
might be able to move it.'
With freezing dignity the doctor got
out of the house as quickly as he could.
"He had expressed a desire to meet
me, - said the beauty, speaking of the
afterwards to a friend, "'and did
in a very insulting way. I was told
of it, and 1 decided to give him an OPP
portunity to form my acquaintance"
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Another New York physician was
routed out of bed past midnight and
summoned to attend Mrs. Eighty, who
was, SO the messenger said, Every hill
hindeed''-English footman, youk now.
1t transpired that she had nothing par
ticular the matter with her; had been
a late supper and drinking several
kinds of wine. The bill has just come
In, and now they don't speak as they
pass by. The Doctors wife makes out
his bills, and the charge was $50. What
$50 for a simple call to prescribe for a
collie? Yes, $50. Must be some
mistake. "Dear Madam: Yours re-
When a lady is so t%houghtless
as to call so eminent a physician as my
husband out of his bed at l O'Clock to
prescribe for a simple collie, she must ex-
oect to pay for it. Yours very respect
July ,--.'
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A good story Is told OF the ridiculous
'eadiness on the part of Americans to
new things from the other side of
~ AAhOab SIOPRAhS ~ 11QuiES /
whether the new way comes from the
upper tendon or from way down below
'ven the strata of responsibility. A
bachelor of thirtv-ive, who prided him
elf on his eccentricities, came home
Ind insisted that the prevailing style of
the waltz in the best circles of
and Paris was for the gentleman |
% selze the lady's arm by the elbow and
lold her orearm straight up IN the air.
lie had seen the waltz danced in this way
10Th in England and On the continent. |
{ was, he insisted, quite the correct
hing, and was meant to show to the
world how platonie was the embrace re-
luired by the waltz. Horror of horrors! |
imagine his feelings when assured that
his new grip had lately originated at the
bal de l'opera in Paris.
The extreme caImness and moderate
Iabits of a certain handsome girl are re-
upon by her friends. She moves
nth the utmost deliberation, new er hur-
ying under any circumstances eats
lowly and lightly, and drinks nothing
tut a small quantity Of cool water with
Ter meals. If 1t were not for her bril-
liant pow ers of conversation and her Jon
inuous sweetness of disposition, she
Tould not be interesting, for she is never
eady to go anywhere or do anything re-
any exertion, and she passes the
part of her time at home with
Ier mother. Only recently 1 learned
he cause of the pretty creatures
sthargY, and her case is certainly
peculiarly unfortunate one. She is
aturRlly of q white and pure complex
IN, but excitement or any undue exer-
ise brings upon her face a blood red
mark of most significant formation. 1t
a perfect image Of a small w%ineglass.
is slender stem runs straight down over
be bridge of the nose, while upon the
orehead the bell-shaped bowl spreads
ut with unmistakable ~yividness. There
not q sign of this mark while she is in
bsolate repose, except beneath minute
when a ~threadliKe outline
f the glass Is family visible. But the
the blood is driven to the head
converges at this single spot. A ro-