The Jersey City news., 1891-09-11
ABSOLUTELY PURE

siding at a considerable distance, en-
tered her room and approaching the
bed said:-
my dear child, I know we'll what
you are suffering, and believe me,
feel deeply for you," and that he
stopped down and kissed her. Though
quite aware, she said, that it was
merely a vision. she felt greatly CON
soled.
The mutiny ended she was with
her husband in Calcutta at an even
ing party, at which she met their
friend. He expressed his pleasure at
seeing her again after a long interval
st is not SO long" she replied, "since
l saw you,n and she described the
vision. With expressions of the ut
most astonshment, he declared that
he himself had had similar vision,
or rather dream. II dreamed that |
saw you crying and tried to console
and kissed YOU"
Waists and Wrists.
Those who ascribe the popularity
of certain styles of dress and dressing
to the influence of the stage may cite
the death of the wasp-waists as an
example. The irrepressible inter-
viewer has lately given to the world
some information about actresses
waists, by which it will be seen that
what Mr.. G. F. Watts designated
''the stove-pipe waist" is not popular
before the footlights. We are told
that Miss Ellen Terry's waist is 20
inches in circumference, while Miss
Mary Anderson comes in good sec
ond with 26 inches. Mrs. Bernard
f,ne +it,ly
equally large waists, the average,
which is q reasonable and ele-
CANT dimension. Miss Kate Vaughan
whose waist only measures 21 inches
is said to be the proud possessor of
the smallest in the profession. The
reason of the ample proportions OF
most of our leading actresses is that
many of them dispense with the aid
OF the corset--at all events upon the
stage. One of them once told me that
she found il impossible to act an emo
tional part in corsets. They gave her
a feeling of self-consciousness which
prevented her from doing full justice
to the character. Certain it is that
in society the admiration for wasp
waists has declined. Women have
now a finer sense of the artistic, and
tight acing went out with crinolettes
another monstrosity May they
rest in peace!-1he GentleaOomGn.
The Freakv Four Hundred.
The Four Hundred has not known
what on earth to make OF Mrs. Cruger,
whom it adores, since she broke out
in this unconventional way. The
Four Hundred has it's good points,
but it does not look favorably upon
professional people. There is a line
as deep as the bloody chasm between
the interesting amateur and the deep
dyed professional The Four Hun
dred loved Mrs. Potter when she acted
''The Russian Honeymoon" in her
sweet, angular, blithesome, amateur
way, and it detested her when she
came back and acted Loyal Love- in
her limp. boneless. clinging, pining,
whining, air-falling, incompetent,
professional way. The Four Hun
dred, to tell the truth, discourages an
undue display of brains as something
out of it's ken. Brains may be shown
in conversation, and their possessor
still holds his head up with the high
est, but the moment brains are shown
professionally then it were better for
him that a milestone were tied about
his neck and he were cast into the
sea.
The young man who married Amelie
Rives, for eXample-he is a nice fellow,
cousin or something of the Astors;
rich, bright enough, and quite a pleas
ant and manly lad. When he married
the flighty and fair Virgmian, the
Four Hundred felt very sad about his
detection from the sacred ranks. 1t
was not Alnelie's somewhat lurid style
of composition to which they objected;
it was that she was q writer at all.
There is only one way for a female
member of this holy band to retain
prestige and seek literary fame. She
must haye her work printed at her
own expense and then circulate it
among her friends.-SGn Francisco
Argo71aut.
The Empty Chair.
Through the concave green of the
sea the City of Paris ploughed her
undulant way. On the deck prone
made there were little clusters of
steamer chairs. In one grouping
there was vacant seaS which had
not been occupied during the two
days out; and concerning it there was
vague speculation.
To its left, in position of semi
recline, sat young woman who wore
light mourning. She also wore the
prettiness of one who had been beau
tful and who would be beautiful
again when her cloud of sorrow had
passed. Her eyes were litanies save
| when they rested on the vacant chair.
| At its right sat a man who might
| have attained any age albeit he
/ looked youthful. Yet he seemed
otherwise; his constant silence sug-
gested that he had lost the illusions
of youth For. hours he would sit
looking afar over the billowy sea as ii
to follow the trenp of vanquishing
hope or to search the rise of new
one When spoken to he would
languidly lift his eyes. and having re-
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