Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26


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There was certain young lady IN this
vicinity who intended going to the Thurs
day evening performance of las You Like
It'-doubtless there were many young
ladies who intended going-but this young
lady intended wearing fowers-perhaps
there were numerous young ladies who IN
tended wearing f1owers-Dut this young lady
intended wearing flowers furnished by her
lover and they were to convey to him the
answer TO a very important question that he
asked while out driving in Schenley Park
last Sunday. That he was to send the how-
ers and If she wore them he was to have the
delightful privilege of continuing to furnish
ner with flowers and other things as well,
was nGreed on between them when she
asked for time to consider the matter.
she decided quite early in the week to
wear the flowers and spent the days in long
ing for Thursday evening to come. She lives
in the suburbs and is in the habit, when de-
string of spending the evening in the city,
of going to the residence OF o friend in Allie
gheny. Accordingly she instructed the
Young gentleman to send the flowers to the
allegheny address. knowing that the latch
string was always out for her she did not
think it necessary to notify her friends OF
her intended visit, but with heart beating
high with anticipation arrived there about
dinner time the evening in question.
After the greeting she naively asked If a box
Tor her had arrived during the day. Imagine
her surprise when negative reply was
given.
What Became OF the Flowers.
smothering her disappointment and vexa-
tion as best she could, the dinner hour passed
with illness as an excuse for her non-appear-
ance. When the lover arrived the embar-
rassment was painful; the maiden could ask
for no explanation; the youth wouldn't ask
for one. She thought he regretted his dec
laration and he thought she rejected his
sui-. The weather became the sole topic of
conversation and the drawing room WAS
nlled with concentrated misery, when
bright little tot from the nursery came run
ming in and, addressing the young lady, said:
Papa told me to thank you for the lovely
roses you sent him, They came while
mamma WAS out, but nurse and took them
up 10 him" Quick flash soft eyes looked
love 10 eyes which spake again, and "Then
you did send them p said the maiden.
of course l sent them," said the lover.
4 intended to wear them," said the
nniden.
well innEine YOU did 3" said the lover
Happiness radiated from two faces and q
handsome diamond from one finger as the
charming hostess Explained later that in her
absence the flowers had arrived and that
Ecr husband had been simply reveiing in
their delicate beauty and sweet perfume
while thanking the young guest, whose name
fanked his on the box, for her kind thought
Iu!ness in so remembering him in his i'll
ness.
Al Fresco Entertainments in Europe.
What serious time "As You Like 1t" did
have in being performed! 1t would seem
that the weather had q special dislike for
outdoor performances from the way it acted
in New 0oIk and then again here But in
this progressive age, in all probability, some
one viii discover ere long the way to mes
Inerize O'd Probability, and then al fresco
entertainments may be planned with perfect
certainty. Though hypnotism of the weather
Is not vet pTacticed IN Europe, vet outdoor
performances are quite prey alent, but the
managers there take all the risks, as the pub
lie has learned by experience to reserve its
ticket money until the evening of the enter
tainment a young lady who has just re-
turned from London, and who was there dur
ing the recent gathering of royalty, ex-
presses herself as very much displeased with
Queen Victoria, whom she describes as an
"ugly old woman"
But she saws the Princess Of Wales is quite
the proper thing though she is very artifi-
cial. Her makeup is something quite
marvellous this young Miss affrms, and
though the paint and the powder are plainly
diScemible. yet so artisncally is it applied
that the effect is startiingly pretty. The
1nan who has charge of the face of the Prin-
cess i not allowed to disclose the secret with
which he accOmplishes the wonderful re-
suits until after her death, consequently
there are many womenIpossessed of wrinkles
and other diSagreeable skin eccentricities
that are anXiouSly awaiting her demise.
The royal demonstration, this maiden de-
clares, was a most tame affair and the Duke
and Duchess Of Fife were the only members
of the aristocracy that received any hearty
cheers. God save the Queen" was nottcea-
ble only by its absence, and the world-famed
Prince did not attract attention either way.
He was simply ignored.
Her Opinion of Things Partisan.
Thisyoung lady is authority also for the
statement that Paris is alive with spots, the
ladies wearing nothing but spotted goods
this summer; that dress of walking length
is a rarity; that the hotels are poor; that
what she wanted most when she reached
home was some genuine American cooking.
While relieving her mind thus she presented
q most fascinating picture in a Partisan
gown of India silk, made with q demi-train
md with loopings of black lace that toned
down the realistic vines and sprays that
seemed to have been thrown at the black
background; gray crownless hat, with
coquettish wing placed on one side; black
lace sunshade and long undressed kids that
hRr.nonized with her hat.
As the party of which she was a member
consisted entirely of ladies', who were con-
sjdered legitimate prey for all store-keepers,
cab-drivers and hotel walters. they put their
heads together and devised schemes where
by they could outwit the grasping foreign
ere, and, by refusing to purchase when ex-
aTbitant prices were asked, and declining
the use of carriage when the driver asked
a0uble fare, managed to get things much
;heir own way. Their method of feeing the
hotel attaches was especially unique. When
they intended departing from hotel a bell
notified all the walters, and other servants
a. well, and each one, whether they had pre-
viOusly seen the guests or not, expected to
receive cash souvenir Of the visit So the
Indies. that they might retain enough money
10 return home, bestowed their offerings in
rotation, and, as they run the gauntlet of
servants each lady tipped one or more, &C
corGing to the rule of arithmetic. How the
plan satisfied the eXpectant servants the
guests never waited to see.
Their experience WIS somewhat different
from that OF party of gay madens who, in
q asketching tour last week, put up at the old
"Green Tree Tavern" ont the Perrysville
Toad, and were informed by an attache of
the place that they might have all the
sketches they wanted "for nothin'," and all
the rain water they could use out OF the rain
barrel, too, and yolunt teered the information
that It was q mighty sight better'n river
water for the complexion" and then refused
TO receive even trifle for his hospitality or
his Information.
KATHLEEN HUssEY-WATSoN.
lFETVFRSaRY RlTHERTE0S