The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-01
"BAB" SEES BERNHARDT.
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putting it under the seat, he elects when he
takes it off to throw it over the back of the
chair, and you have the pleasure (S) Of holding
It in your lap the greater part of the evening
Then he has another way: he is rather large
and instead of getting a corner seat he gets an
inside one, and rests rot only on the arms Of his
own chair, but partially over on your arm.
Then, too he has a more or less pleasing was
of coming in after he has had drink of ice
water, and forcing you to come out in the aisle
just at the emoment that the curtain has gone up,
and all the audience, including yourself, are
deeply interested in seeirg the heroine make her
entr6e. But the man with the overcoat is about
the worst and really the usher of any respect
able theatre ought to have an order to GUST him.
THE FEMININE THEATRE FIEND.
The feminine nuisance is given to humming
the tunes that she hears between the acts, or
else she is so overcome by the play and the per
formers that all she can say, though she says
this on an average OF every three minutes is,
"How grand ~ Now you are not denying this,
but you rather she would make one statement
of the fact and after that hold her peace.
Another lady whom you would willingly see put
in torture is the one who has read the synopsis
of the play, and who keeps her friends Informed
as to how things are going to turn out; for her
l should recommend the thumbscrew. Then
another female fend is the one who gives the
private histories Of the actors and actresses to
her neighbor In a voice calculated to reach for
quite distance around, and who looks happy
and proud because she has heard all the latest
scandals, and who seems to think that she is do
ing the world at large service in disseminating
them. Heroic treatment should be given her.
Her mouth should be washed with soapsuds
made with kitchen soap-it's an homeopathic
principal, lye will cure lie. Ofcourse there are
some nice people-thank goodness for that =
but the theatre fiend is horror that Is always
with us, and one that is thousand times worse
even than the oor in mind
LBhrEN SEWING GLASSES.
Have you Joined sewing class? Have you
gotten out last Lent's thimble and arranged a
chatelaine with pincushion and pair OF scis-
sors, and q slver-mounted emory bag, and
silver-backed needle-book as an evidence of
your industry? The best sewing class in New
York is the one that is held in the evenings the
men come to thread the needles and the sewers
are only asked to baste, the stitching being
afterward given to women who are well paid
for 1t. The money for this comes from the dues
paid not only by the girls, but by the men who
are invited, and, as they are tolerably heavy,
there is usually small sum left over, which is
divided among the women who have done the
work in proportion to their need for it, The
matrimonial boom generally rises during Lent,
when q man has an opportunity to see girl
sew. She mayn't sew well-indeed, she may
sew very badly, but the sharp-pointed needle is
a favorite weapon of Cupid's, and more times
than he can count it has pierced a heart and
blinded eyes to all charms save those of one
woman. So you see the smart girl fully under
stands the value of the sewing circle, and as 1t
is the rule, in the best ones, not to permit any
gossip, the nasty, ill-natured little things that
women are so prone to say are not heard, and
the average man thinks the girl of his heart
creature most too bright and good for anything
else except to belong to him.
THIS YEARS EASTER BoNNETs.
The quaintest of little hats are being shown
for Easter Day. They are small and fiat have
a wreath of flowers under the brim, are tied on
in a pretty fashion, and altogether make the
wearer Of them look as If she had stepped out
of the very old fashion plate. A remarkably
pretty one is to be worn with a black cloth
gown, over which is a Marquise coat of black
brocaded with gold and trimmed with gold
braid and gold lace. This hat is of fine black
straw and has nothing on top except few
loops of black velvet ribbon, but underneath,
resting on the hair is thick wreath of yellow
cowslips; black velvet ribbons tie this under the
chin.
OVER PRETTY woMAN's HANDS.
Speaking of the fashions, the continued an
nouncement that one-button gloves are to be
| worn is again announced. They are net in
vogue except for one style of sleeve, and that
| is the one which shapes in very close to the
| arm below the elbow, fits very close at the
| wrist, and comes down in long point over the
| hand, reaching quite to the knuckles. The
| one-button glove worn with this is, however,
| longer one than the one-button glove of olden
times, and though it is short, yet does not per-
NIT the line of flesh to show any place. With a
| short sleeve that would permit glove going up
| under it, such fdalr pas as wearing one-but-
ton glove would simply stamp one as being very
| ignorant.
SOME sELF-DENIALs DURING LENT.
What are you going TO deny yourself during
Lent9 Are you going to give up evil speaking
and evil thinking? That's good resolve.
Are you going to give up too much eating
and too much drinking? It's just as well moi
to make god of your stomach.
Are you going to give up slang and sweet
meats? Neither of them add very much tc
yourself personally.
Are you going to give up fault-fnding and
ugly words? Both of them ruin the shape OF
! your mouth.
| Ara WON oOipu M friUa I'm 11nd hla booiy.