The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-24
A GENTLE PRINCESS.
Here's a Pretty Story About Louise
of Lorne, Assuming 1t Is
True.

VI LOIDt, assuming IL 10
True.
A pretty story is told of the Princess
Louise, which has the merit of being
true, and also of showing that the
daughter OF E~ngland's much loved
Queen has a kind heart, and none OF
that spirit of snobbishness which de-
stroys the instincts of courtesy in so
many people when they are broughtin
| contact with those whom they consider
their interiors, saws the Youths Com
pdnion. IL was in n large store in
Chicago, and an Eastern girl was
shopping with an Irish lady whose
home was in the city. Suddenly the
lady's face lighted up. She touched
her companions arm and said
s'There's the Princess Louise at the
very next counterl How | wished l
dared speak TO her."
Are you sure7" asked the American
girl, who had never had such a close
sight of royalty before.
Eyes, indeed" replied the other; Il
have seen her in London with u
Queen, and | could not possibly be
mistaken"
you wait here, them said her
friend. and with the fearlessness and
independence which are said to be
characteristic Of this nation, she
walked straight up to the Princess be-
fore the Irish lady had time to re-
monstrate.
Il beg our pardon said the girl,
blushing a little as the pleasant eyes
looked somewhat inquiriDgly into her
own, but are you the Princess
Louisegn
"Why do o ask9n said the other.
in q surprised, though gentle tone.
Because" replied the girl, nothing
daunted, that lady over there says
she is sure you are, and she is n OF
your mothers subjects, and she
wanted dreadfully to speak TO you,
but didn't darel"
(Which LADY," asked the Princess,
smiling kindly on the girl, and when
the timid but adoring subject" was
pointed out to her, she left her pur-
chasing. went over to the next coun-
ter and spoke for several minutes with
great cordiality and sweetness to the
delighted pair, winning a subject for
herself for ever after, in the person of
the young American.
How Girls Kick High.
High kicking is not so popular in
dancing as it used to be, but there are
lots of girls who a outkick the best
men in the business. Women, you
know, are better dancers than men
anyway, and they know how to en-
courage fiexibility of the muscles bet
ter. A girl who practices every day
for two or three years can elevate her
feet a good deal higher than her head.
Now. / am 5 feet 4 inches in height,
vet | can tap a tamborine with my
toes even II it is held 9 feet 5 inches
in the air. There was a young woman
that used to travel with me who could
kick an even z feet, but / never did IL.
Girls kick differently from men.
Men will run and spring up into the
air with a hitch, and then kick their
foot upward while they are in the air.
That isn't a kick at all. Watch a
girl. and you will see her raise her
skirts to her knee and stand squarely
with both feet on the ground. She
will give Just a little jump, and her
foot-usually the left one-aoes up in
the air as she bends her body down
ward aud forward. That is a real
high kick. Men almost invariably
use their right foot in kicking at an
object, but women send their left foot
up al it. They use their strongest
Ieg-the right-to bear the weight of
the body and lend force to the kick.
It's awful hard work, this high kick
ing, and if a girl did it every day she
would soon be in a hospital.-St. Louis
GL0be-DeHlOcFGt.
A California Idyi.
Mary Ericsson, a feeble woman who
has lived the three and ten
years allotted to man, was at the new
City Hall yesterday seeking for an
order TO enable her to gain admission
to the almshouse.
In response to questions asked, she
told a story that brought to mind the
old saying, Truth is stranger than
fiction"
For more than thirty years Mary
Ericsson lived in a little cottage neal
Halfmoon Bay, in San Mateo County.
She bad a son named Henry, who
/ took care of her until the influences
of bad company ruined the lad, and
landed him in jail for theft when he
was but seventeen years of age.
George w. Green, who was sheriff
of San Mateo County at the time,
took a liking to Henry Ericsson, and
one Sunday morning in summer in
vited him to take a sail down the
creek running from Redwood to the
Bay.
Green's wife and two baby girls
were Of the party, and Ericsson was
placed ON parole not to try to escape,
When near the mouth of the creek
the boat upset, and Ericsson instead OF
trying to swim to the shore, a few