St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-18
THE DEAR GIRLS.

The reason Nature did not put 1t In
.SV0man'S power to swear is probably be-
cause, after fresh line of hung-up
clothes had fallen in the mud. no ap-
prOpriate remarks would be left for the
man whose hat had just been blown
off by a high wind.-Philadelphia
Times.
Visitor-What do you think, Miss
Jennie? Last night l Greamt | saw you
dead in your coffin. Miss Jennie-You
don't say SO! What kind of dress did
] have On?-TeXas Strings.
The muffs were marked eight dollars, but
1t seemed that price was high,
For while the ladies looked at them,
None seemed inclined to buy,
But soon those muffS like hot cakes went,
The ladies stood in line
To get them, for they'd been marked down
To seven ninety-nine.
New York Press
Married Man Why don't YOU get
married. Miss Jones? You are getting
to look like back number'-will soon
be an old maid. Miss Jopes-If l
was as easy to please as your wife was l
would have been married long ago.
Texas Sifting8.
! stood before lovely maiden once,
l trembling stood, though she was kind as
She raised her hand ana from my raven locks,
In mimic anger pulled the first gray hair.
Ny head has long been gray as wintry dawn,
I'm oft before her and | tremble still;
For now. alas she looks as if she could
Pull out islful with hearty will.
New York Herald
Anxious Mother-As. | passed the
parlor door last evening | saw Mr..
NicefellO's face very, very close to
yours. Lovely Daughter-Y-e-s, ma.
he's so near-sighted.-GOo News.
A clever little hOusekeeper told me
the other day that she has large trunk
In the garnet marked Things | do not
want" When she comes across any
thing she thinks good for nothing, in
stead of throwing it away, she consigns
1t to this trunk. And what then, do
you think? She says, further, that
when she wants anything she doesn't
have she goes to this funk and is sure
to find it.-Bost0n Traveller.
Where are you going, my pretty fair maid?''
'I'm going 10 church, kind sir, she said.
Why 90 you so often, my pretty maid?'
"The minister's young and unmarried" she
said.
New York Herald.
She let him founder along through
his proposal until he said something
about her Icing his ''h0usehold angel
through life" Then she asked: 'At
angels wages, | suppose?"' "How is
that?" "My board aud clothes. That is
all the angels get, is it not?"-Phila-
delphia Times.
"My dear, you look beautiful in your
winter outftn' "Oh. yes, notice l
always look well to you in the old styles
Just about the time the new seasons
fashions are coming in. "-Fliegende
Batter.
Mr.. Blingo = We may as we'll talk
over this question of getting the house
painted. Mrs. Bingo-But, my dear. it
doesn't need to be painted for at least a
year yet. Mr.. Biingo-True. But
you have got to decide what color you
want.-MunSey's Weekly.
Ethel shall never consent to marry
any but a handsome man. Maud =
Then YOU may be said to have an ''aye''
for the beaHtlt ul.-New York Herald.
''What are you reading, darling 2" "a
letter from mamma" -And what does
she say importantly" Don't know. l
haven't come to the postscript yet."-
Philadelphia Times.
RichfelIoW-ThatM Miss Forundred be
longs to the blue bloods, doesn't she
Rival Believes, indeed. You just
ought to see her nose on cold day.
New York Weekly.
Maiden-It seems to me society is use
full only to people VINO want tn get mar
rled. Matron-You mistake. Ivy dear