The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-12-15
Here and There.

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the latest
Women do not disapprove their rivals
they hate them.
Pretty girls may talk slang, but none
OF them ever say to beau, none of
your lip"
There is no denying that women are
foolish. God had to make them to
match the men.
Young women often keep their lovers
J by tears. Yes says Grumwig, Glove,
like beef, is preserved by brine"
There isn't much difference between
grass widow and a grasshopper, after
all. Either will jump at the first chance.
| Young housewife ''What miserable
little eggs again! You really must tell
them Jand, to let the hen set on them
little longer"
young man in Minnesota shot girl
who had given him the mitten, and the
jury brought him in guilty, with miti>
eating circumstances
woman may not be able to sharpen
lead pencil or throw a stone at a hen,
but she can pack more articles into a
trunk than a man can in a one-horse
wagon.
No less than 10000 young women are
at college in this country, aud about
twice as many young men are waiting
around outside to teach them to forget
their knowledge.
A Chicago youth knocked a girl down
with brick and broke three of her ribs
because she wouldn't marry him. AS %
striking" case of love this takes the
prize.
1t is stated that the recent bequest of
$500, 600 from Mrs. Stuart, of New York,
makes Princeton Theological Summary
the richest Presbyterian seminary in
the country.
II hate Vassar girls, they're so pedan>
tic and full of the dictionary" said girl
to gentleman friend. $50 do IT, said
he; ''my mother said to me once, Dick
shun> airy girls, and l have done so.''
A mean paragrapher says there is
enough leather in ST. Louis girls ears
tomake a Chicago girl two pair of shoes
That photographers ears should be
boxed-and shipped to a lanyard We
are always in favor of giving the ladies
earring.
By the will of Richard Berrage. who
lately died in England, 81, 100000 were
bequeathed for educational purposes,
one-fourth of which amount, or $3.50, 900,
is to be employed exclusively in the teach
ing of cookery in voluntary schools OF
England and Wales
Ambitious Mamna-''Edith, noticed
last night that Mr.. De Rich paid you
considerable attention. I hope you
showed him proper amount of civilty.n
Ingenious De6utante-"Oh yes, mama,
I did! I'm sure he knows he can have
me for the asking
The Working Girls Vacation Society,
of New York city, is now in its tenth
year. Over nine hundred girls were sent
away last year for vacations of abcnt
two weeks each, and over {, 200 excursion
tickets were given to girls who couId
only leave the city for u day at q time.
Miss Mary Day of London has been
successful in her experiment of taking
deaf and dumb girls as pupils in type
writing Miss Day is one of the longest
established 0 IL a n typewriter in
England. As SO much typewriting is
transferred from manuscript the girls,
affection is no draw back.
The Age Of Chivalry is no more 1t is
succeeded by an age Of sophists, ec0no~
mists, calculators. We are reminded
of this every day. Mr.. Neville did not.
he is nonplussed by it.
He does not know what to do when he
slaps a mans face and the man appeals
to the police. He is asking in dazed
and helpless way how he is to deal with
men who think differences of opinion
oil Que9btohS VI fefaCity anu iiOAoi o'si
be settled in police court. Mr.. Howland's
conduct was so unexpected AMI was so
that dr. Neville was entries
ly unprepared. It was 81 condition, and
not theory, which confronted him and
the condition upset all theories.
Virginia has been the last stronghold
of chivalry and now the caleulators and
sophists have invat2ad that fortress. Mr..
Sturtevant wanted to fllrt with Miss
to the police, and the magistrate impos-
ed a fine of $50. Could anything be
more prosaic? Whittier are We drifting?
"Where are we at, even now?''-Bdlti-
more San.