The morning news., 1892-02-21

Her maid. who has slipped of the spi-
derry blue silk stockings, Is beginning 20
draw on pale green ones, and over them she
puts on little pointed patent feathers, with
gaiter tops OF a lovely deep green the exact
shade OF the dress that is TO De worn.
The operation thus far has consumed ten
minutes Of the precious twenty-and Harry
is waiting impatiently below.
10 takes i've minutes more to hurry on the
pretty green silk lingerie, the chenese and
all that sort Of thing, and then five minutes
only remain for the dress and cloak and hat
and gloves.
But il is all accomplished In that time.
and just as Harry's trusty timepiece is in
dicatlng the last OF the twenty minutes,
down trips the little lady ready to go to
dinner.
It takes longer to put on a dinner dress
than 1t does 70 put on ball gown. The
former needs many and many little addi-
tons such as lace. fchus. stick pins, bows
and coilarettes, while a ball gown, on the
contrary, goes on all in one piece and only
needs few finishing touches and few
lovely pats and taps 20 make it simply per-
fection.
Twenty minutes cannot be taken as the
unfailing and never-to-be-overstepped time
| for young woman TO prepare herself fer
such an important occasion as taking din
ner with Harry. The maid may be taking
her afternoon of, and then it is a matter Of
! considerable time TO get from one set Of
spidery underwear into another.
And then, too, there are times when the
total depravity Of things comes out strong
There are times when tapes refuse to stay
tied, when buttons refuse to stay buttoned
and when nothing will 60 on just right
The pin that holds the sash gets bent and
and another one must be put in, and so
many obstinate things happen that Harry
is kept waiting a full half hour of the
precious time that might have been spent
saying pretty nothiugs over and over again.
Have you ever noticed loving couple at
ball or dancing partyl II you haven't,
| keep your eye out for them next time you
go where there is dancing, and it will re
pay you for your time aud trouble.
or course the loving couple eagerly desire
TO have the felicity Of dancing each and
| every dance together. and they also want
to walk together between the dances and
in short, they want to be together every
minute of the time
But this is impossible-even IL they are
engaged.
Aunt Sarah. who is acting as chaperone.
has cautioned Mable against devotng ali
| her time and her smiles 10 one man, and
Mabel is obliged to obey. whether she wants
| to or not.
The young man does not take 1t quite so
gracefully, and the fearful jealousy which
Is welltng up in every mans soul gets pos
session OF him. He makes up his mind that
| it is Mabel's folly and fault that she does not
give all her dances to him, and he is ready
to pour out walls of wrath upon her head or
freeze her with hauteur.
Poor Mable feels dreadfully bad over this
state Of affairs, but cannot help 10. and SO
the love spat takes place. There are re-
proaches and accusations on one hand and
tears and remonstrances on the other. And
the love spet terminates at last, just as love
spats have always terminated, by the
spatting couple being mere loving than ever
as soon as the clouds have rolled by.
Somebody has been talking about the
clever woman-the woman who is always
telling people just the things they want to
hear and who always says the right thing
at the right time.
The really clever woman is the one who
knows how to talk as well as how to listen
and who caters to the peculiarities and
slaves.
1t is the clever woman who asks the old
young man to give her a sketch of his life
and she tells the young old man that he Is
only boy and has much to learn
She assures the maiden of half dozen
| seasons that her manner is naive and wholly
childlike. And she tells the bud that noth-
ing could be more dignified and charming
than her own way of conducting herself,
The clever woman assures the married
man that no one would suppose him to be a
benedict and the father Of family. And
she whispers sweetly in the ear Of the
smooth-faced youth: "Why, they told me
| you were married."
The clever woman always has her own
way. And IL she is very, very clever she
makes sure of having it by being willing to
change her mind at times SO as to come out
on the winning side.
The clever woman knows just how TO talk
to all men on all subjects. And all who
| have had experience with her will testify
that tits not love that makes the world 90
around, but the clever woman.
CARRIE CARELESS.