Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-09

men, concluding she IL boy
will let hor wait Nothing Il so pretty,
nothing 40 dainty In underwear as the
eternai feminine and oven the womed
who givo themselves over 10 the tailor
made gowns still retain an affection for
the frills and frivols, the ripploe OF lace
and she bows Of ribbon that decorate
vertible feminine belongings, II you
were very IN and went to see you,
wauld lose half my sympathy for you,
that Is, surprising you were O woman
II You wore pajamas; but looking de-
lightfully weak, intensely feminine, In
the soft long gown, white and pretty,
my heart would 60 out TO you, aud my
sympathy would show itself In hot
house grapes and orchids II Is always
the way, you know; when woman
throws aside tho feminine trappings sllH
is very apt to lose the sympathy given
her by everybody; Tor womun
somehow rebel against the assumption
OF what really isn't u woman
THE LATEST IN STOCKINGS.
The funniest thing that has appeared
in the shops is the green stockings; OF
course, there are two of them; aud thcy
are intended TO be worn, not in the
evening with green dress-oh, dear
nol--but In the daytime, with patent
leather shoes The eject OF the black
and green Is rather good, hut just who
started this fad and why II hns takon,
IA something that no man can find out.
one or two Young women, desiring TO
be odd, have clothed their neither
limbs In brilliant Scotch plaid af-
fairs, and the Stewards and 9
McGrogors were never more
nroud than arc thc1e guy
iasses. A YOU woman in shop,
who prosides over the stocking depart
ment. told me conildentially that these
Queer effects were chosen that the
ankle might look more slender and the
upper part-you know what | mean
n larger She had been studying
human nature, and she saw that IL was
the women who she was sure weren't
GOOD Ia shape a. TO lower limbs who
Invariably choose the queer stockings,
and that the ones who woro nll right
stucl, to the plain colurs and the dark
ones She also told mo, quite coniidon-
italy, that they did occasionally put
little filling In some silk stockings III
tended for evening wear; but that the
average American woman IL pretty well
shaped about the-wcll, you know
anu hlu uoh INAhlie I've
THE USEFUL SAFETY PIN.
She suid that there were women who
would no more have u wrinkle In their
stockings than thcy would on their
fnces; aud I remember what my grand
mother used 10 say. the woman who had
wrinkles in her stockings had wrinkles
In her temper; but to keep stocking,
absolutely smooth Is study. The "evil
10 him who evil thinks, viii break and
no positive reliance can be placed on
the suspcnder, consequently the partic-
ular woman wears bUth,and in addition
"a fastening the catch, catches the sus-
ponder with q safety pin. What In the
world did we do before the safety pins
werc invented? They will hold up u
dress so that II won't slide below the |
belt; arranged carefully UNDER
meath they win catch drapory
50 that one would think II wa done
with needle and thread, They will
fnsten all sorts OF things, and just rs
certain as you are a living ami brla.h-
ing and know a man, he win bog your
small safety pins from you to faston his
tic down at the back on the tab Of his
shirt In front | regard them as a
great invention; that Is, whom they
really live up to their regulations and
are safe. Sometimes thoy are not, and
then you realize how volubly you can
speak two languages English and pro
fame. In the way Of exciting evil
thoughts and words the snfety pin and
collar button are on u par, though us
huvo greater knowledge OF the safe
~ pin, can speak moro positively of
It's capabilities Ia the way Of arousing
feminine wrath and starting the fomi-
nine tongue. Still, what can we do
without themy
LITTLE THINGS WE ALL NEED,
There are SO many things we can't no
without
II the day is dark aud dreary, you
can't very we'll do without somebody
who is chirpy and will brace you up,
II the day Ia bright and cheerful you
can't very Won dowithout somebody TO
discuss II with.
II you have got u aow frock, You can't
very well dispense without somebody
masculine to admire II and feminine TO
envy II,
II you have got new bonnet, you
can't very Won do without u good
mirror by which to put 1t ON i'm the
most fetching position.
~ Nbh navy ANh ~ NA'N NNNhs NNAA Nhil I
very we'll do without somebody to
teach her your ways.
II you have got cold bottle, YOU
can't very well ito without a good cork
screw to open II.
II you have got four Of II kind, you
can't vury well do without somebody to
bet against you.
II you have got new sweetheart
hut, there, You don't want a now sweet
heart; you want the old ono-tho one
who knows Your littla queerncsscs and
iorgiycs them; who knows your virtues
and udmires You and tells YOU so. and
who does not have To be trained to any
little funny way that YOU have got.
New swocthoarts are like new dogs
they ara only desirable when you are
young and have great deal Of time,
and want 10 pose as trainer.
Bah.
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