Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-27
FLOWER FAD WITH FAIR


Bellies Sailing Away From merica, Whose
staterooms Become Temporary Com
servatories-Perhaps There VIII Be
Lady Drug Clerks Some Day-some
Other News.
A WOMAN, one of the most observant of
her sex, in a letter fromNew York. comments
pleasan tly, on the fashion of sending your
friends out to sea with as many flowers as
we used gentelly to send with our dead out
of the world. "My pen is not facile enough"
she says, ito bring the scene before the
sailing OF an Atlantic liner to your mental
eye, as it has come to my sensible one. Let
me advise you, however. never to think
of sailing away from America; il
you are not well provided with thought
full friends who have credit or cash at the
florists nowadays you had better be mar
ried without flowers than to be seen on
board a steamer lacking this absolute con-
comitant to a fashionable trip across. The
more flowers, the more a belle, is modern
logic. Let me tell you about young
woman whom l know and whose compan-
ionship is relished by most Of us,,men and
Of S' bore: ore She was ns going 'n0 to
in e Spirit Of good hnn,or promised faith.
fully so see her of. The next day when the
culdness of reason had returned. for she is
an intensely disasreeable person, everyone
regretted the promise of the night before.
Each one thinking there was safety in
withdrawing from numbers. ordered a
bouquet of flowers to be sent in
you you be SelieVe we @ there was not soii-
tary person excepting her husband at
the wharf and q little mountain OF flowers
on board when the steamer sailed? Even
her mother concluded that she wouldn't be
missed and remained away. The conclusion
beats the ocean story, though. The huge.
floral tribute earned for her the sobriquet OF
decent humor all the way over, and know
that even yet there's soupscon of agree
ability never before observable in this
hitherto unamiable matron.
II had the pleasure to travel with Miss
Clara Childs, OF Pittsburg, when she went
to Europe year ago to 1earn bonton and
see the worp." Nine youngsters at least
flowers been built pillar fashion they would
have overtopped Mile. Clara herself
Another pretty thing her friends did for
her:
Every day of the eleven on board the
Friesland she received at dinner through
the medidm of the captain i souvenir from
some friend. 1 remember the first day;
it was magnificent bunch of flowers.
A gold flag was pinned in her cap the next
day. Then followed a diamond pin, after
which there was pearl pin given to her, a
telegram and other things have since for
on board and every girl doubtless confessed
to just gentle f1utter Of envy"
A YOUNG druggist of nv acquaintance
has almost decided in favor of employing
women clerks. "Total depravity," you
might say in a limited degree (that is his
Hibernicism, not mine) is the charge he
brings against the male persuasion. In
spite of the almost loves he declares he
In vi hos in ia will
main with him more than q month, and
when they remain three months he is posi-
lively convinced that he is entertaining an
angel unawares. He took to casting his eyes
about him some time since and in their
peregrinations they fell on lovely woman.
He reasoned they had been successful: ergo,
they could be again successful. They were
neater, more reliable, since less certain Of
since they couldn't cut and run like a man,
who knows that another position
is likely to turn up within "A
in Pittsburg, though in several cases of
emergency the wife of q druggist has been
seen on business bent behind her husbands
counter. The young druggist referred to
in town employing large corps of people,
so that should his thought really become
serious project it may be the means of
opening new field for female work. Too
often q woman has seemed to be a drug in
the business world and it would be but a
step in the right direction and in the right
business for her to be drug clerk.
THE providence that overlooks drunk
men and little children is going to have an
additional labor taking care of people with
stockings and gloves needing mending. A
member OF the firm of a mems and ladies'
furnishing shop in town has put on his
cap in their particular behalf
About the autumn he intends to
make an annex to their business,
where sem1-worn hosiery and ripped
gloves will be taken in charge and
mended. If a lady should chance while in
town to tear her glove, as she often does. In, IN;
which never darns it, she will be able to
drop into this contemplated haven of rest
and say: "Please darn this" and have 1t
done. Stockings need no longer pile up in
bureau drawers against a coming day Of
judgment when the sheep and the goats will
be separated, with the result usually, 1udg-
ing by personal experience. of putting all on
the left hand; but instead. good angel will
look after them for small reward on earth.
OFFICIAL intlmation has been received in
town of the engagement of Louis H. Dravo,
NJ. D., of the East End. to Miss Harriet Cod
ner, of Utica, n. Y.
Z
sewickley received a charming impetus by
one given yesterday morning, with Mrs.
George Gormley as hostess. The delightful
affair came of at II o'clock in the morning,
and, really, Old Sol is to be forgiven for his
unusual ardency If that ardency was the
particular prompting OF Mrs. Gormley's
party, which the numerous people declared
to be most enjoyable as well as most season.
able.
Social Chatter.
A PARTY of people from the Boulevard
leaving on next Monday even
George Reed, of Fifth avenue. as the first
are at present established. The
next to leave are Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Black,
who will join Mrs. Blacks sister in Philadel-
phia on Saturday, going into New York lor
Sunday aud Monday. On Tuesday the re-
Of Mr.. and Mrs. David NICK. LLOYD, DR.. and
Mrs. Frank Slocum, Mr. and Mrs. Burger
and Miss McCance, from Pittsburg,
W hich they intend to leave on Monday
night. Probably three weeks will be spent
in Block Island.
MISS MARKELL, sister of W. G. Markell,
ESQ.,, of the East End, was the guest yester-
day of her brother, on her way home from
,ojourn in search of health at several OF
the lake watering places and Toronto.
Her friends will be gratifled to know that
the young lady is enjoying an Increased de-
gree of robustness.
Professor KELLER, the distinguished as
trOnomer, and Director of the Allegheny
with Mrs. Keeler, is touring
through the Northern United States and
with the expectation of reaching
tomorrow.
Mr. WILLIAM A. HEBRON, senior partner of
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