The record-union., 1893-12-01
FASHIONABLE NUIShNCEO.
Some of Them Touched Up Sharply
by BeseIena.
Annoyances to Which Women Are
Subjected Who Give Up Their
Time TO Callers.

"Why don't you have regular visiting
day?" quoth certain man l know, one
evening not long ago, between the putfi
of an odoriferous cigar.
learned long ago, through expert.
ence, not to deny man the privilege O.
smoking, even in your very best parlor
If he so wishes. Someone has said 6
man may love his wife, but he loves his
/ pipe lor cigar almost as well. 1t is very
apt to seriously rutfie a mans equilib-
rum to know that he cannot smoke al
home and, man-like. when his own com
fort is concerned he is very apt to 90
| some place III the evening where he may
smoke, leaving his better half at home to
enjoy her own company in sweet soli-
tude
After a few such evenings the above
mentioned superior fraction" (as man
whom l know once called his wife] is
very apt TO allow the lesser fraction to
smoke any place in the house, from the
attic to the cellar. And, after all. the
aroma Of good cigar is very soothing,
not only to the smoker, but to the one
who inhales it; and, as for damage, as
some people claim-well, Ive got to see
the damage it ever did in my room yet.
Did you ever hear, my friends, that
when a woman has anything special to
say she has to 60 through sort of pre-
liminary preface first? 1t must be true.
! because we all do it; but now that / have
had my lutte say, I'll proceed.
The idea OF visiting day struck re-
sponsive chord in me, and | forthwith
announced on my cards that l would be
home on certain day, but no sooner
had | made the announcement than my
trials began. In spite of the announce
ment OH my cards certain women would
insist upon just running in at all hours
Of the day, hence the women who made
morning calls were usually the ones upon
whom you wished TO create the most
favorable impression.
Now, [ don't believe there is one
woman in thousand who looks well in
the morning. She needn't necessarily go
about with her front hair in curl-papers
and her back hair done in an aggressive
knot, with soiled wrapper and slippers
down at her heels in order to look bad
but woman always looks well in the
afternoon at home when arrayed in
stylish, neat gown, or in the evening
dressed for dinner. Consequently |
didn't feel happy when Mrs. Cuckle's
card was brought in one morning at
gown, buttoning it on the way down
stairs, inwardly hoping that there wasn't
anything very wrong the matter with
me, and inwardly resolving that I'd
have mirror at every corner of my
house just as soon as | could afford it.
Now one tiny peep at myself would
have been great consolation, but as 1
couldn't get it l rushed down the steps,
two at time, burst into the parlor and
effusively greeted my visitor. While /
was inwardly wishing she was at the
North Pole at that particular moment, 1
knew she was taking me all in from nv
heels to my head, and l felt morally GER
tain that as soon as she left she would go
straight away to my neigh hbors and tell
what slOvenly woman | was. Then,
when you have seen her safely out of the
front door, you take furtive peep at
yourself in the nearest glass, and what
comforting reflection it is to find your
dress buttoned up wrong and your collar
askew!
Then there are the callers who swoop