Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19

aud an observation OF salient pVihus
which is not conducive to seeing in clear
viAon. when the student of history
reads Of the gallant actions OF the an
cicnt Roman, when he fingers over tne
dissertations of Luculian feasts, he is
ma la forget that old Roman was NeIl-
tally nm Old savage who held hannah ne
and human suffering IN hght esleelH
aud rocked little nc whose expense ol
blood and treasure his sensual ueis ,,,.s,
were eratihed His character even dOWn
10 the Middle Ages was cruel ana hard
aud it Il truly portrayed ny MAlthsM
Arnold who points out those traits WhCn
were 10 modify conquest and afterwards
10 shatter it 49,. ,,,d hone
seemed puiasant and awe, -
But All tie heart, ITS heart was stone
Aud 80 it could not thrive
On that hard Pagan world disgust
And secret lonthing TELL
Deep WEAKNESS ana salCd lust
Made human life Il hell
In his cool hall. with haggard eyes
The Roman noble lay ~. ,,r,so
He drove abroad, In furious gulse,
Along the Appian way.
He made feast. drank fierce and fast
Aud crowned his hair with flowers
No. easier nor quicker passed
The Improbable hours
/
The washerfoman who sent an urgent
dun to her debtor because she had no
money to pay for having her bangs
cut. has rival in BENEFICIARY OF
| churce society. When she was waited
upon by the committee the girl WIS busy
putting up her hair in curl papers, ana
ON boipg asked II there was anything
| size really needed she said; Yes, 1
want some pink aruhcials TO wear on
| my head, Use going to git marrlSu 10
| night" The enthusiastic young phllah-
thropsts felt their pulses go down. put
after all it was womnnlike. one was
! used TO rags and penury, ana now III
the supreme moment of her lie tnere
was nothing quite 70 much 10 be coVeteu
as yellow curls and ping aruhcim roses
I,entan obsorvances in some. instances
are somewhat peculiar. ana IT u eNlIGnt
that this is not the day OF the hMr SHIRT
and other real modification of the hesh'
Saclcloth and ashes transformed INFO
prptty brown, tan aud gray costumes, SET
OFF with huge punches Of purple Nolels
and worn by charming young women
penitents Il enough 30 convert the hAru-
cst sinner from the error of his ways.
md influence the veriest dude 10 lay ASIDE
Cor forty DAYS mt least the gay necktie
for one Of delicate lavender tnts.
There are now nearly 200 women
dentists in the United States. This
may seem very inconsequental state
ment. but for the average man It n
prophetic Of evil and the prospect held
out strikes terror 10 his soul. Now the
Spectator does not mind sitting down
IN bnrber's chair and listening to cur
rent chat retuiled in the soothing tones
| of a womnns voice as she gently, VIII
soft touch. Initiates his scalp and ar
ranges the traditional ambrosal locks
Ii is even possible To preserve fan
degree of equanimity Wheh she Wleiu'
| the glittcriug steel IN dangerous plON
unity To the juglar, but female tooth
puller, excuse me. Now as 10 hlllng
tooth, that Is another story, that ~
case where eyes might look thoughts WI
. uttcrable and where spicy odofs iron
ruby lips breAthed upon cheek ana necl
world 'syrnken motions wild cen IN nj
anchoritc," but mt the thought OF tape
fingers grnspng the tOurnlqCt the COW
h Rrdly soul of man reyOlts. To hear y
tender accents mild. do ] hurt you
and the demon possessed man obliged {
ciyily saw "Oniy little" 20 want I
kick. 60 yell and 10 cuss and ~ have TN
/. | restraints Of decency forbid, No, ne
, sweet sisters at the dentists chair is No
, the place for nuns minlstertng ange
: no man likes to play the. part OF hen
: and baby In one uct before woina
= with an aching tooth for motif.
4
n The Ichton seuson naturally suggest
a thoughts Of 1872 eggs. The faithful ey
l. them daily boiled, in omlette or sclnn
p. bled. as the ripeness wOuunts. To
u n,etaphysician an egg furnishes food fc
4 speculation; In It's interior he finds thu
. germ which 10y the Observance of prop
II methods results in the spring chicken
NJ uncertain age. This speculative gem,
talks of alhuminoids, Of WotOds an
= embryonCal germs until an ordinary Pc
y son benius TO wonder whether Englh
monoSyllabes are things OF the pas
;. With nsuyory experiences trooping pa
y him this one condense egg lore into 81
10 short lesson uncertainty, The enth
p siastic breeder who has counted his chic
ems before they were Matched sums !
- his eyperience In Il brief chapter-"di
"a appointment." This Is illustrated by q
N story OF the small boy who runs IN
:, tell that his bantam which was set
!. thirteen eggs has only h0tched "
I'll chicks. OF course, no one tells him
m the fatnlity attending the number, becNu
IN dishppOintmcut is upt 20 como from eg
k. Whatever the number and also fro
M things unnumbored and mnumeroble
II the IitlilfAa VI AAlAn ANAhAAh WV tNN
~ occasion 10 look over the list of post'
,o fees IN this country they viii! agree wi
~. The Spectator that ideas in nomonc
IA ture are lost quantities, Where is
person with any sense Of fitness W
- docs not start as if from pin pri
- at such names ns, 'Iombt0ne, 'lh'
~ ne skillet and the like, or even at
ot ringing of changes on the terminate
-st willie" Jacksonville Madisonyiile, ct
There Ia neither invention nor beauty
such names, but there II namralnesS n
KS npnropratcness In selecting some sign
no can't aboriginal word which Is short a
te- az the same time musical.
In tho day Of Mrs, Langtry and
tresses OF her illS, It is refreshing
~ know that Miss Marlowe in "Benui'
AZ wears but one dress, More than Il
nm She does not have her name in star
capitals on the p'aybIlls, but IS cont
10 npper in small type with her associat
ne There Is qualification IA knowing q
let modesty and good taste have not
I'm serted the stage, aud the day may 60
al, when n noii-going meteor may be
- qualified from n reading of posters
warn Young TelemAchus against sir
AXE Ia sensational drama,
ord Street corner philosophy is at tin
by. worthy OF record. Last week when
nm. streets Of this city We're filled with cat