The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-01
we'll prepared to stand small reduo-
hon of wages as the rest of us.

we'll prepared to stand small reduo-
hon of wages as the rest of us.
2. You need not fold the napkin on
leaving tho table, according to tho latest
rulings in tho fashionable world, unless
you wish to take it homo with you as o
souvenir or to complete a set of your
OWL Folding the napkin rather i'm
plies that your hostess does not keep
help and that you arc in delicate way
helping her to do up her work.
5. 1t is proper to accept n nickel or any
small piece of money from gentleman
friend to put i'll the plate at church, and
to refuse it would be extremely rude
and vulgar. Do not try to be too self
reliant i'll this way and then err in
some moro important matter. 1 had
young woman acquaintance once who
insisted on paying for postage stamp
that I gave her, and yet she borrowed
n valuable book worth $S5 80 years ago
next September and has never returned
1t.
"Daisy Bell" Whatcom, Wash,
says: ''My father and mother approve
OF my marriage with a young man of
whom 1 am passionately fond, but have
an older brother who objects bitterly to
the match. Nearly six months ago my
parents both gave their consent to my
marriage to Walter. What should do?"
Well, Daisy, if stood in the position
which You occupy, would got Walters
consent and proceed to "play ball"
'Valerian, st. Augustine, Fla,
writes, "What is the proper method
for eating checse?"
You should toy with it as though you
did not care much for it, and then while
your hostess is looking at some other
guest slide it into your mouth. A very
good way is to cut it on the plate and
spread it on the bread. Much, of course,
depends upon the variety of cheese used.
Some cheese used lately in the best cir
Giles is passed to the guests cut in small
squares, together with little individual
silver clothespins to put on the nose.
After you have received your cheese,
however, the rule is to put it out of its
misery as soon as possible
Kathleen Mavourneen, Star Prairie,
Wis, writes: 81 have broken off my
engagement with Sylvester, young
man who has kept Co with mo for go,
ing OH two years. presume it is partly
my fault, but wish to refer it to you
He is rather quick tempered man, and
once when he did not think I was look
ing called my little dog to him, say
ing, Here, Tigc; here Tige, and coax
ing it to him, when all at once he haul
ed off, and saying, There, how do you
like that, you ---- fysto?' he kick
ed Tigc i'll the stomach with all tho
force of his being
Il was up stairs dressing at tho time
and saw all this below in the back yard
from my chamber window, and, Just rs
l was, 1 told him never to look ut me
again. He looked up moment, with a
twinkle i'll his eye, and said he guessed
he didn't care to if that was the way 1
looked without my boughten hair.
He then drifted slowly out of my
life. knocking the poor little Mary
Goulds galley west with his cane rs ho
went. l afterward learned that he did
it OH purpose to startle me and not be-
cause he treasured i'll feeling toward
Tige.
"What should do?
Il have carnelian ring of his and
silver ono that he made himself out
of d of s. was making pair of
yarn mitts to hang on the tree nextwin-
ter for him. Would you finish the mitts
for him and send back the rings? The
latter am afraid that cannot gee Off,
as my hands has grown good deal this
summer, for have had to do the milk
ing.
"I hate like everything to give him
up, and yet you sec what hole I am
in. do not caro- to compromise myself
with him, and yet would rather have
his love than whole fair ground full
of dogs. In fact, have since that more
than once kicked the measly old pup
myself because he seems to stand be-
twixt me and Sylvester.
"What should do?''
1t is very difficult to come in between
two estranged and icy hearts, both claim
ing that there is nothing to arbitrate,' ~
while scalding tears from those cold
hearts chase each other down youthful