The Forrest City times., 1894-04-27

hitci IWO UT tDTte SedSOuS III SOClety, Edna Coffey has come to the conclu sion that love is humbug, thinks that little romance about love in cottage all stuff and ncnSense; believes rather in the homely and unpoetic proverb "when poverty comes in at the door. love flies out of the window" So she makes up her mind to marry for money, and one day Old Money Bags. rich old widower from Little Rock, comes to Palestine on business, Is invited to the hospitable home of Judge Coffey, whom he has met .before-meets Edna and loses his head and heart before the evening is over. With that haste f which characteriZes widowers in gen. eral, he soon proposes, and although Edna has been told by some tattle-tale, that her old beau has to be put togeth- | CT every day--t'lat is, put in his false teeth, his glass eye, and adjust his glossy black wig on his shining bald head, she weighs these facts in tue scales with the diamonds he has prom | ised her, the splendid establishment over which she is to preside, the splen- did turnouts she will have, and these last pull the scales down. And now when 1 stop over in the City of Roses" call to see Mrs. Money Bags, who lives in grand style, but dosen't snub her old friends, and knowing that I am often in Palestine, she asks about her old sweet hearts, Gratz aud Frank, and 1 take my leave wondering if she still has her old ideas of love and mar riage.
 Lula Holwell is schoolma'm in a small town in her native state, teach ing the little ones the mysteries of cat, cat, rat, rat, and how at last the black cat caught the black rat. It requires all the patience she can com mand, but she has resolved to succeed in becoming d good teacher and to be self-supporting, so she doesn't com plain, though often home-sick and weary.
 Emma Warr and Pearl Martin will live in Memphis, where they will found an asylum for sick and homeless cats, and many a homeless feline will they have brought into ther house of ref uge, where they will receive the best of care-plenty of sweet milk, chicken bones, and other nice morsels. There will be a musical department. Annie Terrell will preside over that, and many cat-concert will there be. Alvin will train the cats to perform many wonderful tricks, and Arthur will be the doctor for the sick cats, and such as have been crippled by fly ing boot jacks, clothes brushes, pokers and other handy articles, and Leila Martin will nurse the poor little kit tens that are brought in.
 l AS have before mentioned, wOman's suffrage is an established fact. Pales- tine has grown to be quite large town, and the "City Dads" failing to give satisfaction, it was thought ad- visable to make change, so Nell Con- ners was brought out by the ladies as their candidate for mayor. and was duly elected. whileL Fife Holwell. An nie Jones. Nora Bell Coffey. Maude Bonnet and Fannie HOlwell comprise the board of aldermen, and the change they have wrought is wonderful. Neat sidewalks now thread the entire town, | and you can walk them at any hour of the day or night, without feeling every moment that a plank may fly up and slap you in the face, or fall into hole and it may be, lost to sight forever, or if you are rescued it will be at tho OK pense of limb if not your neck.
 Fred and Elmo being possessed Of Bohemian tastes, have organized a minstrel troup, and Maggie Holwell,
 
 Mamie Corners and Thad Martin. are the singers. Clyde Warr goes along with hand organ and monkey which cuts 2ll kinds of funny capers, to the infinite delight of the small boys and girls, also Taylor Meoneyhan is the clown of the concern, and gets off some capital jokes, though as is the case with all clowns. many stale ones. Here the mantle of prophecy fell from nay should CTS; nothing more was revealed to me, but voice seemed to say--stran- ger things than these have happened, and there's no telling what these go- ahead, irrepressible American girls and boys may do.
 Miss Clara is to be congratulated upon her splendid program. It was a success in every particular. Mrs. B. TT. Manning was organist for the oc- casien, and, as usual, did her part l weH.
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