The morning news., 1894-11-11


does not compare well with rouge. 1t is
unusually beautiful, although, Of course.
1t always suggests i'll health. but still
it is shame to have that shelI-liI1e white
ness hidden from view by inartisuc da ubs
of red paint one of the best proofs that
rouge is being extensively used, is the
tact that the professional face-washer
Is buster than she has been for some
time. It seems a bit difficult to get the
color especially If paint is used, thor
oushly washed out of the skin. and the
woman who wants to look well, when
rouge Is out Of fashion. knows that her
face must be well washed, or else in shor
time she will be wreck.
IL Is funny how like peacocks women
are. Just now they are wearing the most
elaborately trimmed bodices imaginable.
The huge sleeves are made larger with
lace and spangles. while lace is about the
neck, fur below that, and then the belt
is glittering with a number Of spangles
and gorgeous buckle. The high stock is
wonder Of loops and ends, and the bon
net matches the bodice. But the skirt,
Well, the general idea seems to be that
now is the time to wear out all the shabby
Old skirts, and, consequently, below the
belt the feminine world is exactly like the
peacock, awkward, sprawllng, shabby
Iookin6. Fancy man dressing that way,
Fancy a man with a stunning frock coat,
immaculate shirt and scarf, waistcoat and
gloves in good form, and then z shabby,
old-fashioned pair of trousers, No man
would commit such an error but lovely
woman believes that the whole world is so
occupied in aGmiring her face that it OBJ
serves nothing else.
We are having our usual intellectual en-
tertainment, known as an election. II is
a bHssful time when men get up and call
each other just what they have been think
ing all along, and when we realize that
really and fTIl1V * a rirbcT. in 81
because the vote Of a man who is honest,
and who thinks, doesn't amount to a bit
more than that of the man who is Just out
of prison, who has nothing to think with,
and who is thoroughly dishonest. it is
also the time of the torchhght procession.
This is the one thing that makes it Joyous.
We are fortunate in living on the street
that permits professions. The consc-
quence is that we cheer one night for one
side, and one night for the other. Our
feelings being guided by the number Of
bands employed, and by the fact of their
playing as they pass our house.
We steer clear of all sentiment by hang
ing out an English flag, and help educate
the masses by doing this, for a crowd Of
small boys collect about and discuss the
country TO which it belongs.
At the last election there were at least
500 boys under Il years, bringing up the
rear, and they cheered with q will and
& y
If the coming citizen were nothing else, he
would at least be athletic in his tendencies.
Later on that night there was fire, and
think that same 500 small boys were at il
They helped the tlremen, they got under
the horses legs, they in tertered with the
hose and ladder, they cheered whenever
they thought it in good taste, and they
drank coffee with the firemen when the
hotel at the corner gave it out with as
much ardor as if they represented the
caretakers Of the town. There is sorne-
thing Heliciously about the small boy.
He is always all there.
He never leaves his intellect at horne
and he works it for all 1t is worth
whether he is helping a President to get
elected, urging on a fire. looking at the
animals, or merely standing on the street
corner and living, he is interested and
eager. He wants to know; and he gen
orally does 1t may take him some time
to find out, but you can be pretty sure that
he viii discover who has got the creates
number of votes, what the insurance is
on the building, and exactly the age of the
elephant. Wherever he is he improves
his mind l regret that I cannot say the
same thing for his manners. They have
the freshness with which he started He
Is not respeCtor Of persons and he would
guy the red nose of a leader in fashionable
society with as much ardor as he would
that of the stout woman who keeps the
news stand.
He doesn't die young or live a ptous life.
Or grow up noble and handsome. Indeed,
I don't know what does become of him
He disappears, and you have to fill out
the rest for yourself. Just think over
the small boys that you have known.
and see how they worked out. When thev
were short in size, frcckled in looks, fresh
of speech and eager of mind. they were
interesting. Later on. they are awkward
ing from ever asking because they know
it all. Give me the small boy. He is
JOY forever, and he has no more ardent
friend than Pab