The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-09-14
NOTES AND QUERIES

ecuu ucI QUERIES vi any supycCt ioT tuis
column.
Does an Invitation to a wedding socially
compel its recipient to present a gift to the
prospective pair. F. CT.
No. This question is a perplexing
one. The present and the value OF it
depend on the strength Of the friend
ship between the senders OF the invi.
tatioD and the invited one. the general
condition OF the money market in the
year Of their wedding and the par
ticular and chronic condition OF the
friends purse. An acknowledgment
OF the invitation lit is unnecessary TO
say is imperative.
In Pullman car the gentlemen are given a
large dressing room with four five large
bowls in it. The ladies go in, when they can
get in, to a small dressing room with one bowl
in it, This disproportion is undeserved.
Woman's toilet is to mans as complication to
simplicity, her care for her appearance as
twenty to one (traditionally.) She pays Just
the same for Mr.. Pullman's luxnries. that are
reolly privations, as man does and she travels
nearly as much. Why is it made SO extremely
uncomfortable for her to dress on a Pullman
cart never travel without being filed with
bitterness at Mr.. rullman's favoritism.
The above question is a poser. Mr..
Pullman may be woman hater and an
agnostic at the same time. Not being
sure of hell hereafter he may have
concluded to make little one for
women up here. 1t may be all a meas
ure OF economy. He does not dare to
save money on men because they can
vote and get up investigating COM
mittees. Women can not be said to
effect the constr uction OF railroad
trains through their silent home in
fuence" and it is only lately that they
have begun to publish the best papers
in the country. All of these reasons
have probably affected Mr.. Pullman in
constructing his torture room-but
"there are others" However the worm
has turned. Let him look out for her.
Would you allow a young girl of sixteen to
read Tolstoi's "Anna Karenina7 M.E.R.
or course that depends almost entire
ly upon the girl. upon what she reads
and how much she reads. II she reads
as most girls read, occasionally, when
there is nothing else to do, as last
resort, you would better keep the key
on Tolstoi and give her Eight
Cousins" or perhaps, if she is of budding
literary talent, you might trust her
with "Rose In Bloom" But il by some
strange chance she really reads, reads
enough to have right to even look
into the worlds great hooks, then give
her anna Ker.l n m" and trust in God.
II great art, the greatest in the world
almost, can hurt her then probably she
would be broken someday anyway, for
this world is pretty rough place and
there are more people in it than poor
Anna, and not half so artistic.
Several cards have been left at my door
lately with the lady's surname only as Mrs.
Smith or Mrs. Brown. Is this the present
style7 When two Mrs. yanderbilts are in New
port at the same time and have the same
acquaintance how do those they honor with
their cards know which one has called7
Jessie B.
When one is the wife of the oldest
brother or head of family one can
have ones cards regraved MRS. So-and-
So" But il the name is common one
like Jones or Brown or Smith it is
desirable to print it in full. Even in the
case OF Mrs. Astor there was consider
able inconvenience. There was a dis
pute, and everybody did not know
which one Of the numerous Astor fam
lily was properly entitled to be known as