The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-07
STARBEAMs.

According to the superstitions attached
to precious stones December is the month
for rubies and Turquoise, The torquoise
among the ancients 1t was thought it
would take away all eunity and reconcile
man and wife. The Turquoise should be
worn as a centre stone in rings, brooches
and pins, surl cunded by small diamonds
Before Conan Doyle sailed for England
he was interviewed on America, and ex-
pressed his opinion that Philadelphia is
the finest EST, city in America He thought it
York" He found much to crltfcise in the
way THE American Is subject to corpora
! ton rule" But, above all, ne wished to
pay a Tribute to the American girl, who
Is the most charming of all the feminine
creation
In assigning a reason for refusing to
allow the young men of the Harvard uni
Verslty to debate with the young women
of Boston university, President Eliot
sympathy of the judges and the audi
ence, and the men would be placed at a
disadvantage, 1t might be possible to
find Judges who would be impartial in
the matter, but 1T would be very hard.
For this reacon, he declared 1T has all
ways been the rule of the society TO re-
fuse to debate with women.
Bemberg, the composer, who was BIZ
zet's pupil, says that his mother, a ma
tive of Spanish country, gave the conn
poser of Carmen the idea for the ia
nous habanera. and by singing Spanish
songs to him was enabled to be of great
service in imparting local color to that
charming work Bizet hated sunshine,
and never went to bed till nearly dawn
on account OF his dislike for daylight,
Once Bemberg called on him at O'clock
in the afternoon, and found the blinds
drawn and the gas lighted. Bizet sat IN
the parlor playing cards with members
OF the family.
Stand here with me a minute said a
6Jrgnnnti0 rid tnh q
Whit of the perfumery the women douse
themselves with. ] don't know what 1t
Is, but DIT is something awful. There, did
You catch that? She will leave that odor
trailing along in her wake for half q.
block. The other day was coming down
town, and just as l passed a styliShly
dressed woman | got a sniff of a most
sickening od9r. True, a garbage wagon
passed at the same time. but l am posi-
tive it was the perfumery that made me
i'll. There ought to be law against It.
I've notion TO lay the matter before the
board of health
The Christian Advocate comes out with
a blast against what it calls the 'indi-
vidual cup craze which it believes is a
! sanitary measure for the money there is
in 1T, and is encouraged by manufacture
ers who have taken advantage of the
scare of certain fashionable church cir
Giles. 1t asserts that no case of conta-
gtous or infectious disease has ever been
traced TO the single cup and adds that
religious people who love and appreciate
| the communion of saints ought to be the
very last to give countenance to That,
which. at one stroke, destroys, If not the
essence, takes away at least. the sem
blance of Christian communion"
Note the bride in the meat market buy
ing the dinner. A young thing dropped
| in a Ninth street market Yesterday to
buy a turkey. She asked: What makes
| that turkey so blue?" The butcher re-
piled that it had been scalded. What. y
| she exclaimed, do they scald turkeys?''
Then she asked; What is that thing In
| the neck?'' That's the craw." answered
| the man. do turkeys have craws?" she
| inquired with establishment. After a. few
| more interesting queries of this nature
| the butcher became Impatient and said
I'm sorry ] can't give You this bird s
| pedigree, ma'anl, but it's all right"
| Stage rehearsals are very interesting to
| the public. II remember says popu-
| lar actor, the first time I ever attended
rehearsal. The stage manager always
| addressed the female members of tins
company as ladies which was, oil
| course, proper, but he seemed to use the
! term oftener than was necessary. 1t was
SOW ladies. This way. ladies' 'Atten-
| ton. ladies' tNinally he became impa-
tient and, to my horror. he burst out
with 'Blankety blank. ladies' get down
| to business! And they got. But the