Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-21

Miss Polly is not a new woman;" that comes in the way of a confession in these days of women with missions, wo- men who edify and women who instruct Miss Polly wouldn't edify cat, or in- etruct a Zulu or a Fiji islander. Un- fortunately none of the aforesaid accom- plishments are in her line. It is quite probable she is here to amuse people that is, when they are not ungrateful enough to be all dull.
 A nice little woman SO holds forth: "Polly, I'm dead tired of women with double barreled names. We have Ma tilda Higginbotham Turnipseed and Amanda Porterberry Wilkison, and Gen evieve Rutciffe Dinkelspiel, and so on ad nauseam. If ever 1 get married and I haven't given up hoping yet-you may rest assured I'm going to take my front name and tack it on to the name my husband gives me, and If people do not care enough about me to remember my maiden name without my telling them, it will be one of the lost things of history-that's all.
 Then she asked me in cold blood: Polly, what do you think of bloom ers?" I said, What sort-roses or other flowers?" "Not flowers at all,' she said,
 
 bloomers-a-a bicycle bloomers that la dies wear"
 Then that woman got mad and said was provincial just because l asked her if ladies really wore them. l have been figuring on it ever since. MayDe there was something wrong with my accent.
 It is now rather well known that Os- car Wilde wrote that pack of nonsense called "The Green Carnation." It will JN1 ha rebuke, Lord Reggie sends his father telegram reading What a funny little man you are." The original of this message was sent by Lord Alfred Doug las to his father the Marquis of Queens bury. Lord Alfred is evidently the Reggie" of the green effusion.
 An exchange has the following, which will be of interest to many of the young woman's friends. It is not generally known that Miss Shelley has written much verse of real merit. her modesty never allowing her to refer to her literary ability: "We must commend the very chaste and beautiful letters Miss Eliza beth Shelley Is writing the Montgomery Advertiser from Europe. They have about them the breath of fresh fair and bright young girl. Miss Shelley is the daughter of Gen. c. M. Shelley
 Mrs. Van Renneslaer Cruger will now n society, that place having been held by Mrs. Paran Stevens. Mrs Cruger is one of the brightest women in America- Boston women not excepted.
 My talking woman wants to know why 1t is that all the women who rig up in reform clothes have such an ugly (she said "beastly') way of standing on the back of their necks. Talk reform till you are blind, Polly" she said fiatly, kl1ak pretty in those clothes or that men like to see them dressed that way. Men are great people to talk, Polly, They'll turn around and look at a reform-dress woman. but then" she added, i've seen them look at lots of things!' I did not answer.
 A woman's edition of a certain paper, in column of "Don'ts," says: Don't stare at a man just because he is peculiar looking or handsome. He is very apt to tell how he made mash on you, for most men are conceited. especially if they have no claim to the right to be-"
 We'll! There are so many merely hand some men in the world that genus doesn't bother me much; but if a man is 'peculiar-looking," there is no power under heaven strong enough to keep me from looking at him. In spite of me he will have a fascination for me. I can't help 1t. l once knew woman who had a wart on her nose. I didn't dare to talk to that woman for fear would make her mad. She could out-talk anybody I knew-she had a beautiful mouth and perfect complexion, but that wart caught my eyes and held them captive, and I, couldn't see anything else.
 "Peculiar-looking" men, take notice.
 
 The secretary of the navy has issued an order requiring cadets to give the reg. ular military salute to the ladies' instead of raising the cap as mere civilians do.