Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-02-01

Possessed by Men and Women.
She had been to the city. She had
y enjoyed herself very much, and was
. able and willing to tell about it when
. she got home. Don't you know that
. to be able to do so is an accomplish
ment? Many are quite willing, but
are equally destitute of the ability.
Now, she wasn't from the country
4 the surc-enough country-but from a
mailer city of several thousand in
habltants, yet rather primitive in its
ways. She had visited large cities
oft-times before. She was only droll
in her manner Of recounting her ex-
perlences-not what is In slangy
\ phraseology termed "green."
Said she, "The only time felt that
l had been obliged to pay more than
the worth of thing was when / paid
so cents for the privilege of occupying
one of those chicken roosts called a
"berth;" "berth!' WE'LL it was more
like death. And the way / had to
climb to get into i'll 1t reminded me
Of the descriptions of old-fashioned
feather beds that necessitated the use
of small ladder in order to reach the
summit. But l slept we'll, and when
l reached X was ready for my
shopping. What a pleasure! Nice
new goods, all of them up-to-date, and
the prices were within range Of WIS.,
ion. But it did make me bit appre-
hensive to choose my purchases, have
them piled up, then showed of up
stairs to be wrapped, without my
knowing whether I'd get them all or
not. i didn't neither, lacking two
bolts Of ribbon. / prefer our home
way of having purchases wrapped In
my presence. There are drawbacks
to even the more elegant and expedi-
ent modes of shopping.
or course, we attended the play one
night. 1t was Camille" and oh! 1t
was perfection. The costumes were
beautiful, and so we'll cared for and
fresh. don't see how they can be
kept so, being packed so much. But
4 / suppose its all in the packing. Few
know how to do 1t properly. Some
would put street dresses, stage gowns
and all in the same trunk. Certain 1t
is that time and care spent in pack
ing is more than regained. But the
\ actingl 1t was superb. was so
intensely interested would not have
noticed the man In front Of us had not
Emma called my attention to him.
He was rather handsome, stylishly
dressed, and wore magnificent dia-
mond ring. He had a habit ~ OF
4 stroking his hair and beard with the
hand on which he wore the ring, and
very effective. Well, as the play
progressed, was compelled to wipe
the tears from my eyes very often,and
at the last scene, the deathbed scene,
something came intomy, throat, and
it kept growing larger and larger, and
crawling higher up, and finally 1t
hurt me so that just said ''boo! hoo!
boot hool;" and what do you think the
man with the diamond did? Well, he
caught his breath very audibly, his
shoulders drew up as though he were
hiccoughing, and he just clapped both
hands over his face, and that dia-
mond sparkled beautifully-but there
was something on his coat that spark
led more brightly still. Then the
lights commenced to go out, everyone
made rush for the doors, as though
life depended upon haste, and inevery
direction were women and men brush
ing tears from their eyes, the latter
smiling sheepishly,as though ashamed
sympathy.
am thoroughly convinced that
MEN ARE SYMPATHETIC,
but one cannot convince them OF thai
fact until it is proven to them in som'
manner. They seem to consider Il
an effeminate attribute. They should
not. would not trust the man Wit
cannot weep. Show me such maj
and / will show one who is cold
hearted, selfish and cruel. Sympath.
and tenderness will atone for man
atrOcious qualities-fOr instance tn
tantalizing display of valuable Jewels
We meet with these sympathetic me-
often when we would least expect u
Not long since was in a street cal
among the passengers being an oil
lady who had just arrived on the tralI
She -glanead anxionslv around as