The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-22
THE LADIES' SIDE.

She-was she stylishly dressed? He
Yes / suppose so. She-Don't you know!
He-well, / never saw a costume like II
before.-Chicago Record.
Little Boy-The preacher says there is
no marryin' in heaven. Little Girl-Of
course not. There wouldn't be enough
men to go 'round.-La Crosse Argus.
When mamma saw my cycle suit.
She cried: Its too short. daughter"
But riding on the boulevard,
} Some men yelled Cut 1t shorter"
Now I'm a simple maid,
So won't some one apprise me
| If must listen to mamma,
Or what the men advise me?
| Life
One of ten hesitates over a new gown
| which must be worn as what is known as
"a black suit" while considering its pos
sibilities of wear. A broken plaid is ex-
! cellent for not showing soil, and chew
7 lot wears like iron, as does a dark gray
F., flannel of good quality. The always pop
/ ular blue serge never lasts very well, but
| black or blue mohair brilliantine Is excel
| lence itself 1t shakes off the dust, 1t
| does not wrinkle badly and IT always has
/ a dressed-up appearance, which is some
/ times one OF the greatest of considera-
/ lions.
| Good Looking Young Girl-Will you do
something for me, Mr.. B.? with pleas
ure, my dear Miss A. What is it?'' well,
| / wish you would propose to me so that
! i may crow over my cousin. 1 promise
I won't accept you."-Saturday Night.
Cora-I'll never speak to Florence
again. / was sure I'd be one of her
bridesmaids. Merritt-You shouldn't feel
offended about that. my DEAR You know
girl never chooses a bridesmaid who
/ is prettier than herself.-Puck.
rhn draf fCal lx
"Can any one in this room tell me of a
perfect mann" There was a dead silence
HAS any one," he continued, heard of
a perfect woman" Then a patient look
! ing little woman in a black dress rose
/ up at the back of the auditorium and an
swered one: There was one. I've often
heard of her. But she's dead now. She
was my husbands first wife"-San Fran
i cisco Times.
Being a woman and in the neighborhood
| of a mirror, she looked at the reflection
| of herself A look of glad surprise over
1 spread her features. II never noticed 1t
( before" she said, but 1 surely do look
/ just like a poster girl. My fortune is
! made. l shall go on the stage" second
/ look and II was all off. The s3-down-50-
cents-a-week mirror had deceived her.
! The effect was produced by a wrinkle in
the glass. Sitting on the floor she wept
J Observation-Disclosures Journal.
A tramp begged for bread at a cooking
school door;
A girl gave him cake she had made just
before.
The tramp took a bite: then. said he.
with groan.
81 asked you for bread and you gave me
a stone" Judge.
Though nature daubs with a reckless
| grace
| In field and wood without restraint
| One springtime artist beats her pace
IT'S woman. with pot of paint.
| Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Bishop Ito young widow)-My sis
| ter. / dare say you find comfort in the
thought that you made your husband
| happy while he lived? Young Widow
Yes, poor Jack was in heaven till ne
| died.-Pick-Me-Up.
'Old Chugwater played the meanest
April fool trick on his family of any
have heard Of" "Well?" HE took q
box of fine looking candy home with him.
placed II on the table in the sitting room.
said nothing, picked up a paper and be :
| gan to read" ''Well?" His wife and
daughters had heard Of April fool caEdy,
of course. and they didn't touch It,"
Then where does the meanness of the
! trick come in?" 1T was perfectly good
candy-the best In the market. lie rave II
to the hired girl and then jee-ad them
about their unjust and unkind suspi-
cions."-Chicago Tribune.
The new woman movement has made
people tired
And will soon reach the stage which
new women will rue;
/ You will hear them all grumble when
| they are required
! To pay alimony as men have TO do.