The record-union., 1896-04-12


I So ago in a binding SnOwstOrm, that
! the only lilies to be had with which to
| decorate for Easter Sunday were three
purchased at the above price by one of
the churches. Compare this with the
lilies to be had in Sacramento just for
the asking.
Oh wad some power the giftie gle US,
| To see ourses as ithers see u.s.
| This exceedingly trite coup1et of Rob-
| bic Burns has been quoted over and over
again, yet so true is it, that it fits al
ways just as neatly to Its place as when
| the plowman-poet first conceived it.
| / was put in mind of it very strongly
| the other night. When passing along
Eighth street on my way home I came
upon a scene SO very unusual and funny
| / must give you the benefit of it. The
| place de theater' was the parlOr or
| front room of a house, built low to the
ground, with steps descending to the
sidewalk without the formality of a
gate. The room was brilliantly lighted,
an in one of the two front windows,
whose shades were conveniently lifted
| by, sat young miss, anywhere between
IA and Is, book in hand, evidently pos
| ing. The porch running across the front
OF the house was in possession of two
or three lads whose ages might range
| from 13 to 20, while arrayed along the
| low iron railing which confined the
small garden, gazing upon my lady with
eyes intent, We're as many as five or six
more. The first idea that struck me
was that a party was in progress, and
the popular game of ''pOstoffice" had ex
| cluded the masculine portion of the
gathering until called for But a second
glance disclosed the fact that the young
lady was the only occupant of the room,
thereby exploding that theory.
The exclamation What on earth is the
attraction" escaped me, when one Of
the assembled admirers replied. His
answer ! will not repeat for various rea
sons, but it filled me with perplexity as
| to how this could go on, night after
night, as little inquiry assured me 1t
| cid and the question arose as to who
and where the young wOmans guard
ians were. Why are parents so imbe-
| cile, / cannot term it otherwise, as to
leave an impreSsionable growing girl to
| her own devices. at time when careful
training should be insured to fit her for
her coming conflict with life?
| Did you ever sit in a doctors office,
one of an assemblage of patients, await
| ing your turn? 1t is most interesting
opportunity to study character; one
comes in contact with humanity in all
its phases, as every condition of life
| is more or less subject to the ellis our
flesh is heir to-
The following pantomime was enact
ed by an unconscious cast Of characters
one day not long since, to the intense
! amusement of student of human ma
| ture.
| The door opens and a woman enters,
| marches up to the table where the
newspapers and periodicals are at
tractively disposed, takes possession in
| manner that threatens defiance to any
who might have the temerity to in
trude and settles down to perusal Of
the same. AS fast as one paper is fin
ished it is laid upon her lap, which
serves as a toboggan slide to land the
journal upon the floor. CThe lady was
| endowed with more than her share of
|
person of the masculine persuasion, who
may have been what the Scotch term a
"stickit minister" or merely the hus-
| band of new woman" sitting next to
the stout dame aforementioned, lifts
the offending newspaper and returns it
to its place. Each succeeding paper
follows the lead of it's fellows, the timid
gentleman hesitatingly replacing it as
/ 4; 4 ~. !, \
spectator was wondering if this little
| farce was to go on ad infinitum the
door opened and a boy throws in the
| evening paper. This was the signal for
a. change of scene. Madam arose pre-
cipitately, regardless of her lap full OF
papers (Which were, however, as be-
fore. timdly replaced by the little gen.
tleman in black as they slid uncon-
sciously to the fioor), and dashed across
the room before anyone had a chance
| TO say Jack Snider," seizing upon the
news sheet fresh from the press, and, as
before, settling herself triumphantly &c
an inspection Of its contents.
Time passed. the doctor was engaged
with the patient next in line, and the
paper being finally exhausted Madame
| fdseted, and looking about for some
.t /
settled her eyes finally upon a pair oi
very modsh French heeled ties. sur
mounted by two or three incnes OF
dainty ooen work hose belonging to hel
neighbor across the room. The lady
returned her curiosity With interest
not unmixed with Indignation, for had
she not coveted the diversion OF closer
acquaintance with the tableful of news
held inviolate against all comerS by
the piratical- minded dame? One has
only TO be possessed of an indomftable
perseverance and will power and ar
utter Indifference to the opinion of the
public in general and Mrs. Grundy in
particular TO get through the world in
! possession of all those things which
are only dreamed of at an impossible
distance by ones more timid fellows.
A young lady of more peaceful pro-
pensities next engaged the attention OF
the student. She carried in her hand q
large bouquet of lovely roses, which
she eyed sentimentally from different
points of view. head on one side and
J eyes half-closed, as If in deep thought
Finally. extracting one lovely flower
from its mates, she placed Ii carefully
in the bosom of her dress, then, hav-
:. ing ascertained in one sweeping glance
of caution about the apartment thai
no one was observing her, she lovingly
arranged her flowers beside the type.
writer next to which she was sitting
: Whatever the romance connected with