Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-10-07
THE FEMININE OBSERVER.

The masculine mischief maker has
nj equal.
The we'll spring of true happiness is
a clear conscience.
~"Fairyland' is the name given to a
new design in wall paper.
All sorts of beautiful feather turbans
will be in vogue this winter.
The feminine book agent carries her
stock in trade in a little silk bag.
The old-time Spanish lace scarf is
enjoying a happy revival in the era
vate.
A silk-lined tailor-made gown is the
necessary possession of the we'll
dressed winter girl.
1t is a lucky druggist who didn't put
his soda fountain away in camphor for
the winter.
Reading classes and the book clubs
are being formed for winter hours
recreation.
For some persons there are only two
days in the week-Sundays and salary
days.
1t is wonderful what poor memories
some people have in the matter of
bills they owe.
Some of the new shades of brown re-
semble a mustard-plaster that has
been working overtime,
Nothing makes a mar more pro-
voked than to be asked to cut anything
with a dull pair of scissors.
Those having the greatest sorrows to
bear are not the ones making the
greatest fuss over them.
Puff billiards is a new game that is
winning much approval from so
iety people in the search for novelty.
A man cares much more for a wo-
man who shows he is clever than for
one who shows that she is clever.
The much-begrimed hands of the
average conductor look as though a
case of modification had set in.
The average newspaper woman
seems to be regarded as a sort of hyena
by the great and thinking public,
There are some graces that W. new
err appreciate excepting when they are
absent-namely, thankfulness.
An English paper advertises for
J paying dodgers" Are there any land
ladies anxious to secure those who do
not pay?
/ Physicians say il is IN utter physical
impossibility for hearts to break, but
they crack dangerously near to it
sometimes.
How very few women walk really
well. Slouching and stumbling along
seem to be the keynote of feminine
pedestrianism.
1t is easy enough to buy a lot of
things you do not want. The difficulty
comes in in buying only what you act
ually need.
Honesty is the best policy, but it
often happens that the most evidently
I clear and honest statement is the one
least believed.
The click of little French heels and
the frou-frou of silken skirts doesn't
mean that the wearer of them is neces-
sarily a rattle Drained idiot.
1t is not always the happiest woman
who does the most singing. Sheer
nervousness will frequently cause tune
full ebullitions that are as full Of heart
sorrow as tears can be.
A woman will order substantial Eng
lish mutton chops and half and half
for luncheon, but she is almost certain
to finish off with ice cream.
A man likes to be complimerted by
a man excepting when the compliment
takes the form of congratulating him
or the good taste he displayed in the
choice of a wife,
Do not wear jewelry into a Chinese
laundry unless you wish to hear some
complimentary remarks from the ce-
l~estials, who have an eye for the gilt
ter of gold and sparkle of gems.
What a lot Of secrets are entrusted
to the keeping of the messenger boyi
He may not know it, but he is a veri-
table walking packet of inside infor-
nation that many a husband and wife
would give dollars to discover.