The record-union., 1897-01-17
There is a man in our town,
So wondrous, wondrous wise,
He jumped into a briar bush,


And scratched out both his eyes!
I think that must be what ails him,
since he is so short sighted that no
sooner has he a really good thing than
prestol biffl its off with the old and on
with the new. He never knows just what
he wants. and doesn't know what to do
with what he gets when he does secure
1T. The trouble is that he drags every
body concerned into the briar bush with
him. PahI where is the fool catcher,
that he neglects his business so? He'll
reap a goodly crop in some quarters
could name when he does get around.
Miss Haswell, cousin of Evelyn
Reeves of this city, is soon to depart
for her home in San Francisco, after a
visit of some length at the Reeves
home on M street Miss Reeves will ac-
company her cousin to her home in the
Bay City and will remain on visit for
about month.
Old-time Sacramentans will have nc
difficulty in recalling the Torbert girls,
who have quite reputation for beauty
and who have among sothers of our
favoriteS, long since removed to San
Francisco. Mrs. Torbert herself, mother
Of these lovely girls, was very hand
some woman, as / remember her; grace
full, elegant and charming. 1 can easily
recall her as I used to see her coming
into church Sunday after Sunday, as
sat in the family pew, small child, with
eyes wide opened in admiration of the
s'pretty lady" I remember that
ol ha mr. white 1aPe
handkerchief she used to carry dangling
from a tiny golden chain, which in turn
was fastened to gold ring worn outside
her glove. But that was long ago, and
now the little Torbert girls are grown
up. The eldest daughter is married tc
a "bold soldier man" and cast her lot
with the United States army. Sheda,
the beautiful, chose her husband from
the civil service; and now, Mollie, the
youngest of the trio, is betrothed to
gentleman of far away Gotham.
How time flies and what changes come
with the years. It seems only a step
backward, but alasl the changes are toe
tangible to be disputed, and with the
passing years landmarks spring up tc
show us how far we have gotten in our
tourney toward the great beyond.
Apropos of our one-time Sacramento
girls, do you ever hear anything of Alice
and Gertie Gates? Do you remember
what a splendid looking girl Alice used
to be with her great velvety black eyes,
met a gentleman the other day who
had Just returned from San Francisco
and while there had called upon Alice
He says she has lost nothing of her good
looks, but has grown very stout and Is
withaI just the same jolly girl we usec
to know SO we'll. Among other gooc
Qualities and accomplishments she has
developed a beautiful contralto voice
What a pity it is that after being rocked
upon the generous breast of our mother
~ Capital and just beginning to bud into
d womanhood that would make oul
mother city proud to see, our most ac
complished girls fit from US as do young
birds leaving the parent nest as soon as
their tender wings will bear them up.
/ saw our mutual friend, Fred Foote
ait the Orpheum Theater, San Fran
cisco, one night last week. He had ev-
identity met with some accident, as ht
was wearing a green patch over his
right eye. He was looking well other
wise. There was such a crush, hadn't
an opportunity of speaking to him.
I heard the funniest story abou
Mary Anderson the other day from one
who knew her well and had often play
ed in the same company with her. w
were talking about chewing gum. Sh'
said: You ought to do as Mary An
derson used to-"
What was that?" 1 asked.
''Oh," she replied; Mary used Il
chew gum, you know, and just before
going on she would stick 1t to the enc
of one Of the scenes. In the mean
time perhaps the scene would b'
shifted. and soon as her lines wert
done Mary would come tearing around
like mad looking for her gum"
Thus do even the great display th'
traits Of character which unite then
in a universal brotherhood with tbs
masses. Can one imagine the immacu
late. almost severely classic Mary An
derson chewing gum? For me it re
quires too great an exertion Of the i'm
agination.
to undo the marital knot nowadays l.
little less than appalling, If taken II
conjunction with the length of time
during which said knot remains tied
A happy pair who were united IL
the holy bonds of matrimony In oui
town some six months ago have sud
denly dissolved partnership for no ap
parent cause. and greatly 10 the sur
prise and CONSERVATION OF the friends
of both young people. Marry in hast'
and repent al leisure" seems to have
very apt illustration in this case. Blu
why Is ii that these affairs occur s'
much mere frequently in these day
than In the days of our grandmothers
Are our girls not taught the import
apce of the step they are about L
take that they rush blindly into s.
ertevous a mistake? l am AFRAID TN
root of the matter is just there. IN
nYother of the young wife Just men
ssoned Is notoriously FOND OF golns'
yvb3la her little children amnse them
selves till her return playing under In
electric lights at an hour when the!
shorid be sleeping the innocent sieei