Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-04-13

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We felt like saying to her that II we
had been fortunate enough to belong to
the other sex, she could not make that
boast any longer, but her diguIfed bear
Ing, beautiful gray hair, classic face,
and hIgh-hred manner forbade any such
remark, 50 we must DO content to ad.
mire st distance, never for q moment
daring to hope for such bliss a. to be
taken into her interest In any way, but
an good things sometimes come to those
who wait.
Then there Is "The woman with his
tory but what that history Is, no one can
find OUT" aud for that characteristic We
intensely admired her, for surely she
must be the Only Living Great American
Exception, to the rule that women tell all
they know. With all her sadness and
melancholy-which makes her all the
more interesting-there Is vein OF
humor running through her makeup.
When we went TO her to get the French
phrase "pays dc nsissance" translated,
sde said, 1T means that you are nui-
sance, aud that you have 70 pay to be q
nuisance.' Great Heavens! we thought,
what else have we got to pay for!
They'll charge us so much breath by
aud-by, and We shall have to hold our
breath to save money.
Then There is the girl who Is so de-
voted to that tall girl from Boston, and
who
"wceps with deligh. when she gives her . smile,
And trembles with fear at her frowu."
From what we hear her saying now to
the tall girl from Boston, II does not
look as II she WAS greatly Over-awed
even by the dignity and Intellect OF Bos-
ton, for We hear her saying, "well, now,
I'd like to know what you are quarrel.
ling with Jane Smith for. Seems to me
you are doing nothing but fighting with
somebody all the time! IL II Amt me,
It's somebody else!" "Fighting!" Is the
rejoinder, III could live with Jane Smith
q thousand years and not light with her /!
Tou are the only fighter In this house!"
But our informant has exhausted her
vocabulary, so We must give you our
own version; which begins with the
dreamy girl who is studying French "be-
cause there Ia not enough Ia the English
language to express her sentiment and
emotions" Poor William Shak. speare
did not find much trouble In that d.
rection. She Is also fond OF telling OF
her intimacy with all the great literary
lights, and whrn she asks who are our
acQuaintanees In the literary world, we
meekly say We only know Old Bill Jones
when he was alive-who was local
correspondent to the Mosquito Valley
Press, aud William Henry Rusticus, who
wrote for the Frogpond Gazette.
Then there Is the sparkling beauty that
they say IL "giddy" and would Joke at
n funeral" We can say for her, how
she Is the jolliest girl we ever came
across, and her funny sayings aud do
ings would chase the black looks from
the face OF Sphynx There Is not ry-
to-be -funny n i-csn't, about her, but
plenty Of don't-try-to-be-funuy-and-cda.
Also, the lovely girl who works 10 the
studio, and serves tea there every after
noon, and never fails 10 bring In cup
to cell No. 81, North Tower.
And the girl who Is continually laugh
Ing about her woes, sorrows, and mis-
fortunes, and who says she positively
could not be happy unless she was mis-
erable! When II Is not chilblains II Is
something else, but her face Is q sun
beam, full OF dimples and kindliness.
The girl who Is destined TO be our
rival, swooped down upon US one fell
day. Before we had known her fifteen
minutes she had been her own auto
biographer, and also informed US that
she was journalist on the staff Of the
Great New York Panjandrum, and that
she thought nothing OF reeling of an ar
ticle for Harper's In about ten minutes
that she gets $50 for, and also that she
had positively got TO get out novel in
the next six months-which would make
sensation Of course! Notwithstanding
all this greatness, she Is over here to
study for the comic opera! Alas. how
many Of US are there, who "see ourselves
as others see u.s." and how very natural
il is TO think that 1--WE and our children
are so much "smarter" and more perfect
than our neighbors and their children,
who usually are full Of faults and
blemishes.
Another girl is fond of boasting Of the
money she spends, and will tote all her
articles Of rertu into the girls rooms,
and tell the fabulous prices she paid for
them. She is also fond Of telling OF her
intimate acquaintance with royalty, aud
asks IL We met Lord Howlong, and Baron
Figtree, while in London. We tell her
that our only titled scquaintances are
Sir Edwin Bigphool and Lord High Fan
tod.
Then there are the two sweet sisters
who would not be noticed in crowd,
because Of their quiet, unassuming man
ners, and retiring dispositions, but who
on further acquaintance prove to be high
minded, highly educated and accom-
plished, and from personal experience
We lind them the most unselfish, gentle,
kind and tender Of friends. True worth
will make itself known ut last, even II
people are long time 10 finding IL out.
Aud here Is the generous, big-hearted
girl with the pale face, and eyes that tell
Of suffering. but who outwardly Is the jol-
liest girl in the house. We hear her now
10 the next room saying to her friend,
"Now, Brownie, I'd like to bang your
head against the wall! You're the
dsrnedest kid l ever saw about some
things!" Brownie meekly squeals as we
hear her head banged against the wall
And then here Is the freak" who for
six weeks from the time Of coming into
the house, never left her room except at
meal time, never looked sideways, never
spoke to any one, and seemed SO severe
and awe-inspiring that no one dared to
speak to her, but on the night Of the
costume festival she dressed up In the
most ridiculous costume, personated the
clown, and danced the highland fling,
jig, reel and breakdown, to the infinite
astonishment Of all.
And the dignified mother and daughter
who unbend to no one, and we think our
selves especially favored to get SO many
aweef amiles and kind wnrds-and the