The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-13
FASHIONS in Para8OI8.
Bah Gets Advces as to the Latest Paris ModesGOod and
Bad Form in Umbrellas.

eys VIII be full of tears, anu when you
ask him what's the matter, he may say
he would rather not tell you; but even
tually he will let you know that he
thought it unutterably sweet Of you 10
put on the frOck he liked, to pin flower
in his buttOnhOlc, or to have had some
special dish that pleased him for dinner.
Now, you only put on the frOck because
it was becoming without thought of
him. You pinned the rose i'll his button
hole because you had it in your hand
and didn't konw what else to do with
it, and You had that special dish ordered
because you liked it yourself. Men are
faithful to memories even. And wOm-
an, lovely woman, who has every virtue
in the dictionary given to her, fOrgets
as quickly as a cat
Somebody said: ooh. Constance, how
can you say such a thing? Didn't you
love your husband"
PUNNED ON HIS NAME.
And Constance, with u truthfulness
that was charming, because it was uni
sual, answered, Yes, l suppose l did;
but | really have forgotten what it was
like; and though he was always very
l.
myself ont particularly to please him"
Somebody said this want % suitable
question to discuss before young girls,
so it stopped just there, and to fill the
gap / told a story had heard the night
befOre-a story told after dinner by a
pleasant EngliShman. And a pleasant
hnglishman who has a good fund of stO-
lies is the most delightful dinner COM
paniOn ever created. But here's the sto-
ry: There is a very learned magazine
published in this cOuntry-well call It
the South American Record. 1t lis own
ed by a dignified gentleman of great
wealth and much fashion. One night
this gentleman was Boosting that in
this day of disrespect, in this day of
punning and jeering and jesting, no one
had ever yet been able to make a pun
ON his NAME and in his stately way he
was thankful for it. The pleasant Eng
lishman had accepted an invitation to
dine with him the next night, but some
thing happened to prevent, and he was
forced TO stay at home. His mother
a charming lady. over ninety years old
was surprised to see her son, as she mad
heard he was going out, and. looking
at him. she remarked, in perfect limo
cence of the wrong naming: 'Oh, my
dear. are you here? i thought you were
going to dine with Mr.. Boiled Rice!' No,
body has ever dared tell the stately gen
tleman of the innocent pun made on his
name, but three or four people find it diff
iicult to keep from calling him after the
innocuOus vegetable. And yet the dear
old lady was a friend. But perhaps he
might think that. innOcently, she wore
the garb of an enemy.
FRIENDS AND ENEMIES.
Who doesn't prefer some enemies to
some friends?
L prefer the open enemy to the So
called friend who considers it amusing
TO discuss my weaknesses before people
who are strangers to me.
prefer the open enemy to the so
called friend who uses me as long as i
is convenient, and then laughs about
how easily | am fooled.
| prefer the open enemy to the so
called friends, who, visiting me in the
day of my sorrow, hears of my woes
and tells them TO a lot of idle listeners
| prefer the open enemy to the So
called friend who exploits i'll temper, dis
agreeable truths, and dissatisfaction
upon me. counting that friendship gives
such privileges.
l prefer an open fight always. Then
there's honest enmity. not innuendOes,
not backbiting. nor lying, where YOU
strike out from the shoulder, either
mentally or physically, straight. And
you can bet your luckpenny that you
will find either a good friend or good
enemy in Bah.