The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-30

story the other day. 1t Is II Well-kheWhI
fnct that during the holiday shoMhn
the average woman becomes frlghIully
nervous. Consequently the polite hoor
walker is quite accustomed to speaking
70 women who are in tears, and nine
times out of ten can guess the reason or
their grief. A specially civil chap saw
a handsomely-gow refined-looking
woman CRYING bitterly. He asked il she
were i'll and if he should get her a glass
of water. No. nothing was the matter
VITA her SO far as Illness was concerned
Had she lest her purse? 1t was safe in
the shopping bag Had she lost her
way? No. she lived in the city and
knew her way about town. Had sic
friends or children wandered from her?
No, had gone out alone.
AT last suddenly inspired. he asked.
''Have you lost your memorandum
book? She looked up in his face and
answered, mo. I've got it; but / can't
make out what one word OF il means.
And eventually she cried So long and
SO hard that she had an attack Of hyS'
terra. and a doctor had TO be called in.
and a carriage got. and her less of men,
orv cost her husband $50. The moray
IS. Write out your memorandum list So
you will know what it means. y very
sensible Judge has decided that the prop
rietor OF a theater will have To pay f,r
a frock torn by a nail on the seat engag
ed: for the performance. Now comes
the opportunity of the dpwntrodder
worm. How about the hats crushed bE
men going out between the acts? How
about the cloaks injured when one Is IN
duced to check them? How about tht
hacks of fbodices stained by the accu
mulated dust and grease on the nast.e
plush upholsttry? Will the manager have
| to pay for these? Men are always won
! dering why the women won't leave theli
! hats and cloaks in her dressing room
/ will tell you why. Because nobod!
| likes to have the maids in charge tryin.f
them on or holding them in their hand:
and criticizing them. No woman wh'
| wears good clothes likes to know thai
| her cloak is at the bottom of heap o
I cloaks poked into a cubby hole. and thai
| is about the way that things are caret
| for when they are checked. The woma !.
who has the wisdom of the serpent keep
| a very ordinady cloak for theater wear
! and swaths her head in an enormous lact
scarf. The scarf can he wrapped in the
cloak and put under the seat, and tht
! gentleman behind can put his feet ON i,
| or even poke a hole in ii with his nm
| hrella. and there will be no great grief
! But to see an ermine-lined, lace-trimmej
| cloak and beautiful chapeau receiv
/ such treatment is enough to bring tear :
! to the eyes of a rhinoceros, an ANNA
/ which is said not to weep easily.
FUNNY THINGS Bah SEES. Z
| Personally glory in warm cloak OF
| Irish frieze and lace scarf four yard'
| long, which are my standbys, while tht
man who oftenest is my escort inyariabl.
| wears to the theater hat which in thu
| order of service is known as No. .. !
| must confess that the hat is getting t.
| look little as if it were time for it Il
sink into innocuous desuetude. 1t has
/ got to he one of the funny things, an.
Il there are so many funny things.
/ Did you ever see little dog in Ham
4 let cloak and three-c0rnered hat !.
i That's funny.
/ Did you ever see kitten in a lonf
| white dress, with pink mob cap
That's funny.
| Did you ever see. an old woman wit
| bleached hair wearing sailor hat
| That's funny.
/ Did you ever see an old man dresse'
/ like young dude? That's funny.
Did You ever notice how man cdl
concentrate all the soul he possesse;
| in his athletic get up? That's funny.
| Did you ever see a woman who is lib
eral in her use Of powder and rouge an
who believes nobody notices it? That
funny.
/ Did you ever sec man who believed
i that he could deceive woman? That
/ funny, but it is a lot funnier to see how
4 IL,
| when she does it for his own good. B!
the by, it's funny weather we are hav
ing, isn't it? Fun's good thing and yo1
i can seldom have too much. provided it j,
/ innocent FUN. But the fun that hurts
i oh! that ceases to be fun and becomes
i malice, and against the name Of every
malicious person there is black mar
/ in the book OF individuals owned by
4 Bah.