The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-30

OF her inquired: why. do you two girls
quarrel? New York Is a nice place to
visit. and SO is Boston, but only the
south is worth living In, and ii is only
In the south that we girls save our
caramel money and absolutely starve
for sweets that we may buy violets to
lay at the feet Of the one good actor
In the world"
Both the girls eagerly asked, "Sir
Henry Irving?" The Baltimore girl
looked as indignant as II she had been
accused of siding with the Spaniards
as she said. Certainly not--Mr. Soth-
ern."
Just then the curtain dropped for
good, and the girls went out to drink
soda water, and / pondered over the
intricacies Of the. feminine mind and
felt that there was certain healthful-
ness In this admiration of the actor, be-
cause. after all, with real nice girl il
Is the actor and not the man that she
admires.
BY the bye, II was announced early
In the autumn that the fashionable card
was no longer to be engraved with the
written script that has so long marked
that which was correct, but that block
letters would be used. Now. somebody
who pretended to know told that this
silly fad was copied from the English,
but the English people would be the
first to laugh at II since its use on the
other side Is only by the army and
navy people. Do you remember when a
few social snobs proclaimed their ig-
norance by putting cockades on their
coachmen and footmen? Our English
cousins laughed until they ached when
~ tk.r ~ho A. -
properly worn only on the hats OF the
coachmen and footrnen OF those who
hold the commission or the crown-that
is to say, the army. navy, house Of
peers and at one time the clergy Of the
established church. II you have ever
given a thought to 1t, you will notice
the cockade belonging to q coachman
of an admiral in the navy Is "A little
different In shape and Is worn slightly
lower than that OF any other, but, rs
usual. on the left side. England is the
only country in the world where the
cockade hns an official significance. In
France every dirty "cooher' who begs
in a sycophantic manner for his pour
boire" will wear on the side OF his dis
reputable looking hat an equally dis
reputable and possibly Ill smelling
cockade. I never thought cockades pref
ty anyway, but things OF that sort are
q matter of taste. You may admire
one thing while I gush wildly over
another.
For instance. I think the loveliest
women In the world have black hair
and blue eyes. and your heart may go
out to a blond.
For Instance, you think a girl who
knows how to make jelly cake and car
amels will be n good housekeeper.
doubt II. for there II a difference be-
tween carsmels and mutton and cake
and roast beef.
For instance. you don't blame q girl
II she has a really pretty hat for keep
ing Il on her head at the theater. I dis
agree with you. I think she ought 20
have q properly arranged coiffure and
tie lace scarf over IL. which can easily
be removed.
For instance. you think because 80
many women have been rude TO yor
that you won't offer your seat In the
car 10 anything feminine. I disagree
with you. think you are kind heart
ed fellow. and n got in and swung on
a strap In a weary sort OF way you
would get up and offsr me Q resting