The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-03-03
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Feminine
Observer


, from idlcness.
Why do we always show our worst
side to our best friends?
1t is not what we earn but what we
save that makes us rich.
He who can suppress moments an
ger may prevent day Of sorrow.
How few women know how to hold
up their skirts with any degree of
grace.
The tall man always seems to consid-
err the smallest derby the most becom-
ing headwear.
If there is a mirror anywhere about,
a man is quite as apt to monopolize it
as woman.
A woman generally fail in love with
the very man her acquaintance would
least expect her to.
The woman who has NO children to
brighten the latter days of her life mis-
es the purest joys Of her existence.
There is talk of establishing cooking
schools for men. This isn't such ri
diculous idea as it may first appear.
It is strange what o nuisance the put
ting ON of gloves becomes to the We
man who wears lot of rings,
Slang is defined as the short cut in
language, but we all know the adage
about the longest way round. etc.
Why on earth because woman owns
a chiffon sash does she insists upon
wearing it with tailor-made gown?
When a man feels familiar enough
with woman to swear in her presence
it wont be long before he will swear at
her.
Did ever woman live, breathe and
have her existence who didn't at some
time or other wonder what became Of
all her lair pins?
It is the easiest thing in the world for
a woman to get herself talked about
but it isn. half as easy to prove there
is no real reason for it.
The habit that women have of carry
ing their handkerchiefs up their sleeves
is responsible for the thriving business
always done in these articles.
Many girl who marries "a man be-
cause she thinks other girls want him
wishes they had him before she has
been wed month
Men often term certain quality in
. their natures dignity; women, in de-
, fning it, get nearer the truth when
they call it Obstinacy.
Assert your swn freedom if you will
but assert it modestly and quietly,
respecting others as you wish to be
respected yourself
One Of the funniest contrasts of fash
ion noted this winter is the wise look
ing owl perched on the hat of tho friYo-
lous and fluffy maiden.
A clever needlewOman, if she is
stylish besides, can get very smart
frock for dollar, choosing some Of
, the wonderful six cent crashes now on
sale.
Many letter hastily written and dis
patched bears an entirely different
message from the one it would convey
if it had been given a little mere
thought.
Rarely is q man worried over the
thought of failing in woman's love
He takes it for granted she cannot pos
sibly tire of such perfect creature at
himself.
Women age so much more quickly
than men that a marriage where the
wife is the older means a certain feel
ing sooner or later on the part of thu
: man that he has welded his grand
mother.
1t is only because a womans limbs
get wet from dragging skirts that the
average feminine hates rainy day
= Short skirts would obviate all trouble!
and there would be less coughs anC
colds.
Notwithstanding the bulldog to-
} shoe is the latest approved style of foot
wear, it is q noted fact that best dressed
women adhere to the happy medium be
tween the pointed toe and these homel!
round-cornered affairs that make
pretty foot hideous.
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