Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
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day evening are In imitation Of popu-
lar London fashion. These table d'hote
dinners are given in London at certain
restaurants &C about the same price
charged here. The women who attend
them come IN full evening dress. in 40
oordance with the liberal English ideas
on this subject. But the New York
caterer, who expected to have his din.
Ing rooms decorated with the presence
Of women in evening dress, finds his az.
pectationsquite unfulfilled. The women
are willing to come to dinner, but they
do not wear evening gowns, and they
have no idea Of adopting any such cos
,ume. Probably nine out Of every ten
have paid more for their dresses than
the average London woman would have
paid when she appeared in her most
elaborate ball gown. But the proprietor
mourns because bic expensive table
d'hote dinners must be eaten by women
in bonnets and hats, even II they arr
tho most modish and costly that the
Paris milliners can create!
Wanted Her Mamma.
! A little girl carrying doll in her
arms half her size came to Essex Mar.
ket court. ~ want my mamma" she
eaid toa court officer. "Your mammal"
said the officer. 'Wby, where is she?"
"A policeman told me be looked her up,
and she was fined %. He told ne to get
the money and pay her fne I've got .
cents Do you think the kind Judge will
take that and let my dear mamma go?"
The officer said that he did not know
what tho court would do The mother.
Lena Greenwald. was arrested for ped.
ding in Hester street. Although there
arc over 900 women peddling In that
tboroughfare. the policemen could only
find one lawbreaker She was the de.
PENDANT who was arrested for selling
apples. The woman 10 . widow with
two small children. Magistrate Pool.
who fined the woman, couldn't =. resist
the little girls appeal when she was
taken before him. II don + want your
pennies. !" said the court. II want my
mamma" said the little girl. hugging
her doll anectionately. "Well, you
shall have her. Sohwarts, - cried Magis-.
Htrate Pool, ''get the papers jn$tbis case.
Here's little girl who wants her moth
or, and I want to give her up to her"
The papers were quickly produced and
Ggned. .-.s..s.. - t..
Slick Messenger Boys.
A regular traffic in Cancelled revenue
stamps, by which number Of messen-
ger bows, by collusion with Wall street
brokers', were making considerable
money, has been discovered BY the rev.
enue sleuths. The documentary stamps
have been offered by the lads at dis.
count of from as to so per cent. The
boys obtained the stamps they sold by
holding back the stamps given them by
brokers' to place on sales tickets and
substituting in place Of them stamps
which had formerly been used on sales
tickets and cancelled without putting the
day Of the month in oanoeling mark.
They would then sell the new stamps to
brokers'. Some Of the boys are said to have
made as much 40 900 in one day BY
this plan. OF course the plan could not
have been successful had not the boys
found q ready market and been encour-
aged by the purchasers to bring more
stamps. The end 10 not yet, and it -
quite likely that some OF the tricky
spectators will be called upto explain.
Good Thing to Tie To.
The policeman standing in the center
Of the street. majestioally reckoning to
timid orossers, stopping the fiery steeds
Of fashion with a wave Of his hand.
with nod permitting the deadly cable
car TO pass, hating the most heavily
laden Of trucks for little girl Of 8 or
an old lady Of 60, Is . thing to tie to.
When his mighty forefnger crooks itself
invitingly. then 10 the time to pass
across the street In sublime safety. All
this being 10. why 10 It that some
among the gentleS SEX will hesitate,
when the arm Of the law has invited
them TO pass. and with doubtful eyes
swat the approaching carriage or the
moving wagonl Surely they must b
strangers 60 the city who thus show dis
trust In the power which beckons them
into the broad river Of oeaseless Broad
way traffic.
n CHASTITY Sign.
ono Of the ghastliest signs On tn.
lower Bowsry, that abiding place Of
gnastliness, 10 In front Of Z dentists
Office. A wax head In showcase opens
IL mouth In 90 pleasant grin % wax
faces can put on, shows cot Of passs.
bly, white teeth and displays legend
"As I look with my new teeth. (" Then
| 49, - "a 4 = - "a
again, with an awful cot Of decayed
teeth brought to view. and the legend,
AS looked with my old teeth. Per.
haps 20 persons brought up on wax hor-
Fues Of 1.-THE bloodiest murder ever com.
mitted, = Of ArA Mack and of Holmea
life sise. this dentists advertisement 10
sntioing, but the ordinary man walks
OF with tho creepa up his back. n.
JOSEPH RUssElx.