El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-21
THE CIRCUS SEASON.

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THE CIRCUS SEASON.
From the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Now the merry circus season spreadeth Ger
the land;
Mark the flaming posters looming up on
every hand;
Maiden with the six foot tresses;
Trapeze girls in scanty dresses;
Beasts from unknown wilder nesses;
Girl who lion fierce caresses;
Birds that no known land possesses;
Calltope that nerves distresses:
clown who ancient jokes expresses;
Farmer who at shell game guesses;
Procession that with pomp progresses;
All of which our wealth assesses;
See the people throng the sidewalks when
they hear the band.
Note the fearless bareback rider dashinR
round the ring:
See the ancient damsel from a lofty trapeze
swing;
See red lemonade ALLOWING;
Mark the last years peanuts going;
Scent the jungle zephyrs blowing;
Hear the sacred white bull lowing;
See the strong man make a showing
That a half-ton weight he's throwing;
Mark the rural lad. all knowing;
Hear the scores of babies Growing;
Watch the cowboys lasso-throwlng;
And the baby lion growing;
Crane your meek and strain your eyes at
every wondrouS thing.
Hear the small boys fervent pleading to at
tend the show;
Pater says the kid needs guarding-so he'll
also go;
Even mater gets excited
When the big white tent is sighted,
Hints until she is invited;
Piak shirt wasted girls delighted;
Stingy dad is much affrighted;
Urchtn's face with joy lis lighted;
Skies with rain clouds are benighted;
Hopes of sunshine always blighted.
Every other thing is sighted
When the circus has alighted;
Might as well pull the shades and lock the
the door. and go.
Sensible women wear sensible
fashions, inseusible people war in
sensible ones," says Mark Twain.
Another wit, in speaking of fashions
says that the more the figure resembles
an hour glass, the quicker will the
sands Of life run out.
Gray ia favorite color and gray
ginghams and linens, trimmed elabor-
ately with lace or embroidery,.ar an
important addition TOT summer ward
robes.
It is told that Robert Browning said
when he spoke of his sons beginning
his pull bile career as q painter: "Peo-
pie expect so much of him, poor fellow,
because he had a clever mother"
New York's latest fad is to ave
clubs and though horses
are not dispensed with by the fashion
ables, yet their chiefest amusement is
and traps.
There is ''true American story"
told in the London Mail, apropos OF
the speed of Americrn trains, that one
time when passenger leaned out of
the car window to give q farewell kiss
to his better half, the train rushed off
and the chaste kiss was imprinted on
the lips of a porter at the next station.
The smartest of pique skirts, &C
cording to New York fashions are per-
fectly plain, relying on perfection of fit
auQ nanR IOf GD6lr em6rG0SSS. SK1rCS
with insertion in the seams or above
the hem are worn by the elect though
not in such high favor as the simpler
designs. White shirt waists are
preferred to wear with white skirts
and all possible white materials from
taffeta to orRandy are used.
English paper commenting on the
beauty of Lady Usrica Dunscom be, who
Is to be married soon, say that were
she not so lovely .of face, she would
still be beautiful because of her COM
plete grace, of movement, speech and
It has always been her
belief sthat graceful deport-
nent brings more distinction than
beauty of face and SO her daughters |
y ere taught to walk we'll to carry their |
heads With pride and grace and to bear
;hemsel yes always with complete cour-
.esy.
The British Medical Journal insists |
hat piano-playing, by very young wo-
men, brings about nervous maladies: |