The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24

When the lilies are gone and the
peoples take on
The withered appearance of age,
And the snug marigold is faded and
old,
1t is then that I am the rage.
In shades that are bright Chiefly
yellow and white,)
With tentacles frowzly and long.
And a.pungent perfume that will fill
a whole room
With an odor intolerably strong,
You see me displayed in the windows
arrayed
In vases and iardinieres tall.
And you'll have to admit I'm en-
phatically 1t.
The flower that's queen of them all.
The swell boutonniere that the chap
pie may wear
Consists of a blossom of me,
And the corsage bouquet on the
bellies Of the day
Is composed of a couple or three
flowers so vast that you stand
quite aghast
When their long snakey petals you
see
The great football game would be
listless and tame
Unless 1 was there in full force,
And I grace every hall for banquet
or ball,
Which depends on my presence, of
course
the had
In beauty and fragrance and grace;
I've elbowed the rose and each flower
that blows
From favor and taken their place:
Tn ragged and tousled, and ugly
and frowzled,
I'm vulgar and loud but I've come
With intention to stay, so get out of
the way
OF the wild-haired chrysanthemum.
Portland Oregonian.
&AA
Among the many good, queer things
said by the bachelor of the Richmond
Times are:
A man who isn't afraid of women is
afraid of men.
A woman speaks of having been to
her dentist with the same pride a man
tells of having won thousand dollars
on the election.
A woman can make herself believe
anything she wants to, and she can
make a man who loves her believe
more than she can make herself be-
lieVe
Patience and careful training will
cure most any woman of singing.
1t is the drinking man who has the
biggest contempt for the man who
overeats.
The thing for a couple to study when
they fall in love is how to keep from
falling out again.
The poor mans son is the rich mans
heir.
Before you can win you must learn
not to lose.
Women dream their thoughts men
think their dreams.
Any idiot can make money; not one
in ten thousand can keep it,
The world judges your successes by
the failures you keep it from discov--
ering
The man who doesn't fail isn't al
ways a success by a long shot
Any sensible woman would rather
win an argument than be right.
The difference between men and
women who lie is that the women don't
mean to; the men do.
A slide down hill seems ten times as
swift and fast when you are on it as
when the other fellow is.
When women are going to have a
club meeting to debate an important
question their first preparation for it
concerns the lunch and floral decora-
tions.
Miss Margaret Sherwood, associate
professor of literature in Wellesley
College, gave the first of a series OF
three addresses on the Technique of
the Drama" at the class room at the
Y. w, c. A yesterday afternoon. The
lectures are given under the auspices
of the literature department of the
Womans Club. Chairman Mrs. Luz
Their K. Leland presided.
Miss Sherwood's subject yesterday
was of the dramatic structure of
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar" and
Robert Brownings "Strafford." There
was a large attendance. The dates Of
the two remaining lectures are Jan. Il
and Feb. s.
This is to be a season of sachets and
perfumes.
The idea that It is bad form to give
evidence of preference for any per-
fume has vanished, and fashionable
women float through an atmosphere
dramatically sweet
The secret Of good form is to have no
one odor too strong. The pinks are all
good, but they are very strong, and the
violets are faint If too many are used.
One should smell not like any particu-
lar flower. but like a whole garden.
A very smart woman, one of the sort
that is characterized as well turned
out" on all occasions, thus discioses the
arrangement Of the wonderful per-
fumes which she bears about with her,
II never cling to one kind" says she.
but change three times a day, as l do
my gowns. In the morning 1 use some
of those clean smelling English per-
fumes. and in the afternoon I take the
more penetrating French ones. Even
tngs l select any one of half dozen
Spanish odors from my dresser, and
with an atonlizer I sprinkle my entire
gown.
NV sachet mixture is really a won
derful thing. I combine ground cloves
pulverized nutmeg. powdered cinna-
mon. caraway. fine mace and orris. all
IN a mortar with tOnquin beans. With
this I fill sachet bags for my bureau
and dresser.
For my coats I make small sachets
and slip them in the lining. All my
coats have them-Oxfords. Etons. Eng
lish box coats Even the storm coat
has its sachet bag"
Milady is very dainty this season in
all her ways, and the fact that per-
fumes are in fashion leads her into
many little extremes, says an eX-
change.
one OF these is the carrying of the
little perfumed tablet in the glove. The
tablet IS in pink, usually, though some