New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-24
sYLvIA's DIMPLE.
81 vas bewltching.

sylvias gown was bewltching,
And fashioned OF ribbon and lace.
marvel of putting and stitching,
OF criss-cross and curly-eue grace
So perfectly planned was this toilet,
She riyalled sylph in her shape;
And yet, 4 had power to foil it
Twas her dimple could not escape!
SyIvIa's tresses were tinted
With amber in shine and in shade
Its rays on the locks of the maid.
sgGth It was IN raP PiSgst to Or eye them
Yet, truly. might have passed by them
Twas her dimple could not resist!
Her cheeks had the color of peaches
or the hue Of a rose that beseeches
Twas peerless-the line of their eurving
BY sun heated breezes Unframed;
Twas her dimple could not withstand!
All. what shall sing of her Iashes
me shy, h3 t6 5d ins1gg 2 96nf
Her delightfully."- perous glances
Extorted my rapturous sigh;
But her dimpe. an. who could defy!
Her beauty was ever before me-
Like an innocent star in the, night;
Her dimpls ,lwsFe well lid to deP } me- me-.
All Fo srm % w csn 5 Gse fssSio but Ella In
And, lacking the sort to put self in.
A hash!-r was shot through the heart.
THE Smart Set.
A singular lawsuit which will result in an ap-
praisement Of personal beauty has just been tried
IN the belBldH COURTS isle COUNTESS u ATSeHIedu
a deck cabin passenger on the Ostend-D Dover
mail boat when owing to some accident the cabin
wrecked. and the countess covered with
debris. of which she retained permanent traces in
permanent scar on the forehead An action for
damages has been the result. and il has been de
cided in her favor with costs. The countess. how
ever. modestly RETAINED from herself assessing the
money value of the blot her fea lures, which are
reputed to be very handsome, This has been lett
to a committee Of doctors
Said modest young man from Watessing.
Who insisted on turkey with dressing
i may be a prude,
vo BFt +, t" ssE We the bird /. n Az
The Pyx Chapel in Westminster Abby. is about
20 be lighted by electricity and thrown open TO the
public. The chapel, which is under the control
of the ONCE of Works. at time the de-
pository OF the regalia OF the Scottish kings Ac-
cess to this remarkable apartment. with its double
doors OF oak, possible only by the aid of seven
keys, which were in the possession of many
officials OF the Exchequer. In former times the
government standards and assays of gold de-
posted there and among the other contents OF the
place are curious stone altar and some ancient
chests. in which state documents. Exchequer tally
sticks and other things were stored. The wood
work of the inner door formerly covered with
human skin-a warning, doubt. to the criminal
classes.
What's your idea in be ginning with pie and eat
ing your dinner backwards"
My stomach's upset."-(CorneU Widow.
There Is elm tree in the department OF Ar
deche. France, which is vigorous and hourishing.
though it has attained the patriarchaI age OF 7sS
years. According to official documents. 1t was
planted on the grave OF a nobeman in the reign OF
King Philip II, about 1902.
There was a great swell in Japan.
Wh hose. name I3so on s IueSsday began
TIL twilight on Monday,
And sounded like stones in
-(Harvard Lampoon
Maryland has produced Jill more gifted than
that friend Of childhood days. Mrs William Kiddy
went UP the hill to milk the COW, whose home was
in q four hundred feet above the level OF the
valley in which the Kddy homestead stands
When her pail we'll filled. the barn. detached
from its foundations by the snow, slipped gently
from its mornings and slid TO the valley. Mrs
Kiddy kept her balance and her pail OF milk. and
when the barn finished its journey she emerged
from It, carrying her milk and leading the cow
She had no bruises 10 show for her trip. Thus is
the advance OF modern times the old days
illustrated anew.
Hartford youngster goes to church where the
concluding amen" of the parsons prayer is sung
tpy the choir, The other night. after he had said
ms prayers, he produced harmonica from beneath
his pillow and astonished his mother by blowing
a blast where the amen came in remarking:
Ihats the way we do in church f-(FIartford POST