Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-11

must necessarily have their limita.
tons. Every year lent becomes a
buster season; the occupations are
changed, that is ALL Balls and dances
are, to be sure, given up, but in the
cities theater parties and pleasant
little dinners more than compensate
for their loss. Teas and receptions
are no more, but how delightful to
give up those wearisome functions for
the amusing sewing class, which re-
tails the latest gossip and gives an
opportunity TO discuss the coming
fashions.
There is more mischief done by
women's tongues at those lenten sew.
ing classes than during the entire re.
mainder of the year." said a clubman
recently. 'In the rush of the season
people have no time TO talk scandal
and at other times they are more or
less separated over the country. But
in lent Heaven protect those who have
a chink in their armor. The harpies
of society will be sure to find il out
and rend their victim to pieces" In
old times candy was the favorite
lenten deprivation, but a modern
damsel was heard to say the other
day that there were two things that
she had positively made up her mind
to give NY for the forty penitential
days, l. e., smoking and swearing.
But is society retrograjing on the
urh Ia Ar
spirit keepeth alive" Is there not
more brotherly love and human SYM
pathy? Look at the hundreds of
clubs for boys and girls, the mothers
associations, the nurseries, the great
increase in accommodations for the
sick, and, last but not least, the care
and provision for the dumb and
patient animals. all originated and
maintained by the class which seems
so heartless in its prosperity. There
is undoubtedly more real humanity in
these latter days than in the old times
which we are wont to call good, be-
cause We see them through the vista
of years, while now, as of yore, the
sweet-toned lenten bells are pulsating
over the great city. And in the quiet
open churches there is the old lenten
welcome:
He prayeth well. who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth best who loveth best,
All things, both great and small:
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.
Anything that is out of the regular
routine is generally hailed with joy in
lent, and all sorts of odd excursions
and entertainments are on the tapis
To lunch at the Savarin or "Dels'
and go to the aquarium, is mild form
of dissipation which is now popular
Young business men find that theil
friends and sweethearts are delighted
to have peep into that mysterious
region known to them under the
generic term of downtown" where
money is made and the average WON
an is excluded, while he, on his part
can generally manage to get away
from the Office for an hour, and is
pleased to do the honors.
Another curious fad is to visit some
out-of-the-way place after dinner
one original dame last season taking
all of her guests in an omnibus to a
Chinese opium den. To see the sights
OF New York is still another novelty
for the ignorance of the local lions OF
a city is proverbial on the part of the
inhabitants. And this latter departure
is certainly instructive. In fact, New
Workers are like the Athenians of old.
and are always eager for any new
things, while society people are
veritable children and it take com.
paratively little to amuse them.-New
York Tribune.