The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-07
WOMAN and
SOCIETY.

boldly assert, ii demands educdlloi'
A course of literature. taken very Sc
riously will prove Of more Value
afterward than most women would
believe. Society Paper)
When first my dearest Della faltered
Yes
And put a period to my years of
pleading,
/ thought to temper down her taste
i'm dress
BY raising in her soul taste for
reading.
AS one who deems. his plan holds
naught amiss
| entered lightly on the undertak-
Result: tor her, delirious dreams of
bliss,
For me. a rude pecuniary waking.
/ bought her books, she read them,
and displayed
Forthwith the spirit literature
rouses
BY a Kaleidoscope masquerade
OF skirts and coats and picture hats
and blouses.
Each tome brought some new thrill;
her tender heart
Was in it's beat d thousand times
arrested
And every single time she dressed the
part
The authors most insistent mood
suggested.
Green SERGE reflected swinburne's
sea-tossed lines,
Asbestos, "Lucifer's'' Corellian sor-
row;
John Stuart Mill brought Liberty de-
signs
Embroidered with Lent lilies (due
to Borrow
Ella gave lambs wool; Bacon, por-
poise hide;
"Beauchamp's Career, some quiz
nea Worth confection.
1.-The Light That Failed" meant black,
and this was dyed,
And made anew, for Tolstoys
Resurrection
Thoughts of the day of reckoning left
me pale,
But yet l lacked the frmness TO
disparage,
Till Double Harness brought a
bridal veil,
And sackcloth came from "Wllham
Ashes Marriagel
That reused me. Bills for dress and
bills for books
defining.
l stated plainly that my cloudy looks
Were unsupported by a golden lin
ing.
Twas useless. Funds are low, my
credits dead,
Or nearly; now. with imminence
The sword Of fate hangs quivernG
overhead
And one thing only can prevent its
falling.
The world would haply look askance,
or smile,
But my financial prospects might
grow wider
If Della would, by favor of Carlyle.
Study Professor TeufelsdroKn
Die Kleider."
London Punch.
4 X X
Miss Eva Rogers of New Hill,
was visitor 10 Raleigh yesterday.
Mrs. r. r. Cotton. of Cottondale,
is in the city, the guest of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Julian Undertake.
Miss Mary Lacy left yesterday for
Greensboro.
Mrs James Mckee returned yes
terday from a visit to Goldsboro.
Miss Elizabeth Cheshire left yes
terday for Hillsboro and will go from
there to visit in Charlotte.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert l.. Gray and
Master Robert Lilly Gray left yester-
day for a visit to Chapel Hill.
Mrs. NJ Il. Norris left yesterday
for Atlanta to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Coles.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson, of
Barclaysville, were here yesterday.
Miss Mary Johns, of Auburn af-
ter a visit to her sister Mrs. R. E. l..
Yates, left for her home yesterday.
Miss Linda Barnes left yesterday
for Elm City, after attending Kings
Business College.
Miss Salle Allen, of Macon, after
a visit to friends here. left yesterday.
Miss Sadie Root. who has been
visiting relatives in Durham, returned
to the city yesterday.
Mrs. r. L. Lindsay, of Durham
is in the city visiting relatives.
Mrs. j. ID. Leak, of Wadesboro,
was here yesterday on her way home
after attending the meeting of the
Kings Daughters in Durham.
Miss Kate MCGEE, after visit to
her brother, DR.. j. w. MCGEE. ST., left
yesterday for her home in Mount
Olive.