, 1905-04-26
Feminine
Snapshots
Thoughts and Happenings
of Interest to
Women

There were all kinds of a doleful
time in New York during the 81 and
subway strike, yet there were humor-
GUS features too. While it was at its
deepest and darkest II green motor
man let a subway train land at a sta
ton with an awful ker-bump. 1t broke
windows, knocked passengers over and
caused a mild panic. Men seemed
greatly concerned lest women should
men were struggling in Il mass OF
bodies SO thick nobody knew whose
legs and arms were whose one large
masculine person, terrified out of his
seven senses, squeezed himself in be-
side a seat and Immediately ''fiopped''
upon his knees and began to pray des-
perately in an exaggerated British
cockney accent. Not a woman had
tainted, not a woman was overcome
with Mysteries, but when this large
man began his performance some wom-
Ell and men as we'll who had been en-
tlrely cool and calm before began to
be excited. What if death were i'm
pending? In the nick of time two or
three ablebodied men grabbed the pray
ing one by the collar and yanked him
upon his feet. Whether the individuals
who thus rudely cut short the scene
considered the occasion was not des-
perate enough for such a resort or
whether they concluded a hysterical
masculine prayer in a broad cockney
accent would scare away more than it
would attract the invisible helpers"
of the theosophists is not clear, but, at
any rate, the vigorous action relieved
the situation, and men and women
alike laughed.
Thos m who wear mourning
perpetually for lost friends and live
only in their remembrance are among
the dead and not at all among the liv-
ing. Such actually dwell in cemeteries.
Miss Sarah Jackson of Dearborn
county, Ind, appears to have preju-
diceS against the masculine sex. She
has lately made her will md left direc-
tons for her funeral when that event
shall be due. She riders hat her
grave shall be dug by women, that her
pallbearers and the driver of the hearse
shall be women and that even the
hands which lower her coffin into the
be feminine ones.
A New York police magistrate has
severely rebuked Il policeman who ar
rested some boys for lounging upon
street corners. "Lounging on corners
by boys is no crime said Magistrate
Durack. Yes, but what n comment on
our so called civilization it is when
boys who are to be voters and workers
of this country have nothing better to
do than to hang in idleness around
street corners.
Nine. Pernet McCarty of st. Louis
has evolved a new and natural method
of producing Il sweet and sustained
singing voice. Now, if somebody would
only evolve a method, natural or I'M
natural, for producing Il sweet and sus-
tanned American speaking voice, The
American singing voice is immensely
superior to our execrable speaking
voice.
1t certainly shows lamentable lack of
breeding to gossip owe the private af-
fairs of mutual acquaintances in pres
ence of strangers, especially where
scandals, family quarrels or divorces
are involved. Who knows whether
among the listening strangers may not
be a cousin, aunt or dear friend of the
gossiped over absent ones?
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A man recently complained in court
that his wife had taken up with a GER
tain reform movement and that when
he had forbidden her to attend the
meetings of her cult she had refused to
obey him, and, "Your honor, | am no
longer able to control her" Dear, dear,
how sad!
The soured, disappointed old maid
has gone out of fashion. The old maid
of these days is jolly and comfortable
The soured, disappointed looking wom-
an nowadays is she who has been
welded and has proved marriage a
failure.
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When a girl wants very much to en-
ter on any worthy career, no matter
what, don't hinder her or discourage
her, but help her all you can.