Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-01
CONCERNING WOMEN.

One day Nine. Caive was being
shown over famous grotto, when
suddenly she thought Of Glucks opera,
and began singing the first act. The
boy who acted guide listened APP
preciatively. When she had finished
he remarked: III you went and asked
the proprietor If you might sing here
While people are b.iBg shown the place,
think he would pay you WELL How
much do you think he would pay me?"
asked Nine. Calve, without a smile.
The boy greatly considered the question
About francs. perhaps, a day" he
answered after a little pause. and the
singer agreed with him that IL was
good pay.
A new feminine vanity is the
INA isette," a device for shading the
eyes from the sun. made fashionable
by the new queen of Spain. 1t is an
elaborate tribe Of gold pearl, carved
tortoise shell. etc, and il mounted on
long handle like the familiar
lorgnette. English women are carry
ing the 'maisette" to polo matches and
race meetings. 1t is of course much
less in the way than a parasol, yet
saves the eyes from glare and
wrinkles. Another device carried for
the same purpose is the automobile
parasol. which is a tiny thing Of silk
and lace set on a small jointed folding
stick Of pearl and ivory, and of less use
for motoring than for garden parties
or the church parade"
The girl who marries when she is
only II or Is has not had time to get to
know thoroughly all thai is included in
good education. Is it any wonder
that when she enters on her new life,
with its thousand and one fresh
pleasures duties and distractions, she
should cease to take much interest i'm
the work of her school days? Unless
she is a really intellectual woman she.
as a rule, drops out Of all the literary
and artistic pursuits of her girlhood and
becameS absorbed in domesttity. or in
round of amusements to the great
detriment of her mental vigor, says a
writer. Girls who marry very Young
for this reason run a great risk of be-
coming very uninteresting in middle
age. more especially if the income on
which they marry is a narrow one,
entailing a home life limited by lack of
means and leisure to travel, to read
and to cultivate their minds. and
necessitating close attention TO the
supervision of the household
Getting a man TO witness a marriage
ceremony at long distance by looking
through two windows and across an
area between adjacent buildings is a
rather novel way of obtaining wit
ness. but il served the purpose at Port
land, Ore, recently of legally and
securely tying the matrimonial knot
that made Manuel Pires and Grace
Sophia Schuster one. The ceremony
was performed in the law office of
Justice Waldemar Seton, on the third
floor of the Commercial building. W.
w. Espey, Il real-eState agent, was at
work at his desk across the area and
Justice Seton asked him to look across
while he made the couple one. The
mother Of the bride was the other wit
ness. When the knot had been tied
ESpey noted that the bridegroom
failed to kiss the bride. Hi, there.
young mani" he shouted across the
area; you forgot TO kiss the bride"
E"She won't hold still long enough"
shouted back the bridegroom. Then
Judge Seton brought the marriage
certificate around to ESpey and
secured his signature.