The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-12-20
HIT OR MISS.


slipping of his slipper.
HIT OR MISS.
Leap before you 1ook-then look
foolish.
Kinds words never die-and the
other kind live forever.
Some jokes are solemn enough to
make an undertaken laugh.
On the ocean of life many a wom-
an sails under false colors.
A coward manages to dodge a lot
of things that are headed his way.
Blessed is the silent man, for he is
able to keep the lid on mis- ignorance.
Introduce your enemies to your
wife's relations and then forgive them.
When a woman meets a man after
her own heart, the chances are that
he isn't.
The old bachelor is a prune in the
human orchard and the spinster is a
dried peach.
Every time the average man makes
a good guess he has 1nIot to say about
his superior judgmehe
When a man fiatters woman. she
should search him for the purpose OF
discovering what ne has up his sleeve.
A LOCAL PICTURE.
tWhen your pretty and popular
daughter has just made her debut and
your dearest enemy, whose own
daughter still languishes on the par
emit stem, after four years of grim
struggle to break away, calls upon
you.)
-Oh, Bertha, I'm so glad to find
you in, was afraid you might be
sleeping this morning trying To eaten
up bit, after such a strenuous week.
Your reception for Gertrude was such
an elaborate affair and the mere plan
ming must have Slapped your strength!
AS l told Albert, / thought it was
really heroic of you to start her with
suca a splurge, though this winter,
with so many debutantes, it's the only,
wise thing to do il you want your
daughter to be noticed at all, When
my Alice came out we just had SIM
pie little tea. but If do say it. there
wasn't a girl that year who had more
attention What?
mo, of course, there weren't quite
so many girls that year. Still, /
tank IL a girl is really attractive she'll
never be overshadowed by mere num-
bers. That's why / didn't go to much
trouble in introducing Alice She's
such. a home child-you can't imag-
inc,
at will break my heart when lose
her. but sometimes her indifference
to the men VINO flock around her exas-
perates me and l say, Alice. aren't
you ever going to find any one that
comes up to your Standard?
She has such high ideals, Some
times l feel sorry for the men. they
take 1t so to heart. Now there was
Tom Phelps-oh, dear me. ] didn't
mean to mention namesi But / know
it won't go any further. Yes. he was
awfully taken. I don't think he'll
ever get over 1t. Yes, / know, he
does seem to have a good time with
the other girls, but that is just a.
a bluff on his part.
II hope Gertrude won't think he
means anything by hanging around
her the way he did at your reception.
ats just Toms way ] had to sigh
rs / watched him. Men are awfully
brave sometimes, don't you think?
Il hope you'll be stern and make
Gertrude rest up. I thought the 9TH
Hr afternoon l had never seen the
child look so pale and haggard. What
she'll be by the end of the season il
she keeps on, goodness only knows
These ink-and-white blondes fade so
easily and il a girl mas color it is
so noticeable the minute she loses it.
I've always told Alice she was SO
fortunate to have that lovely pale
complexion that is always the same.
1t really Is more distinguished, too.
Not that Gertrude looks like a milk
maid, my dear. not at all, / wouldn't
have you think ] meant that for the
world. But wouldn't she look sweet
in the costume, with the frilled bon
net and ruffled apron? You really
must get her up that way for the first
fancy dress ball.
Il was so indignant the ether day
when some one said something about
it's being such a pity a girl as young
as Gertrude should make up as she
did. Nobody can run down your
daughter to mel spoke right up and
toId the woman that Gertrude never,
dreamed of putting on any color in
the daytime and explained that, any
way, she was two years older than the
woman thought on account of your
taking her out of school the time you
went 10 Europe on that long trip.
Your flowers were perfectly lovely!
really must get your florists adj
dress SO that
"Oh, they were all bouquets sent
TO Gertrude by friends? Really, Ber-
tha- with an old friend like me you
might drop that fiction and tell me
the florists name. Oh, If you're going
70 take 1t that way-of course be-
lieve you, my dear, Only wasn't
aware that YOU knew so many peo-
rIe.
81 hope Gertrude's head won't be
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