Life — July 6, 1899 — page 13: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

A MISTAKEN EXPRESSION. Tv Photograp'er : OU, COME NOW! STUP BEING FUNNY, AND LOOK SERIOUS. Ladies in Trouble. OLONIAL DAMES must not be angry because the public smiles whenever their socicty is mentioned. The whole scheme is based on principles too diminutive and undemocratic for any real Amcrican to acccpt with. outablush. The pleasure the Dames derive from their existencc—as an organization—is duc, we suspect, to a feeling of exclusivencss. This cxclusivencss, while dear to the feminine mind, is, not one of the serious principles on which to establish a socicty that is to kindle a warm enthusiasm in this especial Republic. Lengthened. s¢7 FEEL as if ten ycars had beea added to my life,” said the Chicago girl, as she nervously adjusted her shirt-waist. “Good gracious! What have you been doing?” questioned her friend “Thave been spending # week in Philadelphia.” NOT A MISNOMER ALABAMA (ERE WE RExT).