Life — March 7, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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SEVEN STAGES. All the worid’s a wardrobe, Atul all the girls and women merely wearers. They have their fashions and their fantasies, ud one she 1n her Umes wears many garments Throughout her seven stages. First the baby, Refrilted and brotdered, in her nurse's arms And then the trim-hosed schoo} girl with her flounces And small-boy rcorning face, tripping, akirt-waggling, Coquettishly to school. And then the flirt, Ogling like Circe, with & business erid/ade Kept on her low-cut corcet. ‘Then a bride, Full of strange finery, vestured like an angel, Velled vaporously, yet vigtlant of glance, Seektog the woman's heaven —admirati nat the altar's steps, And then the matron, in fair rich velvet, with suave satin In With eyes severe, and skirts of youthful cut, Fall of dress-eawa and modish Instances, To teach her girls their part. The sixth age sbitts Into the gray yet gorgeous grandmamma, With gold j. n nose, and fan at ede, Her youthful tastes still strong, and worldly wixe In sumptuary law, her quivering volce Prosing of fashion and Le Follet, pipes Of robes and bargains mire, Last scene of all, ‘That ends the sex's Mode-swayed history, Is second childtahness and aheer oblivion Of youth, taste, passion, all—save lov FASHIONS. Exchange SAKAI BERNHAKDT was ¢ spectacular play, 1 which sin by six Turkish slaves, A lin that these six Turks would ac ce playing at Marsetties tn a nude ber enirée necompanied the programme announ mmpazy Mme. Bernhardt ; ‘when the time came for them to go on, one of the youngsters, had disappearcd. Sarah muster the five in order and made her entrance with a grand flourish. The house was crowded, but not a hand clap greeted her as she appeared. Then a sul, sinall votce in the gallery murmured something 1 an Indignant tone. Fifty voices immediately took up the strain, and inten seconda more the whole house was shouting the same purase, Bernhardt strained every nerve to catch what they were complalulug about. She knew the phrase began with “Manque,* but the rest of It was lost in the general hubbab, For @ fall minute the tumult continued. Then Sarab, muttering things below her breath, rushed Itke a fury down to the footlights, In the front row the actress had spotted one man who was not taking part In the hullabaloo, Polnting at him, the actress exclatmed, sternly : “ You seem to be the only sensible person in the house. Tell me what on earth they are kicking up this row for?" The man rose, bowed to the actress, and remarked, In very bad Amertcan-Prench : “ Madame, you are shy one Turk." — Argonaut. Tak Protestant Bishop of Norwich, Engtand, tells a rather good story against himself. He was walking one day through A pleasant suburb of the city, when his thoughts were Inter- rupted by a picading voice saying : pase, sir! will you open this gate for me?” down, the Lishop saw a little girl of about elght, with a cherubte face framed In sunny curls, and he hastened to comply with the request, He held back the gate for the little maiden to pass through, and when she thanked him with a smile, he asked if sho was not blg enough to open the n gate herself, dh, yes. air,"" Khe replied, aweetly, “but you see the nt is wet, and I xhould have dirtied my hands,” — The Pilot Sue had jost hurt ber ankle, and waited impatiently for acar. As she climbed aboard she saw that not a seat was unoccupied, Several men were standiug, and two had seats, One of these was intoxicated, and she pulled her dress aside with an expression of intense disgust. But the hurt ankie throbbed cruelly, and sho turned to the other man, asking Umidly : “Might I bave your seat, please? My ankle—* He tooked up from bis paper a moment, then tuned back with a gruff * No."* She flushed angrily and stepped forward, But the other Passenger had taken in the scene and, rising unsteadily, offered his weat with a heavy bow. ‘Then he addressed the gentleman with the paper with a ponderous gravity : See ‘ere, I'm drunk, but I'll get over It. You're a hog— never get over It." — University of Chicago Weekly. A Movers Morien's Diany.—To-night Clifford has xatd : “Mamma, are the stars holes in the sky to let the rain through?” I cannot sleep, such ts my agitation, Ciltford 1s scarcely five years old, whereas, according to the best pedagogical authorities, Martin Lather did not ask this question until he Was seven, and Alexander the Great, in all probability, not until he was nine. I know not what to think. One moment I feel assured that Ciitford ts evincing an un- Affected humor, only in the next moment to be overwhelmed by the suspicton that he ts bidding for newspaper notoriety merely. — Detroit Journal. He: T asked your father's consent by telephone. Sue: What was his answer? “Te sald, ‘1 don’t know who you are, but It's all right." Harvard Lampoon, Jealers in Great Britain. ‘The Inte . Hream’s Building, Chancery Lane, AGEnts. Established 18 WILSON WHISKEY. 23. Tones, Strengthens, Invigorates ECKOPRAN AGENTS~Mesars. Brentano, 37 Avenue de !'Opera, Paris, is what to Year Old Hunter Baltimore Rye does for those who are weary and brain fatigued, as it is the finest type of the purest stimulant. It is particularly recommended to women because of its age and excellence. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO., Nalumore, Mu. WM. LANAIIAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. SELECTED GRAIN SCIENTIFIC MALTING the most skilful handling. 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