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About The Hustler of Rome. (Rome, Ga.) 1891-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1896)
CM • •ooooe® > •<ooo* • « ooc • IVOH PACE. I • CROSSING ONE’S KNEES. f There was ” lime whe *’ a woman w ho had the ten e i»y too or >ee her knees iu public was considered as , ul te to bold to be within the pale pood society- Fashion’s kink, have taken another twist now, and thf woman "ho is in good saciet) .bows it by crossing her feet audi- That is, she not only crosses them in the pr.vacy of her own room, and when she seats, herself in her favorite wide, low chair in her reception-room, but sh° cross es them in the street cars and the herdicsin the railway stations and in church! She does, indeed! Possibly there is nothing actu ally criminal in the habit, though our grandmothers thought so, no is it indecent, as our piothera thought, and would like to think yet if they were not bewildered by the awful overturning given to their previously conceived ideas of what is right and proper, but it is certainly inelegant outside of one’s own home. Inoue’s own boudo’r, where the froufrou of lace ruffles and silk plaitings, the amplitude of skirts and abu dant draperies, cover all crude outlines, the crossing of the feet is not exactly ungraceful. Then, too, n gives opportunity for a well-shod foot, a daintly turned ankle, half displayed and half con jetl-d by the clouds of trimn i igs that women pile on the bottom of their skirts, and quite suits the ■ abandon of the exquisite tea gowns and the hour. But away from one’s home! Well, that is another story, espec ially if it is told on a street car lo pantomime. —Philadelphia ■Press. THE TIGHT SLEEVE. Sleeves are in a transitionary state evr n more than skirts. With the first lews from Paris ot tight] sleeves the woman with a pretty I 'haped arm hastens to have her ‘ new spring suit-how that she is j acquainted with up to date styles. | Those with arms like pipe stems, | vho have rejoiced in the balloon sleeves, do not show the same ea gerness to change. Just nt present sleaves are any size and any shape. 1 hey are fanciful or plain, ac iding to purpose of each dress. The drooping puff and the el- DOW putt jostle against the plain ■at and the bishop. However, va- Tid the sleeve, it is quite certain that the big balloon has had its "O and that those now being ‘•ladeare a sort of compromise, all -‘"hich means that the tight sleeve ln Paris is a fact. f' |a Bishop sleeve is a sleeve no ‘lll the summer shirt, waists 1,1 ■> fill so many display win h'"sju?t now. The very thin fa rl' ii'H.l lor many of these would ' il,p ’hat in away the shirt " ai>t is to serve a more dressy Purpose this summer than ever be ‘ daintiest of these waists iii ole () f ver y c | lo j ce transpar as they are termed, be- ' m reah y sheer grass linens. BRIDaI JOWN BUPESTI tion. 1 a Byartlitul trousseau recent- • for a bride by a noted 1 s maker a, queer discov- • w as made by chance. It was Ulr l ‘ x nia ke a slight alter tions- 1 ' 1 'J' 6 ° f the “ lovel y crea discoverll " BeW ’ ng woman .. a l° u g silken hair *" »"? •titehed , ulo , he go „„. "" the Wed iinK "‘“.J’s"'' 1 ' •4x'Hr ' lh wo,n,n ''“Piwdher bands- iQ d th k 1 ' n £ **tablishment— riddle B^e ex P lain ed the •“Perstition,., she 9ai<J . “When the sewing girls in the different apartments and ’he girls behind the counters learn that the house has received and order for a big trousseau, they besiege the head dressmakers and ask them to stitch into ths wedding gown especially a single hair from their heads. This hair is so fine that it is easily concealed, and cannot iu any way mar the beautiful wed ding g iwn. The head dressmakers very often humor the girls. “The girls, when they go home at night, tell their girl friends that a hair from their heads has been stitctied into the wedding gown of Miss Sc-and-no, and the lucky one is immediately envied. She will be married very soon, her associates say.” Don’t buy a Shirt Waist till you see our line, nothing like them in Rome at the price. Lanham & Sons. TWO QUEER STORIES' IN EACH OF WHICH A WOMAN IS SUR PRISED . A lady 4 recen’ly purchased in Paris a charming little toy poodle from a dog dealer on the Champs Elysees, the delicacy of its feet facinating its fair owner. All went well until the lady reached her rooms and the “little dear” was let loose, when to the consterna tion of all the toy poodle ran up the curtains at an alarming rate. On being recaptured, it was found to be a fair sized rat neatly clothed in a baby pooble’s skin —an old dodge revived. A CAT FROM KARNAC. A lady who recently returned from Egypt, says the London Chronicle, brought with her a terra cotta figure of a cat which she saw with her own eyes dug up out of the ruins of Karnac. She paid a good price for it. and was delight ed with her purchase. Unfortun ately, the other day, it was knock ed down and smashed . Its head was then found to be stuffed with old numbers of the Birmingham Post. THE PILLOW HABIT. Th° Queen of Servia, while in dulging in aH the luxuries due to her rank, eschews a soft bed and the tempting down pillow. She s i oe p ß on a narrow divan with a hard and unyielding mattress, and i without the vestige of a headrest; the c neequeuca is that her figure is perfect and the carriage of her head stately aud natural. The roy al family of Servia had never been permitted as children to indulge in the pillow habit ; consequently the absence of it is no depnva i n to the beautiful queen . AT WOMAN’S EXPENSE. How do vou know the! they have not been married long. rihe—By the way she is alwavs dragging the words “my husband into conversation. Bess—Has Florence finished her course at the cooking school?, Nell, the doctor’s daughter —I guess so. Her father is being treat ed for dyspepsia. He —Clara is certainly an ex travagant woman. ghe—l don’t see how you can 88V that. Whv, I’ve known her to buy things she didn’t need just because they were cheap. Vicissitudes of Spring- I have just gone through a pile of newspapers and everywhere through their columns I found signs of spring, sonnets and sketch es on spring. The gay and rollick-; THE HUSTLEROF ROME. SUNDAY. APRIL 26 1896. ing nature of these would lead one to think that spring was a pageant of joy unconfined ; a pro oession of lovers, whose only bus iness is to sigh to each othy across fragrant hedges ; and maidens in pink frocks and high heeled slip pers, who gambol all day long on the green ; and fishermen who al ways have a big catch of big fish. Such pictures are no doubt very pleasing and spring like, but are thev real? Somehow I feel tempt ed to tell the ‘ruth about this t usiness of spring. Now I am not denying that there are lovers who sigh and maids whe gambol, and men who gamble, but to most faiks spring is a much more prac tical affair. It means house clean ing, a special terror to thejma « i iine citizen and a time when com pany is sure to come. And pink frocks must be cut and sewed before one can ganob< 1 in them, and then, ten to one. the grass will be damp, resulting in a cold for the maid. And that “tired feeling!” The blood seems to flow up hill with the rising sap, and doesn’t get along so well, either, so must be assisted with sarsaparilla and other strengthen ing sundries. And, as I am telling the truth, I may as well say that the only effect of these liquids seems to be an increased appetite for something one hasn’t got. These fishing expeditions, too, must be a source of troub'e to ministers and other good people, because they footer moral obliqui ty. The general ides seems to be that a man must catch lots of fish and big ones. It is expected of him and, so weak is humanity rather than fall behind he exagger ates on accounts of his sport. lam sure this is panful to mo t people but they are seeming ly trapped into it. This is an or iginal, but I think reasonable, light on the assertion that all men are liars. Then there are oth-r delusive aud tiresome features of fishing. I always go when I have an oppor tunity of course, but I get the tip of my nose sunburned invariably, and freckles, snakes aud bugs add to mj discomfort. Then ’he men i always as if they wanted to; throw me into the river when they have to leave their nds to take | off my fish and rebail my hook, for of course I can’t ’ouch the horrible wriggly creatures. I sen am at the mention of them —when there’s a man around. When there isn’t a man I make the best of the situation by taking off the fish and putting on the bait myself, without screaming. That is the only sensible course to persue, and I am eminently sensible about such things. Thm too, one’s luck is variable and dis apointment in the shape of vora cious mud turtles often lies in wait for the patient fisherman. It is a noticeable fact that the line never breaks with a mud tur tle, and in his greediness he swal lows the hook so it takes you—or the man with with you—about thirty minutes to get it out again. It is when you hook a big fish that the line breaks. Now I remember last spring I was out one day and was having pretty fair luck caught two tarries, though—aud finaly I hooked a fine fish. I was terribly excited—and so i was ’he fish. He lashed t bout at a , great rate but I drew him steadily to me and just as he was almost within my grasp—the line broke I | The man with me who hadn’t had much luck, looked aggrieved be cause that fish didn’t bite his hook. He would have captured it, ••women dion t know anything about playing a fish sciehtitical-, ly.” I was sorry they didn’t for that | fish must have weighed six—but , never mind about that. It isn t ; right to tell such thing, unless the other people have au opportu nity fer telling about their catch es, too. As I write about the “vici si tudes of spring* 4 a warm glow steals over me and my pencil drops from relaxed fingers while I look beyond my window upon such a fair world !The earth, like' a wo man who has grown brown and wrink’ed with many a hard year of toil, seemes to pause in a mus ing mood. Thu,, as some sunny memory of youth and love eomea to I e , I she smiles, softly flashing nero-« lips and eyes the very beauty • f her departed youth, and hiding tlie w; inkles that show so plainly « lien the winter of her discontent comes. j She lies there so warmly still that I feel the wish to lie and dream with imr voice ess, letting the blinding lights and shadows on the distant hills and the nearer beauties of leaf and bud, express all the smile •f my own youth; letting this hazy sunshine glorify, for a brief moment, any furrows of care my life may know. What dreams might come! The only sounds of life I hear are from a brood of plump little! chickens under the quince treej near the window. The dear little ' innocents are scrambling frantical-, ly after the drif ing pink petals! from Lie ’.re-*, and seem t" regard ; them as a form of manna. I am wondering if a spring chicken made plump with pink flow* r petals would not taste deliciously, while I know that a diet of corn bread won.d be more conducive to plumpness. After all beauty does not avail to comfort the inner man. —Edna Cane. In Chattanooga News. DONT’S FOR SINGERS. Don’t quarrel with your fellow singeii. Don’t smjte and smirk . Singing is your busines®. Don’t respond to an encore un less the entire audience demands it. Don’t run girlishly off the stage if you weigh more than 180 pounds. Don’t forget that an American audience occasionally likes to hear an English song. Don’t wear a dress so low in ihe neck ’hat it affords the public an il u-trated lesson iu anatomy. , Don’t try to aid your voice in expressing your emotions by vig orously working your eyebrows. ____________ * The Crawford, for ladies or gen tiemen, is the finest wheel on sale in Rome, for anything like the price. This machine is strictly high grade and first class in every respect and every w heel scld un der a written guarantee for twelve months. Call on Seal) P. Davi«. manager for E. E. Forbes. Store on Lower Broad. I PR E POST E RO US PRO POSIT ION Traveler: l ’You have a magnif icent farm for sheep raising, but I don’t see any sheep on the place.’ Arkansaw Farmer : “Sheep? No, m v dogs would kill ’em ofl in no time.” “Then why don’t you kill off your dogs?” “Kill off my dogs? Say, don’t let any of my folks hear you talk in’that-a-way. Why, great Scott, mister, them hounds of mine have brought me in more’n SSO in clean cash in the last three years fur premiums at dog shows ! —Chi cago Tribune. Ladies if you want a nice Shirt Waist for. a little money see Lan ham & Sons. HIS TWO wives. IF BOTH WENT TO HEAVEN MADE THINGS UNCOMFORTABLE. An aged negro couple, both of whom had been slaves “befo’ de wah,” entered the marriage license department of the Recorder’s office yesterday aud told Charles B>l - they had com * in quest of a license. The woman said she was Sallie Williams of 710 Cerre street, and the nun was Robert Harrison of the same place. Mr. Bilhariz be gan to question the woman first. “Ever been married before?” he 11 asked. “Yesser, I’se been married, but d“ pond Lgwd done t ok mv ole man *o H m.” *r> ’he replv. “You been m«rried?” wea the question directed ’o the man. “Y«a»er, twict,” was the answer. Then the m«n sdd“d bv way of comment: ‘‘Rut I doan know whether ’h« T,e*»d hose of ‘em to Him t r no*.‘llikten gwine tn Lo pow’fn] oncomfortab'e es he h««.”—St Louie Republic. HERE’S A GOOD STORY. ALL ABOUT A »MART CLERK ANB A . aWF.DY CUSTOMER A t l 1 mnn in black c’othes of no particular style entered a Broad way jewelrv shop the other d*v ■avs the New Yo r k Sun, and a’kad tn see a watch. Th° clerk, seizing him nn f yr s. pnnr cnnr.t'v person wh<> would “e wc’l rid of, produc ed s ‘i «i<--ni*ce n« a discour i sgor. The string'*’’ looked it over ' aclfrd *n eos ®omethi*'g better. Winking t ■» fha th« clerk ! rot-chnJ ’ <r a si»ocih!lv made chro t)om°ter, the price of which he felt would be a squelcher. The se°dv man examined the watch l and inquired its value. “One thousand dollars,” said the bright cl«rk. “Ah.” ohre-ved H-e ruß’onaer. ! “Lot me see a chain, please.” An expensive chain was produ ced, and than the visitor selected a valuable charm which had been made for exhibition only. The •’ranger stuck the jewelry into his vest pocket, and the clerk, soaring that he might have enterteined a theif, kept close to the suspect, who quietly fished out a big roll of bills, and placed two thousand dollnr gold certificates upon the counter. Utterly phased, the sales man remarked that it was custo mary to keep the names of custo mers to identify goods if lost by purchasers. “My name is Jone®,” said the f trangor; “Senator J eues of Nevada. You may address me at the Capitol.” Aud tbe“silver Senatas, taking the chahge for h’s gild c»rtifiiates departed . Come see the line ladies shirt waist. They are pretty and very cheap. Lanham & Sons. JOE JEFFERSON’S LIMITA TIONS. 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