Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — The Tender Sex. [ARTICLE]

The Tender Sex.

Remember that it always takes two to quarrel. Green is still the color rage of Paris for outdoor wear. Only one couple in 11,500 live to celebrate their diamond wedding. WomAn is like a cigar. You cannot judge the filling by the wrapper. A New York young lady has secured a verdict of SI,OOQ damages for the loss of a toe. A boy is expected to love his mother, even though she cuts his hair. Blazay —“Are you acquainted with Miss Bushred?" Rouay—“Just barely; I met her at a ball.” Mme. de Stael was familiarwith seventeen trades, by any one of which she could have earned a living. Some people know a great deal which they will not tell; others tell a great deal which they do not know. Smith College started sixteen years ago with twelve pupils. It has graduated 800 young women and has 570 on its rolls. A Connecticut woman has become insane through the toy known as“ Ouija" informing her that her lover had deserted her. “Mamma, I know what butterflies are for,"cried a little boy, running into the house. “To lay butter," he added, emphatically. “Your son is an actor, I believe?” “Yes; Rupert is on the stage. “Is he a star?” “I imagine so. He’s generally out all night.” The French say that grape fruit was the forbidden fruit of Eden. The marks of Eve’s teeth can be seen where the stem joins the fruit.