Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — Origin of Fashions. [ARTICLE]

Origin of Fashions.

Mrs. Newrich —I never can remember how many cards to leate when calling. Old Gentlemen—The rules are very simple, madame. You hand one to the servant, and then on departing leave as many cards bn the plate as there are adult mombers of the family, adding two of your husband’s cards, and occasionally dumping in a few for good measure. Do not be niggardly in dealing out cards, as that suggests vulgar poverty. “I am ever so much obliged. Are you Mr. McAllister?” “No, madame. lam Mr. Bristol, the card manufacturer."—Puck. The weak point in the testimony of the man who claimed before Justice Blume, of Chicago, that he owned a disputed goat by alleging he brought him up on a bottle was the presentation of the bottle ih court. The idea that the animal would not have eaten the bottle after drinking the milk was so ridiculous that the goat was given to the other man, who claimed to have picked him up derelict on the pewawee, a pronunciation of prairie that is humbly commended to the folklore societies as rich in bidden philogical significance. Great and novel theories of the origin of all animals, including goats and men, have been built on less basis than may be contained in that.