Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1897 — Feminine Sharpness. [ARTICLE]

Feminine Sharpness.

The author of "A Letter to Posterity” tells the following story of Mrs. Ashley, a beautiful Southern woman, who was afterward the wife of the Hon. J. J. Crittenden. She was a belle in society, and was dowered with unusual tact and charm. “Always give men brevet -ank,” said she to a young girl who had just come out. "If they are colonels, call them general If they are captains, call them colonel. They will forgive you.” But she could say sharp things when occasion demanded. A certain Indy who had always been envious of her, once bought from her a French toilette, which Mrs. Ashley, who was going into mourning, could not wear. Put the purchaser, after having worn the slippers, brought them back with the remark: “They are too big. I could swim In them.” Mrs. Ashley took them, and answered quietly: "My dear, I am a larger woman than you are In every respect.”—Youth’s Companion.