Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1905 — Hasty Observations. [ARTICLE]

Hasty Observations.

Some years ago an authoress of considerable note was entering a place of public entertainment when the sound of her own name uttered by a group Just in front of her attracted her attention, and she discovered that a gentleman In the company of several ladies was pointing out another lady at some distance to his companions as herself. “Oh, dear, she’s not at all pretty!" said one of the ladies, putting up her opera glass. “Quite vulgar looking,” said another, adusting hers to a better focus. "So dreadfully masculine,” added a third. “Any one might guess she was a bluestocking. I pity her husband, I declare.” “She is masculine,” said the gentleman complacently, pleased to have interested his companions. “You can see that even from here. But you can’t appreciate her ugliness without seeing her full face. She has a most appalling squint.” The authoress in question, who was neither masculine nor ugly nor afflicted with a squint, had sense of humor enough to enjoy the situation.