Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1883 — A Covert Insinuation. [ARTICLE]

A Covert Insinuation.

“No, I shouldn’t like to go on the stage,” said Miss Rougebox; “actresses have to put so much paint on their faces, and it’s real dangerous, you know. I was reading only yesterday of a ballet-girl who is nearly dead from lead-poisoning, caused by painting her face.” “Oh, you needn’t let that frighten you, dear,” remarked Mrs. Sharpe; “there’s no danger where, one is not altogether unaccustomed to such things —where one is acclimated, as it were.”— Boston Transcript. It is probable that walking matches will have another run. Mist and fog-gotten - London weather.