Show p 1 16 in public 1 A gotham suffrage Buff rago leader lias has publicly denounced the pernicious SC 7 habit of kissing each other in public places i this condemnation applies to women who meet on tho the in public bus and other places and includes the salutation in the course of their expression of delight over the unexpected pleasure or the fulfillment Q of ia as appointment this advocate of a crusade against this habit recently said to a largo large audience of women As for the hissing kissing customs in general use I 1 think them offensive and wanting tanting in refinement and it if here and now I 1 could induce evemy one of you s to league with me against this custom we could do more for ourselves more for or each other and more for the public than we can by trying to do the work that men are paid to pera perform arm let us help put down the ashes nuisance and force people to put waste paper and the like in n receptacles prepared for them bat but let us here and now pledge ourselves to stop kissing each other now and forever S this appeal was enthusiastically applauded before the house bouse had recovered vered its equanimity a woman noted for philanthropic work arose and t till gild there are families of tny acquaintance and even connections into whose houses I 1 will not go because I 1 will vill not face the kissing ordeal in don lion my slater sister women believe me mie it Is more important to check this evil f jast just now than it Is to take upon ourselves the reformation reform atlon of the antique aftem of carting ashes from before our front stoops after some discussion the large assemblage as one woman adopted a resolution to declare against the public kissing bet and to incite co opera i among the women aomen of other cities they did not mrry i one day recently the kreuz ZI tung published bt ut berlin contained contal ned the i following advertisement A lady of mature age but looking young and feeling so go tall blonde imposing and graceful at the same time rich wishes to again enter the bonds of matrimony the lady received a number num berof if Te replies plies but she was bot long in deciding cne cn of them took her fancy and she arranged an interview she would not de said receive the man in her ov ovla a house before they had seen each other on neutral ground therefore on a certain day she would be on the main plat form inside the Friedrich strasse station wearing in her corsage a nosegay of lilies of the valley while the gentleman was asked to wear a red rose in his button bole with beating hearts thay they arrived on the platform madam wearing the lilies lilles and monsieur his red rose but before either had bad time to beat a retreat or stuff into ther pockets the compromising badges madam found herself face to face with her own eon sont madam turned as walte as her lilies and moriat monsieur eur u red ae as bis his rose and both speed speedily fly took to their heels 1 x womans sense of D aty aty have you ever met the woman goes through life doing bet duty no matter how disagreeable the tho duty may be dear misguided woman that the she Is 1 she realize how much unhappiness she Is causing and how very much the majority of people would prefer that she such a keen enge sense of duty for it seems to them nothan more or less than a desire to bake make everybody aa as uncomfortable as she can sh listens to anything unkind that Is h said abut her nelga neighbors bors and then has a severe attack of sense of duty and straightway repeats these things to the public about whom they were ere said she sees in small childish pranks signs of youthful depravity which her sense of duty obliges her to point pain out to the parents of the young criminals she watches the servants when her next door neighbor Is 1 away then has another attack of sense ot at duty and reports all the things she has een seen until everybody ehe she knows la Is to quote to her me old proverb baboul ignorance ana bliss WS CW gave her k topic A good story is told of a Mo rochester chester N Y divine not nota particularly tor for hia 1113 humor the ladles ladies club of a certain church was callad to meet at a stated time and every member was especially charged to bring an item of religious news one of the women probably accustomed to depending more upon othera others ahli upon her bee own resources finding herself unprepared with the requisite item as the hour for the meeting approached conceived the notion of calling UP P dr blank pastor in another denomination he ile responded to the call on oil the telephone when substantially the following conversation ensued dr blank I 1 am just on my ray way to a meeting of a womans club at the church we are required to bring an item of rall glou news cm cn you give me one da D blank hm alit the church you say yes dr blank Tell them that jesus christ died to save sinners a the bone of contention Content iori dad can you answer a question now or are you too busy asked the know M acar old heir you told me always to ask you about anything I 1 quite right my son said the fond parent 1 I wish you to grow up a 0 y and ob ervant ignorance and man never be afraid of showing your your store of knowledge will steadily increase what Is it ibis MIS time the other day I 1 heard someone talk about the bone ot at contention dad I 1 bould should like you to tell m ma which part of tho the boy it Is in which bone Is it r 11 henry ay dy son sad said hia his father solemnly after casting a glance roi d 10 ee if mother were in ali abe e ay the hone bone of cou contention Is the jaw jawbone bone of 01 1 always be careful of it henry and henry promised he be would cdx the v marj most loves 1 A on which has perplexed the mind of woman for ages and ehica I vo bother bar for alt all timp time is what type of the fair sex Is most aured by man a one woman sums ulf u tho the Olt situation datiOn a the baor e stupid a woman la is the more will mo men en laugh the more abari alm 1 she Is the the she he d them the o 0 mere more they will bestow upon her more u her boore the y ador adore ber her tb th 1 more she insults them the more they sue for the 1110 favor the u mor haughty she Is the more humble are they the more e abuses them the more they cringe a it ll 11 s the woman who demands much aal 4 gives little whom men love to they will cast loyal 1 love e bonor here wealth and unblemished name t ro t r lap and a smile of acknowledgement in makes akes them happy 0 01 f makes them the more understanding niger or appreciation on her part but to w impoverish themselves to enrich her |