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Show THE LADIES. Fanny ElaBler, "the divine dancer," dan-cer," is living very quietly at Hamburg, Ham-burg, in her 07th year. Fastidious young lady (who has just had the entire dress goods de-pairtraent de-pairtraent displayed) "I'll call again next week: and look through all your new spring goods." Of the bix young women who were pall bearers at tho funeral 01" Mrs. Taggart, of Indianapolis, the other day, four of them had been her bridesmaids twolve months before. Hiss Roae "Goodness ! the fire is out. I thought it was very cold." Beau "Shall I get my overcoat and put in on you?" Mias Rose "Oh, no, but (slaucing at the clock) hadn't you better put it on yourself ?" Under a new law allowing women to vote for school officers, about 250 women went to the polls in Minneapolis, Minne-apolis, Minn., and were courteously treated by the men in attendance, who had decorated tho ballot-boxes with flowers in honor of the occasion. occa-sion. "And canst thou always love me thus, Alfred?" she murmured, "even when age has crept upon me and left bis traces here?" There was a pause ou his part, but it was only momentary, momen-tary, when he replied, in a tone of deep remonstrance, "Cm a duck swim?" Senators who buy their seats should have discreet wives. I heard a lady who was conversing with the wife of a disappointed aspirant, who said: "Why, didn't your husband buy his seat? I can tell you exactly how-much how-much it co.-t my husband to bo elected. It was exactly $37,000. Miss Thursby, now of Dr. Chipin's church, is engaged for tho tabernacle at the salary of $3.00T a year, with a cariine from Williamsburyh ewry Sunday, and her hotel bill p.iid by the church. This ia tho lanjust salary sal-ary ever paid in Now York to a church singer, but it ia mostly paid by private parlies in the church. Mi-s Anna Dickinson s new in ay, ' which is lo bo produced on her' debut at tho Boston Globe theatre, I May S, is entitled "Tho Crown ol Thorns," ar-.d aims to repretjent the character and history of Annie Holey n in a new light, as a loving girl rather than a scheming enqueue. Miss Dickinson had no assistance in the composition of the play. Cook (at English registry oflice) " 'Aving never lived with any but 'igh families, 'should wish to know if the party keeps their carriage -men-guvvanUj in the 'ouse moves in good society " Mistre.a of the ollice (shortly) 'Tho lady has been presented at court, if that will mit you." Cook (cnndesccndinply) "Thanks. Then I think I shall' call upon her." A youth was endeavoring to enjny an evening in the company of a you i.j: lady upon whom he had called, but found a serious obstacle in the person per-son of a hlern father, who at length ventured very plainly to intimate that the hour for retiring had arrived. "I think you are correct, my dear sir," returned the unabashed young man. "Wo have been wailing for you lo go to bed for more than an hour," It being well known that tho London Lon-don court dressmakers at certain times are compelled hy the aristocracy aristoc-racy to make their sewing women i work night and day, an the lulie will only give their onlors at the Just moment, (uocn Victoria, in announcing an-nouncing her intention to givo two receptions at Buckingham palaco on the loth and lL'th of May, exprens-s the hopo that this early notice will enable, ladies to niako their preparations prepara-tions without lieceripitaliML' Inln hnnr on the part ol the employed. A good anecdote has lately crossed tho ocean of an American girl who was playing croquet .in England hist summer. "What a horrid scratch I" said ehe, indignantly, when her mallet mal-let onco failed of its duty, and she Diisncd her shot. "Oh, my dear !" Baid her English cousin, "you should not use such slang exprrxmona," "What should I baio said ?" asked tho Americnn. "Yon might havy said," replied tho English maiden, after canvassing her vocubularly for a perfectly unexceptionable- phrase "you might have said, 'What a beastly beast-ly iiuito r " |