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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1899)
THE CDU 11 LITERARY NOTES. A FAMOUS WOMANS NEW POSITION. Mrs. Margaret E. Saoguter, who for over ten yeare has been the editor of Hnrier'B Uazar, has resigned that po pltion and joined the editorial corpa of Tim Lidiefl' Home Journal, in which nwgnzine Bhe will hereafter conduct a liruiiiinont department. BETWEEN1 WHISPERS. A WOMAN'S KXI'ERIKNOES when she KNT TO SEE MItS. EISKE AS HEOKY SHMtl'. I'rom tho New York Commerciiil Advertiser. "1'nlking in a thoatre ought to be pro hibited," eaid the woman with tho pearl lorgnon. "One doesn't go merely to see playe; if one really loves the drama, one wants to hear them, and tb have to strain one's ears and then miss halt tho brightness and beauty of clever lines on account of the buzzing of the audience 'is, to say the least, annoying. Taka Hecky Sharp, for instance. She is the real Becky, not a 'conception' or a ver sion, but the fascinating little wretch herself, who as Rawson eaid could 'chipper up a dead man.' To the un impassioned spectator the play is an en tertainment pure and simple, but to an ardent lover of Becky, to see her in the ilesh, doing and saying the things I know Becky did and said is an ex quisite delight. Fancy then how happy 1 was to find myself seated directly in front of a party of young people who had apparently never heard of Vanity Fair, to judge by their maddening chatter. They couldn't understand why Dob bin liked George Osborne or Ml in love with Amelia, where Becky got the money to take a house in Curzon Btreet, or why she married Rawdon, seeing that he was poor and she was ambi tious. And so they babbled on. Ot?e girl in the party seemed to have juBt an r inkling of an idea of the character, and between acts she tried to straighten things out for her puzzled companions. When tho play was in progress they plied her with questions in Inud, hoarse whispers. Distinct or deliberate speech iB uot a conspicuous trait of any of the players, with the possible nxception of tho slow-going Rawdon, and between my unenlightened neighbors and the constant buzz of comment, admiration or explanation all around I heard about h"lf that was said behind the foot lights. "I did not intend to be cheated out of my Becky, however, so I went a second time. I was scarcely more fortunate. I But beside an old gentleman who ap preciated so keenly every bright I.'ne or situation that he repeated it or com mented on it to the young girl besido Mini. I could have annihilated him, but he seemed, to be having such a good timol simply envied him. The third timo I went I determined to hear, or make myself as disicreeable ob I felt. L had 6eats no ir the stage and all went , .., ...0 out. luuu tut) apiriii f the man behind me became troubled. Ho could not Biehow such a heartless, tc, etc., 'Sab,' said his wife. But he eighed and stirred in his chair and showed all tho symptoms of contempt. I reached for ray hat It was a large, plumed affair, warranted to obecuro oven a Julio Opp or a Maxine Elliott. 1 put it on. In a few minutes the man who disapproved cf the greatest heroine i fiction leaned over and told me he coulJn't eoe. And then I said, sweetly, domuroly, 'Do you really mind? Why, or course I'll take it off, then!' And, y dear, ho sat like a stone image, with "I'cftBionul lapees into laughter for the Mnuicder of that delightful evoning." a ho a man of liberal viewB? W '"Xceodingly po. lie has juBt an- """"cod his belief in the Bible. HALLOWE'EN. Nutcrack Night was tho moflt popu lar in all tho year among tho youth of tho "North Countrio" of liritain. Nuts wore distributed with lavish hand and cracked and oaten in abundance, besides boingmadoto decide I ho fat o of many a lad and lassie. In tho words of Burns "The auld guidewlfe's weel-hoordit nits Are round and round divided. And mony lads' and lassies' fates Are there that night decided? Some kindle, couthie, side by side, And burn thegither trimly; Some start awa wi' saucy pride, And jump out-owre the chimly Fu' high that night." Tho nutB were placed in tho hot ashes or along tho bar of a grate, and when they burned peacefully Bide by side the happy fate of tho couple waB assured; should onoor both of them crack end jump away the tbouithtB of a eucreBsful courtship might as well be abandoned. Not satisfied with nut cracking, the pulling of the kail was also a part of the evening's eport. With closed eyes the young people made a raid on the goodman's kail stalks, that porhaps bad been allowed to stand for this very purpose U(on the nature of the stalk pulled depended the appearance and disposition of tho mate for life. Should aetalk be well formed and straight the finder was considered fortunatn, espec ially if a quantity of earth clung to the root?, which indicated that a goodly amount of earthly goods was to accom pany the union. If, however, the stalk wa9 crooked and rujty, the finder waB mortified at the thought of being mated for life with a "crooked stick"; and was doubly mortifiod should the pith of the kail taste bitter instead of sweet, as that waB a sure indication of a disagree able disposition. Few carried to a successful issue their Hallowe'en spells. The maiden who waB brave enough to sleal out to the I i j and thrown in a skein of yarn, a loose thread of which she rotaiued in her hand and wound over an old skein, was Bure to drop tho yarn and fly with all speed to the house if, when she noared the end of tho skein, it was caught and held, as she h iped and ex pected it would be. She should have held to the yarn and asked "Who holds?" when an answer would have come from the depths of t'y kiln giving the full name of her future husband. Tbe observance of All-Hallowe'en is dying out in Great Britain. It never was observed properly in the Uoited S'ates.' As belief in superstitions died out the spells that bud been practiced gave place to practical joker, and Hal lowe'en came to mean merely a license to destroy property and annoy peace able citizaus. In s:me. places dipping for apples, burning nuts, and pulling cabbage stalks aro still observed, but tho Nut crack Night of BurnB'e time has dip npp ured forevbr. From Sslf Culture Magazine for Novembor. I hear you are in love with your type writer. Has Bho given you any en couragennt? Well, yes; she has atruck for higher wages. I am heels over head in love with you. How awfully upset you must be! lco is tbe only thing that is what it is cracked up to be. Frauleiu Ziehen Sie auch Schmerz- los Zahne au ? 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