THE CATS OR OLD.
•Feminine manners inust have improved pretty considerably ,since', George III: was King (writes "Marcia" in the. "Australasiany). If the ballrcom scene in "Sweet Kitty .Bellairs" is a fair samplo of the way fine ; ladies, treated one another— and I..believe that it- havo mufch to be thankful: for. ; Imagine a dozen or ..'-.more.': ladies of. the aristocratio, or even the middle class, in.;a:ballroom these days setting, upon one of their numbej , , and by their nasty, cuttine remarks making the place too hot to hold her. Women; may still bo, and .perhaps are, just. as .jealous and /spiteful in their of hearts if another woman happens to he more- favoured; of the gods,, and, by; a natural sequence of men, than they- are themselves, but • they have better taste than to show; it.. They disguise their'.feelings a good deal more than they did a hundred years ago. Though, they are still supposed, by tradition, to aim cruel remarks at one another,, as a matter of fact ,they do not."Perhaps it. would be .an advantage if they did," as a pretty woman .remarked tio other. day, "for thon ono would- know'.-,exactly, where onestood." ■.'.-■■. ..,.'.■,'.. .' '■'. •:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 11
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194THE CATS OR OLD. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 11
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