Anecdotes of Women.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 3 October 1904, Page 4

Anecdotes of Women.

JANE !

Amougi the stories told ol provta-' cial mayors a ini their wives, the fol- \ lowing is one of the best : j Tilt lute Queen Victoria and Prin-' cess Beatrice htvd opemul un exhibition, and in the visitors' book they appended their Hoyal siginaturea- " Victoria" and "Beatri«u." Next ' came the turn of the mayoress, who, following the example 0 f Hoyalty, wrote io a flowing hand—"Jane" '

RASH QUESTION. There was o oee o Sir J amies Weir Hogg, who liad made a fortune In India and carao to I-iondon t<j epend it. His wifo gave fash onaible parties, which were largely 'attended by fash-; ionaible folk. I It is said' that a young' blood, meeting one of the Misses Hogg at a ball,' and not knowing her name, asked her if slie was gying, to the paxty at the "Piggery." ! Her bland reply was : '''Oh, yes. I

am one of the litter !" HITTING BACK. The great Napoleon was seldom agreeaible to the ladies, and ho frequently addressed to them the rudest

and most extraordinary remarks. i To one he would say, '' HeaTenif, how red your elbows are !" To another, "What an ugly head-dress you have got !" | He said one day to the beautiful Duihessde Chovreuse, in the presence of all the circle of the Tuiller-

ies, "Ah, that'si droll enough ; your hair is red I" i "Perhaps it isi, aire," replied the rn-' dignant lady ; "hut this Is the first time a, man has ever told me so." INFORMATION SUPPLIED. j The following is told 0 f an old lady, who; had had her hair cut 0 n" owing to a severe ifciess, and wore in its place a wig. She was staying in a Continental hotel, and one day noticed a gentleman looking, curiously at her hair.

Soon after, on some excuse, he crossed tho room to get behind the place where she sat. The lady calmly rose, turned round, and, lifting her. hair from her h a ir, said : "Yes, sir ;itis a wig I"

ATTRACTIVE ! I Mi's Bancroft, the wife of the American historian, went one day. when staying in London, to an afternoon musicalo in Mayfair. On the way she was attracted by a display of shawls in a Regent-street shop, and, stopping the cab, went into the establishment and bought one, throwing it over her shoulders to wear while at the social gathering. The astonished guests at the musi-

cnlc wore edified by the sight of the elegant Mra Bancroft floating through the drawing-rooms, all un-

conscious of tho fact that o n her buck was a placard hearing the words, "Very Chaste." i STREET SCENE. The notorious; Duchess of Kingston (she died in 1738), wlio-was always remarkable for having a very high sense of her own diginty, was ono

day detained in her carriage by a cart of coals fiat was unloading in a very marrow street. , She leaned out with both her aims upon the door, and asked the coal fellow, "How dare you, sirrah, . tostop a woman of quality in the streets 1" "Woman o* .quality ?" exclaimed the man. "Yea, fellow," rojodned her graes, "Don't you sec my arms upon the carriage ■?■'' "Yvs I do, indeed," ho answered, " and a Pair of il coarse nnnt. they are !" DANGEROUS SPOT. i The old lady went on board Net* sou's flagship, the Victory, »t Ports- ; mouth, a few years ago. The different objects 0 f interest were duly

shown to her, and, oB reaching! th» spot whore .the great naval hero was wounded (which was marked by a brass plate fastened on the deck), the guide Said to her, ''Here Nelsip» fell !" "And no wonder/" «.t oacj exclaimed tho old lady. "I «early fell there myself!" QUICK AND BITTER. The Marquis del Carpio, Viceroy of Naples, was once going into » church, and happened to see a lady entering at the same moment who wore an extremely 'beautiful diamond on a very ugly hand. | "I should prefer tho ring to the hand," said the marquis, with no. expectation of being heard. But tho J lady immediately touched the collar of his.Order, which he was wearing,! and exclaimed : | '|l should prefer tho haltt? to tho donkey !" I

CONCLUSIVE. I Reginald (watching the new woman clown) : Well, that provesthat there isn't anything that a woman can't do. | Ethel : I think . quite- otherwise. To me it proves that there Is at least one thing sho can't do, and that is, make a fool of herself!