The next week the actor saw the first of his new bills in position. His request had been carried out to the letter. The poster announced the coming engagement of Simple Edwin Booth.
I left my husband’s death notice here this morning, said the widow.
Yes, said the bright clerk in the publication room of the “Daily Squib.”
Now, continued the widow, I want you to add to the notice, “Gone to Rest,” in an appropriate place.
Yes, madam, replied the bright clerk, and the next morning she read: Gone to rest in an appropriate place.
Miss Frances Kellar, of the Woman’s Municipal League of New York, illustrated admirably at a dinner party a point which she wished to make.
Women, a man has said, are vainer than men.