The Black Swans 



an English standpoint: "The Meeni- 

 stair he say — he say — he say — they 

 sell the boys and keep the girls." 



A knitter says something about 

 blankets — cotton ones — and this re- 

 calls a well-guarded remark once made 

 on a Southern Railway Pullman by a 

 certain New York City girl in reply to 

 a query put by her companion. It 

 was their first trip to Dixieland, and 

 many of the sights and scenes pos- 

 sessed for the young ladies all the 

 elements of genuine novelty. Passing 

 a field in which long rows of little 

 brown bushes bore small white balls 

 just ready for the pickers, one asked 

 the other, "What is that growing 

 there?" And after a moment's study 

 came the safety-first reply: "It is 

 either wool or cotton, I am not just 

 sure which." And the answer seemed 

 to satisfy; and some very intelligent 

 people have trouble of the same sort in 

 our drygoods stores when examining 

 certain modern fabrics. 

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