There is something quite to deliciously feminine about the latest demonstration on behalf of Woman's Rights in France. The leaders of the movement object to th ostasge stamp now in use because splays the words Droits de hornie" on fan open hook held by a female figure. As 'a counterblast, they have brought out an adhesive stamp of their own, and all who truly wish for woman to have her due, now fix. these stamps, side by side with the regulation article, on every envelope they send through the post. The design consists merely of w draped male figure holding what is alleged to he "table of the law" but strongly resembles " tombstone, whereon the words Droits de In femme" stand out in bold characters. Two hundred thousand been printed and They certainly cost less, inasmuch as a frane will buy t hundred of them. T hear that the man in the design originally hind a beard but. that the ladies of the committee thought he would look nicer without it.
The Advantages of Being Maimed.
A hopping man is one of the euri of Paris just now. By trade a fitter, he Host his right lo ina railway accident some time age. Not caring to hobble About with a stick or a wooden leg, and not being rich enough to buy an artificial one, he took to hopping on his remaining He is obliged to stop about every thirty yards to rest for a few seconds, but his foig hops take him along quite as fast man ca walk, He does not lean against posts and things, but takes his rest—in public, at any rate—by stand: ing on his one leg, after the manner of stork. Like the legless man who works the boulevards and is popularly supposed to come to and from his beat in a cab and dine at a highly respectable restaurant, the gentleman with only one lower limb makes a very good thing out of his inti ty. He never asks for charity, but kind. Kearted passers-by feel irresistibly urged to bestow alms upon him, and though "he can hardly be said to make a comfortable living, he gets on, literally and fig [yy belter with one leg than he did' with tro. The hopping man, cladip a flat cap,
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