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HERE was once a Woman who had a Theory that Men did Not Care for Too Much Intellectuality in her Sex. After this Theory she shaped her Actions, which Shows her to have been a Remarkable Woman. One day a Man asked her if she Belonged to his Sister’s Ibsen Club.

“Oh, no," she answered, “I Cannot understand Ibsen at all."

The Next Time he called he brought her a Bunch of Violets and asked her if she read Maeterlinck.

“No; I think it is Very Silly,”she replied.

Then the Man brought her a Box of Chocolates, remarking, “‘Sweets to the Sweet’—do you not think Shakspere was Right?" 15