Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1874, Page 10

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIRUIVE SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1S74. WOMARN. Shsll Necessity Be the Law of ‘Wages ? Woman's Great Responsibility in the] Training of Children. Women and Tniversiiy Degrees---The Revival of 2 Losi Art. How They Bress at Saratoga—4 Kentueky Female Cattle-Brover, Hunting @ Wild Girl in Idaho---A Good Word for Trousers. Miscellaneous Notes on Feminine Topics. Shail Necessity Be the Lawof Wages? Mosaours, IiL, Aug. 7, 1674 o the Editor of The Chicago Tribun ¥ Sm : Tteading the following statement in your 1sst Sunday’s paper concerning the earning-ca- ity of women 23 comparad to map, Iam paci tempted to ask if NECESSITY 1S TO DE TOE LAW OF WAGES. Tho gtatement was a8 follows: * For it must be tsken into consideration that man, if ho “wsnts to sapply his nstural wants, must earn enough to support himself ind a female, tho bothersome company of whom, Léng o necessity to his happy existence, be wants to havo abont bim ; while the working-woman only nceas to earn sufficient to support ker own self. This is &0 item worthy of consideration to all those re- formers whio ery 8o Iuslily about the terriblo in- justico of unequal pay to the male and female.” s the assertion, * While the working-woman noeds ouly to esrn suflicient to support herself,” stnetls true? And, if so, is the principle im- plied, viz.: that man shonld reccive more than wsoman for the same quality and quantity of work, bécanse men, generally epeaking. support at least themselscs and wives,—o fair one ? Pirst—Is it true that the working-woman of .our country is required to sapport only herself 2 1 think that it will bo found, on investigaion, that, out of tho number of unmarricd women supporting themselves i e A GREAT NTMTER » support of their father's family or portious or'it ; ofien a widowed mother ; otten needy brothers and sisters. Then there is the vast clses of workera compoged of widows 2nd wives. We find large numbers of these 1n every de ent of femxle Jabor, and it is & supposa- ble cuse that, out of tlus vast number, none or few are encumbered with familics dependent apon them for entmre or partial support. Hard- Iy. . Axk the multitode of Loardig-house-keep- ers, the legion of female agents, printers, telo- graph sgeats, clerks, tenclors, copyists, book- Coopers, bLouse-servants, laundre sérm- stresses, and Washerwomen ; ask this vast clues of women-workers throughout the broad States, eoteprising probably millionn of fewald workers, if it iy for themseives alonc they toil. Ask them, and we will warrant that AT LEAST HALF will point to pareuts, buslands, clildres, sis- | ! ters, or fathers, in respouse, If vour corre- rpondent can proce by statistics, or & reasonable theory, bis stacement, I will believa 1. But I have seen too mauy wives and widows support- iug themsolves and families, and girls g Jarents, brothers, and siters, to beliave the un- qualificd statement, * while the working-woman needs ouly to earn Nficient lo support herself.” Ts the privciple imptied. niz.": that man shonld receive more wages than woman for the same quant:ty, and quahty of worls, because, geerally speaking, men support themselves and wifes,— is this principle - AFsROSE? Ia necessity the true law of wages 7 Shall we maks the namber of persons which the worker supyoria the standard of wages? I men. asa clars, slould receive more pay than womeu for tle same work because the mrjority of men baye fainilics to suprort, ** while woman needs only eary satiicicut to sypport berself,” then be fair, aud aleo lot the married man receive twice as much ssthe unnerried man. _ Let the qrestioa Yo to 21l applicants for work, Hosw many persous Lave you to £npport 7—not, How much nor how weil éan youdo this work ? Let the woman bave a chence, too. Give the widow, supporting berself and five children, more than the man supparting only bimeelf. Is it fair, is it just, to lay down that principle. No ; lot us give all AN EQUAL CEASCE; 5 let qusntity, quality, and competition be tho etandard. the sane to both sexes. 1f it be true that women are inferior in physi- cel etrensth, and therefore can't perform a8 much work as men, don't drive them to the streets by unequal psy for whes they do perform. Let us raise up the weak. instead of pulling them down, Augd, if no pricciplo of humanity inspires us, ot least let us be just, and make no false diserimi- nation on sccount of sex. But we thauk God that your correspondent’s last statement is tho standard of all work: competition—quantity— guality. Very traly, M. G. OmARrTON. Woman’s Treasures. T have such a lovely treasure. Gold would not tempt me, nor diamunds bribe me, to pars with it, nor is thero anything save Oue that can taks it from me. From that One I received it ; sud, if He takes His own, thoughmy heart will be bleoding, I will say, * The Lord gave, and the Lord havh takeu away ; blessod be the name of thoLoxd. For from Him I received it as a gift, to gladden my heart by its possession, to joy 10 tho beanties it daily mufolds to my eyo, toim- proveit, to cherishit, to nourizhit in the fear &nd admonition of God, who gave toms s T cmiLD. 1 Ab. yes! Tbis is my treasure. More precious than gold, or pearls, or precious stones, is the Iittle lifo that is intrusted to iy care. A sou] has been given mo to train for tho coming King- dora. Itisformeto lezd these littlo toddling sti:ps from infuncy into tho path that lexdsto l_ljn(‘.x and right, to glory and to God. Litile rosebud meuth, that can just epeak the dearest “word ihat can be heard from beby-lips, when you call “Mamma” in ewect baby tomes, aud Mamma's heart goes cut to you, thought rucs far mto tho futare, and 1 worder 1f the tize will evercome when cursing and cruel words wil proceed from tho same eourco. Littie feet, tlat tread so dantily, will they over walk in by and forbidden puthe? And, when manhood's strength ghall come upon thelittle helpiess form that 1 fold to my hesrt at night, will it ever bo brooght tome helpless ag now, but belpless from mtemperance ¢ God fortnd | Oli, woman. woman! what great things are ro- quired of thee! Talk of woman's rights. The GREATEST RIGNT AND GREATEST 1RUST tlat were ever bestowed upon humanity, wers #iven to woman. The highest praise thatcan be given is tlus: ** As & wife aud mother, shodid Ler duty 2nd fulfilled ber trust.” If she failsin this, no matter what the may aclieve in other walks of lite, her life-work is a fmlure. There wro _many ndble, sad-hearted women, that the world could ill afferd to loas, who Lunow mothiug of this crowmng joy, maternity. I do not speak of theta. But those to whom God lus given chuldrea have o need to seek for fields in which to labor. To them 18 given the key to the characters of the mext generation. ls it for Rood orevil? *“As the iwigis bent, the tree's wmchped.” X wedo our duty to our children, we learn ‘;esm 1o call risht right, and wrong wrong ; avd bished Aonly inmplant this that never can they get mm‘-!!mte Taixed, g6 15 too often tho case. Weo ach them by example as well 28 pracept ; L wy migadg D9, Wokoil our tressures. Wo must controt ail puesions i £ dren 10 contral themucinay oy Ak our chil- themeelvos, or i trol them. Thiok you it s easy 1015 Slos o Guly for ane das, iid mark ‘evory losks ped. o deed. tued would pain you it you eay 1t in y o cnixu; nm!ilm fl:x‘.,n:lllui‘ Waiches of the ni‘gol.‘xlcr sgk yoarself, leading # 2 i 8 Wy child in the What grest respomeibiliy women in any laud! They S MOLD THE CHARACTERS of Kings, of stateemen, of schiolurs, Writers, DOUts, priests, lawyers, saints and siuners, work. crs and idlers. And further still theur 1inence extends ; for ihey mold also the wives aud devolves npon the to disturb the whole relations of social life. have here & petéy soction of rastless women constituting themsclves sox, . ind ers’ to follow a coumse which is opposed to the good sense and feelings of the vast ‘majority of women ; and it 1a ouly reasousble in such a case that the interest of tho majority of the sex and of sacicty geuerally_should bo mon etendard of their attainments with those of men,” end they deélaro that they are **ready to folly of thes moredls to evil, if it bé an evil, Will cure iiself this argument had sny force, the world by this time must have become muv!emel{ wise. Un- fortunately follies not_only grow old ish, but propagate their kind. 1 it bo 2 folly or au evil that women shiould agsume the character of men, and atieinpi o do men's work aud to competé with men if it be wrong to encourage pressly qualified, in order that they i) take other tasks which Naturo ncver designed them to perform, then it Decomes tha dufy of those who sec this, not to Iook on idly in the hope that the folly will curo itzelf, but to ex- pose and curoit, if cure be posaible. Tocure s folly as we cura discaso, its uatere .and extent must bo understood, : Wo find it asserted that there is no Teison why men and women should not pursue the samo course of intellectual training, seck the ezme university distinctions, and adops tho same pro- foasions) pursnits. In fact, it i mgued tbat men and women should be educatod ulike, and should work alike, and_that, a3 far ns may bo necesdary, sl distinetions between the sexcs rhould be oblitorated. proposzls as regards mental and phyaical labor posse: cognize the e do nob need the physiologiss fo teil us_that the organization of tho pexes is diferent. but, both diractly and indirecty thoy Imva muchi to dowith almost overy act of & man's life. Train the daughters of o nation to_ be good wives and mothers, and you have the foundation for good and useful men. The law alows a nman a voice iu national goverument,—a vote; whilo his wife bas none. But, for ait thaf, the wifa's influence i8 wider than the husband’s, bo- caneo she can silently give her children tlio Jes- gons that turn them to good or evil ; aud, wher her eons aie stalwart men, who car sn lias po voico in the Government? In training her daughters, woman sends Ler influence to her cnildren’s children ; and who can place & limit to ite extent? It E AAY DE TELT FOR AGES. ~ When womsn gives to the world = son, good-and true in every respiact, she sends a voice for right wherevar hicr child goes. It may bo Kanor Lo bo & man, butit i3 glory to bo a woman; and I ask 10 nobler monument than that my boy will be &n Lonest, truthful man, and no greater tribute to my memory thau that ho shall say, *I thaok God for my mother.” X Mzs. Jevsir Ecriey REYXOLDS: Womnten and University Desrees, Froin the London Saturday Retie Tomen have not been idle lately in usserting {heir claims to positions hitherto occupied by men. Thero has been a discussion in the Flonse of Commons on 4 motia by Mr. Cowper Temple to autliorize the ' Universities of Scotland “to Ihuke such regulations us they may think fit for the admission and complete education of femalo students.” There hiss also been a discussion in the Senata of the University of London on the question whitlier it is dédirale. that. tho Uni- versity “should be empowered to admit women to its degrees.” This, howover, camo to even less than the motion in the House of Commons, bewg réjected by a decisivo mifority. Tho ro- cent mecting at St. James' Hall in support of women's euffrage, and the anbouncomeut that some £1,300 or £1,400 have beed speut in sap- port of it, testify that, in political life as weil as in literature and science, women aro determined to seckt n plzce, Wo shall coufine our remarks, however, on tls oceasion, to' tho ef- forts which women bave been making to obtain University degrees, and to become members of the various professions to which theso degrees are regarded as preliminary steps. It appears to be admitted that tho number of women pessessed by this ambition is small ; and this is used as an argument in favor of granting what is asked. We are asked o beliove that no great herm can result from allowing theso fow women to have tlieir way, and to obiain, if they can, the object of their ambition. O tho other Land, Lowover. those who tako a wider view of the subject may reply that it is mostrous to al- low so small o miriority, moved iu & ext mons. ro by tlid’ strango feaching of Mr: Stiiaft 3G, We tliéir oth- leaders of end endeavoring to | induce scquainted With thellf of & mediealt practittoner: in a thinly-peopled repion of Wales or of West- morelanid.—riding on horsebuck to places wherg 1o vehicle can_travel, doing the work by mignt for which the day does not suffice, regardless of rest, careless of weather 7 Women, if they geck o compete with men, must work as men do. Again, femeld doctors do not repudiate matrl- mony and maternity eltogether, and these arg conditions which must_preéent obvious snd pe= culiar difficulties in the professiousl life of women.. Lastly, the moderaté amount of suc- cess which has beeu met with even by tha few exceptional women who have entered the madi- eal profcssion in England would seem to show bovw littls room or need there is for thig pecoliar class of practitioner. It is perhaps scarcely neceesary io carry the drgument boyond the medical profession. It has indeed been eaid thatsomoof these ambitions Iadies, recognizng (he forca of such arguments a8 we have just been using, have turued their thoughts from physic to K : TUE LAY, o and hope to " find themselves ere long in West- minster Hall orin Lidcoln's Inn, wearing the most becoming of wigs snd dressed in tho most graceful of robes. A fomale Solicitor-General— nay, even s protty junior pleading beforo the Lord Chuef Justice—would be moro attractive that even Portia in the ** Merchant of Venice,” and we have nodonbt that her ples would bo just as likely to bs successful. It is obvious, how- aver, xfint‘ if_a ladly wueceeded at the Bar, she would naturally aspiro to the Bonch. Nay, more, if wo grant an identity of educationand of pur- suits for men and women, the claim may be car- riedt eventually totho woolsack itself, and further wo catnot goiu tho law. . Thero ‘still remaing tho clerical profession, —and. around it, though not in it, wonten hfive o doubu done sood and_useful work. Tho Church itself i1, Tiowever, for thofresent aprarently beyond their lopes.” If womeu, in pursuing & amveraity ci- reer, succeed in entering one ‘or other of tho Jeamed professions, the result must be the same. They caw ouly partlslly succced in the performe auco of deties which they aro not quahificd to undertake, whilst they wifl fail to fuliill those dutiea for which nature has adupted them. In their own intcrest. women would do well to nvoid Dot ouly the shppery paths of feavolity and felso cxeifenicnt, Lut tho rough and rugged read atong whicl soma of their etrong-minded eisters are sceking to drug then. A woman’s best chaneo of happiness is in hor real pluce in life, untar~ nished by silly vauity, nodisturbed by mistaken ambition.” Sound-niinded, intelligent women must sooner or fater discover that tho edneation which i8 Enitablo for nan i not adapted for women, and wmay ere long, perbaps, be iuduced toapply tho force of their ibtolligencs fo dlacover that form of education which will most fully de- velop the pecnliar faculties of their sex, mrd en- uble_ them to, apply those facaitics to pursuts consistent witl! their place in uatuzc. The Kevival of i Lost Art. Frout the New York Journal of Commeree. A London illustrated paper gives scencs 2t one of the new cookery echiools. Tit otio pictute the fair pupils nre looking 65 infeiily whilo tho in- structor propsres s fricandean of veal The whole process is conducted directly under their eyes and noses, with full explanations of the rationale.* Afterwards the seholars aro made to doit for themselves, and Leep doing it till n into account. It Lua boon said that women in sceltiniy University degrees mercly desito {o poseers ovidenco of their competenco to tesch. But the desire of these fair candidates for caps and gowns of & new fachton, a3 expressed iu their letters and memoriala, everywhero testifics that TUEL: OIWECT IS MORE AMBITIOTS. _ Thoy teck for au_** opporuinity of vorrecting Elicir deficicncies by & computison under a com- take their share of the world's work” if allowed 0 do s0. “dhere aze some who, while recognizing the efforts, ure yot willing good-hu- nction them. “They plead.-that the at fust. If and flour- women to repudiate an- education euitablo to flieir'sox, to negloot duties winch becomo them and for tho performance of which thoy are e: unde In the present instance 1t is duflicult to treat such - Ouécan only wonder that persons d of ordinary perception aud cvena small amount of common kensa should fail to re- TAPRACTICABILITY OF SGCH A COURSE. 1t is well kuown to be so throughout uvimated na- ture; the male is organized for rougher, laxler work then the female. Possessed of greater strengsh, of greater endarance, ho is the natural provider for, and protector of what must ever Lo a weaker sex. Woman, more fluely. more deli- cately organized, less capablo of protracted In- Tror, has her own specizl duties to perform. In the @nties that Liclong to her she is complemen- tary toman. Kature has ruled it so. If wo could conceive it possible that in some fature ago these fundameutsl principles should ba set aside,—that man should lo##: on woman as his rival, not his helpmate, or th:at woman should re- gard man not as her protector, but as her Gpponent,—then would thio womeu of that age have cacse to read history with eorrow, and to lament that they wers not us their sisters had been. Nor'do womeed physiclavs to tell us, as they bave done in this country and in America, that women cannot enter on these competitions in which the brain aud nervous system ure decp- Iy involved without eerious peril to the peculiar functions of their sex. The women who are eager to eoter into this new stragglefor life with men, and to drag others after them, would bo fighting an unequal fight; uot only would they &6o thewselves beaten by wen on account of & differenco in sirength and in powers of endnr- ance, but there are also few of their sex whd would pob find ‘tue regular course of thelr ldbors interrupted from time to tinie by causes which would not affect their mule rivals, and over which they had 1o control. Paesing from tho general to the particular, let 15 supbose a woman to beentenig & lsrued bro- esiGi. A THE MEDICAL PROFESSION seems to be the especial object of woman’s clioice, because, 28, 18 swid, women, beivg good tecder nurses, aro_supposed to be ihcrefors casily convertiblo into ekillful physicians end dexterous surgeons. It is -id that women do- gire to be sttended by women, and that at lenst women are specinlly well fitted to atiend to the disepses of children. 1t is also aseérted that thero is & scarcity of medical meri:and that wom- cn might supply this deficiency. It does not requirc miich examination 0 3co that theee ar- guments aro facble and fallacicus. 1t does not at all follow that a kind and watchful nurse will becume a ekillul and experienced physician, full of resources, rendy in applyng them, or » doxterous surgeon, cool and unfalier- ing in dificultics ihat would paralyze u weaker lheart. It does not nppc:(r to be true that women generally desire tobe attended by women, anditis absurd to supposo that less skill isrequired in tresting the diseases of children than of grown-tip porsons. Lastly, wo belicvo that the reputetl scareity of medicag men i# due, not to o want of young men ready to euter the profession, but to the greafer striciuess of the examinations which it is neces- gary to pass,—a dificuliy which must equally present nself in the cago of women, aud whicl, a5 o recent case has ehown, is not very likely to bo surmounted by them:* ' On the otler-band, what must be tho position of & femalo medic student if ehe associates with ber fellows in the Larrowing £cenes of a post-mortem room or amidst the dismal lhorrors of the dissecting- room ? No one who knows what the course of study of a medical student fs can doube that s woman must be of a very exceptional claracter the teacher ig satisfied. Iicture No. 2 discloscs the dsinty hinds at work ecouring coffee- pots and dish covers, and performiuy oter drudgery of the - kitchen: The lessons are primary aud thorough, but that does not prevent them from being fashionable, einco {heso schools are under Aoble patronage. It can nover beemd of tho femmle aristociacy of England that they are neglectful of the duties devolving cn thefr station; for we find them coutinually engaged in well-meaut efforts to in- struct aud benelil tho humbler clieses; aud in notling havo they betier shown that benevolent disposition than b their latest atieinpt to revive tho lost art of cnokerv. By their money end théir oxertions, cookery schogls have been opened in different parts of London. Some of these are for the instruction of yonng ladtes of the bigher sud wealthior ratiks, end others are for the wives and_daugh- ters of working fuen. Al! are under chargo of profeesional cuoks,” perfoc in praciics us in sheoiy. 1n the pocrer districts of London, cheapnees is the gredt thing sougiit (noxs to nn- tnitiveness), and from the echools escablished thero wo bave such accounts as theso: At n recent experimontal lectare, the cook prepared two Eomps. nnd one stew. Uhe tirst soup contained yplenty of meat eud assorted vegetables, and two qusrts of it cost seven pence three farthings. 'Lhe second was a_more delicate zifair, but thick. and slud, aud “filling,” and cost &1 pence hal{-pouny for two quiarts, Four ponce half-peniy was consid- ercd & very cheap rate for tho succtdent stew by sllwho tried it. Asthess dishes were simmer- ing before the fire, the cook (Who was no lessa man than s Professor iu tho Scienco and Art Dranch of the South Eensington Maseum) discoursed of the chemical and nutrilive vulua of the ingredicnts used in tho mcsses. If Lo did vot make lumself perfectly cleur on this poiut, he st least taught his atientive_heaters Liow to make two rubstantinl goups and a stow. Avthe same time that cookery is coming up uu- Qergood auspices in England. it is also beginning to be redecmed from total neglect in this coun- try. The Free Training School for Women in this city bas taken hold of it. At the lust wesk- Iy meeting of the managers it was resolved to organize a cooking clak at once, with a superior French cook at the head and a number ot sub- teachers. There will bo two practical lessous o week. Tees of admiscion will be nominal, Le- sides being tanght to cook, the pufils will bo in- itiated in the inysteries of buying provisions 1it to eat,—a brauch of knowledge fully asraroas good cookery. Whou tho managers have trained » sufficient number of young wotney in these ab- struse arlg, they pmscuu to start o largo restau- rant in_the kchool-building, avd make it sclf- wtipporting. 'This is & generons and wiso pur- pose, and must have tue good wishes of a whole community of sufferers from villainous cooking. It should be explained that the maln object of the Free Tiaining School if to farnish first-clags *-help” for families, and 1 tliis it is reported highiy successs ful. The demand for *‘graduates” is far ahead of the eupply; and sfter they havo been taught to work, the rush to engage them will bo still fiercer. The experience of the Free ‘I'raining School proves, what we have always maintained, that there is plenty of room at ex- celleus wages for American girls who will *bo xo ood a8 to condescend _to_earn their hiving by their hands. As cooks, if they understood their Dusiness, they conld command almost any price. The matrovs of the Free Training Scbool ure aiming to meet one kind of waut ; but thereis a greatcr and more serious necd of teaching cook- ory to all young womon, whatever their position in” lite. As faturo mistresses of households, they ought to know ns much as the cook in tho kitchen, and that would be precious little. Thero will never be = sigu of improvement in the dys- peptic dishes of tho average American table un- iil the Jady of the bouse knowe enough to recti= fy tho blunders of Bridget. For tho diffusion uf this most useful of kunowladgo, n great, ‘many echools will be required. We look t0 thoso Iadies of New York who ure usually foremost in public good works to take this kcheme under their wings and make it fashionable, as tho £o- ciety-lesders of England are now doing. Snch a seotiment ousht to be, and might bo, created in behalf of the lost art'of cookery thiat no young ladies’ geminary iu the land would ba deemed 2 finishing schiool which did not have a chair of cookery aud gemi-weekly lezsons over tho stove or range. Ilow Ladies Dress al Saratogza. Saratugn Correxpondence of the New Yurk World. As s woman drosed in tho height, not only of fasbhion, but cosily fashion, promenades a ball- room, Suppose we estimate what in round mra- bers she represents in cash—that ig, the actnal cost, as nearly as it can bo escertained, of what she wears. Her dress, independent of lace, will ecarcely cost less than $300. Wortl's cheapest sre $200 in gold. A set of the handsomest point-lace flounces may usnally be vained at about £3,000, though véry handsome ones may be purchased for less. A fine point-lace overdress or shawl costs at Jeast $1,500. A fan suitable for eicha dress is worth $30 at least, and o bandierchicf about the same; and the ditmonds scon with this toilet froquently represent £30,000, con- sisting of nccklace, ecar-drope, aigrefte, a Louqot do_corsage. snd brucolots ; besides tlese are rings rarely purchssed for less that 3,000, when there aro bat thtee or four of therd. So we haye our fashionablo women representing if sho can pass through ihese scencs and stiil retain undimmed those characteristics which are the leading beauty aud’ orndment of \womau's life. If, again, women do, as somo few have done, succéed in obtaming entrance to the medical profession, can they bo rupponed to be equal to all the emergencies; to thie lapor and the fatigue which the practico of that profession enfails? “ Non omnibus con- tingit adite Corinthum.” All canmot settlo in fashionablo West End locilities, where the laber mothers of all these men. Is it for good or f evil? “A tree 18 known by its frnii.”_g 0 Women are not responzible for the acts of men, is light and whero duties are almost pleasurcs. Tho rouch must berccepted as well as the smooth. “Have women overmado themselves €57, or even §60,000, for there are many minor but costly accessorics for the tollet, and evein valulng her toilet at $60,06015 & low eati- mate. - Buat this is the ball-dress alono and only ¢no ball-dress, and who would expect o grande dameto go throngh a Sarafoga season with but one? . She Lizy anothor silk covered with em- broidery, snd Valencienncs loce edues. its rofles; this will scarcely cost less than £500, and then sho Las & velvet ar $S00 or £1,050, and thres or four light silk robes of light shades, tnmmed with silk of the same or darker tints, for not one of which she paid less than 23007to $500: mma she hrie “other-Jowelry be- sidcs—diamonds, corals, carrings, necklace, bracetet, and brdoch st 3200 ; und sho has onyXx und dltmond ear-drops and pendant and varlo other styles of ornaments, tczatiful and costly beeauso iu fashion. She has faus to mutch every dress, and not oife can bo purchused for Tess ) than $25, and sha lias costly ‘iandicerchiels wita- oug number. 2 Her duylight diceses are not less expensive. Oni6_of ‘her motuing-dreas ey of Pufis muelip and Valenciennes lace cost §. 140, and the colored , silk over which alie wenrs it c ¢at nearly suother £100, ‘Tho kueli of riblion av ¢l laco at $25, jibot for the throat €10, searf of hlack gulpure TI12. A paragol of white' silz lined with acolor and covered with lace must be ustd sitting ot the plazza or going to and from ‘th dpring, and another €50 may Lo easily |. counted in for “that. ' II. Jadyehip_ lias, of course, ah embroidered Datiste at 73, o Diack grenading walkiiig~dress ut ‘200, n black &ilk at $300, a_guipuro eacque at 00, a beaded polonnise st $150. at feast lin1T's dozen huits (I Lave beer told of # Jady Rero who g ‘threo | dozen), aud not one costs less than €20. She spends 22 every few «ays Tor sill il- | lusion _to pin over ber face and bat and i down around Ler throat 8a s searf. She Lias u jet Left vth daep fringd and pocked, cost- ing $16. Gloves slic rarcly, wears at Sara- toza, prefefiing to elio¥ Hef 1:ngs, but at balls, | ¢ tho races, aud at chureh kil must eclipse Llio | dismunds, 20d €3 sod St o pair she gererally | ays fof tliése, Al opera-cloalt at §100 and i f . ndin shawl st $1,000 aro ingipebenble to ek wardrobe. Dresses, gloves, fiav, parzsols, and e nuniberiéss smiall articles which arg only prebty whon In on, aro _ opbemeral Inust be renpwed oicl year; th's Indis sbaw dfarfonds, sud Tacs form o Bile Idy's capil stock. A Kentuchy Femate Stidcke=Drover. From e Pittaburg L. tuler. ‘The advent of drovers ac tlr'o East Liborty Stock-Yards is not genérally Lierzlded with any extraordinary flourish of tru.upets, though there 18 considersble bellowing 8¢ times-when thereis an arrival of stock, But vihou n female drover—a genuine female drover, or wo might cull bLer a droveress—made her wppearence out \ECtd earty ladt Mondny morhing, Tidfugon top of a car with the othes drovers, yo b may imagino it _ciused sometlung of a sessation. The luly's same is Jirs. Mararct Magee, aud she bujls from Cynthians, Ky. She broughs sloug two car-loads of cattls, und was accompavied by Ler son, 17 years of age. Sbois rather good-looking, robust in figu re, and proba- Lly 35 or 33 years of age. She ow.us d00acres of laud in a high state of caltivation ,ins the blue- grass region, aud iy monarch of all she surveys, She raises alock, nad hay shipped stock soveral times Lefore, but this is the first irip she Las ote into the busiuess, and into th e caboose-car iko (ho other drovers. She 15 th e widow of & drover who died sowe timo ago ai«l left her to sbift for herself, and ebe 1s doing 1t nobly. She is treated with the greatest respect and courtesy lfi- the otherdrovers. and ber fivst inp smoug the jovial class of drovers exerted a decidedly benelicial iny Nothing was snid in her presence to which she could take exe 3ptions, and, -of themnnd ieked them baek to thelr fumes, They hiave not goue wild-girl hunting since, and dnu'& beliove there is nuy such Rame id the woods. IXow They Finally Got Married. From the Providence Journal, One long summer afternoon there came to 3r. ‘| Davidsoa’s tho 1nost curious specimen. 6f an old bachelor the world ever heard ot. He was old, gruy, wrinklel, and 0dd. Ho hated old worieo, especinlly-old maids, and wasn't afraid to say &0. ‘Ho and Aunt Tatty had It hot Whenever chance drow {hem togethier ; yob etill ho came, and it ¥as noticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pains ‘with her dress whenever ho was expected. Oue dav thoe coutest waged unususlly strong, and Aunt Patty lefi in disgust and went ~ out into tho gardon, ¢ e % 'Lt boat!™ ehe muttered to heraelf. a8 sbo ‘stooped to gathor a fower which attracted her atteotion. . - Al “ What did you run for ?” said & gruff voice benind her. g ** To get rid of you." . * You didu't do1t, did you 3 - **No ; you are worso then a burdock burr,” “ You on't gt rid of me, either.” “T won't, “Ouly 1 one way." “ Aud that 7" “Aarry me." & ol “What! us two fools get married! What would peaplo say 7" . * That's nothiug to us. Come, 83y yes or no; T'min xhhurry. 15 good-by, T shan't come again.” top 2 bit—what s pucicer you're in." “Yesor no!” ] wiust congult— " i i § "’ '.ul right; Ithought you wers of age. Good- “Jabez Andrews, dowt be m fool . Come back, 1 sey. Why, I beliove. tho critter bns taken me for earndst. Jabez Andrews, 1'li con- | Elder.” *‘I don't want any considering; I'm going. Decky Hastings js waiting for me. I thought Ta L give you the first chance, Patty. Al right; 00d1- ‘*Jabez! Jabez! That stuck up Beck Hast- ings eban't have him! Jabez, yes! Do you heur—Y-g-s 1" . Two Eible-Women., From the Sun L'rancisco dlta, July 5. Iast Wednosday a8 tho western-bound train of the Central Pecific Raitroad arrived at Toano, two women of the crusading class, who had beén traveling on the train for some time, got off to oo if they could find eithor sin or sinner to gofor. Thoy hiad with them n basket filled with nico little Bibles, and with theso they wera po- ing about doing good and making money, Whils ou tho train they sold soveral Bibles atd talked about religion and Tum to every ono who woald submit to being thus inflicted. While wandor- ingabout secking customers for their wares they Tan across a geuteel-looking individual, who was engaged tossing eround threo pieces of pasto- Ler firut reccption being no cordial and gemlo: | boid, and who scemed to bo buried in manly ou the part of tho drovers aiid all others | dep ~ meditation. They drew nigh unto witih whom she bas lisd occasion to minglo, she | bin, and uoticing his finely-cut, classical will doubtless continus to accompai iy Ler stock | features were o'erspread with shades of to the Eust Liborty Yards in the futuro. There | Fadness, they offered consolation and o is no use in sinzang * Who will care for mother 110w #" about sucl women as Mrs. M agce. A Good Word fer Trou serss Fuith Rochesicr in the Woman’s Jo virnat. 1 heard the door below me ehut, ard & merry strain whistled by some ono odtuide.. Looking from my chamber window I saw a you bg girl set- ting forth briskly on s walk to the nea rest neigh- Lor's, kalf aipile distant. Her faco w 28 {air and. rony, her fignre well-rounded and &lrong, and nevor in the least formed by corsets .or outside bones. To-day her wavy auburn hair w ass lowing down her shoulders, her step v:as light aud free. But *dress makes the man,” and the woman 2lso, in fhe opinion of many; and it was the dress of this maiden that I noticed est ecially, a8 Imeutally exclaimed: *‘It is gracelial! Inis tastefull It is becoming to the time :wud eccne of the wearer.” Lot mo describe it. 3y hero- ine had no idea of sitting or #tanding for a por- trait ; but only this niortiing she was telliag me, wiih an bLonesty and’ earnesiness thut made her very dear io me, Low the reading of lierbert Spencer’s book on Edueaticn made Lier tecl that she onght to be doiug ec mething miors useful than her prosent lifo (whiclt is to Le Lelping the race along in some way, or fitting herselr to help. 1t seems to mo tlut God Las her in Lis school, Jiko all the rest of us, and that her progress uuder His tuition is mu'eh’ bet- ter than sho fears. Yet, since sho longs to help her race, and sices aud feels woman's jorescnt need, Ithink1 need nut fear her fro 8ha roads what I bave written for the W Journal abont lior, tince thiy, too, is meaat to “help along.” Her drcss was mudo mush like the gymnasium suits—nck quite. The t:-cusers are 1268 full, and the bad cround the leg o tu in~ sido the top of the high-laced boot. ‘The ekirt, cut gored and untrimued, of black broad«:loth, falls about § inches below the knes. The ekirt and trousers, in rather different shiapo, meros preacot to her &ix years ago from s lady o, be- myg convinced that the ** Antcrican costumo "was tho mest healthful and convenient dror3y for women, bad made herself a black broadelo:h wuit from oid riding skire, had worn it just c¢nce, and then laid it aside *forever.” T askel her wiay fhe abandoned it, and hor answer has often yecurred to mu, ** I conldn’t feel like o lady with iton.” I, for one, appreciato that reason fornot wearing & short ekirt aud Lrousens contrary tothe pablic sentiment. And so does thegirlI am telling about. 1 carmot think what would. in- doce fer to walk through the strocts of a city in the costume shio has on to-day; and yet the hopes and prays for, and belioves in, tho proaching day when every woman may walk abroud i opén day comfortably and couveniently clothed in short ekirt and trousers, with no ono to molest or make hor afraid. 'There comes my meiden back through the woods accompanicd by two children. As she comes towards me, heT - buttoned short gray-cloth basque, with its Iolack velvet collar, reveals a-blue mavy-lanncl- (Gari- baldi waist. trimmed on the sallor collar and cuffs with a lighter shado of blae opers tlanmel, extremely becoming to its wearcr. This is & spring home enit of a young women in the biick- 10043 of Minoczota, und not at all whist might be gotten up for any speciel ocension.” 1 eannot sce why 1 hnve not as good 8 right to pronounice it beantiful ag the editor of the Golden Aige hus todeclare abvolutely that “ zood testo e quires the woaring of drapery fulling a long way below tho knee.” ) tw of Lovke—Tiatlo, dem-me, th v along in the g preliende wight. 1narched throng DBilloa among trophies are now on exhibition in this city. What became of tho women 18 not known by the passengers. 5 Divle for four Lits. Finding there wero no customers n sight Lo good-naturedly resolved to give the ladics & littlo game, just to whilo away time and keep them quict. Ho threw the cards nod then asked them to pick out the Jack, which ho had previously shown them. Thoy did so, once, twice, three times. Then he threw them azain, and one of the innocent’s eried, * thero it is3 you can't fool me il you did throw 'em quick.” * No, madame, " yon aro mistaken,” o veplied. and d-uwing out of Lig pocket a ten and twenty-dollar pieces, he eaid © il bet you 50 vou don’t know which is the Jack.” “0b, wo never bet,” s2id one of them, “ bt you can't fool us with then they stood an: Jour oiioile fnkérs.” And exed those gold picees and thought "how much good they would do them, and bow littlo thio possersor, apparently, ap- preciated their worth, Watching for the favora- blo_moment tho rockiess youns man_ said, “ell, 1 don's care, seeivg it's you. I tell yoa what I'll do, sroing you are so gure about nst that basket o Dilles: bit wthing goes a8 it loys—you can't find tho Jack.” Now they were convincéd more than ever that he was a bold, bad, wicked mnn, and they derermined to takeé his money to help them =0 in which they wero ," aud u8 both were cer- it, Tl Let yon this 550 ag tamn that the ame card was the oue they woro after, one of thein seized it wit; bos.” 1t was turned over, and of hiearts., Thoir naturally long faces at once assumed & longer and more scrious cast, and they Iooked ut the card, at each other, at the bad, bad mau, st the money, and then at the Lasket of Bibler, thoroughly bewildered. Tho monte sharp **thigis the t was tho tray ut up bis tools and walked off with his plunder, sud_before tho vietims com- the situstion ho disappeared from Tho scquel is goon told. Tho winner the tram and distnbuted the o passengers. Several of the Jobn Bright’s Female Relatives. M. D. Conway writes*from Loudou to the Cin- cinnati Commercial:, * Mr. Franeis Galton's theory of the way in which intellecinal power runs in “familics, finds a remarkable illustration in the case of tho Drights. On the platform at the great women’s Tights meoting at Westmiuster, tho other day, no fower than five members of the family were prominent, and the wholo movement is really directed by them. addresses were delivered by ladies of thie fam- ily, and wifo of Duncan AcLaren, representative in Parlinment for tho University of Edinburgh ; tho other, Mies Ella Ashworth, a benutiful young lady, who is the nmieco of John Biight. Neoar by eat another Mi: who ig algo distiugaizhed in this movement. Mrs. McLaren’s vide sat Mrs. Lucas, another rister of John Bright, and widow of tho Inte Sam- uel Lucas, founderaud editor of the Morning Star, which did so mueli service to_every liberal eause in its day. M Two of the most ecloguent no 3irs. slcLaren. a sister of John Bright, Asbwortb, ber eister, By And of conrse, Mr. Jolm Bright was resent, looking all the stronger for tha rclief s former constituency at Manchester havo given him from tho pariinmentary duties which have injured his Lealth. There rung through the minds of all these represcntatives of the fumous Quaker family & vein of poetry which, being the decorntion of mastive common-senco A WildeGirl Elunt in ¥dalhos From the St. Lowa Jeepublican. A couple of impressible, romanti of Idabo City lately mada the same sort of miis- take that hunters have been known to make in zhooting the tame ducks and chickens of a farmi- sard for wild game. The romantic young men irero out repiiring their flumes, and apparentl:y keeping their oyes open .2l round them for adventures. Near by where tho. young men were busy with thelr hammeérs and saws, o bardy old miuner had a quartz-lead. o had not been working in it for a loug time, and it was supposed Lad abendoned it. Tha youug men Gid mot know ansthing about their neighbor, and probably cared less. Looking over towards his ¢ld tuonel o the hill-sido they saty & besufifal vision which slirred {lieir roman- tic natures to the very dopths. 15 was a young girl, apparently about 14 or 13, stand- ing on & grassy kuoll calmly sunning herself, bore-footed and -bare-headod, with a mass of rict biir floating around her liko a robe. They could not sce whether sho had any other clotiies on or not. From their distauce they thought she hadu't, She was evidently a wild gil. Thoyhopedso. They resotved 10 find ous. They dropped thewr hammers and saws and erept €lyly upon ber with all tho young romauce of flinir aturcy, docply etirred. oy bad. tho *buek fover " worso thau ever any amiatour deers hunter bad it when taking his tirst shot. i would betho biggest d of atting in the miuesif they gould caids & wild gitl, and. caplure boe. slive, Thoy hoped and crept ou towsrds the grassy kuoll where the wild girl was kaskingin the clear eunlight of Idaho. “Tho time aud place came wheu they could creep coucesled no longer. She was there atill, They must mske a bold dash. They broke out from under cover and fan towards hor at the top of theit apeed. She broke aud ran too, sud sho screamed and her hair tlew in a frothy torrent down ber beck, Of oourse sho wss o wild girl. She suddouly disappeared—gone in her holo per- Lapa—poor timid thing—wild a8 a deer or grizzly. The young men ran on in the fervor of their chage oud plunged headlong into the mouth of the old quartz-ntiner's tunuel. Thero they €aw a sight that mado their bloed'curdle with terror aud tiseir romancesick st the stomach. It was their beautiful wild girl swooned in the quartz- miner's sinewy arms. It wus hor father. Ho 1aid ber gontly down upon the gravel Tio young mén were too much, blown to explain themsolves, aud the old quartz-miner deliber- ately knooked all tho romantic nousénmse out prefer to ‘s nothing about it. Treu gebrochon, das sole hita for his loss. pussion of remorsetul Loucsty seizes the for- saket: one, and causes lum totell the public fraukly of wha: bas befallen him. staco, we ate told, bas just occurred ; and the youny man, in advertisiug the fact that the en- gagement 1 off by Lis sweetheart, states her reason. To his fegrét, he £ays, eho > did not find iu my deport- ment that gravity wh pect.” 'T'bis looks like véry extreme modesty at iirst sight; bu: it is much more probable that it contains some covert garcasm, along with an excuse ilattering to the youlg man's vanity and sell-respect. Tho srcasm 1u dicected against the lady, of course,~for the rejecsed lover is by crcamstaace, if ot by nature, reveugeful. wauted gravity ; Iet other young men Le warnod! and utrong charnctcr, makes them just the peoplo best adapted to intiuence and Icad the middle- classes fi Xngland. This poetic temperament waa woll shown by Mrs. McLaren in her speech, wherein che alluded to Dore’s pictura of Pilate, influenced by Lis wifg's dream at n eritical moment in Listory, and suggested that, even if wonmen are dreamers, or perzons influenced by sentiments and prescntiments, their feelings may not be withont valoo to men in high posi- tion. This family also has weelth. and they havo turned wenlth to culture oreal if notn universal kind. They aro constant and careful Teaders of the best Literatere,” Publishing Marriage Engngzements. From the Londen Datly Neus. Then tfvo Foung Geimin ‘people becomo en- goged, it is their custom; as most foiks know, to announce the important fact in the newspapers. Among the -ndvertizements of State lotteries, forthcoming operss; cigars of gomo famous “Fabiik,” and *echtes Wiener,” Appears a no- tico of the accomplislied * Verlobung,” in which the names of the two lovers are united by o ton- der little hyphen. As a genéral rule; the com- Pact is thew considered indiesoluble, and thero are not many who aré bold or iwicked onough to Torsake tho engagement thus publicly recorded, and to give all their good-vatared frionds that opportuvity for _talking scandal which they do- :lore at tlic same time that thoy basten to uso it. owever, acadents will occur; nnd somectimes tho ** Verlobung” is broken asitndor by the hard exigencies of Iife. Mlost people, in such a caso, “Sig bat dio . gobroclion Ringlein ist entawei,” Singa tho - Lcutt-vroker ~ lover, who goes awsy into strauge lsnds, aid s - in great griof uutil bo finds some other young woman of sympathetic puture to cou- But at rare intorvals a Such au io- ormally avsounced bas been broken L sho bad a right to ex- She A8 Tor himBelf, ha wa3s no” ray-beard, fall of ortentous saws, and burdened with decorum. 6 was rather & g3y young dog: the marriage stato was, parhaps, of too much dignity and ro- _spousibility for him: much a8 ho regrets i ho must allow bis charming fianceo to Zo eldewhers ‘for o dolomn and venerable spouse. Whether thiat be tio explanation or not of the anuouncs- moot, it 18 At Jeast oné that the youbgwan conld cm—ryb \\:iln.\ Luin into socioty in his kearch for'a new bride. e No, thero can be no doubt that the publicity attending such matters in Germany is very uso- ful at times. A frightful amount of mischief is fréquently caused in England by the oxtretio shyness of maidens who ccretly pledge them- geives to marry, and remain profoundly anxios tuat tho fact should not be known. To begin With, unwolcome suitors hang about the house, eud the accepted lover is dnven to Liz wits’ end by jealousy; while the former are kept idling their time away in ** fooling round ™ a girl who egards them not. When the heighbors begin to talk, and an indefinile amount of scandal is produced. Elderly persong, Who ought to be a2 home saying their prayors, will devote hours to watching Liow many tincs in one evening a particular young mau dances With o particular young woman, and aftersards go about deéciat- ing bow that shameful creature i3 decetvivg her parents. By and by the secret ooZet out with- in & certain cirele; but the outside public knows notbing of it, and 18 Jeft freo to make comments if it finds those Lwo young persons trealiug each other with too much familifrity. Thé lovér stumbles into a thousand vésations every dag. It there isono thing more than atiother that drivce him wild, it 3 to bear Lis divine Clarinda's namé mentioned by others, snd to be *chaifed” shoat Lis inteotions. O courso, if the youn, men knéw, they would as soou thiuk of tickling the snont of & 'dozing alligator as of bantering o man really éngaged about any such thiog. Theu the young lady is pleased to learn that hor coutinual meeting With & ¢crtain gentleman in tho Low in the morniug bLas boen romarked; and_curious elderly folks broadly bint that they would really like to kuow if thero is ““anything in it." Of course, thére fsmuch in all this gecrecy that a girl Likes, She is willing to fot a fow . fcioods kmow; but to procim to the wotld her relationa with the suitor sayors to her of unmaidenly bolduess. Sho i8 not 80 slow to sauction the publication of a martiage sdvertisemént. Then she fcols that tho die 18 cast. Dut the German girl is pretty much of the samo opinion when sho is eugaged; and gl knows that engagements which Lave been thus publicly aunounced are seldom Lroken off. Mar- Tinges come to griel a8 well a3 engagemeuts ; thero is no certainty in life, however amiable and trustworthy the English Jobu and Ger- man Haus may appear in tho eyes of his beloved onc. Seutiment aside, thero aro social advau- tages sceruing from the frank publication of tho 1Iact of nn engagewent which aro obvious to the friends of ilie engaged young péople, if not to themsclves. 3 But these advantages are as nothing compared £0 those which would attend the custom of for- milly and _publicly givivg notica when an en- gagemont is broken off. OF all the incidents of Life there is scarcely oné whick gives rise to such an intolerable nmount of scandal as a canceled engagement of marriage. Speculation is eot afire by it in a thousand directions; and the moroe eimple and obyious the real reason for the circamstance happeds to be, the more ecornfally it is'sconted Ly alarmed and puzzled, butalso delighted, friends. Scarcely auybody wlio ia in the remotest degree associated with eithor of the two principal folks escupes tho mitrailleuso shower of suggestions and suspicions, whilo the girl Lerself, though sho ho as tender as Juliel, as wigte as Poitia, and us bardly entreated as Ophelia, i3 sure to ' be “called all manner of names Ly those of ber lady friends who alwass did con- sider hier sly, conceited, and no better thatt Bhe should be. ~ Look, on the other hand, at the op- portunity such a custom as that we montion would afford “to a manly young fellow to come forward and say: *Itis with great regretl I find my circumstances not such as would warrant my asking Miss Susan Smith to forsake a comforta- Llo home ;" or, * My uncle having proved mean, AMiss Jane Herbert very properly refuscs to mairy & man who cannob earn a halfpenny for himeelf;” or, *This is to give notice that Miss Clars B. Secléy and myself baviog found after a long acquaintance that our tastes donot quito agree, we cancel our engagement, and prefer io remain friends, with every sentiment of mutual, esteem and respeet.” Aud 80 on in o thousand cases, in which the young lady would, as it were, “leavo the court without a Etain on her character. t present what is the result of s broken enzase ment when the period of weeping and eazlling for o nunnery 15 over? The girl earns o good deal of compassion among ler friends because she bas been jilted; and the young man—who s probably quite iunceent in the matter—is branded as a wonster pot it for this highly vir- tuous world. Then the story of her having been jilted gets abroad, and spreads and waxes luxn- risnt, until ita branches are as tho brancles of the great tree Ygdrasil. Meanwhile, of .course, young men Who might have become swtors are Warncd off by vague hints and surmises. Thev cannot go to the former lover and ask what he found wrong about the girl's temper, or about lier relations, or abont the legacy ler aunt was supposed to have left lier. All theso titngs would be avoided if the lover were to be allowed to {nso:t & briet notice i the papers informing the world in Tohite terms that, after all, ho found ho was not good encugh for her. Gen, Scott’s Little Precantion. From tie New York Sun. The laze Gen. Winfield Scott was a man emi- nently of a practical turn of mind. e profited by the lessons of expericnce. Ile had suifeted coneiderably from detraction and misrepresenta- tion as to conversations which had taken placo between himself and certain women when noone else was present. Hodetermined thatsuch a thing should never occur again, and resolved, as a ruls of his Iife, that he would never again hayo an interview with a woman without haviog o third Pperson present as o witness. To this determina- tion, once formed. Le adiered with charactor- istic pertinacity, although, by o doing, ko some- times gave very great. oifensc. e remember ono instance in which a very higbly culuvated, intrigning womsn, who beld condentisl rela: tions to a forcign government, was extremels anxions to have a private talk with tho old General: but bo stubbornly refused, except in the presonce of a third person. Would not Gen. Scot’s Tule be a good ono for clengymen to adopt? It would eave them froma world of wrouble. Miscetlancous. Colorado calls for more women. scarcely a single one. —A New York man has christened his dangh- ter Glscerine. He stysib iill be easy to prefix nitro if her temper resembles her mothor's. —The Newbaryport Herald knows a bachelor who says he always looks to the hymeneal de- partment of that paper for the newaof the week. —When the wife is detected showing unusual affection for her husband, it moy fairly be ex- ‘pected that ehe will appear befors long in a new ‘bonnet. ; z — A new definition—A veil s a lads's protec- tion from the too earnest gazoof tho sun of heaven and the sons of man. —¥ Artaxerxes,” said Mr. Marrowiat, solemn- Iy, % never get married, my bov. Liltis da you kuow what an awful responsibility iz is ioup- Tolster a wife.” 5 i —A Bruoklfln horse-car condtictor saya that 93 per cent of tho women in tho City of Churches step off tho horse-cars backwards, —An Obio bLousewife suicided the other day because her koitle of soft-soap wouldn't “make.” , —4 11 Tshould die, dearost, whére wonld you go#" ' Go! Goafler your insurance-money,” Was the reply of a fond wile. —Onoof the meunekt feelings in this world comes to & man wheu le rescucd s young lady from drosming, and loarns thiat ko is to bo mar- ried in _three weas to a fellow with log o' mut- ton whiskers. —Wostern pirls are carrying canes ornamented ‘;‘ithgory limbs of the stexner sox.—New York Vorid, i —They keep eelling the Soiith sistérs’ cow for taxes iu Connecuicut, and all’Naw England is in &0 excitement about it. : ; . .—A lady barber bas been driven ont of Di- biique by the married ladies of that place. The latter thought she ecraped acquaintance foo It has = Tho New York Commercial _resents tho charge that women dress to ploaso the men. Statistics show that the chief eud of woman’s dress 15 to impoverish men.. . i —A bill heg been passed by the Connecticat Legislaturo providing that a married woman's property be beld by her exclusively, free, fro; any interest or trust therem by hor husbaod. Ahu:l. that she can make contracts, gue and bo sued, to the same extent and iu the same mau- ner s if eho seromnmarried: . 3 —A sharp-talking lady wes reproved by her hasband, who roqussted hor 10, Laep hor topgo in her mouth. *)My dear,” she msid, it’s against the law to carry concealod weapons.” “The world is bollow,” aid o little girl. - to sead: jewels? they have enough of EEC TR T o e —— grosoty runsiny in dot for 8 pee or2, 07k ate, Tunderstand o beve L Eoidt0ss sitaation 88 governess. Tather thee Sl & widowor i sy sgiy T would murrsy i3 . " Yes, deir Sophit, and 55 the widowe ould T, but whergly . —* Why, Tehabod, T thought yaq get sro- fiofd'n o Foar 801" WAl ?I‘l‘n!g?e'm:h, i ginl was talkéd of, bat I found o all ber folks ware upposed t: t,t‘\: ::3:0 p give 'em all tho mitton and let the g, —1t’s forly years, my old friend Job epeak so loud; n[;extmomu i b young widotr in tny —Lady. v itor—“My dear, do ¥ou -lnow iy our mamma is engaged ?” Littla girl Fai= ey 3 o the Eecxdn-o‘, ngaged 2 Lless you, why she's ma. —A Brpoklyn woman, impreised £ poftanceof phsical Trainiog, bt onyind i poor to foin‘a gymuasint class, docs justas fne by kieking hier frusband down stnite every wep ;fi;la_hm“mg him along tho Lall into the bacy —Tho citizens of Allahabad, Tidia, b pared a petition that b lady shill b allowe; dt;w:l 31‘1 her x::a;fiago or dog-cart. They mq: at ies hato not nerve eno o l.wls;i‘. : nzh to e, —Those graceful littlo_ hanging-peckels & by tho ladics iow are just. the e gl £a53 o picked 3 n0to out of oto Had lugey that Smith hnd tho start of - him, which “urs] Lum tho huinilation of beiog rejectol o0et recently sent a song entitled, « Stali oy Tove Wear £ fo an"éatiar. L2 ter, régarding the question wholly in jts aspect, sat down and wrote a kind but firg ticlo récommending ber to woar clothes, ™ & —Helon. 3L Kuowlton & Go. are tho ediig and publishers of the Worcester (Mass.) Pozy divgm. This cofpany is @ sister of Aics Hel wd (ho-firm 3 compoved o the danghters ot the founder of the paper, which was P b 13%1, pap: ‘establiane] —A strong-minded woman in Datroit mag following goatlo repls.to a polfsicisn. whg oy called at hier Loiso to get her husbaid to go ty “tho polls amd vote: *No, sir; he cant He's washing now, snd he's_golng -to roa sy, mortow; and if he wasn't doiog anything by couldn’s go. . I run this ere house, 1 do; andif any one votes it'll be tlus same woman.” —Inarecentcase of “brezch of promise® where heavy damages wero cxpected, the ouly prool of * purticular attentions” was the dirid. ing of an orange and giving the lady half, —A medical advertioment iy headed, * Looky Like s Miracle! A Young Man Made to Walkin Five Minutea!” Dut Augnstus thinks tuat iy To great miracle compared to his experioncs ths other evening when he went toseo his girl, Tha old man came in and made him walk in loss thay 2 Pl Dty was 4t —Listls Biily was very cross and tired the other night, and he wanted his father to take him on his knee _but facher ‘was tred, or pre tendod to be. *“I want you to hold me on yom knes,” he whined. I iell you 1 cannot.do it I am tired,” zopliod his fatber, umpatiently. “Tired! You wasu't very tired last night whex you held Mary on your knee in the kitchen.” i “ It is beaatifal hair, doarest ; but] am afraid it really is not all your own.” Lily- *Ob, yes it i3, darhng. The plaiv_was 30 shik | Iings, sod the loog bit behind 25.” Roge—+0h, how clicap ! —Very Sad.—A ichigan lads writes tothe Woman's Journal to sy that the women in bet neighborhood are so benighted that they care notlung about votung aud all that sort of.thing, but just keep at thair housework like mers ms chines. She adds: **Wo have no lecturers ot speakers, and meetings of o kind have sa yet been hinted at in this locality or for 20 mil around, 80 far-zs I can learu.” - i —It was mentioned, ono day, to Presiden] Lincoln that two young ladics of hia scqoainte aiice had quirzeied ang loaded each ofier ¥tk abuse. *“1lave they calied each other ugly® asked the President. *No, sir.” * Very goad; then I will undertake to roconcile them.” —An Euglislivoman, on making & call, doos Ler best, which is congidered as a compliment t th person called upon. On receiving calls, sho takes equal care not to do her best, for fear sho may excel hier caller, which would bo s discour- tesy.—Dandbury News. A —An instance of plucky women to be noted i3 the wallung tonr of tie Misses Ward, and a party of fivé Amerféan 1adies, who are now jour- neying ou foot throngh Germany. The ladies are accompanicd by @ lad of 13, and they are traveline with phetel-books and s light baver- snck, picking np intonnation and making enart tour of the German towns. 2 —The dsugiter ot a fanous Greck bandit, who has nequired such a Jarze fortune that he hs retired from busiuess, “has beea seut to London to {lnish her educativu ; and, that process bav- ing Leen comploted, ke Is now to be brought out there 28 tho L'rincoss Petio. Tho younglsdy is very bandSome, and, a8 alia i3 tho_heiress of her vérs rieh father, perhags 8ha muy marry 630 of England’s poor tobies. 5 —T'he Naw York Mail denounces ssa doublo- distilled fool & youny Fronchman who, seoiug the dead body of a'very Lesutitnl woman disployed ot the Morgue, went and kiflea Limself, fireh writiug 8 1aiter staring thathe committed the act 1 order to bave Lis cadaver put on the uexh slab to vers. & —Everybody in Parandy_smokes, and every female above the age.of 13 chews. Iam wrong; they do not chew, Lut put tobacco in their mou and keep it thera constautly, except when aadng and. lostend of chiewing, Toll it 2bout avd saek Only imogino yourself abont to saluts tha red” bps of 3 magnifivenc. litlo .Hebe, erayed in satin ond flashing with | diamonds, as elie puts vou bick Witk ono deli- cate Land, while with the other Eho draws for from ber mouth a browni: clt roli of tobioo quite 2 inches long, looking like s momster grub, sud then, depositing tho savory lozenge o'a' the brim of your sowbrero, pats up her face an iy ready for n salute. However, one scon gets used to this in Paragusy whera you are per forco of cust?lm obliged to ki every lady you aroin- trodu to. Miss Kate Stanton, whul:msgnn_s'!ol-'mn_qsm study the workings of the M. Godin's me;‘:g‘ men’s Palade at Guise, stopped awhile on mfl! way in London, as the goest of Mrs. Lucas, ; eister of Jobn Bright. She visited the Honse o Commons, and says in bher lotter thak ** t4 ladies are there :v.'uonledbu gn'nlcr)',‘ wn:nbml i frout of it, away up on the topmost siage. S ting there, T wus reminded of caged AnImals. bg was told that tho ladies aze hot aliowed Lgm Been, lest they would roct tho mem! # while debating! Hiill ou tho animal plamoof dovelopment! ~ Atter all, theso gross Conmer era are more hkely to grant woman the bal {ban our more refined (2) leglslatons st hflfl.'l‘: There's a diflerenco becweeh justice abd gA jautry.” On her return from Guiss, sho give z number of lectures in Englaud. —Tho French Minister at Lungiors ¥s 1o cently olliged to muko prescnts 0 the women b thé Sultan’s harem. He was at some lnssmm‘ i embroidered silis and muslin 7 they hava mor then they want. He determined to gend thett 3 mechanical doll. He ordered one from q Ttis 3 feet Ligh, and is the vety pletee fu n young girl 12 years old. It is*dresset B tiie most fashionable and expensive mauner Yarisinn lorettes. It moven its oyes, 63y8.3 15 ‘worde, plays with fan and eye-glass, and s walks fannicheés right and left piquadt glmt i aud ‘raiikes pretty moutba. ‘Tha woman of harem had 110 soonér eeen it thin thdy shomi® nnd cispped mieu hands for juy. - They £e! tire of seelng it. R Tl provetbial misery which-visits aaybed? who Interfores between man and wife rxtfi fo havo been happily averted by pubio tion in n little Western Nes York village. T! in resides o youug genaticman occnpyln_s.l" villagers report, a retponsible aud prominen! I:::' fition, and this young, respnnfiiblanndpwflm‘ od gentlémen his a wife of whom ho s 60 that he constantly manifests that e Dy divers- beatings’ and bowlings 8t bar Ty being, liko’ Mi‘m Mifigisllxd:l‘ l.ntxlm ‘abla crpb ublio sympathy bn gnation Degon ¢ wako thepeelves, Sofety was skt in humbers. A mnes-icoting wan cailed, (haty influential citizena attended it, goveral £ gpeeches were made, and a string of reso =y adopted depouncing the sweet domostie wal thng respontible and prominent ycung mad- - resulb has not yet been published $0 A2 ing coaatry. st e g TAE MOTHER'S EVENING-SORC. T4 time, my own darling, to teston thy pitidw ¢ The !wz fosurd -zzo closing, the Mo [ mo; - i The bright 3n hus suni fsr behind the datk HICR And thou, $00, must siumber, &nd leave Mo A7 118 watch 0%z thy fairy-liko concd, my loved BETE 0 evil rinall birm theo—no stranier is herd. osst® B0l penls luvade thee, o1 st Twerd 1y DA To guard thee; then fear not, thy motbes 8 orevar] “Ah1 youid 1 conld shfeld thed from FOITIF. usm:: rter %) soom prerce thy yuesd ‘boscs, 5T ehild ¢ Bnt Hrmly we'll trust In the Savior; and DEver - Frotn tiat blest support be my loved 0ae Théugh loné and nnsyrapathized now be mmmmfl" Toshared all my pleasires, the dawning That ahell harbinge the sun of & Jong-hoped-for B TOW, i When be, {ho truc-hearted, ebail visit his ho% 850 pre. od my doll is stuffed willl sawdust, and if you plense I would like to be a nan,” —Caution to young men—Becanse you find & young lady playing the piano in the paxlor, it ia ‘Thongh now 6n tho ocean th father must andeh And widely we're severod, I may not The time will arrive when, & m‘gw nakien e e Erd D 1 WaLDoN GooRrELI o TP ST YR R 9w oy e o