Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1886 — The Art of Sitting Down. [ARTICLE]

The Art of Sitting Down.

Not one woman out of a thousand is able to sit down in a chair gracefully and elegantly. A few, a very few, sit down, and their opposite neighbors cannot determine whether their shoes are of English, French, or American manufacture, but these are quite the exception, and in a very small majority. In England all young girls are as regularly taught to sit down properly, just as they are taught how to play the piano and sew, and that is by practice. Consequently female shoe leather is by no means so apparant as it is in this country. At dances, more particularly, this is noticeable, as movements there are more hurried, and the place, music, and conversation hinder attention to minor details, and the display of ankle is 'somewhat alarming, and often by no means captivating. Very few women have really pretty feet, and the best macle and best fitting chausure will fail to hide defects in the pedal extremities. Girls do not think of this when they “flop” down into a chair, as many of them do, and should practice the art of sitting down before a cheval glass before they perform in public. At a dance recently given in this city a man present took the trouble during the german to walking round the room and make a count of the various degrees of open work hose visible. Out of about thirty couples only five girls knew how to sit down, the rest showing more or less ignorance or indifference in or to the art. That men do not like to see girls sitting down like this is certain, as the remarks that are constantly made testify, and surely they need only be once told of it to rectify what detracts seriously from the appearance of many a sweet, pretty, and simple girl.— New York Hour. A movement is on foot in Christiania at the instance of the society for the promotion Of the Norwegian fisheries, for the establishment in the Christiana fiord, near Drobak, of a biological station for the hatching of sea-water food fish and salmon, in consequence of the great success of other stations along the coast Has M. Pasteur discovered a cure for hydrophobia? Why should he not? Greater discoveries have been made. For instance, Red Star Cough Cure contains no narcotics, is purely vegetable, and yet quickly cures the worst throat or lung trouble. Only 25 cents. Native Daughters of the Golden "West is the name of a secret society in the Pacific States. General Rufus Ingalls, Quartermaster General U. S. Army, says: “ St. Jacobs Oil is the best pain-cure we ever used.” The key to a good situation is not whiskey.— New Orleans Picayune. A vigorous and healthy growth of hair is maintained by using Hall’s Hair Benewer. Opening of the season—uncovering the mus-tard-pot —Boston Bulletin. The value of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, in colds and coughs, cannot be overestimated.