Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1881 — FOR AND ABOUT WOMWN. [ARTICLE]

FOR AND ABOUT WOMWN.

■ .* 1 1 - She read all tbe books of science, _ Hcr Ungers were covered with ink, She hooted at m&rriam nm»rwva She talked of the ■ She quoted Sevang and preachers Or gw*t«r ot renown— She aUast marrieda 1 clown. increase and parasols diminish. Basques are single and , double Alligator-skin belts are adapted for walking suits. . Pocket handkerchiefs are no longer worn at the belt- ' Fabrics intended for evening arose-, lected by gas light. Bluff <?r white chamois gauntlets are worn at riding parties. Bosom bouquets are pinned low on the right of the corsage. A prudent girl: “Mary is a very good, prudent girl. She rays to me one day as she was breaking the curd: “Mother, I will never let loose my affections on no man till I have proved him to be pious and in good circumstances.’ ” Remark about bachelors: Dean Stanley remained a bachelor until he was forty-six. Miss Anthony has done the time thing until she is—but let us not pnrane this painful subject. A flatterer strikes a snag : “Madam,” he gallantly observed, “I have your image photographed upon my. heart-” “Indeed,” she said, “a sort of negative impression of me, I suppose.” Women’s rights: Sir William Hamilton said: “On earth there is nothing • great but man.” Thanks, Sir Wijiiam; no, thanks awfully. Now, what have you to say, Mrs/: Livermore ? Mrs. Lucy Hooper in Harper’s Bazan paints Parisian trades people in black colors. She declares that, as a rule, they are thoroughly unreliable, and asserts “that nearly every French dressmaker or milliner looks upon her American customer mi her lawful prey, to be fleeced and cheated as seemeth beet unto herself.” One of the newest agonies of this intense age is for a young gentleman to send to his adored and adorable a largesized Japanese parasol covered withthose raptin-ous pastoral decorations so common to Japanese high art- This signifies: “Shall I sit in the shade with you this afternoon.?” And she generally does. It is hard work to think of nothing arid yet be engoged in thought, but a courtier in the day %of Queen Elizabeth thus explained how it could be done, when asked by Her Majestv: “What does a man think of when he thinks of nothing?” “He thinks of a woman’s promise,” was, the reply. This fellow no doubt had been promised something and had failed to see it*

Tbe side-saddle has been roundly b used and ridiculed, but the London Academy thus oomes to its defense. “A side-saddle, with the extra crutch, affords quite as sure a grip—in feet a more powerful one—than can be 'Obtained astride a horse, and it is only in physical strength,which may too often* be only abused, that a man has any advantage as a rider over a woman. Tbe only case- where' strength is wantea with a horse is to conquer vice, and no woman should ride any horse the character of whioh is not guaranteed. It is not suitable for any lady to. take up the duty of a horse-breaker.” The records of suicides do not often contain such evidence, of disregard of physical sufferings as was shown by a woman named Coyn*, wha lived near Manchester, England. This woman, who had p&Bßed the middle age.poured paraffine oil over her head, and when it had run down upon and saturated her clothing she set fire -to it. The injuries she sustained resulted in hci death in a very few minutes*.' This case has only been equalled in recent; times by a Gloucester gentleman, who built a funeral pyre in the yard of his house, and, having set fire to it,mounted to the top and there awaited his end, which soon came.