Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — Pleading for the Boutonniere. [ARTICLE]

Pleading for the Boutonniere.

There is, in fact, a natural companionship between women and flowers, and that is Why flower-wearing is always in fashion with them. But we should like the fashion to be adopted by the men. Perhaps it would not do for them to stick a sunflower in their hat-bands (especially in the ugly hard hats they love so much) in the fashion ot the Swiss peasants, with their peaked green hats, decked with pink “alpen rosen.” Nor would it be altogether wise for them to cumber themselves with bouquets of a size accordant with the prevailing mode among women. But surely a tiny rose bud, or a pansy, would not embarrass the workings of their gigantic intellects to any great extent; and it would add much to the pleasure of that portion of humanity who believe in combining beauty with duty in all the walks of life. — Charleston News and Courier.

Dr. Alice B. Stockton writes to the People's Health Journal that unless a woman has tried loose clothing she cannot conceive how much she gains for health and strength by a dress that gives perfect freedom to breathe. “Sixteen thicknesses of cloth,” she says, “is no unusual number to be found tightly fastened about a lady’s waist.” Concerning this matter, she once heard a Chinese woman exclaim: “Christian women squeeze God’s life! ” A picture from still life—a Bourbonpaintec| nose. ' • T“