Litchfield enquirer., 1843-11-02
From The Boston 7ronscrips.7

gracefully. Women generally walk worse
than men, and the latter do not W Xix IA we'll
as they should, untrammeled as they arr ny
the flowing drapery of feminine paraphCna-
Im. graceful carriage and II firm step on
the promenade is charm in woman. Mrs
Romer, in her late work about matters and
things in Europe, dcscrihesa public walk in
Spanish city. and says "There is one
thing which the Spanish women must main.
tain over the women Of all other nations,
and that is in their e01k-that graceful,
swimming gait, peculiar to themselves.
which is as happily free from the affected
mincing wriggle Of French women, as it is
from the awkward grenadier stride INDUCED
in by my country. women. There is moth
ing theatrical or affeclcd-nothing of what
Addison has termed 'recitativc dancing'-in
The demGrche Of the Spanish women but it
combines inexpressihIe grace and harmony
OF movement, which impartS a charm to
them beyond that Of mere beauty-a some.
thing without which heauly is incomplete,
and to which Virgil has rendered full JUS
tice, when he caused Eneas to recognize
Ven'ls-not by the superiority of her face
and form. but by her manner Of walking:
"And by her walk the Queen Of Love is known"
Tho Ayr (Scotland) Observer relates
laughahle incident which occurred on the
elephant not long since:
The elephant arrived on foot about IL o.
clock on the night previous to the exhibition,
and when 1t was passing down the high
street Newton, ii was met hy an individual
who was vending his way homewards to
bed. The large soft feet of the elephant
prevented it from making scarcely any
noise, it had advanced within short dis
lance of him before he perceived it. On
looking up, his eye encountered dark
mass coming down upon him with noiselcss
steps, and at rapid rate. Dis,rusling the
correctness Of his visual faculties, he rub.
bed his eyes, but true enough, there was the
fearful objrct coming nearer and nearer
visions of spectral monsters fitted across his
imagination-his hair started upon end-for
some time he stood still in speeches. hor.
ror, and then, uttering cry of terror and
alarm, he sank senscless to the ground. On
assistance being procured, he was brought
| to life again, and laughed at for his pains,
but 1t required the sight Of the animal him.
self to convince him that he had not seen
the "mucle black dell"
Dreadful to think Of! Zig hts" and rcd
coats are going to be fash'be! Courageous
man that, who hazards his limbs the first in
Chapel Street in "sInall clothes" The New
Mirror snycth thus
FASHIONS is about to be revolu.
ton in coat nd-trouser. dom, rs any man may
see who will notice the prcmonitory "crack
men" in their gradual encroachments on
the old.fashioned undertaken ishness.-
| Waistcoa,s have gone before and glitter
like case Of beetles in an chronological
cabinet. Trousers begin 10 show gay, and
| the plaids Of the last importations arc worn
by the most venturesome. 1t will be bold
man who comes out in "plum colored sat-
in" coot-but it is TO be done. Luxury is
under strange headway-as you may know
by stepping into Jennison's under tho "a.
mercon," and seeing the sp!endors ho ex.
poets 10 sell. We are sorry we were born
aloslrum too early for this guy period.
SEAMsrREssEs IN BosroN.-The following
snd statements embrace some Of the facts
that have been elected at tho meetings Of
he scamsircsses of Boston:
"One lady stated that sho received only
twenty cents for pair of thick pants, which
it took her all day TO make, eight cents for
another pair, and for handsome blue jack.
ct, fifty cents, which tho employer got 81
for. One lady got twenty cents for nice
vest. Another female whose husband was
sick, worked one week every day from early
dawn till 2 and 2 l.2 o'clock in the morning
IaboriousIy and necessarily, ana earned on.
ly 81 90 per week. She said she could not
do 1t another week if she was TO suffer for
bread. Another woman present with her
daughter, worked early and late for fifteen
or sixteen hours on sai lor's blue shirts, and
with the help Of feeble daughter. could
only mako one per day, for which she only
got fifteen cents. or one cent PER hour. They
were obliged to work thus. Another 60,
tvelrs and a half cents for such shrts-U.
s. service shirts.) One case was mentioned
where shirts were made for four cents. One
slight girl, who had parents, with three sis.
tiers beside; herself, who paid 81 80 for rent
per week, worked early and late sixteen
and eighteen hours. md got twenty cents for
thick mixed pants, and eight cents for over
alIs anu over frocks. There was no instance
of pants being made nj eight cents. IT was
stated also by lady in private conversation
that one girl who asked tor more wages.
was told that II she wanted more, The houses
Of III fame are open 10 her," r.'.
"No Extra CHARGE FOR BIRTHs AS the
steamboat Champion was on the point Of en-
tering New London harbor, on her passage
from New York TO this city. last Thursday
night, the fair inmates of The ladies' cabin
were thrown into quite n state Of rommotion
by an occurrence as unexpected as it was
unusual. considering the time and place."
the birth Of pair Of twins. by French la.
dy, who, with her husband, were passengers
on board. The assiduous attentions OF the
chambermnid were. we understand, suitably
one of the pair-which she did by christen-
ing it "Jane Champion" in honor Of the boat.
The parties who were on their way TO Bos-
t0n n rf nnIv stunning nj tho American House