The Trinity journal., 1856-08-30
Peeps from under a ParasOl.

Peeps from under a ParaS0l.
was saunterng along one sunny day
last week, when saw before me q young
girl, hooped, hounced fringed, laced, bugled
and rbboned, regardless of cost. Her man
tlla, whether Of the Eugene" or Victoria
pattern / am too ignorant to inform you,
was of black, and had more trimming than
could. have believed the most ingenious Of
dressmakers conId pile on 0ae mantilla,
though backed by every dry goods merchant
in New York Venus what figure it
was hung on Short, Aatchested, narrow
shouIdered, angular and stick like Her
bonnet was a marvel of Lilliputianism,
lightness and lilacs. Raphael what
face was under it Watery, yellow, black
eyes, a saIow unwholesome skin, and
Bardolph what a nose Imagine spot
ted Seckle pear"-imagine a gnarled bulb
root-imagine vauqulshed prize-fghter's
proboscis, and you have it ! That such
female, with such repulsye features, living
in a Christian country, where there were
Iooking-gIasses, should strain back from
I the roots what little hair she had as if her
face were beautiful in its outine---it was
incredible.
Who, or what, was she? One of those
poor, bcdizened unfortunatcs who hang out
signal Barkis" flags The poor thing had
no capital even for that miserable market
nobody would have bid for her, but pawn
broker.
While | spccUated and wondered she
slowly lifted her kdded foreGnger | was
all eyes and ears A footman in livery
sprang forward, and obsequiously let down
the steps of suberb carriage, in waiting,
on whose panels was cmblazoned a coat-of
arms The bundle Of millnery-thc stick
like figure inside the hoops-the gay little
bonnet, and the Bardolphian nose took
possession Of it. The liyered footman
mounted behind, the liyeried coachman
cracked bis whip on the box, the sleek,
shiny horses arched their necks the silycr-
mounted harness. glistened in the sunlight,
and the vision was gone. Fanny Fern!
is there no limit to your ignorance You
had been commiserating actually cOmDtiSe-
rat,ng one of the elite of New York
All-compensating Nature tossing money
bags to twisted features, and dyorcing
beauty from brains ; unfortunate they,
whom in thy hurry thou hast overlooked
bestowing neither beauty, brains nor money!
/ That was not all saw from under my
paraso on that sunny morning | saw a
young girl, bonnetless shawlIess- beautiful
as God often makes the STRUGGLING
in the grasp Of two sturdy policemen
Tears streaned from her eyes, while with
caspcd hands, as she shrank from their
rough gripe, she plead for release. What
was her sin ] know not. 1t might have
( been the first downward step in a life Of un-
friended and terrible temptation for the
agony in that young face could not have
been feigned, or-she might have been
seized only on suspicion but in vain She
begged, and prayed, and wept. Boys shout
ed men, whose souls were leprous with sin,
jeered and heartless, scornful women pass
ed by on the other side
, The poor young creature, (none the less
{ to be pitied, had she snned, )goaded to mad
I ness by the gathering crowd, seized her
+ long trailing tresseS, and tossing them up
, like veil over her shamclluShed and beau,
|
Many will think any expression of sym
= pathy for this poor unfortunate uncaIed for
, There are enough to defend that side of the
= question, and to them | willingly leave it
+ There are others, who, with myself, could
, wish that young girl thus Git may be nno
ceatlV) accused should not before trial, be
dragged roughly through the public streets
like shameless, hardened offenders, There
y are those, who, like myself, as they look
/ upon the faces of their own fair young
daughters, and think of the long life of hap
pness or misery before them, will wish that
Y the word of law might be tempered with
a more mercy.
l. The two scenes above recorded, are not
. all that | saw from under my parasol on
h that sunny morning | passed the great
bow windows of the ST Nicholas-thosC
a fayorte lounging places for male guests
+ and other gentlemen, well pleased to oCritcsC
@ lady pedestrians, who, thanks to the invent
: or Of parasOls can dodge their battery o.
s glances at will
Not so, the gentlemen they who weary
with travel and sightseeing, unthinkngIy
G fall asleep in those luxurious arm-chairs, il
s full view Of the public with their heels OF
r the window sill, their heads hanging on ont
n side, and their widc-open mouths SO suggest
G i've Of the--snore-thut | fancy | hear
5, Heaven forgive the comical looking sleeper
r the cachnnatory sideaches they have Otter
e given me
d Was there erer anything uglier than
e man asleep? Single women, who hay,
. Travelled in railroad ears need not be too
D. modest to answer FANNY FERN.
HouowAY's OINTMENT and Pills have
n cosmopolitan reputation. In every land
e Christian OF savage, to which commerce