Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-08-13

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NleHr ScENEIIN YoUNa LADYs BRD-CHAN-
BER.-Last Tuesday night, which will be remem-
bered rs one of the warmest of the season, q
young lady of he "West End" was excessively
frightened at little circumstance which trans
pired about the hour of midnight. The young
lady, whose beauty is only equalled by her mod
ssty, and whose "eye's dark charm" has caused
more than one waistcoat to palpitate, had retir-
ed to her chamber, where, after laying aside tho
greater portion of her wearing apparel she COM
mtted herself to the tender embrace of fMorphe-
us, whose soothing influences were aided by the
cooling breath of Zephyr, who came in at the O.
pen window and famed her cheeks with his
feathery wings In word, she was snoozing
finely--or, to use the language Of modern
bard aa M ~. 3ii
"Sleep on her velvet eyeids lightly pressed ir--
And dreamy sights upheaved her snowy breast.
While starbeams, thro her window softly creeping,
Stole toher couch and trembling there stood peeping
It was, as we said, about midnight when the
young lady was reused from her delicious slum-
Der by hearing noise at the window. Half
unclosing her eyes, she was startled by the sight
of corpulent form, apparently struggling to
gain admission to her chamber through the o.
pen window 1t strnck her at once that the In
truder had been caught by the rear of his un-
mentionables, by nail or some other sharp in
strument as he seemed to be struggling with
stern determination to enter. Her first thought
was TO faint-her second, to give the fellow
push-her third to jump out of the window as
soon as he jumped n-her fourth, to scream,
which was Immediately carried into effect The
whistle of the locomotive on the Iron Noun
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of July, was but whisper to the screams of the
Young girl. The whole house, and half the
neighborhood, were awakened by the outcry.
The old folks, three female servants, and two
big brothers rushed to the rescue, ard broom
sticks mop-handles and bootjacks flashed in the
gaslight, as the household entered the chamber
Of the frightened beauty. An examination OF
the figure in the window dispelled the fears
of all, and changed the screams OF the
young lady into shout Of laughter. The imagin-
ary sfat man" was only her own darling hooped-
skirt, which she had hung on hook near the
window, and which the wind had inflated and
set in motion There was no more sleeping in
the house that night.-,St Louis Herald.
FEMALE BEAurY.-With the modern Greeks
and other nations on the shores of the Mediter-
ranean corpulency is the perfection of form in
woman ; and those very attributes which disgust
the western European, form the attractions OF an
Oriental fair 1t was from the common and ad-
mired shape of his country-womep, that Kubens
! in his pictures delights so much in vulgar and
odious plumpness when his master was desl-
rous to represent the beautiful he had no idea
of beauty under two hundred weight. His very
Graces are all fat. But it should be remembered
that all his models were Dutch women. The
hair is q beautiful ornament OF woman, but it
has always been disputed point which color
most becomes it. We account red hair an abom-
ination; but in the time of Elizabeth it found
admirers and was in fashion. Mary OF Scotland,
though she had exquisite hair of her own, wore
red fronts. Cleopatra was red-haired; and the
Venetian ladies to this day counterfeit yellow
hair.
After all that may be said or sung about it,
beauty is an undeniable fact, and its endowment
not to be disparaged. Sydney Smith gives some
good advice on the subject. Never teach full
some morality. How exquisitely absurd to teach
girl that beauty is Of no value, dress of no usel
Beauty is of value-her whole prospects and hap
piness in life may often depend upon new gown
or O becoming bonnet: if she has five grains OF
common sense, she will find this out. The great
thing is to teach their just value, and there must
be something better under the bonnet than
pretty face, for real happiness. But never sac
rifce truth. salad for the Social.
Too MUCH TwIsr1Na.-The follies of grown
people are frequently brought out by children in
startling prominence. Two girls Of twelve or
fourteen years passed along Lake street yester-
day, surrounding by hoops and trailing long
dresses over the dirty pavement: They were
novices in the management of such rigging, but
determined to acquire the art or die in the at
tempt. "Do twist too much 2" asked one of
the anxious couple, as she wriggled along. "Oh,
no." said the other dropping little behind to
observe her, shut if you could raise little on
your toes as you squirm, it would throw your
dress better. Chicago Press. ,.',,..
BRIGHT Hours AND GLooMY.-Ah, this beau
tiful world know not what to think of it.
Sometimes it is all sunshine and gladness, and
heaven itself lies not far of, ard then it sudden
| ly changes, and is dark and sorrowful, and the
clouds shut out the day. In the lives of the
saddest Of us there are bright days like this,
when we feel as if we could take the great world
in our arms. Then come gloomy hours, when
the fire will not burn on our hearths, and all
without and within is dismal, cold and dark
Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows,
which the world knows not, and oft-times we
call man cold when he is only sad.-Lonatsl-
lo,o.
In the "Life Of Willberforce" is the following
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