Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1857-11-27
The Lady Who wears No Hoops.

We saw her on the street. She was of me
diuin height, with large, black, brilliant eyes,
and an intellectual face. Her garments were
p!Iin, but neat and tidy, aud she wore no hoops
This lady had large bundle on her srlu.--
Il was work, 'sop work." containing many
thousand stitches, all made with her own Gil-
gers. The lead was heavy, aud bore hard on
her delicate frame. Bu: she walked fast and
slid easily through the crowd, for she wore 40
hoops
We glanced at the hand which grasped 40
tightly the bundle which she carried. Il was
delicate, yst Drowned by exposure and labor
No sliken glove protected it from the rays of
the sun, and though almost fsultless in shane.
It presented evidence of hard usage in the
world. Yet it was hand that would have
looked lovely on fashionable skirt, but that
it will never DO, for this lady wears no hoops
We watcheh her carriage. Despite her bur
then, it was graceful. Her step was regular
and el.stic, her head erect, and her tread soft.
| There, thought We, is natural grace, though
the lady wears no hoops
But is she ladyi Aye, and true one
Follow he r, with that bundle, 20 her EMPLOYERS
store. aud listen to the language of lady, as
it falls sweetiy FROM ber lips. See with what
grace she receives her pittance for her labor,
and how, smiling and happy, she retnrns to her
home, and you will declare her lady, if she
| does not wear hoops
Follow to her home. Observe The cleauliuess
of the apartments, aud the neatness wlrlch per-
vades her household. See her, as she pats her
| little and orphaned ones on the cheek, aud
gravely and sincerely thanks Col that she is
favored with health sufficient to enable her to
l'hor for their support, aud you must acknowl-.
edge that she is a lady, true lady eyeu if she
does not wear hoops
! She IS lady, true lady, because she de-
votes herself to her wornan's mission. Her
childreu's welfare, ber children's happiness, lie
! nearest her heart. though condemned 10 adver-
sity. She pursues her way checrfuiIy, though
sadly it may oftentimes be-. She prefers to be-
stow all the attractions heaven and EDUCATION
have given her to her hone, humble as it may
be, ard has neither time nor attention TO bestow
! upon such frivoiities as hoops Tho,c who
choose may Judge 4 gentleman by The GU, OF his
cloth. aud u lady By the immensi-y Of taeir
| crinolinc, but we contend that there are many
ladies', true ladies, who 10 not wear hoops -
| .NdShUltfe GG<effe.
| A RoMAScE.-Thc New York Tribune SAWS ,-
/ s'fhe young daughter of respectable physician,
| residing in Brooklyn, married icw days
| since to a dentist just over the way, under cir
| cumstances which have made the affair the sub
! jcct of much comment. The lady is only seven
teen years OF age, and after brief acquaintance
| with the dentist, mutual attachment sprang uP
! between them. The father was opposed TO q mar
| riage, and ordered the dentist not to enter bis
| house. ii also sent the daughter of to school.
IN the vain hope that she would forget her lover
This failing in the desired result, he brought her
4 home, and it is rumored about placing her in
a convent. The young lady, hearing of this trip
ped across the street, and claimed the projections
of her atianced. sNow or never said she; sif
you mean to marry me, do it this four.' A cier-
i gyman Immediately sent for, and the indisso-
nble knot tied forthwith. The indignant fafhcr
| made enc attempt to seize his lost daughter, but
The new husband bads him Of. No reconeihStion
{, has yet taken places