Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-08


{" husband had become Jealous at last, .
while old stagers maliciously insinuated
that it was WISE to retire on fresh lau-
rels But none said what we say-that
true woman's heart may always be
won, aye, and kept too, by any husband
who does not consider it beneath him
to step off the pedestal Of his ''dlgnlty"
to learn how.
I WALKlNG.-It is really astonish-
ing to see how few people have ever
learned to uaM properly. The art of
pedestrian locomotion is one of the
earliest Of human requirements, yet
hardly one in ten does it gracefully or
enthusiastically. In the city, people
all walk in too much of hurry-they
seem to have no time to straighten out
the knee joint, at the end of each step,
but 90 trotting along, with Bonded legs,
leaning forward, and presenting alto
gethcr, very ridiculous appearance.
In the country, the heavy, stiff boots
generally worn and the soft nature of
the ground, give the walker the air of
having thirty-six pound shot fastened
to his ankles. lie does not bend his
knees at all, but drags his feet after
HIM, as with an effort. Women very
rarely walk well. Even those who
dance, sit, stand, Or recline with the
greatest grace cannot walk easily, and
it is positively unpleasant to see many
ladies perform pedestrian duty. In
walking, one should keep the shoulders
back we'll, and move the feet neither
too fast nor too slow. The toes should
be turned out, and the knce-joints en-
tirely Strengthened at each step. The
carriage of the head has much to do
with the gait, and should be upright,
though not stiff. 1t would be an excel
lent idea, for walking to be taught in
schools, as a regular branch Of exercise,
especially in this country, where its ben
eicial effects, and value in giving grace
and ease to all other movements, are so
universally ignored.
sB| The use Of slang so prevalent
among the half educated and fast por-
tons Of the community, is pretty well
hit off in the following paragraph:
If you wish to be an "A No. L
woman, you have got to 'toe the mark,
and be less 'highfalutin. You may
bet your head on that You may sing
'slightually' like mar ingale : you
may spin street yarn at the rate of ten
knots an hour; you may talk like
book;' you may dance as if you were on
regular break down. and play the
piano mighty fine,' but I tell YOU you
can't come to tea You may be hand
some, but you can't come in You
might Just as we'll 'cave in first as last,
and 'absquatulate,' for you can't put
it through amy way you can fix it.
If you imagine that You may go it
while you're young, for when you get
old YOU can't,' you don't come it. by
long chalk Own up now and do
the Straight thing and iii set you
down as 'one of the women we read
Of IF you come up to the scratch,
why must let you slide But if you
have a 'sneaking notion for being a
regular BRICK there is no other way
mot as you knows on'-'no Stree,
hoss!' If young man should kind
o shine up to you,' and you should
cotton to him. and he should hear you
say, by the jumpin' Noses Or by the
living jingo,' or my goodness or i
vow,' Or go it Betsy, I'll hold your
bonnet or take me away or dry up,
now,' or draw your sled,' or 'cut
stick,' or give him particular fits he
would certainly 'evaporate.'