New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-25
Wearing Hoops Ia Jerusalem.

A lady correspondent of the Boston Travele
writing from Jerusalem, says:
While passing down the main street. itnesse |
very amusing incident, occasioned by IL 4 appea
ance Of lad lady in hoops. She was oyertaken by
her dress caused them great amusement, as well /
wonder; so it was determined among them to sol.
the mystery accordingly, one Of them practis
the following ruse: He quickened his pace to res !
the lady's side, and when about to pass h1r
partly fell to the ground. While in the az i
ing he clutched her dress, as the only means vi
in his reach of saving himself from the fall bu
his true object was very evident, for saw him g
machinery by which the lady was surrounded; an
although it is considered in the East absolutely sir
full for man to bestow even momentary glanc
on a woman, yet withdraw their gaze from thi
Occidental novelty they could not; nor did she e.
cape them by turning off another street.
They stopped at the lower end of the steep allie
into which she had turned, and watched her unit
the gloom of dark and distant archway hid he
from view. | dare say. however, should one Z
streets of one of our cities, the merriment an
wonder created by her ghosty appearance woul
be equally as great as that with which Occidents
fashions are regarded in this country. This lad
was visited by score of Turkish ladies', who 2
ter handling this curious portion of her wardrob
with great amazement, begged to be pointed OF
either the beauty or the utility of a hooped skir
The Frank lady brought all her eloquence to bes
but they exclaimed, Allah save us from til
great umbrella which you Frank ladies consider s
indispensable to your beauty and comfort, and a
lah grant, also, that we may be spared the pain 4
the tightly fitting clothes with which you tortur
yourselves ~ They then commanded the slaves
make preparations for prayer and the rugs havinI
been spread and their faces yelled, they imme
diately commenced their intricate process prayer
no doubt thanking high heaven that they were ex
| empt from these strange fashions.
/
| CoAxING UP AN ExPREssIoN.-A brace Of loy
yers," anxious to secure each others shadow er
the substantial faded, stepped into the Ambrotyp
Car Of our friend Williams, one day last week, I
sit for their pictures" The lady gave prl :,
dence to her swain, who, she said "had got to b
tuck fast and real natural" He brushed up hi
tow head of hair, gave twist or two to his hant
kerchief, asked his girl if his shirt collar locke
about x. and planted himself in the operator
chair, where he assumed the physiognomical char
acteristics of poor mortal in dentists hands
and about to part with one of his eye teeth. "Now
dew look purty!' begged the lady, casting at hin
one of her most languishing glances The picture
was taken, and when produced it reminded .hs
girl, as she expressed it, jst how Josh looked
not an era in her suitor's history particularly
worthy of her commemoration, she insisted tia
" he should stand again" He obeyed and she at
tended him to the chair.
junction.
LA" she said, "why, you look all puckeret
up!"
One direction followed another, but with as littl
success. At last, growing impatient, and becom
ing desperate, she resolved to try an expedien
which she considered infallible. and exclaimed:
~ don't keer if there is folks around!"
She enjoined the operator tostand at his came q
she then set in her feller's lap, and placing he
arms around his neck, managed to cast shower 0
faxen ringlets as screen between the operator
and her proceedings, which, however, were be
trayed by succession of amorous sounds, which
revealed her eXpedient. When this " billing ant
coong" had lasted few minutes, the cunning
gal jumped from Josh's lap, and clapping hel
hands, cried to the astonished artist:
"Now you have got him! put him through" =
New Lisbon Buckeye.