The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-17

with their boards worn, not like ench
other, but each with skillful adaptation Of
his beard to his own style and features ara.
| very distinguished in a crowd.
May we hope to be excused II we add, to
this generalizing record Of fashion, COM
parative rewark which may possibly bs
considered somewhat in favor VI our own
sex? -
The Democratic principle seems to be
equally Mt work ia the dresses for ladies-
all classes "going it equally strong" with
most inconvenient crinoline. and all bonne,s
equally desperate in covering only the moro
sensuous phrenology. But while, with vul-
gar men, the experiment is nearly success
ful, with the corresponding class Of uomen
it is wholly unsuccessful. 1t requires more
than one look to tell whether your we'll.
dressed male fellow passenger gu the deck
OF a steamboat, is a gentleman or snob,
but at the very first glance, you know
| whether you see lady or chambermaid
albeit the lady and the chambermaid wear
precisely the same fashions. Probably it re-
quires nicer skill to appear lady than to ap-
pear gentleman. But We leave the subiecs
at this difficult and dangerous poipt, for
our reader to argue.-N. r.. ". in the
Home Journal. .- gs
MR.. sEwARD's SPEECH TO THE QUEES,
Something has been said in most of the
papers about the conversation which 10 al-
legged to have taken place betwen Queen
Victoria and Senator Seward. A CORES.
pondence OF the N. Y. Times, written FROM
Boston, says: sa 5us=1 ss. as zss s.r4-... =.
''Permit me to state that was in London
at the time of Mr.. Stewards presentation,
and heard the whole story related substan-
stantaily as you giveit. IL was perfectly
simple matter. Mr.. Seward, with tact which
always distinguishes him, answered ths
Queens kindly questioning BY saying,
"Madame, | have come to Europe to study
despofism." He laid his stress upon tho
last word, as wishing to imply that despotism
was neither English nor American, and that
consequently, he had found little that was
positively new to freeman, in the institu-s
tons of England. The Queen gracefully
and pointedly marked the compliment BY
her reply, te which Mr.. Seward bowed u
profound assent. lam induced to make the
communication to you by the absurd COM
ments which, since my return, have heard
upon dialogue perfectly well understood
by all Americans in London"
We do not see how it was possible for
Mr.. Seward to have ''laid his stress" upon
the word despotism so as to make his remurk
distinguishing for the tact displayed in il,
The Queens reply would indicate that she
felt the Senator was insinuating that her
government was despotifm. She is re-.
Ported to have said, IL hope you find nothing
of that kind to study here" Stewards
rel 10 nder is not mentioned. The fuct is, We
ha ksy
say after that. But are we to believe that
the courtly Seward, who always looks welt
to the prOprieties. and does as the Romans
do when he is in Rome, addressed the Queen
as Madame? A hundred to one he said,
" Your Majesty" The story don't hang
together well.- Cincinnati Commercial. 1
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY on PuBLA
SCHOOLS. t.. D.. .f..
The " Murder of the Inocents,- BY Rev.
Mr.. Higginson, is the sensation article in the
Sebtember number of the Atlantic Monthly,
1t is an earnest protest against an imagina.
ry Do-the-Girls Hall, which stands az the
type of the majority of our I" Schools for
Young Ladies'" Our public school system
is reviewed, the writer making the follow
ing pertinent remarks: -. ... ~ 5@ Z
/" Is this magnificent system of public in
strucion, the glory of the world, to turn
out merely vast machine for grinding
down Young America, JUST rs the system Of
middle men, similarly organized has ground
down the Irish peasantry? Look at il! a.
now arranged, committees are responsible
to the public, teachers to committees, pupils
to teachers,--all pledged to extract maxi.
mum crop from childish brains. Each is
responsible to the authority next above him
for certain amount, and must get it out
of the victim next below him. Constant
Improvements in machinery perfect and ex-
pedite work; improved guases and me res
lin the form Of fexamlnations) compute the
comparative yield to q nicely, and allow no
evasion. The child cannot spare IN hour,
for he must keep up with the other child
ren; the teacher dares not relax, for he must
keep up with the other schools; the COM
mittees must only stimulate, not check, fur
the eyes of the editors are upon them, and
the municipal glory at stake; every one of
these, from highest to lowest. has his ap.
pointed place in the treadmill, and must
keep step with the rest and only once \
year, ut the summer vacation, the vast ma
chine shops, and the poor remains Of child
ish brain and body are taken out and handed
to envious parents-.s Here, most worthy
taxpayer, is the dilapidated residue Of your
beloved Angelina take her to the sen shore
for few weeks, and make the most Of
her." ~i .7 -. ..v.a
c. Proud looks lose hearts, but court
eous words win them. -..'--a 80