The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-03-29

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Ns~. 10 people asroad,, sko rsay read
the Noaparsii. ,hs idea vea'd Be eoaveyet
b. the ahsve, ,bas sAs isdiss of rhis city
hsye dsas nothing, sasil SOC, fsssfbsresiel
- siek rud wounded ssldsess; When II,
Fact i that they have. FOR many nep,b.,
heeg Engaged 10 that ussk. and have sai.ed
ssdezprnded fns theSes,fs sf the sol1sess,
over t~o honjrei dalisrs. The = adie.'
il..'s ssst Be ! stfaskss s1ons s.. - s !,
least = stranger 70 the daiags of ,he isdiee,
or be would speak more aadsisedls. 4 II il
no credit 70 our eisy for the Impression 10
90 cut that our women hare all this time
remaised inactive, while our bravo neu
we're laDgsi-hins and dying On beds 81
sickness and pain. They we're amone the
frss in tbscoantry 10 rsliy to the call 10.
haspi'si eoppHrss aad they hsvs The c,s.o-
ia'ion os kno~ing thar their iabors have
tended TO the relief Of ,he suffering during
the long winter manths shAs have past,
and that their supplies, for the mos, Part,
are nos eontribosipg to the comfort of the
~ounded soldiers Of The army Of the South
Mess. esg $50 .,4 80
Tho "Sanitary Commi.sion," !" recently
crganired here, isa branch of tho State
Sanitary Commission. and its supplies sob
jac. to the order af the State Com n ,asiau !;
whereas the SosiiDr = Aid Society, is an in-
dependent society. and di.peuscs its Gid
wherever il pleases-its 6rss Object and
care being r. tp.upply the hospital Of the 4 h
Regiment, as far - il may need. The Oh
jecs Of the two societies is the same the
supplying Of the hospitals OF Iowa troops
With needed articles for the sick and woun.
ded. Probably they will. ere long, be
merged in one, auxiliary to the State Com
mission, as the aasns ladies', for the most
part, are epgaged 10 both. Bat whatever
may be the future action, for the credit OF
our city, and Of the ladies, let US not ig-
aore our past doing. in this matter, aud
publish aprc"n shes ~s,hs. elsyeolh hour We
have awakened 10 = sense Of our sAusy.
Il needed nat the fulsome lsudations of
81. Addison, /" q s'ladics' man. 10 arouse
our women tn notion, end We much doub,
whether such faitery and unmeanina com-
pliment, wit stinuIats their ambifion TO
any greater degree than it had b,fore at
tained. Sensible women can be reached
BY fair arEoraent: and appeals To ih-ir rca-
son and sympaihiss, bus falsomc 6assery
they detess. s1@f s3ss
II isto be hoped for the sake Of our suf-
fering men on the battle Geld, that women
generally. and alsnf per, will come up
chcerfsliy TO the support Of the Sanitary
Commission, and BY labor and 4material
aid" enable il to prosecute the work It has
undertaken. f e fa a JUSTICE.
!" when Lucy Brown n,a,rics John smits, can she
thereafter with proprety wdte her name Mrs. Lncy
smith? II she does choose be addressed as Mrs.
John Smith. has she any right T. the prcax VI Mrs
Is she NOT rather plain lry Smith, she Was afore-
time Lucy Brown2 In shss, ,what does = term OF
,tlc Mrs signify, ard how should IL be ased. "-Rcs-
TIC, in SonpGreii.
. RrsrIc" has shown himself very igno..
rant in propeuniins iuch a question. In
our schooldays, sur spelling book taught Us
the definition Of Ms, Or Mattress to be /" a
married romann Not word was said
about the given rame-- whether or not. the
retaining Of that, affected her right TO the
title of Bfrs. Ia webster's Unabridged
Dictionary the question is thus answered !:
"Afrs., nm abrcya,ion Of the word Mistyess.
the common title pre6xed 70 the name Of
every married lady. II England. the title
is also pre6xed 10 ,he names Of elderly un-
married ladies.''
We have il. then, on the beet authority,
that the title 8f,. belong. to ereyy married
roman no matter Whether her giving
name be .ucy, Sam, Molly OF John. As in
this country, Miss - tho title of an upmar.
ried woman, or girl, 50 Mrs. assures us that
the woman bearing, the title Is a married
woman and whesaef che write her name
Mrs. Lacy Smith, or Mrs. john Smith. ne
know her to be married woman. We
much doobt whether the question was ever
before raised on this point; bat. forsnnassiy
il is oct % !" "ss,s,rnss" " - 90 require any
great sax On anybody's brain, o. any great
araesns Of brain 10 sslvs Il. sB asgss sss :.
We take IL, ths, smsrriei woman nay,
With prophecy, in srisisg, use either hsrt
owner her hssaasds g,sea name, - she
NAV prefer, or circumstances may dictate.
10 writing to relatives, Of familiar friends,
she woald hardly siga herself Mrs. John
Saith. The Old name Of Lucy would be
better. While 10 sddressing strangers, and
that shs nay b distinguished q the poss
of6ce, and slserhere, from The wives Of :
half dessu ssAsr Sn.sbs, Il 10 psnper for
her 10 be ssyied Ms. Jshn Smith. Her given
sans Lucy, - rot dropped Tor thas Of
Jeka vhes - nassies. slss il wosh be
proper alwsys - csil Ass John, sod hsr
husband and fsiends should - address her.
Some wanes slways write their ssn
p,oses ssfasssres. ssd prefer sheif letters
10 30 % sddrsseS, While ssbers sdcps thas
q their husbsbds. Either i proper ardsf
certain circumstance. ss
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