, 1863-12-05

Two men, be they the dearest friends in the
world, when they have once lighted their can.
dies and said good night, think no more Of one
another, and feel no lack Of one another ill they
meet at breakfast the next morning. But two
women, two sisters, or two dear friends, arc
not satisfied with talking al day down stairs /,
they must needs talk half the night in their
bedrooms Some prying novelist says some.
where that female nature is such that confidence
cannot be perfect till the back hair Is let down !;
but We do not know enough OF ladies' toilets to
know whether this Is the right explanation.
lf Il be, we feel quite sure that many husbands
would be quite satisfied to allow the b OK hair
to DO let down in the drawing room at all
events, from the Withdrawing thither to the
announcement Of tea. As tits, the poor man
has creeping sensation that he, and his house,
and his friends, and all his affairs, are being
discussed Just when he Is anxious to forget
them all in sound slumber. We commend
the question to the Investigators Of Social Sci
ence Why do women uelight 10 chatter in
bed rooms, while men, if they do chatter, in.
variably chatter down slairsl
Eightand. thirty Is a frightful epoch in the
life Of q woman Of fashion. Hot rooms and
cosmetics place Il on q level with fiity in the
lady Of country squire. The struggle be.
tween departing youth and coming age Is never
more awful A little older and the case be-
comes too clear for dispute. At forty she gives
up the Geld. allowing that time has the Oest Of
Il. But for the livo preceding years, those
during which, though not longer pretty, o
woman may still DO handsome, the tug Of war
is terrific. A woman never prizes her beauty
half so much as when Il Is forsaking her;
never comprehends the value OF raven locks
till revealed by the contrast with the first gray
hair; never finds out that her waist was slim
and her form graceful, ill she has been accused
Of em6Onpoint. Brother coxcombsi u you
would have proper value set upon your hom'
age, pay your court to woman Of eight.and.
thirty The Auttcr Of little miss Of sixteen
is nothing 10 the agitation with which the poor
grateful soul upliits her bead above the waters
Of oblivion In which she Is suecumbing.
There Is nothing more wholesome for both
the people and their rulers, than TO dwell upon
the excellence Of those statesmen whose lives
have been spent in the useful, the sacred work
Of peace. The thoughtless vulgar are ever
prone to magnify the brilliant exploits Of arms,
which dazzle ordinary understandings, and
prevent any account being taken Of the cost
and the crime that so often are bid In the
guise Of success. All merit Of that shining
kind Is sure of passing current for more than
il Is really worth and the eye is turned in.
differently upon, or even scoFniully from the
true niend to his species, the minister who
devotes oil bis cares TO stay the worst Of crimes
that can DO committed, the last Of calamities
that can be endured by ma.
Rev. Henry Ward Deecher, in The course
or q recent sermon, made an elegant plea for
newspapers, speaking Of them as ono Of the
most potent elements Of our civilization.
a There Is" said he, "a common vulgar objec-
tion about newspapers that they lie So; they
don't lie any more than you do. Man Is nat.
urally lying creature Truth Is gin from
Heaven, and very few Of us possess II before
we get there. The newspapers give both facts
and rumovs, and they would be blamed II they
did not do 50. Il Is for the readers 70 judge
Of these rumors. The last economy should
be IN regard to newspapers. Il Is better 10
deprive the body Of some ribbon, or jewel. or
garment, than to deprive the mind Of its sus-
tenance." f n SOD sfab rs
The Bethlehem Hospital was built on the
plan Of the Tuileries, at Paris; and this fac
simile Of his palace, adapted lce, such pnr.
pose, gave, 80 much ofsnse 10 Louis XIV, that
be ordered plan Of 81. James Palace to be
taken for Offices il his own capital Of : very
inisrior description.