The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-04

A PRRTrY airI with something on her head
which resembled nothing human or divine,
created a profound sensation about the Post
Once Yesterday. We understand that for
felt was being paid--l Argus, Tuesday.
Whafa verdant young man our neighbor Is |!
We saw the "pretty grip referred TO, az she
passed our sanctum window, in company with
another lady, wearing upon her head--instead
Of knot OF flowers twisted up with ribbons
and three cornered bit Of velvet called q
bonnet, or q pork-pie, rimless hat--an old.
fashioned silk calash, such as sensible ladies
wore in hot weather twenty-five or thirty
years ago, as common as they now wear their
present head gear, and oddly as they look now
tits by no means certain that the, children Of
to-day will not look upon the sky-scrapers of
their mothers with a. much wonder and levity
as those mothers now look upon the calash
aforesaid. .sss ssess .s-..5 as sss,,,a /.
While that young lady was passing our Of
fice, with her 'old-iashioned, chaise-top head
covering drawn hard to front, SO that no NOR
tai could see the countenance 1t covered, an
incident occurred that forcibly brought to
mind the prayer of the Ploughman poet:
ets o vad some Power the giftie gle us
VA To see oursels as others see us! 2sAA Aol
Z nwad frae monte blunder free us ~ tt.tsa.
ID s5sts $3.50 And foolish notion. ..ssi
As the ''pretsy girl" in the calash was nov
ing up Exchange Street she was met by a la
dy dressed In the height of present fashion,
I. sailing or rather literally s,ueeping down the
same sidewalk, and while she had her head
turned to get view of the antiquated substi-
tute for bonnet, and her face was spread all
over with asmile at the simplicity of past
age, we noticed from our window observatory,
that young men and rude boys, instead of fol-
lowing the calash with their eyes, turned them
to follow the greater attraction, and were ac-
tually pointing their fingers in disgust at the
half yard of rich brocade dragging along
the dirty pavementl Here was supremely
ridiculous, filthy, and unpardonably wasteful
fashion turning up its perfumed nose at one Of
the most sensible articles ever devised to Sc
cure comfort to a lady's head in o hot day.
tl4A ilaa ~ lI9sQl.i gt4i
BRowN's CoMMERCIAL COLLEGE, --For
fourteen years Mr.. r. N. Brown has been en-
gagged in this city In preparing young men In
tnoIougn uusIness euucauon, ana tne sue
cess he has met with is the best evidence of
his qualifications for that capacity. He has
graduated from his college hundreds upon
hundreds Of young men. who have easily OBJ
tanned situations 10 the counting rooms of our
first merchants, and from thence have risen 10
the eminence of practical merchants them
selves, and who are now among our promi-
nent business men. si4 Pc n9s
b He still continues his good labors. His col
lege is located In the Hanson Block, No. l61
Middle street, where any young man, who
places himself under charge Of Mr., Brown, and
strictly follows his eounsels and instruction,
can soon perfect himself In the system of book
keeping, writing good hand, and becoming
thoroughly conversant with all the rules and
forms of mercantile business. a II .taii., n.