The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-02
Whose cheek would flush rt.tr.
But to have her garments touch
'Gainst the one, whose fingers thin.
Wove the weary broidery in.'

Whose cheek would hush U.l
But to have her garments touch
'tiainst the one whose fingers thin,
Wove the weary brodery H."
The complainer is unfortunate if she
has never met lady following this ne :
cessary, this useful, but wearying to
body and mind, vocation. To be able to
live without labor, certain place in
society, and fine dress, by no means
constitute lady, and It is time that our
women knew 1t. Women can work,
women should work. Do what you
may, you cannot get up-thank Cod
In our country barred aristocracy. All,
lady, it is because you happen to have a
little means that you would drive all de-
cent women who labor out of what
you consider "society"(?) Would you
degrade, instead of elevate your own
sex? Suppose you were obliged to do
something to gain alivelihood-and you
know not what may be--how would you
garious pleasures of life? For social
gatherings, amusements, with music,
mirth and kindly feelings, are refresh
ing-and how few are pleasures there
| for women!
Shame on women; they are not half
so good and noble as men. Now, that
we have done with slavery, but few OF
us can afford to be idle, and the sooner
we know this the better for us. A lady
may follow any decent vocation and be
but more of lady for so doing. Pity.
oh pity that SO few vocations are left
| open for women. All are not ladies who
live without labor; neither are all dress
makers, nor all milliners, ladies'; but
there are ladies-be glad, lady--in all
these positions, and when you meet
with them, rejoice to recognize them,
or you are not lady yourself. OF this
fact there can be no mistake, for lady
is pitiful, Is kind, Is courteous.
"Too conscious Of her own degree.
.,+a To grndge the need of courtesy, fta Mos.
That need so small q thing to give
ut 80 kindly pleasant to receive, IH
to any one. ao ii4H 1850 q
] know lady, foreigner, whose
father, with his family, emigrated to
this country some years since. Imme-
diately on arrival he sickened and died.
Her mother lost her oversight. This
young lady learned to dress hair bought
o hair brush, and, with her sister, COM
menced business as Ladies' Hair Dress
err" Improving her mind all the while,
she succeeded In supporting her
mother; in making herself indepen-
dent understands several languages ; is
highly educated; musician and lady,
what, perhaps, you are not, q bellies let
tres scholar. / have listened with de-
light to her beautiful conversation. Du-
ring the war she married a sculptor of
talent, and last summer, on calling to
see her, found she was absent making
the tour of New England on foot, with
her husband and some scientific gentle
men.
Several years since, two ladies', veri-
table dress makers, sisters, came here
from the North. Not succeeding well,
they returned to the city they had left.
There was younger sister, a modest,
mild-eyed milliner, with voice gentle
as love. When last saw them, this
young milliner was engaged to be mar.
ried to the younger son of a noble fami-
ly of England, and receiving kind let
tiers of welcome from the family and
mother, who knew her social position.
These are facts, and delicacy only pre-
vents the insertion of the names of these
ladies. r.