The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-11-24
ANNA DICKINSON u.
her Genius, 3Taste land chaEacterissiOa.


mohWealthS Justly idesnsuFisg thes mon :
stEasitiss ofsfashiopshls femAlei dress and
tadqFnment. 3 thus : ceppfments ID Anna
Observation-Disclosures Justly We cannot .llPYoc
say: 200 ''',''-' =
ssBe keeps the beaten track IN the maid
feaiaFesaof her attire, bat Rilhiua those
limits she achieves e rate SUCCESS
graceful bright hnsd slpfpliei.y as EaEre-s
moved from Tavi3l;ty as il is IRON, ascs,
rieism. At aitine when Che female head
Is systematically tortured and dis 6 {afed.
sed adiVssted of every grace of eOutongp
she wears her hearbia. thick aWRyy tnesses, !
cut short Ike school girl.niA At a utime.
when n ultnudinous hardware, beads, bu
giles, and bells. tIhkle aud glitter from.
every 'coigGe of gantase,''; when Gimp,
aad slVefs aa6zlr cord! andofribbsn, : and
braid, cscollop, dot and point rembEojdeg-
and intersecls spangle and meander up
and down. athwart and, around. the fes-
TONED aud flowing draperies Of that de
voted sex which need be fair, Indeed, TO
keep their loneliness discernables amid
such mass s. of fuss aud ,frippery--st
such a time, this gjrl. slips quietly out Of
respiendent 10 some rich, plain fabric,
without one atom ofso called 'ttifnnaing''
visible from the crown. of her queenly
head to the sole of her dainty foot. There
ara no circles, nor-angles; no circum bent
stripes; no distracting details. Her dress
lis study only for its severe Simplicity
andiabsolute fitness 10 form and color.
You may describe her costume in three
lines; but if you haYe an artistic eye, you
are not likely to forget it. : You remem
Der if you saw her, sweeping the al
form Of Music Hall. in apearl eoIored|
naOire silk; or again in vivid ruby go Tor
green; or, called out unexpectedly at some
minor. assembly at FaneuH Hall, or the
Melodeon, in simple black or gray, with
single bright ribbon for Contrast; or
again. as she appeared the other evening
atEEFemont Temple, in clear corn color,
only relieved by a. few loops of, black
lace, aud faint mist of raehe at the throat
and wrists. No more.
There are those, of course, who carp
and cavif at this costiness of array who
maintain that anuu1like severity "a Qua
kerr Ii 80 mea yerpess, would more befi
the earpestness of her. mission, but the
Pennsylvania maiden is no Quaker and no
nun, but a genuine woman; one, to5, with
a rich aud tropic4l fuxuriancs OF nature
"a woman who. was 4patsin to 1.-THE world 4
to fulfill the use,ofs beauty as we'll as
manifold uses of a steI ner kind. / think
it is Bettine who defines besuty "when
every atom of matter has becohHe infor m
ed with ispirit.' This is The beauty Of
our peerless Anna, ARd it imPartsB itself
to the very robes she wears, No narrow
stinted colorless life win suffice her. and
she certainly earns the right 10 live Her
own life with wateter of grace of46Fm or
warmth of coloriug5 she1 may ochoosso TO
put into it. She, earRs be r iowp money
IN doing work that no other, woman ,in
either hemisphere can perform so well;
she spends It GENEROUSLY for others and
freely for herself; to CRAFTY the woman
aud Lheiartist In her 6Rhfhature; and for
this thereaEe plenty TO pronounce her IN
womanly. II she would but spend other
peoples money instead of her own; if she
only lavished the substance or her male
relatives in velvetg, diamonds aud canel's
hair shawls; If she only exhibited herself
under the lustrs of draWiBg rooms and
if she whispered pretty identities. to pret
ty young men, instead of enragipg them
vita sharp rebube s or stirring them with
inspiring words, She would BE- ''@omanly
past questiOusI9 Z .utz-h s. q bGa 5aa
5 Faults she undoubtedly has; not defects
merely, but positive faults the results
of power, not, weakness,
"These star-wide souls,
Between their poles, 10 % e. 40
+ s0 Bear zones of tropic pRssiops,"5s slJ Sd
But girl at my side, who loves. her With
utter devotion, whispers, e Let u.s. thank
God for Anna Diekinson;", and that. in
deed. We do-for her eIoquence with It's
hundred phases; the Indignation that
.scorches like flame; the sarcasm that cuts
like Damascus steel d heriferyer onIstrip d
ping prudence; her swift impeluOsitys and
lwomanllke repenlence;,, for her graceful
audacity; her regal scorn and her thrilling
pathos; for all Tue facinating gifts Of the
/ American 1Hypalia,. before whom even
Cloths and Eandals bow 10. homage and
yet more, for the 81 mple, p4E92ctieal sense,
the stern directness of purpose, with
which she insists on remedy for every
wrong, whether to the negro OF the pfan97
,tationDor, theloUtcastsofoIhss street. For
all these, the outcome of bsHer than
GreciaD eiyil;zation, and humanity, we 90
with all our hearts thaHE God for Anna
Dickinson 80 -. = = -'''a ''''..1 50 a'7
81 = n LL.l y lad. aaa,z bias Jad
; Be CREERFuL lAF 1orR MEAEs.AlFKe
benefit derived from faoddaken depends
very much upon the condition of 5hehedyI
while eating, If taken in. moody, cross
or despairing condition of the mind, d.
gestion is much less perfect and slower
than when taken with cbeerfn! disp6sis
ton. The very rapid. and silent eatiug. 4
too common among Americans. should
be avoided, and some topic eof interest
introduced at meals that all may
partake 10: aud If hearty laugh is occa-
sioDAlly nduIged 10 il vii be ali the bet-i
ter.sdD sd ~ bsnwo bUal p ss5gs bgssnoi
It is not uncommon that a person dius
ing 10 pleasant and ,soeiable company can
eag and digest we'll that, which, when. eat
en- alone, and the mind absorbed In some
deep study, or brooding over cares and