Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-25
GOSSIP FOR LADIES.
Solitude Of Slnglc Women.

II is condition 10 which single woman
must make up her mind thst the close Of
her days must be more or less solitary
Yet there is solitude which old age feels
g. be as natural and satisfying as that rest
which seems such irkscmeness TO youth, but
which gradually grows into the best blcss>
ing OF our lives and there is another soli-
tude, so full OF peace and hope that is like
Jacobs sleep in the wilderness, at the foot
Of the ladder Of angels.
"Ail things are less dreadful than they seem"
And il may be that the extreme !oneli-
ness, which, viewed afar of, appears TO an
unmarried woman 40 ore OF the saddest Of
the inevitable results Of her lot, shall by
that time have lost al its pain, and DO re-
gardsd but - the quiet, dreamy hours be.
tween the lights, when the days work II
done, and We lean back, closing our eyes,
to think it oil over before ne finally 90 to
rest, or to look forward, in faith and hope,
unto the coming morning.
A finished life-a life which has made the
best Of oil the materials granted to it, and
through which, be it web dark or bright,
its pattern clear or cloudy, can nov b. traced
plainly the hand Of the Great Dssigner-
surely this 10 worth living for. And though
in its end il may be somewhat lonely,
though servants and not daughter arm
may guide the fanting step. though most
likely II will bs strangers only who come
about the dying bed. close the eyes that no
husband ever kissed, and draw tho shroud
kindly over the poor withered breast where
no child's head had ever lain still such a
life 10 not to be pitied, for il is . completed
life. II has fulfilled it, appointed course,
and returns TO the Giver Of oil breath as
pure - He gave ie-Dinsh NsloeA.
TINE MOUTH xor GOOD PIN CUSHION.
The darger Of making pin repository Of
the mouth has just been exemplied at
Psnzanee. A Ars. Rawling was engaged in
. garden hanging out some clothes, and,
with a view 10 save time, she placed mum
Der Of pins not clothes. pins in her mouth
Being started BY IN urgent request to e
into the house to her child, she turned
round very suddenly, and. while SO doing
seventeen pins slipped down her threat
most Of them lodging in her gullet. The
poor woman suffered fearful pain. A neigh
Dor sssorted 10 the old fashioned, and, ir
this case, efIicscious method Of PERSISTENT,
slspping the patients back. In the course
of couple Of hours, fourteen pins wers
slapped up and three down and, beyond III,
pain and irritation VI the throat, no harm
was done.
| SOME DIAN0NDs.
At the Russian ball, given in honor Of thu
Princess Dagmar's wedding, the French
Ambassadors wife wore brocsdsd orang
and gold train, bordesed with the most cost
ly Russian sable. The dress WAS profusel]
ornamcnted with diamonds. But the Crane
Duchess Maria do Lcuchtenberg was tn
lady who, In that splendidly attired assein
blage, outshons all others with Diamonds
for she was literally covered with them.-
Her dress was white, and the front Of tn
skirt was trimmed with three rows Of mag
nificent brillisnts; . grecgue Of brilliant
replaced the berthe usually worn round til
bodice, and n bouquet was so large that
concealed her shoulders.