The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-08-24
Written ic the ADyecAsn.
STREET PICTUsEs.
by MRS. N. L.RAYxR.

Oaly one Of the saA3 -sisos,trs "a great city,
child,s~ face, placid. smiiine. sleeping
! touched with that M msiess. tranqus. race,
thai clings lie RI. cvershadowipg Of snslsi
"a those GtrI. oas.S while the busy crersl
paused and mi On, jostling u on its father |
knees-1be hind father who could see no,i
the skv aho. Re, Whose sanity blue Just touch
ed the sI-eeper's face. There was . pictue
fran ID IN misery. AL about the uneoI-
6racsls sleela ws.u should environ IT, Their
wsre faces thss passed without seeing faces
aat gsw esd pstied faces that saw sni
hated, 5ecsgse o. the purity embodied there.
only ont 81 the many street pictures piano.
lamaa blfore u daily. li n
Just here II the curbstone 10 another-t
.naan.G cent, living. breathing creature but
| seaiIess just look ut that tender, patient
brown sYe--s horses eye, hut -ho9 fn,l Of
intelligence, kindness and heroisH. !. hooy
small and delicate r the sdT,,e Of srstocratic
blood how straight and Isstesome, me
slender limbs You do not see the nfe "s-
dan 10 that calm, motionless posture; yet
give the woss 70 that gentle creature, and
away she will bear you hike the w,as, e
scarcely m exsPtOn, past the steady cid
lnsgs who Esver turn an eve to look at her (;
past the feet Arab, who would give his oats
+, FOR trial Of speed with her, past and awW
without stI niag muscle in the endeayor.
Stumbling pasiehty runching her bis does
she think OF tbs sweet clover field where
her coltish days were passed, does she long
to prance after her steady mother again. IN
restrained By hines or bit D. Oh 1 ciy1Ek1tion
heldsEher fast. The clover 6elds ne afaf
of. Benny horse your master should prize
tyou well
| Fragments pf ronsersaticn form ssingular
mosaic in th6se feeling city pictures. "Sto!e
seven hundred dollars from his employer"
some life ruined. "Pns on in Greek pat
ttstn on the skirt,",-sweet sixteen. sDied
last Raghs at fbid6igh, n--anA IT'D word
a. s@ %s .e ~ ~ d ' :T ma
cut up into n walking dress, sensible
things, whether Of silk or calico. ''Sap-
posed 10 be drowned, oh, tie wearing
bsgoDy of that suspense. "Five bridesmaids,
I'm dressed 10 PINK silk and diamonds, ,-re-
tpdblican country this probably their grand
mothers sPun their own Welding dresses. 81
tell you, johnson, sAwhaas strain my
. "h.. y, ysr svspi' p:pr~f' ed 90 On
lOHW <1tA VIVA 4 "a . 2 - - - "a
What is that? A strain Of sweet solemn
music, procession wearing white aprons
and with sprigs OF evergreen In their but
Iton-hOies. Freemasons, bearing brother TO
the dAst- Fs-fTi E.4 p1rrHAV
come up higher cried the sgsls up the royal
arch
Come ahd Join the grand masters in the soas pro
gressive march
And sep think FOR one brief moment,
There world where all equa, hurryng to-
4 Words h fAst-" s NTl ,GsA8 saR
How those miracles Of silk aud lace, and
Greek trimmings, sweep. past. They are
called woman-angels, sometimes but what
funny angels those chignons would make or
them. They wear the chains that betoken
Ftheir e9sAyemrnt, to fashion, openly cod
proudfy. WHIT heads for statues Why
they would measure three-quar,ers of yard
from the chin to the crown, past the ear. 1t
lis q pity that al those trappings cost SO
mysch meny man eommitsfofgery, or sells
b4s soal % dishonest gallo that his xife may
wear silk. aid fine lace. and bdgls trim
ming Many . soui goes down, down, into
the deep waters Of eternal shame for the
love OF those yain trsppings. Woman, must
zifsct herself 6siofs she Is q 10 yetayS-
Il speeeH 8 s;Iykr, but silence is golden, >
I!jnst now | accept the latter, especially d,
lf'night ha&droppeet hss sAhle eustsia dawn
II "Aad piansd \ Win star.