The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-25

naYt feel otherwise DaffaW having en-
jaTed !. the ,s wataT and saTciteew Of ser-
"Tadmire your fortitudes Jennie, ais
tunei but syou might as well look the
Idlsagr eeabIe fact in the face at once,
That Is the only way to obviateit.
assure you 1t is not so very bad after
all.ss The doctors say It can be CURED, OF
SO nearly SO that with judicious dress
ing It Will never be noticed. You
know, Jennie, that It win make no diff.
remains the same, no other changes
can change me-" ,f--g 81 VII
"Yhat are you talking about2 Don't
understand you; pawsitively."
DON'T be goose, Mary Jane" IAN
Rrily.l- 81 know that women always
deny that anything sils them. They
think It is smart. But you can't con-
ceal your complaint, and considering
our present relations don't think you
ought to try to conceal anything from
me-"
Mary Jane was getting mad. She has
a vein in her forehead which is an I'M
erring temper barometer. It began to
swell. That and an ominous glittering
of the eyes said as plainly as an alma
mac, Hlook out for squalls about this
time" She said energetiCally g
my complaint Our present rela-
toni Conceal nothing from you Per-
haps you will be good enough to ex-
plain yourself; that is, 1t you can" ?
My temper Is not angelic. L never
set up for q saint, and Mary James per-
versity or obstiuacy, added to her man
ner, did not serve to put me In hea-
venly frame of mind, SO blurted out
my sentiments as follows:
"You have curvature of the spine, as
every one who sees you must know.
haT q E,aiI nTa xJFNF nNIePht
to do something for It. Do, for Hea-
yen's sake, send for Doctor and get
straight" .e-l=.
You should have seen the little,
bumped backed cuss them. She walk
ed the floor as erect as a liberty pole.
She smiled sardonically. She laughed
Historically. Finally she cried wo-
manly, and then she found her tongue
her native tongue. No New York
drawl now, but each word as sharp and
incisive as a cambria needle.
"Curvature of the spine. Hal hal
Spine, ha, SPINE" lin perfect shriek.)
80 you horrid, hateful brute o you
provoking fool-therei just wish
was man for few minutesp
II wish you was sensible woman !"
"Sense! Well, 1 admire to hear a
booby-that can't tell the Grecian bend
from the spinal complaint-talk about
senee." - stl.a z 4E4 9
-GEeClau AuuA6tbllCks i Ou uOh-L say
that the awful crook which you had in
your back was the Grecian bend"
81 don't say anything to you. Any
body but fool knows it Is the GreciRn
bend. assuming the form of a rainbow
again.) No lady desires TO look like
ramrod. All the bellies OF New York
stoop gr9cefullyian leave stiffness and
straight lines 70 chamber. maids and
country folks. -rs -, .I-...,--.
81 suppose that 1t was also from the
New York tops and bellies that you
learned the art oftalking as though
your mouth was full of hot mush 2"
"Don't you talk about nothing. You
who never leave Louisville think its
provincInlisms comprise the proper
language, but 1t is the lingo of yOur
negro nurse. L cannot stand 1t. L
never want TO hear any more of it. II
Is my desire that our acquaintance
even should terminate with this in
tervlew."
And she sailed out of the room.
1 don't'suppose 1t is any use to spe-
culate upon the humilitating spec
tacle TO which lovely women may yet
be reduced by Fashion. 1 am convinc-
ed that their fate depends entirely up
pom the whims and caprices OF the
Fashion moDger of Paris The ladies
have never given us any evidence Of
desire to avoid the ridiculous and a6-
surd dictates offashion. On the contrary
the more absurd and ridiculous Fash
ion is, the more eagerly and implicitly
her devotees follow her. No consid-
erations of heat, or of cold, of propriety,
of affection, of comfort, or of anything
else, can divert them from the prevail
ing style. If the Grecian bend follows
the natural law of fashion, It will get
worse and worse, and IL will not be
long until we see our sweethearts with
their heads hanging down like bowling
tr-aa.sl -. .,--T
Mary Jane out OF its velvet case, and
that pretty casket Is now vacant. Her.
image, which was supposed to be en-
graved upon this beating heart, has
faded out, or is grown over with fat.
have determined never to marry q
woman with her back up. Others may
do as they please, but If ever do take
q wife, I shall take her as do my
Bourbon-straight. YUBA DAM.