Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-24

Terms. So per annum. Address as above.
TIE CHrIpRES's HoUR: Magazine for the Little
Ones +: 3 Arthur Son. sos and sli Chestnut
street. Philadelphia.
their promptness in sending this chief OF
children's magazines. The February mum
Der is rich in interesting stories, as we'll as
in pictures that canuot fail to please the
little ones.5 1t costs but $1.25 per annum,
and should be in the hands of every chilli
in the city.
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FAsHIoNABLE SUIc1DEs.-The veritable
wasp-like waists of our great grand-motb
ers are no longer considered chiefest among
feminine attractions, but neither has the
classic form of the Medici Venus become
the accepted Standard. Steel and whale
bone stifl clasp, all to tightly we must fain
believe, the trim figures which promenade
our streets and whirl through our BALL
rooms. The waist no longer needs to ad-
NIT the span of the lovers hands, but fash
ion still claims that it must be slighter than
nature demands. Embonpoint here asserts
it claims,and resists the encroachment. The
young weman-who dropped dead in the
streets of New York few days since, had
called in the aid of two friends to grid her
superabundant form. Their united strength
had sufficed to satisfy fashion, but nature
satisfied itself by death. Like the other un-
| fortunate, who burst q a1blood-vessel while
drawfngher stays by a lacing attached to
hook in the wall, she erred not SO much
In, yielding to universal. custom as in
yielding too far. One line will not meas,
ure all feminine waists, any more than one
boot will fit every fairy foot. The precise
limit to the encroachment of fashion upon
nature, consistent with life, varies in each
individual case. Miss Tours made a wrong
calculation, and paid the penalty of her er-
ror. Better to give the preference to
classic dowdin ess- chan to fashionable sui
eide. -, -,
Poor READING.-All printers and edi-'
tors, says the St.Louis Dispatch, will appre-
ciate the, following remarks on this subject
If the readers of newspapers understood
one-half of the difficulties in procuring
accuracy. instead of wondering and scold-
ing at mistakes, they would be surprised
that there are not more. How few readers,
appreciate the services of proof-reader!,
He is one of the most important agents to,
the production of a correct literature. and
one of whom no reader seems to think
His is the most thankless of all the employ
metns among men. Let him bring out a
paper without fault for weeks and weeks
in succession, and nobody thinks of him.
But let him allow an error to go incorrect
el, and Immediately he is known to be CEN,
sured. He has no thanks for his laborious
patience, but blame if he is not faultless.
He is certain of one or two things-forget-
fulness or censure. .gs 81 ,,'. tsig.7s,,,.
DAN. SHELBY's BENEFIT To 1aHr.-Dan.
Shelby, whose wit and repartee as send
man." in the minstrel portion of the enter
tainment at the State Street Theater, have
"kept the tcompanyin 'roar,n since the
opening of that, establishment under its
present management, takes a benefit to-
night 1t should be big one. In addi-
ton to the great ability and talent of Dan.
| himself, he has procured the additional at
traction of Gerge D. Lewis and his trained
dogs, and tull corps of champion clog
dancers, who will contest for tile palm sof
supprtofity.. Among these is little Eddie
Egan, only six years old, who, we assert
without fear Of contradiction, has no equal,
either as g. dancer or humorist, of his age
in the world. He is wonderful little fell
1 low. Let all who love a f1rst-class variety
! entertainment go to the State Street Thea
ter Tonight, and fill the house on the occa-
sion of Dan. Shelby's benefit.
/ PROF. SwING,s LECTURE LAST NiGHr.-
4 TneIe was a large attendance on Prot.
| Swings lecture at the First PRESBYTERIAN
Church last night, considering the most
disagreeable walking. Prof. Swing will
never succeed as lecturer. He lacks two
great ele ments of success-appearance and
delivery. q When excited with his theme he
looked as if he were crying. His delivery
is simply abominable. A regular sing
song sort of thing, of the, order of archi-
4 lecture about q. as musical as filing
i q handsaw. His lecture is able. scholarly,
well written, but to ask one to endure it be-
/ cause of these redeeming traits, would be
as if one were to array the most beautiful
OF creation in filthy rags, and say, admire
the beauty while you despise the attire.
There is too much chaff for so little wheat.
While we cannot expect all lecturers to be
I orators, we can demand that the food pre-
pared for un shall be properly cooked if it
does lack kornamentation.i fa7io5teis rioia l.
| THE MAENNERcHoR REUNION. - From
pure force of circumstance we were pre-
i vented from noticing the reunion of the
/ H,,c Moo ,b<v n,
! Naughten Hall on Thursday night, in yes
terday's issue. We are sorry it was so, for
the occasion was most pleasant and agree
able one and gave the highest satisfaction
4 to those who were present. In the hall were
spread two tables, reaching its entire length,
! on which were spread all manner of deli
cacies, everything that could tempt the eye
or the appetite, and which the assembled
company discussed with infinite RELISH
Before partaking of the repast, the Man.
nerchoir and the DeBeriot club favored
their guest with such vocal and instrumen.
: tai music as they alone can produce. s=ee
The supper over, the hall was cleared and
flying feet chased the happy hours in the
4 dizzy mazes of the dance, to the deliciou:
! music of the DeBeriot club. In all thei
e merriment and happiness, those on whom
: fortunes frown had fallen were not forgot
: ten, but the children at the Orphans Hom'
e were made as happy as the donors in th'
n1 receipt of large quantity of provisions
$ May the good they do return to them
2 thousand fold. ,-.,'.-l s-'1
I, ANOTHER RoBBERY.-The store of Sau
e n 1T
again entered by burglars on Monda.
Il rohhod of two