The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-29
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Is budding but % dieg
lefH9s GKEcI9N BEND"
.saGoh tbs fi f0fya55s tggisvilla
Col1Ier: Mary Jane has got it; that
fashionable GhAVattae of the spine,
called the Grecian bend" She caught
it at Saratoga, where SHE has been on
exhibition during thsSsseason. She
i lnDstvaishedg however, bringing with
i her several large trunks full of second
hand elothipgHi. s.s garments she has
worn once.
ng0As HNyaT Passing Ibg aAfFH5goPds
store on Fourth Street, Mary Jane was
coming out of the door. She pitched
forward at such rate that I thought
she was about to daIlinto my arms. I
held out those implements. of indus
try.4ecbrdlAglk She didn,f fall RArth
q cent. Regarding not the example
set by our,Arst parents, she maintained
her curyilinear FORM. and placing the
tip Of gloved fdrHefnger On my out
stretched plam, She said, in the fash.
u siaaeR17a iagab1ls dFaYl IF aGpFsed Fifth Ave
noodle. .bIBI Isq 81 u ,no$9oo
cav, Yubaw, is it you? Deloited.
She picked up that internal accent
ahd1hngua6K Saratoga alsd - ]
,r.., why, Jennie, dear, this is an pn-
expected p1easure'-(grabbing both
the little hands and rolling them up
together.) "I was not locking for
you for some weeks. You are ill. I
am SO sorry. Shall I assist yeu to your
carriage?" "a :, -
She looked something Ike the half
of parenthesis, but more like an in
.aIEEi9 9aRonp pbihG lRwaS ec9ftaiN Chat
she. had been eating unripe fruit and
= was suffering from cramp colfc, and
wondered why she didnsge homsand
take something. But she said:
tasfN eHsisswas ,te tta W. ih my poifS I
was faWced to leave that sweet place
fobecadse T. had absoIutely nothing to
.weaw."
UophgAto lReaH WH9, what
has become of all your clothes2 Did
you have 4 FIRE, 6rtdid you e4chahg
shthem for flower vases and plaster-of-
Parisstatdettes Of the appostels
4aaHPI4 asaHPI4Yr y stupid 4 had worn ALT at my
dresses once, and it's nawt the stoyle
t0oappeah iRogthe msamea appawral
.tMoiee." - ,>,..,a1
glad You come home, if you did come
almost naked and SO changed that it is
Difficult to9fealize that tits you. You
ARE emopg friends aoYs and + bepe
you win shortly recover your speech
and yoarqfgure. aoi nisdi 10. 5aH
She was MAD, and expressed fisaee herself
quite lHatpFallg laRd intel igsntlN ssfsl-
A6SSE s .ssYiJ@ sMssws..ossn HoOO /
Friends I suppose it is,ths., chief
duty q, SoRes la lfaSiensds. ensds. ,to, find faylt
hTyTiiHth with ope.,n5 declare 1 am tired of
friends, and of this little, .pSoyiincial
town where the, primitive manners
and styles Of the backweodss still ] pre-
vail. IF one goes for while into So
ciety abroad and returns somewhat
civilized, one is sure to incur the jeers
and zrfdfcuiea Of the Barbalr.isanns here.
Ge9d dG9fp9FgI Gmpofgipg bns sdfoTD /
I Tnever saw such change IN per-
son in few short weeks. When
parted with her .aat the sdepot a a few
weeks ago she was the very picture
sof hedl3R and the persohffeation of
physical beauty. ASheAwss natural and
unaffected, and as te4defiy AdeMonstra-
,tiSepaS she s&eE eofild be In crowd
composed OF pats.5dmitsas,S who; in
Sstsad 6F attending eteos oshis business and
baggage, thought it Was necessary to
see me and ] Mary t[aE 'Iane . safely deppsi-
ted one the trains vsEtt Wasn nyobelief
'sllas9tAS old gentleanaa was rafraia that
fw6dfd secrets myself Some where in
that car. I wishInew dlhadali Iluf a
bHEheseHeFgg with which M@9aJahe
attacked the dry goods conyneed me
that was wrong infmy5 green fruit
suppositien, qsHd thatshe a%asS esuGe9-
1hg from s5meathing beyond the reach
of, lpeRperpiRts VI hnatuTaaly fcoRslR-
,dei that u must be that TteflibleHdis-
ease k6eW2 as Aie spinal
brought on By carrying too heavy pan
ners and supporting long trains. I
forthwith diligently consulted all the
medical works which treated on That
ailment, andaccumulatedall the infor-
nation. on that subject I could, by
vague questioning, extract from the
'H6sdicaR profession. with u mind
atoredswitAUseful .kHOwleage and "a
heart overfowihg. with affection, 1
called to see the little sufferer with the
intention of rimparting to her q goodly
duaHE both ,, i,s 'm q, 9,F ,or saf asxas' .5so
sdsshe cameinto the parloF looking az
though she had been crimped with
curling Fongs.J . How ppisied herr A
few weeks before she WPs as straight
as an arrow, and natgRabsnaile played
about her rosebud mouth astead of
that constrained p1cks1 oE pain Gas 1
then supposedly
Chow do SAy you III" feel now, Jennie,
!deeERsII said in lmy mostsootliug
tones.
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