, 1870-06-12
FANelES AND FASHIONS.
4 YefItable Chicago Girl Of the
Period.
A Bath.

a BaLQ.
Hats, Bsaaets, Dress Geods+ Silks, Itnsn
Busters, Csrs+ts, Caae-Parasob, Gsves,
Beot-Heels, and Powder.
A friend recently directed my attention to
what abe was pleased to call the "hoydenieh
ways" Of q young lady who ia noted On our
thoroughfares for hez beauty and Bprightl-
ness, and Ut home for her innocence md
p|eaaing good nature, allied to fondnesa for
! al kinda Of adventurous boyish sports. I
| watched her closely On thus being reminded of
her presence, and noticed that she Was rather
oyerireseed, . fault, doubtless, of some pre-
siding power; that abe wore rings and bruce
let's On i shapely white srm; that her Huaall
! boots; and out Of MASS Of drapery and arti-
ficial restriction, nature Tss constantly bub-
bling over.
For she did the most unheard-of things in
| the few moments that watched hcr--went
down on her kneea to help forlorn child find
fvo cents with Which ahe was required TO pur-
chase yeast; posed herself before a head Of
Beatrice, in picture window, and never no.
ticed the "nico young man" within staring at
her; stood on one foot on tho corner aud
cheered two dogs engaged in mortal COM
bat gave penny to an urchin
who made faces at her; tied up an un1avelled
old woman who had lost her way; looked back
and laughed at the vagaries Of a drunken man,
who imagined himself particularly sober;
whistled three bars OF Shoe Fly under her
breath, in response to 8 boyish alley-gator !;
laughed in the face Of an insipid young MAI,
with blonde features, and then ignored him
with glancc OF contempt; then suddenly
changed into very proper lackndaisacal yonng
lady, as her aunt's carriage came in sight Do
you know it seemed to me that girl felt, at
every step, that too much civilization was
curne7
Arropos OF this, was at q chi1dren's party,
not great while ago, in the character OF the
ogre at the fe.st: that IT, I holped the 1nAn1nas
in inspiring sufficient awe to keep the boys
from sliding down tho bannisteGs aud racing
the chairs iu double tandem. There was one
young gentleman Of Il, in white vest, patont
feathers, and immaculate kids, who did really
behave like grosn-up gentleman, aud kept
hia gloves on, instead Of rolling thom up like q
ball and examining them into his pocket. After
while We mtssed hi1n, however, aud where 90
you thlnk re found him In the basement;
playing Keeps with Peter, the eolored boy!
There's nature and democracy for you.
Now never in INF Life wanted to wear the
garments Of the sterner sex. I waa always
satisfied with ihe dress which custom had dc
tated Tor NC before was born, and bloomers
and monGfel apparel OF any sort had no tasel-
nation Tor mo. But rather Like tho inde-
pendence OF motion which the cravattcd poE-
| tion OF creation enjoys. like to see them go
round cotness with thc11 hands II their pock-
cts, arms at right angles, and hats On the
| backs OF their beads. like to see them wear
No. IL on their tect, without blush For the
the mlnclng tip-toe steps that pctt!coats shield.
Not to care WHO is looking At you, wear THAT
you please. and walk to suit yourself, requires
more enterprise OF spirit thnn to mako
| balloon aEcension On the Fourth Of July.
Dld you eve. take Turkish bath have,
| md it il one OF the experiences Of this mum
dane sphere which I would not have missed
| for considerable; next to being blown up in .
steamboat excursion, or frightened to death by
| an earthquake, commend NE to a Turkish bath.
| entered the building whore the mystery Was
| enacted, with solemn and interesting feeling
| that WAS going to my doom. There we're
| two Of III, and we spoke in whispers, as befit-
ted people who were going they knew not
where, to do thoy knew not what We fol-
| loved cur guide, whose cheerfu1ness had in it
something ghaAtly, to Subterranean Depths
where our yaiuables were taken from US and
locked up with copy Of our last will aud tes-
farewell, and wcro uBhered separately into
E.nall stalls, destitute OF furniture: one white
| dcnth1y-cold sheet WAS here served to u.s. and
| sotu we made our appearance in the ante