Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-14
SCHOOL COMPOSITION.

The following composition from Oue Of
the little misses of a city school was re-
ceived with no little applause for its vi
vacity and originality at the late exami-
nation. It is entitled, "A Shot at Pass
ing Follies," and came from the fair Oh
like a shaft from the culver of Cupid,
loneliness giving half its charm:
What are the follies of the present
day, and whittier shall my first arrow be
directed? Certainly not altogether at the
weaker sex for their very weakness is
their defense. FolIies are so. numerous
that were L to taxi a shot at each and
every one, your patience would be COM
pletely exhaUsed. For fear therefore your
time may be ~trespassed upon, 1 will take
the ~precaution in the outset to limit myself
to b use of acertain amount of ammuni-
ton. Follies are so engrafted on the
body fashionable that il is difficult to
single them out for a target. L pray him
1 shoot to pardon me if l infiict a mortal
wound, hoping that l will only cripple,
and while suffering, from its effects, he
will resolve TO avoid hereafter all follies.
1 10 not meal to be personal, but 'if the
cap fits any one, let them wear it," Then
my first arrow shall be aimed at the fol-
lies of dress-not only at the dress of the
''dear creatures" but also at the ''iOrds of
creation" who ave descended from their
pinnacle OF dignity n superiority and
have taken a conspicuous part in the fol-
lies of the era, and bestow upon their per-
sons valuable time in identifying them
selves and bringing into requisitiOn cos
metics which, if used by my own frail
sex in days past, would have been CEN
surable, the consequences of which is that
they become enamOred with them
selves and have a self-satisfed air
about them which, instead OF re-
commencing them, makes one feel
commisseration on their account.
Young men, don't primp so much; eulti-
tivate your intellect and not your mus
tache. Ohi ye gents with your "Shoo-
fly" cravsts large enough to make a sail
for a ten ton schooner, and those sweet.
dear coats (they used to be called jackets).
Surely the cloth manufactures of the
world must be running on short time, and
scarce, as other arments are
made very scant also.
l must now, however, as l am COM
to extreme brevity, take a shoA at
he " Goddesses of Furbelows." BehbId
pannler and Grecian Bend!'' rye
gods and little fshes!" A camel, could 1
ne but see them, would hide his head with
bread basket. The hats, not long
ince, consisted of three straws, a bunch
II flowers n some strong strings 10 pre-
rent the vino from blowing them
which would have been looked
by "a grand-mothers with such a
of establishment as to lead them
o conclude that they were borrowed from |,
ONE nation of pigmfes. But now they
re worn with such lofty crowns that
hey tend to lead us heavenward. 1t is
n record that a certain gentleman visited
certain city, and purchased for his wife
hat Ia term now used for what was once
nown as bonnet) and placed it in his
ocket book. When he reached home, it
ad become mixed up with his fractional
1rrency, and was somewhat troublesome
} ind, but after diiigent search he was
lccesstul, and on presenting it to his
life she was in perfect e~cstacieS over it,
nd exclaimed, my dear hubby, the
cry thing! What a love of a bonnet;
he very latest fashiOni An exact
Iunterpart of the hat which a lady friend
I mine, whom / know in France, wears.
-er name, l believe, is Mrs. Eugenia Ma
Oleon; her husband is named MIR. NapO-
any how, and 1 think he is an office
older in France; but I know one thing.
> moves in the society of the first fami- ]
es in Paris, where / received my finish {
touch" And the hair, OH the hair,
It'll layer upon layer, as plaits, f~rizzes, !
iris n pulls, appear and stand aWaV '
each ear. 1t is a heavy burden to {
ear, but is handled with care, as plenty :
water, but much more dear, one water
II, almost a pair, with it nothing can '
mpare, not even a bear, and we have a
ason to fear, the head may be turned t
o much to the rear. No two exactly $
but then, variety is the spice Of {
p" and it is wonderful to behold beauty /
so many different aspects. c
wad some pow'r the giftie gle us, e
70 see oursels as ithers see ds! ?
1t wad frae ionic a blunder free us, v
And foolish notion" a