The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-10-20
QUAKER OUIRKS.

months IN large town, the name q
| which as this sketch is more than hal
true-I had better keep to myself
II While there, contracted an intiniat,
4 Friendship with an outwardly prim but in
wardly fun-loying and charming woman
of the Quaker persuasion, and deludeG
her into many condolences concerning heI
people. 0TiGl 90
Oh what darling she was !IRer wick
edly bright eyes were always sweetly
cast down and overshadowed by the reg.
ulation drabI bonnet. The fun that was
in her received piquant, irresisrable fla.
vor, from its solemn peppering of 81 thee =
and thou e IN her utterance and, ex
cept by her own family, her people were
completely taken in. by the sanity gravil
ty of her Madonna like face.99 ia n gga
Thus, when / knew her, she was an ex-
emplary member of the Society. It. was
event. born in" upon the minds of some
of the older Friends that some day Lydia
Underhill would have "a Neaching Gift
equal unto Abigil Shotie, the then great
gun feminine of the meetings. vpor.'7 itf
| But Lydia fell from grace, and went
over to the camp of the alien % Sharp
lpricking circumstance force me to confess,
lIthatathe flesh and the devil, as represent
fed in my person, led to this downfall
acknowledge that did take a vicious de-
light in displaying before her longing,
admlrlng eyes, the exquisite worldly APP
parel which had ordered trome Paris
and it proved beyond the power of the
feminine heart to withstand. f
Her particular fall consisted of lovely
round hat, with teather7tips of a. rich
deep PURPLE The tips rested against the
crimped hair, which Lydia crimped ,ex.
| pressly, with an effect, fresh, crushy, such
as only French modiste can give. an
told that it is Sitting upon a hat that doe.
it; but it is very high art also, and ]
would not recommend the experiment 3tt
one less accomplished waH .33toah sgs
/ OF course, a, costume of purple silk ano
velvet accompanied the hat; and though
some foolish, ignorant man-poet wrote
that Beauty unadorned is adorned
the most" he only showed his fhorriblt
i ignorance; for Lydia's beauty grew daz
zling and dangerous i'll this exquisite
French setting. ~ gau 81 t}I4
For just wearing these simple things
Lydia Underhill was formally "read ou
OF meeting" with signing and sorrow
ing of the good old broadbrim who die
it, which would have done honor to fal
graver offence; and Immediately she be
came by a sort of mysterious paradoxica
sequence, q high-church Episcopalian
Quakers invariably fall high church Epis
Ecopalians will not some Delinquent
friend kindly explain and expound the
why and the wherefore #oa s
But long before this happened, LYdis
and | spent many a pleasant hour togeth
Ter With unselfsh sweetness, or perhap.
because of innate depravity, she gave M,
plenty of opportunities for gratifying m,
uncivll propensity of watching for contra
dictory or startling points of characte
among her people. soon learned tina
not few of the grave, undemonstrativ,
Friends were kecnly alive to Joke
There was Lydia's father, quiet, stern
Hooking man. He would sometimes ute
a remark, ponderous, sombre, the muscle
Of his face immovable, and Slowly teter
ling on his toes and heels as he spoke.
! Inthe depths OF my literal soul woult
observe, 1t is getting truly solemn,
when catching an almost imperceptibl
twinkle in the steely blue eyes beneath
the broadbrim, suddenly an intense flasl
of fun would burst from under the solemn
remark; and, except the speaker w
would all be convulsed with laughter.
4 One day asked Lydia if she could ge
me an invitation to one Of her mother
tea parties. Itwas then quarterly meet
ing. At quarterly meeting Friends gath
3 er together in this wise: A Friend, sa,
from York, comes from Bristol with al
his family and their boxes He has tn
right to knock at the door of any Friend
mansion, aud, when it is opened to him
he proceeds to announce to the maste
thereof: y"My name is Ezra What i
thy name?" 3s oi-iaa "a -
my name is Reuben lal II
"Thee is welcome, Ezra y; and straight
81 way the Kettle is put on, and milk anC
honey flow, for Quakers know what /
good for the inner man; and, perhaps i
!, should be accepted as consistent part o
their belief, that they put out of sigh
with such commendablep haste the ricl
brown of the roasted turkey, the glowing
crimson of the cranberry sauce, and TIL
delicate gold of custards and cake.
\ While quarterly meeting lasts, extri
servants are hired, extra beds put up
and the ability of mistress and manson
is taxed to the utmost to provide gener
Gus fare, with the cordial welcome alway
offered na3n
I had heard that these tea parties werl
miracles Of good eating. am very font
of good eating but said to Lydia, g
have a concern as you call it, to 90 tt
one of these very improving and desirable
companies. It has nothing whatever t.
do with the fesh-pots of Egypt; so don't
be satirical, but get your mother to invite
me-"
thee knows how glad mother would