Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-10-29
The Horrible Chignon.

. VI lasIlIOn IulRnl DC C3llcu marry ull'eH-
mum. The other day We saw wonder
"a young lady who wore her own hsir
only. There was not very much OF II.
but how beautiful! and natural II looked,
and how different from those monsuOus
and Sbouinable bags Of juie, those iR-
| possible switches, those bundles Of tam
gled wool, which now dis6gure nearly
every woman IN tovn. To look Of these
gigantic deformnles. which DO not even
pretend 10 be natural, is 10 think OF per.
spiralion, trichiua, rope.ysrde, dirt and
detsstatle taste. They dIsfgure the en-.
tire head of the 2reIiiesi OF young ladies'.
Sometimes the vanity ol The wearer leads
10 amusing results. We recently saw q
lady who.e brad or front had been
dlssrrsDged by wind. and displayed 8
forehead as bald IS BIsmsrck's, while
behind. her luxurianI uesses were bound
up in bundle like a coffee bag. II is
geIung 10 be common 10 see decided di-
! ierences in The colors OF the real and The
false hair.
But our ladies' DO no, seem 10 mind
these sbsurJiles. They have ceased TO-
! pretend that Ibe chignons are boz lhe nat
ursl locks OF their pretty little heads, and
openly discuss the price OF hemp and
| wool. We wish even these who buy
/ real bsir, cut from the dead or bought
/ from The living, would reflect upon the
words OF clergy man who asked one OF
! his fair issbionsble sheep II she had ever
I thought that she might be wearing Ihe
hair OF a woman whose soul might be
elsewhere The question was severe,
bnt suggestive. Ii would not however
apply 10 the majoriiy of American wo-
men; they DO not wear natural hair, and
I are obliged 10 stick on the back OF their
heads substances done up IN ntts, that re.
semble hair sboui as much as a scrubbing
brush does. The time may come dH hen
American women will not sacrifice beau
; ry, taste, and What may be called the hon.
esly Of personal appearance, TO lhe lyran.
ry Of barbarian and ugly fashion. But
it will never come Til they have as much
regard for the inside of their precious
heads as Ihey aow have for their outside.
EULoGY OF Gen. WADE HAMrroN on
GEN. LEE.-A Few days ago, at public
meeting held 10 Colombia, S c., Gen.
Wade Hampton delivered veIy impress
sive eulogy on the desIh Of Gen. Robert
Z. Lee, concluding as lolows
Nov that lie is fallen, may mention
what have never spoken Of before, to
show you not only Whist were The feelings
that scIuaed him in the duty 10 which
his beloved counlrymen called him, bul
what noble sentiments inspired bin, when
he ssw the cause Tor which he had been
fighting so long about TO perish. Just
before the surrender. after a night devoted
TO ihe most srdous dulies, as one Of his
staff came IN 10 see HIM IN the morning,
he IoUnG him worn and weary and dis
heaItened, and The General said TO him,
How ecsy | could gel rid Of this and be
at rest. have onl y TO ride song The
line, and oil Will be over. Bot said he
and there spoks the Christian patriot
II is our duty TO Hue, for what will be-
come Of The omen and chIdIen Of the
( South If we are moi here TO protect them'
That same spirit Of duty which had sc,u-
sed him through all the perIIs and oil
The hsrdships OF that unequal conflict,
which he had waged so he1oicall ly-thsi
same high spirit Of duty told him that he
must live to show lha. he wa, great
greater. II that were possible, in peace
than in war; live 10 teach the people
whom he had before led to victory how
to bear defeat; live 10 show what a great
and good nan can accomplish; live 10 SCI,
! an example to his people for sl time (;
live to bear. If nothing else, his share Of
! tie s, Irows. and The affections. and the
troubles which bad come upon hi. pco.
I pie. lie is now at rest; and surely We Of
the South can cay of him. as We say Of
his great exemplsr, the Father OF hi,
County, thai he was first in war. first
in peace. and first in the hearts Of his
cOuntrymen.