The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-12-01
LADIES COLUMN.

Let parents educate their daughters
as thoroughly as they DO their Sous,
placing before them the means osearn-
ing an independence if need be. aud
the world would be the better for il.
The first and most important fea-
ture ia garment cutting is TO learn the
principles involved. Until this il un-
derstoOd there can be np certain sue.
cess. When the cause Of defect is
known the remedy is easily applied.
Many ladies have ruined the shape
OF their ears by wearing heavy, mas
sive earring, which not oniy spoil
the shape OF the ear by el0nQaiiDK it,
but also produce headache aud pains
In the face.
How many women, comparatively
( speaking, are capable Of tas iug care Ui
/ themselves, Of making their own
homes, aud Of obtaining pOsition
I III toe world, independent Of meu7
High-hee!ed and narro@-tOed boots
destroy the shape of the t0e-, destroy
the counter Of the ankle, aud spoil the
walk. Slippers retain q sr popularity
Tor the h0use-Sptpe even Of ths~s
have very high heels and pointed toes,
while they are cut low In front.
It is related OF eelsbrs.tsd English
actress reduced by mi-f .rtuus tp Inii-
gent CircUm stances, tnat wheu GlOO
was raised by q benefit fpr her reG-f.
she Immediately spent $50 for shell
head dress.
Large rOsettes and fJncy stitching
on ladies' shoes are voted vu'gzs-the
plain buttOUed gait-T being the mark
Of gentility just nov, and very guod
one. it il. Maria An,iDustIe slippers
FOR street Use have also been abSaOOn-
ed to the ClcLli-mOnde.
Among the American song birds
now testing their thTuat- AZ Florence,
with view TO opera in his C.OuutTy,
are the Misses Cranef Oi Boston, Siar-
cinnati.
y lady teacher in an Iowa school
msde boy stand up and show how
he kissed the big girls in the wood
shed, in hopes that he V0u' q shed tesrs
and promise To DO 81 DO more Ali
the EOys are leaving the other schools
now and going 10 this lady teacher.
The St. Louis girls were 80 tsdly
by the experience IF their
number who dislocated D. er neck whi Q
resisting q Kiss, thaC now they hold
their lips IN the sOftest snd most eOm-
Portable position Whenever they zee
man anywhere near.
An old IL ~ walking with her two
grown dEughtersUH moonlight night,
displayed her kHOwi7,ige OF astrUnO-
my by pointing heaven ward ANA ex-
c aiming: "OI, my dear, do look az
rGem beautiful stars, jumpers aud
March"
Girls who are properly educated,
who are early taught tine useful le>srns
Of seif-Tel.auee, who have placed bsfsrs
hem a higO standard ot ex,,-ll-ncs 70
attain, will never stOnp Ia % dOiis f1r
display OF the latest fashions, the but
.erfies of life, gaudy but worthless,
Jut will become sbeT earnest wO-
men. who are firiei 10 work out the
high mission entrusted 10 tnsn.
There is a Virginia girl in W, oUihg
whose aged parents UefJrs the War
we're worth q quarter Of million of
iOllars. Peace betweee the sections
brought nothing but poverty t1 the Oid
people, and fIr the last three years
heir noble daughter has kept them
rom actual want by working cut
among the farmers by the day. Dur
ng the last harvest she made SIS
week in the field. She has a tTue
southern spirit, aud will not accept a
cent OF charity from anybody.
New York women suTpass in folly
ind extravaganza the women Of every
,ther city Ia the world. They are
Gst supplying themselves with hand-
leTchieis which 60 [ their poor dey4s
y fathers, and husbands from 500 20
800 a piece. Tue Tribune asserts that
New York merchants have uO diff
.ulty in CispO,lng of what even Paris
md LONDON tlzdesmeu can't tinu pur-
.hasers for.
a poor woman, whose husband died
eceutIy, WnuSe business and h,,me
rave been burned out, who has four
hiidren to support. and whe has q
8, 600 policy III The Republican IusuT-
iuce COuPaEy, OF C;-icago, tsb Cii cav
red but = small potion of her losses,
as been offered the Uaguanimuus
um of $3.50 by the bOuuran.e officers
f this Largest iusUTa CT company Ill
ne NOTthv e-t and safest in the cUun-
~" This widow has 10 ueney TO
mplOy a lawyer, and asks city
OuTnSl what she shall d.. The eun-
ndrum Is u hard one, but We scuid
uggest, as tenn p0FaFy shit, ID ~ sDe
mould take au zble-bIdiei man, and
hat be should take club, aud then
o to the officers II thisc mpaUy again
nd see if they can't GO bzJIer.-L Chi
ago Times.