Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-23
Ga6ies Column.

THE KANGAROO DRoOP. 1.-The
kangaroo drOop," ''nOw fashiona-
bic" is thus defined in New York
letter: ITO make the thing perfect, a
glove with three or four buttons is Sc
| lected, so that the wrist may be as long
and as small as possible. The wrist OF
| the left hand and also that of the right
| hand, if it is not engaged with an AL
pine parasol, is brought close to the
| breast, and then the hand is permit
ted to fall palm downward, as if all
| muscular action was lost. This is the
present attitude OF locomOtiOn by the
descendants Of the kangaroo, and it
suggests the loveliest helplcssneSs i'm
aginable, besides proving respectful
ness to the deceased progenitor."
THE BRIDE.-She quits home, her
parents, her companions, her occupa-
tiOns, her amusemcnts-everything On
which she has hitherto depended for
comfort, for affection, for kindness, for
pleasure The parents by whose ad-
vice she has been guided, the sister 10
whom she has dared impart every EN-
bryo thought and feeling, the brother
who has played with her, by turns
the counsellor and counselled, and the
younger children to whom she has
hitherto been the mother aud the
playmate-all are to be fursaken at one
fell stroke; every former tie is loosen
ed, the spring of every hope and ac-
ton is to be changed, and yet she flies
with Joy into the untrodden path be-
fore her. BuOyed up by the conf
dence of requitted love, she bids fond
and grateful adieu to the life that is
past. and turns with excited hopes
and Joyous anticipatiOns of the happi-
ness to come Then woe to the man
who can blight such fair hopes, who
can, coward like. break the illusions
that have won her, and destroy the
confidence which love had inspired.
WHAT WOMEN EAT-It is popular
that women eat nothing. 1t Is Of
course conceded that they sustain life
by the consumption of some article OF
nourishment; but eating,iu the whole
acceptance of the word. Is supposed to
be foreign to female nature. This fall
lacy is founded and sustained by wO-
men themselves, who, during the af-
fected period of their lives, cultivate
small appetites as being Ofsemi-angelic
construction. When this perniciOus
| nonsense is conscientiOusly carried out
the results upon the wOuld-be angels
are squalOr, red noses, certain loss OF
vigor, general limpidmess, and some
"Other" unpleasant Consequences
but AS a rule. the smallest appetltes at
the fashionable tables are exhibited by
those shrewd girls whose natural aud
healthy wants have been thoroughly
appeased by secret stutling. Need we
refer our readers To the historical poem
concerning ViOlante in the pantry,
gnawirg of a mutton bone, remind
ing them how she gnawed it, how she
clawed it, when she found herself
alone.
All this is a direct deceit, however,
practised upon unsOphisticated old
bachelors, who, when they have made
the dainty creatures theirs, find out
by the butchers book, an ocular proof,
what sturdy trencher-wOmen they
have married. Watch a healthy girl
at supper, during the intervals of dane
ing: she consumes by installments
four times as much as her partner,
and is. none the worse for it. Our eX-
perienee tells us that women eat, in
proportion to their weight, as much as
men. and are no more fariCs in this res
pect than in the matter OF weight
1pDleton'S Journal.
To BEAUTIFY THE TEETH.-Dis-
solve two ounces of boraX III three
pints of boiling water, and before it Is
cold add one teaspoOnful of the spirits
of camphor, and bottle for use. A ta-
blespoonful of this mixture. mixed
with an equal qHnntity OF tepid water,
and applied daily with soft brush,
preserves and beauties the teeth, ex-
tirpates all tarIarous adhesion. arrests
decay, induces healthy actions of the
gums, and makes the teeth pearly
" hite.
IRONING SHIRT FIR ,HTs.-A sub
scriber of the New York tribune re-
ceives this information from the edi-
tor:- -4rr fTS ~r - -r.v~
= we have just been tlpough first
class laundry and can tell her all about
il. The starch is made M the'usHai
manner; to Pailful Of starch whole
sperm candle is added. When the
linen is dry, il is tlippeein- thin cold
starch andiFOnetf ib the ordinary way.
Then il is dampened with wet cloth
and the polishing iron passed over 1t.
This is an ordinary smoothing iron,
ground off 50 that the edges are all
rounding. To this last manipulation
the linen is indebted for the peculiar
laundry gloss which we all admire so
much. bar which MANY hsuse-keepers
have vainly striven to leave upon the
wristbands and besoms of their bus
bands shirts.