Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-23
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We have sPshi some m0niAs IL
neighb0fh00d - famed for ia
lsnds, ape beauty that il MAS, u lh'
( time, visited hy hundreds of slrsn
gers, Notwithstanding the fact
shat theirs were the mos. inYiliRg
groves, Fsvine. snd mountains on
all sides, far sni near, thai the TEN
peFs,nFc VAS generally sgrresbly
coal, aud the walks in several di-
F.elions not At al dirirnli. il was
rare t0 meet women On fa0t mile
away from tho hoaso at which they
were stsylns, rare In meet them
0ai Of d0ors at all dressed slher,
wise than IS fir church or = shop
pins expedition. Ia their driving
snd .silihg il wAs obviously the So
olsl opportunity, not the scenery,
ths, was soughi, A fOurr In the
grass, a buneh OF ssh-key,, = birch
trank, the bark ssggeslins the ma,
siHg Of house ornament, the most
common place objects thus ssS0ois-
ted with in donr life, would At once
take, and completely withhold VI,
lcnlion from the finest view. To
hae3 bcen once upon y certain roah,
or to = certain point, was reason
for not going there Egain We have
.oen nj o recently, seven ear load,
of people wait At The Suspension
bridge, for half an hour. of = fne
autumn afternoon, but two Of the
whole npmher, those men, taking
the ,ronble 10 step the length of the
train Shcsd; ins,cad OF the gloom
Of the station House, there wns II
view that would ftpay 4 voyage
across the Atlantic. 10 be sure The
greater number had beer over the
road, and had sssn II from tho car
windows us they had passed the
bridge, not one in n hundred Of the
women who can command n carri
age in the park has ever boon in
the ramblc, not ono in u thou.and
has cared TO walk il twice. This
lack of interest in nature ia not of.
ten found in Europe. cSccp, in tho
lowest peasantry. The vulgGrcst
English woman makes at least an
attempt to appear superior TO it,
and they cansot do this without
bcncftting their children At plI.
ces of resort in Great Britain and
Germany which may be compared
with that We have referred TO. go
whore we would, within good
halfdsy's walk, we have always
found scores Of women and girls,
many Of them showing by thcii' at.
titude and occupation that they
were not only enjoying but study
ing nature with carncstness and
doIiberation. If there is such de-
feet, and it is growing upon US, how
is il To- be accounted for? We are
inclined to think that the too cx-
elusive indoor life, with intervals
or church, lecture room and street,
to which the better part of our wo-
men have been hitherto fed, tends
to dialualily thcm for observing tru-
ly, and consequently for enjoying
the beauties Of nature on q Urge
scale. With constant training Of
his faculties, no artist fools that he
can appreciate or fully enjoy land.
scape the first time or the first hour
that he looks at it.
Our American homes are, in some
respects, the best for women in the
world, but they die far from fault.
less, and they do not in all respects
cdmpare favorably, class for class,
with those of the old country; and
the weakest point of our rural and
suburban homes is their lack ofopcn
air, fhmiy apartments, adapted to
tho climate and other conditions Of
our country-pieccs Of ground de-
signJd not so much. to form pretty
pictures from the windows and thus
add to our wall decorations, or from
the street, and thus add to our cheap
and snowy house fronts, but to be
enjoyed from their own interior; TO
be occupied and lived in rs an in
tcrnal part Of the house as the
Sroiinds of old country homes so
much moro commonly are.
A distinguished ex Govefnor of
Ohio, famous for story telling, re.
lates that on one occasion, while
addressing a temperance meeting
ut Georgetown, d. c., and depict
ing the misery caused from indulg-
ing too frequently in the flowing
bowl his attention was attracted
to the sobs of a disconsolato indi-
vidual in the rear part of the room.
On going to the person and interro-
eating him, he was told the usual
tale of wee; among other and sad
incidents which ACQUIRED during
the time. he had buried three wives
The Governor, having buried few
wives ofhis own, sympathized deep
ly with the incbri;tc, and consolcd
him rs much rs was in bis power.
Said he: 1.-The Lord has indeed af
fictcd you "Yes, ycs, lie has.
and pansihg d iiioment and wiping
his nose he continued But the
Lord didn't get much a head of me,
for as fast as he took one away
took another
There Must be some subtle rela
ton between matrimonial rows and
and the art of clocution. Else,
wherefore do so many ladies, whose
regulations have been reriumed
with amatory scandal, feel called
upon to give public readings2 Mrs.
YelvertOn read-and she was type |
of a numerous class. Mrs Biglow
Tayloy Montgomery was very late
ly anncunced for the rostnm. And
now We hear Of Mrs. Adelaide Good 7.
rich swhosc naiqc has becn so
long before the public connected .
with the Divorce Court, and who
is engaged in giving a series Of dra
matte readings and costume rceitals.'