Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-14

Scarcely an inciieu ut OF delicate pAthos. quaint
humor, nay, even OF traeedyit.elf, in the novels
with some article OF dress. SO from Lady co Il
var, "slewly unclssping the Welded eagles OF
her belt" to Solomon IN all bis glory, runs the
pest details of daily life. Whist wonderful
threads OF human experience have been woven
about % trifing q thing IS shoe! from the
ciminutiye sliipe OF the csinty Cinisreiis 70
larger family of children than We are told could
well be accom- mcdatsd even there; from the
little rose-oolored bsby's shoe that the poor mo-
ther OF Notre Dame carried long years in her
bosom, to the red buskin with which Il is the
custom Of ryrian maidens 20 bind high the leg.
How could mother-love be more exQuisitey pic
tured than in the scene where Victor hugo
represents the POOR woman kissing raptursusly
the little pink shoes and the little feet 'splgs
roses encore OF her darhng3 "Elle hes
mettst dams les petIts souliers, les retirst, les
sdmiraR ct eat yoloaters passe 50 vie q
genoux Q chausser eft q dechauSser ces Pc
uts pteds-ls CONNIE ceux d hn Enfsnt Jesus"
And in the aw; ulness Of tragedy, what could 50
well prepare rs for the hdeous worst, a. % ind
in the muddy slope OF the wstsr-side, before
piercing the shudiering secrets OF the river, a
kid shoe that never was made on Yankee
last French manufacture. see how high the
instep isi there never Vas a woman trod evener
i'm her shoes than ZenObia.' Even the rough
Silss Foster is touched Al the little thing in his
hand, and hopes mo harm bas happened to the,
girl Nor in the world Of humor could the
artist afford to part with the opportunity 10
cGrlcatuTe the dress OF his victims, from poor
Ptgg0tty's buttons, by which little David Cop
peTheld thought he could ind the way home
along the road, 10 the modest ambition % "
WIS heart to pOesSSs a whole suit OF new
clothes at one line. chs black hat was brown
before lie could afford coat. his pantaloons
were white at the seams and knees before he
could buy pair Of boots, hts boots were worn
cut before he could treat himself 90 new pan
falcons, and by the tins he worked round
90 his hat again, that shining modern article
foOfed in an ancient ruin OF various periods"
Who would rot forgive swest Bella Wiltur tor
being such s"mercenary little wretch" when
II is the desire OF her heart 20 crafty her fathers
ambition? We all know some one who never
mendS her gloves, "because a hole NAV seem
the result OF accident, but q darn shows pre-
meditated poverty Would that our young
ladies would draw the logical Inference that a
dress innocent Of trimming, with screen folds
and Ungsrntshed hem, must be new; bat one
with rows of ruties, tucks and pufings may be,
snd probably II, trayed on the edges underneath.
have We not Mrs. Cratchit, "dressed out but
poorly in tvice-turned gown; but brave in
ribbons which are cheap and make q goodly
show for q siX-pence2" and Is she not assisted by
Miss Belinda Crstchit, "slso In brave ribbens?'
And o what loss to literature, IL We are to lose
all recollection OF a remarkable race that WAS 20
take place one pleasant afternoon round the
brim of certain small boys hat Never,
never, should we cease to regret it.-1lics n
Wellington, IA ChTistiun Il yistsr.