Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-09-21

ASHTON IN THE CHURCH-Ihere Is =
dress question in which all Christian
congregations have a common interest.
and with regard to which we wish thew
might all unite to effect reform. 1t
has reference to the ordinary apparel
female apparel, especially-proper 10
wear at church. There was = time
when good taste demanded the use of
the plainest clothes in the sanctuary,
when the wealthiest were distinguished
for the conspicuous absence of personal
adornment, and sartorial display was
mark OF yulgarity 1t such time and
places. But nowadays in the congre-
CATION, on the Sabbath, rich and poor
alike seem on desperate Strain,the one
to make some faint approximation TO
the other III point of extravagant dis
play, and the other to demonstrate the
utter hopelessnes, of the attempt. 1t
would almost appear as if, whatever
might be thought Of the propriety OF a
modest garb in other places. the proper
costume for the house of God where.
theoretically. We al 20 to be reminded
of our common origin and deStinv.were
an agglomeration of all the .iewelry. and
all the chiguons, and all the panni,rs,
and all the feathers and turbelows in
ones wardrobe. The wearcr is 10 carry
all this piled agony to the sanctuary as
to 4 igir-aS ither eraud were not So
much to praise Is to be appla'Sed-and
there employ the sacred time in cnyiou.
comparison of her own mountain Of mil
linerv with the Himalaya triumphs Of
her ncighbor. Shall W, ever get back
10 the standard OF good taste and uhob-
truSiye pie,y in this : Win not all good
Christian people, especially those whose
weath and refinement make them the
proper and only cfiiricnt leaders in Sach
= rcform-will not the pulpit of every
church and of every sect unite in the ct-
fort to effect it
The following snot quite local,
still. rs every place has its girls, it may
be read Is local. though, perhaps, all
the views Of that boy are not strictly
correct:
WHAT \ EOr NNoWS ABOUT GIRLS.
Girls are the most uuacrountablcSt
things in the world-cNccpt women
Like the wicked flea, when you have
them they amt here. can cipher
clean over to improper fractions, and
the teacher SAYS / do it tir.;-ratc; but
cant cipher out 4 girl, and You cant
either The only rule in arithmetic that
hits their case is the doubleruleot three.
They are rs full of old Nick rs the
skin can hold, and they would die If
they couldn't torment somebody. When
they do try to be mean they are rs mean
as puscly, though they ain I rs mean Us
they let on, except sometimes, and then
they are a good deal mcancr The only
way to get along with girl when she
comes at You with her nonsense, is 70
give it to her tit for tat and that will
tummix her, and when YOU get girl
fummiNcd she j, as nice as a new pin.
\ girl can SOW more wild oats in day
than boy SOW IN year, but girls Get
their wild oats sowcd after awhile
which boys never DO, and then thcyset-
tie down as calm and placid as 4 mud
puddle.
But ike girls first rate, and | guess
the boys all do. | don't care how many
tricks they play on me-and they don t
care either. The hoity toityist girls
in the world can t always boil over ike
glass Of soda water. BY anG by they
will get into the traces with somebody
they like and pull as steady as an old
stage-horsc. That is the beauty Of them
So let them wave, say They will
pay for it some day. sewing on buttons
and trying to make decent man of the
fellow she has SpIiccd on to, and ten
chances to one il they don't get the
worst OF it"-L'rchnlge it,
We would like to hear from one or
more OF our charming and witty girls
about What girl' know about boys.
RoA>oNE CoMEGr-OrENING or
TWENTIETH SI,-roN.-Wc are pleased
10 chronicle the fact that the exercises
of the twentieth session Of Roanoke
College opened Yesterday under more
favorable auspices than any former ses-
sion of this excellent institution. Every
train brings fresh arrivals to the already
large attendance Of old and new stu
dents. Students were present ycstci day
l.