Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-03
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Two Dubuque girls are in Jail for
stealing shade trees, with which they
probably Intended to ornament their
new bonnets.
A Brooklyn girl, fashionable in her
tastes but poor In her Pocket, says she
never realized her necessities till she
got husband.
The girls are forming boat clubs in
various parts of the country. AT pres
ent they employ an experienced man
TO pull the stroke oar.
'It costs as much," says the Rev
Henry Morris, ''to launch a woman m
the sea of life in these times as it would
to fit out small schooner"
1t is estimated that over 2,00U toes
were frozen last winter in Minnesota,
because the ,girls wouldn't ask their
''fellows" in, but kept them standing
at the gate.
There are indications of some hard
feelings among the young students of
Shurtliff College, Illinois, over the res
olution of the Faculty admitting wom-
Ell to the institution.
Dlsraeli trusts that the wisdom of
Parliament will remove the anomaly
of eliminating the franchise from a
household of property qualification
when held by woman.
A young lady student of startling
genius EwhO stteuded RipOn College,
lately declined the Latin pronOun, hic,
in the following manner: "His, hec,
hoe, hug-us, hug-us, hug-Is."
In old times, an essential part of
brides outfit WAS sand for securing her
kitchen implements. Nowadays they
don't trouble about the sand; all that
is required from father is that he shall
"down with the dust"
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps says that
dress skirts shall be shortened from
four to six inches, that the BIASED waist
and corset shall give way to the plated
CAMP, that clothing shall be suspended
from the shoulders, &c. Then she has
a new issue: "Does either the essential
modesty of feminine nature or the
safety of society require drapery below
the knees?"
A strange and fearful creature, a
kind of moral WHAT'S it, has been dis
covered by the newspapers of New
Bedford. Beside this peculiar freak Of
nature even the giant of Cardiff and
the Fossil Man sink to paltry insignifi-
canoe. 'Tis woman-a woman who
has absolutely no curiosity! She is 73
years old, she dwells within five miles
of the City Hall and two of the rail-
road, and yet has never seen the cars,
and-O, degenerate daughter of Eve
she says she doesn't want to!
A receut New York letter says: ga
number of fashionable women have en-
tered into league against men who
part their hair in the middle-solemnly
asseverating that they will not have
any such in their train of admirers, or
ir their list of friends. Parting the hair
in the middle is a silly fashion; but il
men wish to be silly, they should have
the same privilege to be that women
have. The men, / suppose, will nov
meet in conclave, and declare that they
will not countenance the women who
wear chignons."
Miss Noye, of Buffalo, played the
intrepid heroine to the life in trying to
check pair of very badly frightened
horses who were running away with
her and three other ladies, the other
day, by bravely clinging to the reinS
and turning the animals squarely into
a convenient omnibus, which stopped
them. All this was glorious, but why,
oh why did the brave girl go and faint
as soon as gentleman helped her from
the carriage?