National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-14

Ind many Of them Induced to become perma-
nent residents, BY the beauty and elegance OF
The entire road. from New York TO New Or
leans, will be equipped In the most superior
style, ibsuring speed, comfort and safety.
line between New York and this city the two
magnificent Pullman cars manufactured for the
Vienna exposition.
Lachrymals vs.. Observation-Disclosures
] had been standing on The steps Of
Stewards" Tenth street, while perfect
Red sea OF stcp-kceplng regimentals passed
by, and then and there my pocket was re-
Iieved OF my very best laced and embroidered
Now, apocket-handkerchief Is but
A vulgar appendagc to the dress, suggesting
the uncannie need thereof, so broadly spoken
out by Othello, and which must have been
unpleasant to Desdcmona In more ways than
one. .. So
This loss set me q thinking, till the COM
mon designation grew quite repulsive to me,
aud cast about for q substitute. Mouchoir
will not do--it Is only Frcnchifying the same
thing. All at once 1t flashed upon me like a
revelation lachrymals! IL not tho word an
classical? .suggestlvc2 Docs
II not soften and elevate q common ideai
Docs Il not carry the thought over and be-
yond the volcanic region OF tho nose up to
The beautiful stars in the heaven Of the hui
man face, where sits enthroned the language
Of the soul7 Does II not open the world OF
tender romance to the mind, where the smile
Ia lust within the boundary line Of tears2
Moonlight, and balconies, and fair damoseis,
and manly lovers, awake at the sound. Ships
sail out on summer seas, and return no more.
Fond wives, aud noble men, and still lips,
and marble browsl Margery pulls the daisies,
and whispers, ale loves" drops leaf, and,
"a llttle-much-passioua tel mot ut all
ali. the French Il prettler-un peii-bedu coup
-pdssionnement- du toH-and we feel
the tear In her gentle eyes as she repeats the
last with the last dalsy-leaf, and TO say she
nut a pocket-handkerchicf TO her eyes IL
matter-of.fa and little vulgar; but 10 say
she raised her lachrymal becomes tender,
ideal. NJ
Pocket handkerchief Is savagely unitarian
--monstrously suggestive Of coughs and ca
tarrhs, iron north winds, and frost-red noses;
whereas a lachrymal appeals to the eyes and
hints OF tear rather than cold In the head.
Let us christen them lachrymals till such time
as better harmonics shall lift us above the
necessity Of their use; till colds, and tears,
and all manner Of rheums and megrims, shall
disappear; and then, II by any mlschance a
tear should be Forthcoming, we can do as
Millions Eve did, who
"wiped them with her hair"
or drop them plump and round upon some
thing we wish to efiacc, after the manner OF
Sterne's angel, who flew up to heavens chan
Gerry with Uncle Toby's oath, and the record.
ing angel made good use OF tear by plotting
out a sin.
Tears should well from the heart In token
NJ divine symnathies' and fall nnon a lacbrv.
NAL, not a INTERCHANGEABLE. I have
sometimes been At n loss to understand how
Andromache, Helen, Sappho, Aspasia, and
other queens of beauty, managed their tears
having lived before the advent OF the pockej
Il beg pardon) what should be called III,
lachrymal. As for Cleopatra, do not beliey,
she shed any, being Of such royal make thai
she disdained our common way of exhibiting
her trouble,
Rut wns led In sn,ok nj Tho Grcels mr.
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uSuniy Oesuuee 'usu iioees WIZ ~ un'o'n
monty nanlsome, whereas Tue nouern nose
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Women, IN pa,u.ui, nre suenu "' ,cie
a anans' nnd priue themselves upon 'he ao"n
uamee VI .nem Vea,s. A.
put No tne ureehr' lhey , naun naiI tn'
snsioi,ly hat wy nave. lneir nleratuI'
SHOWS thls. Nooony weePs o'er hht'sons,
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