The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
GOSSIP FOR THELADIEs.


Women and Chinese figure among the
clerks Oft the Bauk Of California
Trousers for girls" is a new plank ID
the reformation platform Of tie Brooklyn
Young Mems Christian Association.
The women Of a Wisconsin town have
organized to prosecute the men who leave
their teams standing Of the street cro:s.
ings,
A devoted young wife at Auburn, Nc
tried to poison herself, recently, because
her husband rcOukcd her for going to o
fair.
And this is how Kentucky girl accos's
her acquiu,ances; "WcII, bow arc you?
Who do you love? And what do you
know
It is stated that Anna Dickinson will
certainly appear on tie stage next fall up
on the opening tue new Boston Globe
lhcatcr.
At Burlington, Iowa, little girl, eight
years old, walked up and gazcd few
moments on her dead mother, and then
died almost instantly.
An English Low church clergyman has
practically manifested bis abhorrcncc Of
TIE ritualistic practice of ceibacy by mar
ryiug several wives at once.
The women Of WeSal county, W Va,
have formed a vigilance committee to pre-.
vent their husbands visiting tue grass wind
ows who abound in Lhos, parts.
A Massachusetts postmstress has resign.
cd her Office, as matter of honesty, be-
cause she cannot iud time to read all the
postal cards aud attend to her other duties
besides,
And now comes news that the girls OF
EIkhart, Indiana, are forming smoking
club. And SO 10 this wild era of "iemale
advancement" women are dropping, one
by one, their distinctive charms.
An Iowa matron, who, after langnishing
in bonds Of mal.imony FIR ibirty.Gyc years
recently came into an unexpected inherit.
.ance Of $500, Immediately invested it in
divorce.
A Tennessee lady presented her husband
with a pair Of twins, and in due season
added tripIcls. IDEAS me-" exclaimed an
ostonished negbbor, 1 s'posc Mrs. Stcb-
biugs will have qualrupcds uCxt aud then
ccntipcdes"
Young ladies' contemplating an eastern
tour. should provide themselves with pea.
nuts stands The Shah married the reign.
ing belle Of his harcm whca she was pea.
nut girl, and Yankee peanut gill could
Of course do better,
Judge Joseph Shorrard and vie, Of
Winchester Va, celebrated their golden
wedding few days ago The clergyman
who married them and the two gentlemen
who acted as groousm.a, fifty years ago,
all still survive.
A father Of f'ty.ninc children is youch.
cd for by one Of the most trustworthy and
respected citizens of Waco, Texas, in q
letter to the .lRewce, of that place which
says that by his first wife be had thirteen
children; BY bis second, eighteen; by his
third, ten; BY his fourth, SIX; by his 9Th
and surviving wife, three; and thirty-fvc
ofhis numerous progeny are still alive
eight having been lost 10 the rebel army,
and seven having died natural deaths.
Every man Of sense and refinement al.
mIres a woman, as q a women, aud when
she steps out Of this character thousand
things thut in their appropriate sphere
would be admired, become disgusting aud
offensive. The appropriate character Of a
women demands dolicacy Of appearance
and manners, refinement Of sentiment,
gentleness Of speech modesty in feeling
and action, a shrinking from notorioty and
public gaze, aversion to all that is course
and rude, and an instructive adherence of
all that tends TO iudeicacy aud impurity,
either in principle or action. These are
the traits which are always admired aud
sought for in woman,