The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
| Girls Soiiloquy in Church.
BY A CINCINNATI LADY.

anything l detest, it is to sit here so
long before anyone else begins to come.
But, then, never mind. It will give
me time to compose myself and clothes,
and good opportunity of seeing what
everybody else has new as they come.
There's Miss Slim, now, in her old
gray dress and bonnet, as usual. She
never has on anything new, and she
always comes easily and takes her
seat as quietly as little gray mouse
O dear I believe should go wild if
thought there was any danger of my
ever being an old maid like her. My
conscience what fearfully long
prayer she makes Anybody would
suppose she was a married woman,
with a dozen children and degener-
ate husband, and was closing the week g
praying for the whole of them.
There is that Wentworth family, all
rugged out 10 their Sunday best. Ide-
clare their clothes are the greater part
of them, and they look and act as if
they could scarcely carry them. How
they parade up to their seat in front of
the whole congregation. Good gra-
cious :! they needn't put on such airs,
ma can remember the time mot very
long ago, either), when Mrs. Went
worth did the principal part of her
sewing on Sunday, and was not only
too poor to 60 to church, but was too
poor to remember the commandments
about keeping holy the Sabbath day.
But Old Wentworth has made lots of
money since then, so now they can at
ford to be religious. Dear me l won
der if that isn't all mistake about the
rich man having difficulty in getting
into heaven; surely he cant have very
much more than the poor man in get
ting into church. ..a
Here comes old Stearns, the red nose
lhypocrite. think he ought to be
ashamed to show his face inside of a
church door, when everybody knows
he spends his weekdays in beer sa-
looms, treats his wife and children
shameful'y, and only puts on his
"meek as Moses. air with his Sunday
clothes, when he takes up bis prayer
book and line of march for the "house
OF Worship"
Why, how fast they are coming in !!
Always do towards the last, so that you
can hardly keep the track Of the differ
ent ones. There the bell has stopped
it's everlasting changing, and 1 guess
everybody is here.
No; there is Mrs. May, "the brlde,"
just coming in. Came late on purpose
to show her clothes, for she's all deck
ed out in her bridal finery. I declare
should think it was enough to have
her marriage advertised in the papers,
without advertising it on her person
also. Really, though, her hat is ele-
CANT; seems to be one mass Of flowers.
I wonder. when I am married, if can
| aiford snch q hat as that. I doubt it ;
if this panic continues, and pas face
grows much longer and his purse much
,hortcr, twill be miracle if have
any hat at all, not to speak of all the
other things. Bat then "fortune ia
vnrs the brave and if ever l am mar
ried, will have a nice outfit, panic or
no panic, for | never expect to have
the chance more than once.
Just see Mrs. May and that Went
worth family kneel-what a "spread"
they make of it. & do wonder if my
dress hangs gracefully in the back-I
hope SO, for it does look so awkward
all crumpled up.)
Really, l should think Ida Jones
would be ashamed to be "peeping' at
every person through her fingers
What an elegant new cloak she has on.
1 must say don't see how her father
can afford'it, hut pa says they run bills
and live beyond their means, and if
that's the case, guess she won't
haunt in such clothes much longer
That is her bre;nsr sitting at her left.
Isn't he handsome 2 lovely eyes and
moustache and such An air! But they
say he is horribly wild and dissipated,
and spends his time, most Of it, in any
but the most desirable company. But
he is handsome, and for my part, I
wouldn't give fig for your sober, Sc
date, perpendicular fellows, who never
have bit of fun about them.
"a menD Good heavens! what a
voice that man has! I declare it's
enough to raise the dead; and if all l
hear about him is true, he does raise
Cain occasionally.
Oh, dear! dear! There comes that
contribution plate! wonder if have
any chauge7 Nothing smaller than a
dollar bill, as l live; and really 1 can
not afford to give that; since this hor-
rible old panic, my respected sire has
cut down my allowance most unmerci-
fully so III sit up very stiff and pro-
per, and pretend not to notice it, al
though they do stick their old plate up
| most nniea}inp)y clnse. and stare at