Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-06
KAHN g. FRElBERG.
so dozen emb. French two
butfOned gloves, soc.


From the Chicngo Tribune
A correspondent Of the Providence
Journal writes to that paper that he has
succeeded in finding that being, hitherto
supposed to be non-existent, for whom
Mr.. Edmund Sparkler sought so assidu-
ously, the woman with no nonsense
about her." The discovery is one of
even more importance than that OF Cog
gia's comet. Many have made the search
but in vain, and in despair have referred
the object of their search to the same
visionary catalogue which contains the
alchemist's stone, perpetual motion, the
fountain of eternal youth, and other par
agons which have distracted man from
time immemorial. This woman with no
nonsense about her lives N Rhode Isl
and. She was about to graduate this
summer from a seminary, and was cho-
sen to deliver the valedictory address to
her class, as mark of her scholarship
and an Endorsement of her intellectual
ability. She quietly but firmly, however,
declined the appointment, because it
would cost her too much. The etiquette
of the school required that as the vale
dictorian she should be dressed in white,
not in simple, enduring cambria, but in
a gauzy fabric, all puffs and hounces,
which would be very expensive, and good
for nothing after once having done ser
vice. Upon being reasoned with, the
girl replied. Il cannot afford the dress;
| shall in all probability never have oe-
casion to wear it after leave school. |
need books and other helps to further
culture, and | must choose between the
books and the dress. l choose the books. "
The result was that she did not deliver
the yaledictory, and that some other wo-
man, with nonsense about her, did, and
probably delivered vsledctory which
was pre-eminent for nonsense. There is
one class, and quite large one, which
will be inclined to regard the heroine of
the school as having great deal OF nom
sense about her in choosing to spend her
spare money for books instead of dress,
and for voluntarily losing the opportuni.
ty to make an interesting exhibition Of
herself. The other class, which is com
posed of sensible people, however, will
regard her not only as a girl without any
nonsense about her, but with good deal
of moral courage, and as a girl who will,
in all likelihood. be heard from at some
future time--if she has no other nonsense
about her. There are undoubtedly many
parents denying themselves and prac-
ticing a rigid economy to give their
daughter good education, who would
be delighted to discover that they had no
nonsense about them of this description
in commencement seasons. The most
surprising feature Of the whole matter is
that young girl, about to graduate, who
has the means to purchasea dress, should
voluntarily deny herself the privilege, re-
nounce all the delights which appertain
to bepuffed and beAounced gauze, the
thrills which such a garment is calculated
to arouse in the aggregate female breast,
aud the emotions which it always pro.
duces in the male breast, and devote her
money to books. The average young
woman of the present day who graduates
from seminary completes her educa-
ton, and at once arranges her miscella-
neous stock of music, drawing, painting
and the languages, with matrimonial
prospects in vieV. The young woman
with no nonsense about her evidently
believes her education is Just common
cling, and can console herself with the
reflection that her future studies will not
be likely tc be disturbed by competitors.