The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
THE PRESIDE.

THE FIRRsIDE.
FRENCH OUr-Doon LwE.-A Paris |
correspondent says sfThe English girls |
in their sealskin coats look snug and |
comfortable enough, as they pace along /
the boulevards, but the French demon,
selles in their more jaunty costumes OF
silk look somewhat pinched ana l l,lts
bitten, especially about the tips OF shen
prettv little noses. How they keep /
from bein0 frozen stiff in their apart |
menta. where furnace fires are not and |
wood wastes itself ia the smoke and gas |
that Zoos up the chimney, is to me a |
marvel lido not wonder that the Paris |
ians live so much in the streets. When
one realizes the controllers nature OF
their homes, ill-ventilated, nl-hghted
and ill-warmed, we cannot wonder that
they prefer the broad sweep Of the
sunny boulevards, the bright expanse
Of the Tuileries garden, or the gay
panorama of Champs Elysees, to the
Eve or six stuffy little rooms wherein
most Of them Chat is, all save the very
rich) find their habitation. No won
der that the French language has a
chez sol and no better word for home.
WOMAN IN WAsHISGros.-Talk about
panicsl There never has been such
dressing among womankind as here IN
Washington this winter. It looks as
though poor but pious parents " had
put all their available funds into laces
and diamonds, before making a final
assignment to their creditors. The
bellies have been mostly stout women,
who could carry of most of this toy
gerry. Some have been pointed ont to
us that actually made us sea-sick. Your
petite, spirituelle women count as moth
ing to the carnal mind, longing for
avoirdupois. The noticeable women
here, this winter, have been, many of
them from the south, and their beauty
is Of the luxuriant type not common at
the north. A Mrs. Jeffries. poetess of
some merit, has attracted good deal
of attention. She is a blonde with yell
low hair and magnificent shoulders.
Mrs. Jourdan Westmoreland, also an
authoresB of some note at the south,
has her train Of admirers She last
week delivered a lecture upon "kisses
to q crowded audience, composed most
ly of grave and reverend legislators.
She explained to these wise men in pur
suit of knowledge when to kiss, where
TO kiss, and how to.kiss. In view of the
present state of financial distress, and
the many serious problems before our
distracted country, you will be glad to
bound, and will doubtless be free In fu-
ture from the shameful ignorance they
have heretofore manifested on this all
important subject Washington Letter.
A WoMAN's CRITIoIsM OF WOMAN
Many a woman wears herself out in her
very prime-puts all the wine of her
life into one hasty beaker, ana empties
it in sacrifice at the feet of her destiny,
and has never thereafter anything more
so good to give; the rest is all dregs,
made up of broken spirits, impaired
nerves, fretful complainings, and fruit
less aspirations. Women have grand
ideas, earnest intentions, and very no
BILE aims. One means to be an author,
another is in love with science, another
has taken upon herself to prove that
women are meant TO reform political
science. They 60 at work splendidly.
What dash-what enthusiasm--what
nerve / look on admiringly, even
though my admiration is broken in
upon by presageful sight when /
think how, Ia most cases, it is all going
to end. For lack Of pluck, of industry,
OF stability? No. Simply for lack OF
a judicious Investment of time and
strength. 1t really does seem that
when a woman gets an idea into her
head she hasn't room for any other be-
side it. Her project takes possession
of her. 1t eats with her, walks up and
down with her, and fills every place.
Now, the human mind is not so consti-
tuted as to be able to stand this sort OF
thing often or long. It either drives or
binary people crazy, or breaks them
down mentally or physically. Men
have the common sense to recognize
this fact. I do not like to affirm that
they have more consecutiveness thar
women, but / do affirm that this faculty
in them is cultivated and trained. while
women, with oceans of time to dc
everything in, as a rule, are never ND Il
time. Yet they are always Tagging
away at the grand idea. A man has
certain hours in which to do his work
and when those hours are over, he putt
on his hat, leaves his business in the
Office, and goes off somewhere for
change-plays with the children, visit.
friends. or goes to the theatre-anc
after that, TO bed, and to sleep. Con
sequently, he comes fresh to his work
the next day, takes it up where he lef
it of, and is much better able to pick ,
knotty problem than if he had been al
the time worrying over it. There
much more IN unconscious cerebratioI
than most of us believe. II olOdrC
G(yndon.