The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-01-02
WESTMINSTER MD SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1878
Partisan Market Women.

Mrs. Hooper writes in AppletoH's Jour
nal Here sta picturesque looking old
body, with her head tied up in variegat-
ed kerchief, and busily employed in pre-
pairing Julienne for soup, and wondrously
pretty preparation il is, with the piles Of
golden hucd carrot shreds, and snow white
shredded turnips, and the bright green Of
the young cabbage leaves to heightcn the
whole, all so deity and dexterously cut up
aud mingled See her now as she takes
first pinch Of one vegetable aud then a
pinch Of another, and adds them to the
heap that Is rising in front Of her on the
centre Of the table; with what seeming
earelessness she does il, yet she never takes
either too much or too little. And here
! must remark that the DANES de Ia halle
are very different from the picture our
fancy usually paints Of them, stimulated
By the descriptions Of writess vino drew
their ideas from the mSrket women Of a
by-gone age. Most ofthem are young
and many Of them are pretty, and the eld-
erly danes among them are not the fierce
old harridans Of whom We have heard 50
many stories, but rather comfortable, grand
motherly looking old bodies--nay, one has
even face Of almost sanity sweetness, 50
gentle and placid in its expression under
the parted folds Of her silvery hair. Yon
tall girl, proOlaiming SO eagerly the excel
lence Of her fresh gathered mushrooms, is
as perfect specimen as one would wish
to see of low born benuty--pIump and
well shaped, with cheeks as rosy as apples,
teeth like drops Of milk, and pair Of
black eyes that sparkle like twin diamonds
A little farther on we pass a young girl
with silyery fair hair and that wonderful
complexion Of opaque white and pink that
French blondes usually poss'ss her fea-
lures are not handsome, but ,he colorlng
is marvellous"
Speaking Of women Of another class,
the writer says Elf, descending lower
in the social scale Of Partisan womanhood,
we take a look at the actual working-clas
ses, we come across race Of which, It's
extremes, we 6ud no counterpart at home
The dainty little ga~isrs, in her white cap
and neat dress, fitting so perfectly her
trim, 1.-THE figure, and the equally pleasant
looking aud tidy house servant, are nufor-
tunately, unknowu quantities to US in
working out our social problems Fanch-
ette or Albertine, in her grace, her dainty
ways, her pretty little politeness of speech
and demeanor, and her deft and rapid
method Of doing things, is very different
creature from the hard-handed, heavy
footed Bridget or pert Dinah Of our
kitchens. But, drop one peg lower in
the scale, and we come across a class Of
beings the like of which | do most honest
ly believe exists nowhere on our continent
at least not of American race. The
woman Of the lowest class in France is a
dreadful being. Large and powerful Of
frame, with broad shoulders, brawny
limbs and bearded lin. in her maturity she
retains nothing of her sex about her save
her petticoats. Her head, bound in a
soiled, bright-colored handkerchief, from
beneath which escape the griszled locks Of
her uukept hair, a second gray handkerchief
crossed over her massive bosom, her hands
planted on her hips, her arms akimbo, she
is, in her wrath, . creature to flee from
and, even in her pleasant moments, a being
to avoid"