The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1875-08-18
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There is d power In the t1Ut ensemble
beyond shat IF the tailor The coat
yaay be OF tie 'atest Partisan ont, and
fnafi may be O beast, whose leopard
9tsgalf the taiI6r's art cgn not hide.
1erg "a d power beyond that ef gold,
which car 154ie one forget the shabby
egaB and tie old fashioned dress. It Il
The Iasnnef. which money estn not bflg,
which. the slor can not cut, But how
Iia efiiB efYial51s address to be obtained I
BY seeking ito tFue and beautiful iii the
divine and d the hnnlazs
"Can you We me gens rule for
manners p asked beaeIs
er. - /" Yes Kg anr hs ives
the answer.
Thera is IL 81 people hose
full Raans nj
frssyss
the CJk1sa lex J Az, & - Is pa4a an eAe-
CANT creature at party, stepped ON Eaas
sisters foot in q crowd. With low
bow. and a voics expressive of the
deepest solieitude, he said, 81 beg
your pardon" But q second alter,
"Oh, is it you, Mary? I thought it
was some one else" Indeed, If some
people who have not thought much of
the matter will take the pains to com
pare their manners abroad with those
at home, they will be asst ,ni8hed beyond
measure. Ff,.. l. ~
And vet. is this moralizlng? What a
vast change might be made for the bet
ter in the home circlei Mariana, who
is al ways so polite abroad, feels at per
feet liberty to be impatient, lose her
temper, and sulk in her own family;
She won't" and she "wiil," and
"Sam's ugly" and Mother 8 cross
vet, after all, she is probably in the
midst of those ST. e loves best, and those
who have most love for her.
Why not the full dress manners with
plain dress? They won't wear out by
common usage. but grow stronger and
gweeter, like long used flute. 1t would
glorify home lite. It would be an ever
recurring melodiOus strain amid the
toughest discords. If q man would
only be as polite to his wife rs lie had
been to his sweetheart, how much hap
pier some wives might be. Ii aWoman
would try to make herself and her home
as fair and as bright as in old courting
days, the married life would be happier.
A word of appreciation, encouragement,
or sympathy, glorifes all the weary
hours Of dingy toll, as the light OF the
setting sun touches with gold the spin
ner and the loom in the dark factory.
Socrates walked the streets OF Athens
poorly clad and barefoot but yet his
-,k, uTIRh that
after his death his statue was nodded in
brass, and stood for the example of a
hero before the youth Of this city
About his home life there is not much
said, except in regard to the tongue OF
Xantippe, his wife Whether he were
altogether martyr, or whether he may
not have been somewhat in fault him
self, some are inclined to doubt. Al.
though his great philosophical SOU
might have remained unmoVed, with the
earth uuaking beneath his feet, and the
rocks rending before his eyes, YET "
may have had but little patience With
her about the household cares in which
she needed his advice. There are greai
men, you know, might look calmly on
tidal wave, who might exasperate q
saint-woman, We mean-by their ind1f-
ference to home concerns.
A mother in the country asked ber
daughter, "Annie, don't you want to dc
something for me?" The answer came,
Mother, wish you wouldn't ask me
if want to do things for you. Oh
course l don't want to particularly, but
I'm willing to-" If Annie had been
staying With her rich aunt II town,
would she have dared to answer in this
way? But is not more courtesy duo to
mother than any one else?
"He wore neither cravat nor gloves,
but his manners were full. dress." She
wo1e lovely Paris dress, but her man
ners were den1& toilette. "She looks
divinely at a party" is often said but
sis she divine at home p cannot always
be affirmatively answered.
There is q sacred pattern but open
to all. The beginning of such life al
home may be as still and silently sweet
as the opening of rose in the darkness
of night, but it's infuence-ah that ii
as unreasonable as tine heaven is higher
than the earth