The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-27
FOR THE LADIES.


30 D1ncle0 anu pOOr anu ps-ts
Why, AT your age. sweet lazy,
was strong and rosy ana maze
No burden came hard TO me then,
And life was glorious song;
And my soul, nk- "A harp In perfect tuna,
Gave melody all day long.
And now I'm all alone,
With neither hope nor a goal:
And the futuTe-G;od knows, for don't care
What becomes of my souli
There Is never "A hand TO help
And never "A heart 10 care,
And l shall dTift % the gates OF death
On the wild sea of Despair.
Stay. lady, you dropped tear
II shines on my baby's hair;
Don't thin9 OF the harsh, mad words I've
said
have had so much to bear;
No fire to warm. 10 food,
No trust, no friend, no God
Do you wonder long 10 be with her
Under the frozen sod?
You tell me OF love and heaven
They are both In my baby \ face;
Oh can follow her tender steps
Up TO that glorious placer
am worn W TIN grief and pain
But III try, this Christmas day,
With all my feeble faith I'll try,
For your tears have opened the way
CAREY Moss.
Eleven hundred girls are employed at one
artificial flower factory in France. none be-
ing over twenty.
n
asked what he did for living replied that
he kept hot house"
The fashion among Partisan ladies OF
wearing bunch of violets at the throat or
vaist-belt has become very general.
1t is anticipated that large number of
candidates will present themselves for. the
Harvard examinations for women next year.
Mrs. Belknap, it is reported, Is writing
book giving an account of society and pOlit-
ical life in Washington during the past six
years.
A Philadelphia school teacher has asked
the board of education TO reduce her salary
TO such figure will prevent her from
buying costly iewelrv.
Maria Rossetti. sister of William, Dante
and Christina ROssett, has just died. She
was the author OF an interesting work called
''rhe Shadow Of Dante" She was of az al
most morDdly religious turn of mind, and
soon after the marriage of her brother Viii
liam, when the family became less depend
ent upon his care, she took the veil in one of
the rtualistic (Protestant) sisterhoOds which
have sprung into existence since the Tracta-
rian controversy.
A photographer gives the following iirec-
tons to his customers: when a lady sit
ting for picture would compose her mouth
N a bland and serene character, she should
just before entering the room say, Bosom,
and keep the expression into which the
mouth subsidies until the desired effect in
the camera is evident. If, on the other hand,
she wishes to assume a distinguishtd and
somewhat noble bearing, not sugg, stive of
sweetness, she should say Brush the re-
suit of which Is infaliible. If she wishes her
mouth to look small, she must say, Flip,
but if the mouth be already too small and
needs enlarging, she must say, Cabbage If
she wishes to look mOurnful, she must say,
'Kerchunk;' If resigned, she must iorcibly
calculate, Scat"
The pastor of a church in one of our
largest cities said to me not long ago: II
have officiated az 40 weddings since came
here, and in every case gave one felt the
bride was running an awful risk. Young
men of bad habits and fast tendencies never
marry girls of their own sorts, but demand q
wife above suspicion. Some pure, sweet
women, kept from the touch of evil through
the years Of their girlhood, give themselves,
with their costly dover of womanhood. into
the keeping of men of base associations, who
have learned TO undervalue all that
belongs to then and then find
no time for repentance in the sad after
years. There is but one way out Of this that
can see. and that is for you-the young
women of the country-to require in asso-
cistion and marriage, purity for purity, So
briefly for sobriety. and honor for honor.
There is no reason why the young men of
this Christian land should not be just as vir-
tuous as Its young women and il the loss of
your society and love be the price they are
forced to paw for vice. they viii pay it.
admit with sadness, that not all our
young women are capable of this high
standard for themselves or others, but be
lieve there are enough earnest, thoughtful
girls in the society OF our country to work
wonders. if faithfully aroused. Dear girls,
will you help US in the name of Christ? Will
you, first of all, be true 10 yourselves and
God; 80 pure IN your inner and outer life
that you shall have right 10 ask that the
young men With whom you associate, and es
Pec1aiiy those you marry, shall be the same,
The awful gulf OF diShonor is close beside
your feet and in IL fathers. brothers. lover.
and sons are going down. Will you not heir
Us in our great work?-Harper'S