, 1876-12-16

4ssAt J Sul = NNtnu nv - L. ~@4'~e~f
ia iikn = new sleish. viii cushion.
iIAs one with her. name painted omit;
raw her out fdinE, to-day.
GIine. Eood SANTA Cl11as, tots Of candy
You can think yourself Of the rest.
When papa comes homo 10 bis dinner
Aad FIR ~; sss.{{ dsy yy,,I II r. md namn.
Dut II you forget all my good th'ngs,
And Christmus Eve fail to call here,
Thcn goodness but will be naughty:
! guess will CRY for ycaff
LETTER PROM MRS. DR.. HALE.
Toths Editor of 7hs Tribune.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15-Aiy Romeo presents TEE
DAILY TRIBUNE at nv brcakfast-tab1c rs pune
tually as come tho coffee and buckwheat cakes
which mako Ito tolerable these winter morn
lngs. His air OF pride and delight In bis Office
arc altogether charming, aud win him praises
and carcsses by the score. l do not think lie
discrlmfnatcs between Saturdays Issue aud TINT
Of any common day. Perhaps, being only u
dog, It is hardly to to expected that he should,
and yet he listens with evident appreciation
Wills I read aloud "How to Bro!l
ChIcken,'' and am quite sure he understands
when some one else asks, "Whcn are you going
to write that article about How to Trent Our
Dumb Antnals,' and the ono on scEvauts,'
and tho Rearing Of Childrcn,' and Christ
mns Dccoyntlons,' and tWhat to Read, and
uow,' and Hygtenic Underwear nnd--i"'
Romeo sympathtzcs when bemoan the want
Of time-for doesn't he know what It Is not to
have aminutc's time for wink OF sleep all day,
so busy Is ho watching his fricuds to sec II they
arc going out, aud II there's q chance of his 60
iug tool
Depend upon It, good friends this want of
time to do the things ono chooscs Is tile bnnc OF
lie. II one could live the hundred years which
We have n rjrht to live. there would he moro
nope los us Anu 9et' ! uase sa'' s'en .nen
something would get crowded out. But trust
Il would not lie my intention to investigate the
~ vnnr ,lc., @ rrcsnonncnt w T must ronfrss
u tf4' c'sfespo'ue,,t - -N' : 'unst e'niesA
TINT AM II, all the darkncss OF ignorance as TO
the l'ys'cnc underwear described In these
eo1,Inns on1 10 othcr N ncwsnancr itcms ,ayo en-
eoiun'i' au4 u."e' t, ne"spap1t 'teN's naso ca.
IlEhicnea II, lhe oniY tnane An sure o. ~
ffard TO these rem1s mes Is tat tcI were
enouel. to do 70 fight the battle a:aInst stupid
ity, prejudice, ana soiiheryn1tsm Without carry
Importance of o ratlounl diea-tl,nt Is, diet
composed mainly o1 thc staple, nutrltss0 ioous-
has been sufficiently Indicated IN ny earl!er
contributions TO this department, That "tlo
dress, diet, and exercise most conducive to the
health Of women Is o subject well worth carli-
est and serious thought" TO most dcyoutly
believe Hut, dear friends, l own TINT attn
a little discouraged. For twenty yenrs, nt
lenst, there has been all urscMt call Tor re-
form in wolnnll's dress; not only for q reform
that shall leave her physically unliampcFed, but
one that shall secure leisure iron tile use of the
n,ouotonous needle, sotnr mental rest from the
pcrpctunlsy.rccurstng question, What shall
wear Fl
For at lcast twenty years. said, this work
has gone on. And nnk walk up Htate street
uny fuc 1ny and count ite women who have
ever hcarl Of dress-reforin. Nay. you need not
go to tho fashionable promenade. Notice your
neigllbpr milking hgr lnornin. call at the gro
ccrfs, tile Rhop-Eirl behind tho counter, tho do
ncstic ut her work In the kltghen-you cannot but
sec that, whatever q woman undertakes,
size Is batnpercd therein bY ler dress. Some
Two or three years ago was making some pur-