Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-18
FEMININE GOSSIP.


one side sufficiently to reveal an unbuttoned
shoe there are flakes of white wash in her
hair and on her chin her dress is wet, her
fingers are parboiled, and her thumb has
been split with a hammer, but her eye is as
clear and bright as that of major-general
on field-day. She picks up handful of
skirts and skins through the apartments,
seeing five hundred things which should be
done at once, and trying to do them and
every time she comes in reach of the dresser
she snatches look into the glass, and shoyes
fresh hair-pin into her dilapidated coil.
And thus planted in the debris, like queen
on her throne, she unblushingly asserts that
4" It's an awful job" 80 Everything is in
wretched shape Z" III be so glad when
this is over" d" 1t does seem as if my back
will snap in two" 90 IN a good mind to
say III never clean house again so long as
live" And then her mind nnconsciouslY
scars heavenward, and she wonders if there
will be house-eleaning season there, and
if not, how a heaven can be made of it. 1t
Is this speculation which gives her that
dreamy expression when she is cutting your
bread with the soap-knife.
Pnll-baeks have their draw backs, as
young woman of keokuk, Ia, found when
she went to Masonic entertainment, last
week. She looked at the banquet tables
with horror, calculating to her escort
. Good gracious Are they going to sit
down | didn't expect that-I-l amt
fixed to sit down He found place for
her alongside the mantel-piece, where she
could take her supper standing. But it
was very narrow escape.
The woman suifagists of New Haven are
wrestling with the question, " Who is the
superiluOus woman ?'' OF course we can't
tell, but We know number of family men
in town, each Of whom thinks he has mar
rled her.-N0rtcich BULLETIN.
There is lady out in California 40 years
old, who is the only woman in the entire
State who squarely acknowledges her age
when asked. In fact, it is said that she
shows tendency to oyer-state than under
estimate her years.
\ Quakertown man has solved Mrs. Liy-
ermore's query - What shall We do with
our daughters ," lie has purchased two
washing machines and will take in washing.
His wife and seven daughters are to DO the
work, and he will superintend the busi-
ness.
The other day would be fashionable |
lady called at a neighbor's at what she
thought would be supper time ." Come
in, said the neighbor - We are having a 4
tableau." - I'm so glad. said the visitor
'' thought | smet EN-, and | like them
better than anything for supper
Ralph Waldo Emerson says Il have
heard with admiring submission the expert
cnce Of the lady who declared that the |
sense of being perfectly well-dressed gives
feeling of inward tranquility which religion
Is powerless to bestow.
4 Toledo editor has received the follow
ing letter of inquiry from a girl in Cle.e-
land, which he ought to answer at once
Cleveland Dec. IS lS75-Dear Mr. Editor
! wont to tell you my trobles. last Chris
mas day met a young man from Toledo who
told me he loved me and talked ever SO nice
and said he wonted me to be his little wife,
and said would be his little wife. now
want to know if you know him. he said
his name was frank, and he had gold color
cd hair and he said he worked in a taller
Store. please tell me if he is fit company
for me. i was born Of poor but irish pa
rents and dent want 10 be fooled by him.
please tel me. direct to Maggie, p 5.
used to be a cambermaid in the Weddell
house and am purity good looking
Serumptious weddings they have in Mis-
si-Sippi. At the last one We are told that
the bride was "exquisitely attired in heavy
white grossrain silk, with trailing wreaths
of starry jasmine and milky myrtle blooms,
as delicately perfect as if fashioned by the
fairy hand Of nature. Over the white
splend0r Of the silk, toning its gloss into
glimmer, dashed foamy waves of illusion, as
If the sea of happiness that seemed stretch
inE out at her feet had flung up visible white
spray 10 bless her bridal garments. Crown
ed with her bridal coronet, half hidden in
the heecy folds of her wedding veil, this
young lady reminded one Of q radiant star
IN 4 veil Of mist Music.
At a recent funeral of Danbury man,
one OF the neighbors, a female of very sym
pathetic nature, WAS 50 deeply affected as to
attract the attention OF those present. The
wife Of the deceased. a tall, raw-boned wo-
man noticing the attention paid to the neigh
bor, kindly approached her, and in hoarse
whisper, indicative of the most intense dis
gust, demanded " Who's running this
funeral lou or me?' The sympathetic
ncighbor dried her tears.-Dan5ury NetrS.
They were standing in front of her gate.
His right arm was occupied in holding her
up, while his shoulder furnished a resting
place for her little head. And they were
watching the bright and glorious moon. 1t
influenced the young man to such degree
that he said - With what refulgence does
bright Luna shed her nays upon all mani
mate creation, weaving weird, fantastic
shadows among the leafess trees. and spread
ing silver glory over all Do you observe
the magnificent effect, Mamie ?'' ''Yes, in
deed, Henry" she returned "a and did you
see that Jen Clemens at the dance? She
had on last winters dress, made over and
she worn that blue waist ever since | can
never saw such a looking
thing" Henry gasped.