Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-04
CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO.

Hu# LEE#
1t is indeed a funny and ridiculous
sight to see a lovely woman stop at a
street-crossing, give her body a fear
full twist, stoop low, and reach back
ward and downward nearly to her
heels, and grab from five to forty
pounds of dress trail, full Of dirt and
dust, shake five or six times, like a
buzzard fixing his wings to fly, then
hobble across the street like a lame
turkey to the other side, there to
'.let CO." turn around four or five
times, and start off like a stern-wheel
boat in a storm. Such fantastic,
fashionable freaks of folly as we see
sometimes upon our streets are GER
tainly very unbecoming in all that is
modest, beautiful and lovely in wo-
man. Think Of it. The idea of a
fashionably dressed blonde or bru-
nette stopping dead still upon the
street, kick up and out like an old
cow at an army of loose hornets, grab
her Clothes in her HAND, and, with
body bent, looking out with one eye
from under a little hat perched upon
one side of her nose, AMI making a
public exhibition of her heels and
hose as she skips across the street
like an ostrich OH a run; an exact
copy in style and dress of the woman
who rides a spotted horse in a circus
and jumps through a paper balloon
for fifteen dollars a week and APP,
plause. Look at that modestly-dress-
cd, sweet-faced humble girl, walking
homeward, having been OH a mission
for her mother, perhaps. No fool.
ishness about her. She lives, dress
es, acts, and looks plain. She and
fashion are strangers. Loafcrs and
black-guards don't stare at and after
her and make all kinds of vulgar re.
marks about her. No! She coIn,
mands respect by her dress and con.
duct upon the street. See her il
spotiess white, looking like AZ angel.
Kneeling at her bedside with her face
and eyes lifted h~eavenward, and il
accents low and sweet, breathing
from her pure lips the language Of
her soul in humble prayer, "Oul
father who art it heaven" Angels
put their ears to the twinkling stars
and listen to her prayer. The one ;
meek, christian young woman, whose
affections are placed above the foibles
and follies of q fashionable world
he'eose very soul pants for the ligh
love of ga home owe there
other u thin-visaged ''made up
n of a fashionable world, who's
.RRe1.e Ifeart and soul is engulfed il
the great whirlpool of mock happi
ness and folly; who never looks il
the Bible one-hmdreth part rs mucl
as she does a looking-glass who's,
whole idea of life is to shave fun witt
the boys until she's forty, and thel
take the chances OH fooling some OLE
coon into ''buying her. if she can
The one breathes her prayer and lie
down upon her downy bed to sleel
and dream of heaven and angels
The other zones out of the parlor at
late hour, like q tired and hungr
coach horse, rushes to the pantry
grabs a pickle IN one hand, a col
ham bone in the other. Then to he
room. She swings her harness
over the backs ofhalf Il dozen chairs
scattering the other ''make-up'' abou
the floor, forgets the duty she owe
to God and herself, and dives int
bed like a wharf-rat into the cana
rolls and tumbles all night as if tn
bed was full of hornets, and rises q
eight, nine or ten O'clock next nor
ing as stiff and ~lifeless as Il billy goa
that had been run over by Il freigl
train. Now which of the two, thin
you, God and the angels smile upo
the most, the beautiful woman or tn
fashionable young lady ?-Exchange