Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1877-09-05

The Thin Lady (angrily)-Indeed,
Madam, l guess, if the truth was
known, my le-
Mrs. Clark trapping on the table,
The ladies will please maintain
order. looking toward the door.
DIR. Pinkham, I've told you before
that you can't be here. You must
60 out, sir.
One or two of the ladies here
looked up and seeing the Vicegercnt
gave n little scream, at which that
celestial being again withdrew with
a troubled look.
The Thin Lady (resuming)-There
is another reform in underwear that
! would like to speak of, and that is
the abolishing of the chemise. There
never was q more useless garment
worn than that.
The Lady in Black Cruelty
Nonsense; what would you wear i'll
stead I
The Thin LADY, wouldn't wear
anything.
Chorus of Noices-Oh, horror
why, what would we look like,
The Lady in Black (maliciously)-
Like schooners scudding under
bare
Mrs. Clark-Ladies, il we can not
arrive at any conclusion with refer
ence TO these great reforms, think
we had better adjourn until next
week.
At this juncture melancholy.
looking lady of about fifty, who had
kept silent all through the proceed.
ings, arose and said tina. there was
another matter that she would like
to bring before the meeting, and
that was u subject which, if fully
understood and rightly appreciated,
would make ladies supremacy happy;
would end their greatest troubles;
would enable them to keep their
youth aud beauty, and keep their
husbands in love with them much
better than shorter skirts or the abo.
litiOn of the ornamental underwear
which so much delights the eye.
There was an expression of won.
der upon every face as the melan.
cholysady made this little speech.
81 REFER she continued, ITO the
necessity of retrenchment in child.
rearing~
The Lady in Black tsententious-
ly)-Oh, nonsense! That's not to
be thought Of Why, how are you
going to prevent
The Thin LADY, am decidedly
in favor of the lady's suggestion,
and think it perfectly feasible. y
The Lady in Black with a snesr,
and a qneer glance at the thin
lady)-I dare say.
Mrs. Clark with a little smile)-
/ think two children are quite
enough to come into any family.
The Lady in Black-That's all
very true, but how are you going to
regulate that except by total
Several Voices Gnterrupting)-
Oh! we couldn't think of that
mats perfectnOnsense.
DIR. Piukham (who had Just come
in, despite repeated warDings)-Ah!
if you will excuse me, ladies, | think
in the realms Of celestial thought
it will he impossible for spirits to
the conditions of their an.
thropophagal natures without rising
into higher spheres The spiritual
and other necessities of man and
the lower animals can DOT be sup.
piled in the celestial vaults of the
direct and positive channels pro-
vided in the Universal Central Con.
gress Of Celestials and the Worlds
Heavenly Congress of Spirits, un.
less
The Lady in Black Gnterrupting)
o, heavens! let's adjourn. The
Doctor has begun speech.
After an agreement to discuss the
propagation question the next meet.
ing, an adjournment was bad until
April q, at 3 p. m.-i&n Francisco
A man out on West Hill was griev-
ously tormeuted with Thomas cat.
And he determined to slay the
same. So lie caught the cat, put it
in bucket, covered it with q board,
to sit down on it, intend.
ing to I'll the bucket with water and
thus drown the T. &. But, as he
sat down, the active prisoner pushed
away the board, and when the man
rose and sauntered into the house
IN 1OnG for tho NEvfroot Of Witch