National Republican., 1877-10-03
WOMAN'S CORNER.
EpITED ny FANNIE n. WARD.

EDIrED ny FANNIE n. WARD.
Since SO liberal Corner" has been devoted
TO this department, IL is our ambition to ron
der II not only an advantage, but credit TO
the SCI. To this end We cordially invite con-
tributions from the ladies OF short sketches,
poems, social gossip-anything newsy and ap-
proprate to this department.
Please address all such communications to
TnE REPUBLICAN OFFICE, care Mrs. Fannie
b. Ward.
For the Corner"
NO MORE WINE.
The king gave feast whore, mid sunlight and
The gay and the beautiful sped,
And ribiss flashed back In each CLEAN OF the light
From tho wine spad sspsIdling y! yino' that was red
From the wine, sparkling wine. that was rcd.s
poet was there ar ,hs, bowl oircied round;
A woman's son hand placed the bowl to hi, lips
All where Is the bright promise now
All where is the brish, promise now'
Whose eyes from Mp Thcrsf caught theff shine.
And thus made prophetic, those eyes pierced the
Where the demon lurted low in the wine;
So sly
Where the demon lurked low in the vino.
She raised her white hand and dashed from her
The wlnc-and the adder within;
And manhood car sit at her feast without fear.
And SHE Al lie feast without sin;
Bless God
And SHE at the feast without sin.
Oh, statesman that flin with thy deep tsts would
The womb Of the future, and give
A new issue birth nxR decd will shine bright
When THINE but In annals shall live;
All ycsl
When THINE but In annals shall live.
ML.s.B
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| tice OF any particular per,on.
Do STAND UP, GIRLS.
such was my mental circulation tie other
day when gazing at class = sweet girl grad
| uatcs" ut one of our pS>rlar senainaries, rs
they came forward one ~ one. flushed with
the admiration and achievements of the hour,
to receive their bits Of sheep-skin.
Did you ever observe the wriggle-twistcd,
nwry, como-to pieces attitude of the modern
young lady ESPECIALLY when embellishcd by n
| modern bustle) as she assumes to stand in an
| erect position-but which proves to be any
thing but perpendicular, being n diversified
variation Of all the awkward Pastures which
the many .jointcd human franc Is capable of
attaining yet appruximating uprightness? Il
| II that another modern malady newer than
diphtheria and spinal meningitis, has attacked
| our Otherwise graceful girls, before age or toll
or gout or rheumatism have hardened one of
their supple muscles into limited possibilities
| or have my maturcr eyes just became cog
nizsnt of III
Il Is q most distressing spectacle, yet one
that confronts MS at every turn at home and
abroad, wherever pleasure or necessity compcls
people to stand upon their feet without NOV
ing. The sight Is unplcnsrntly suggestive of a
pensivc goose enjoying her MONDAY sicsta
\ upon one leg In n mud-puddle, or of the Sioux
as they appeared Monday bolorc the President
attired for the first time in white mans tog-
| gerry, not to mention unwholesome visions Of
curvature of the spine in later years. that
dread disease which brings in train innumer-
| able bodily ills, every one Of which may be
| traced directly to some such trivial fault in
early life which wiser heads failed to cor.
| rect.
Girls. just think how wrctchedly you'd feel
If anybody thought you were
| ABSOLUTELY DEFoRMED
and Obliged to stand in some of the positions
you voluntarily assume! You, who are natu-
rally as straight as plumb line and as 1.-THE
as gorilla, and who pride yourselves so great
ly upon perfection Of form! Did you ever at
tend a country kissing bee" and see the old
fashioned forfeit paid, called by rustic bellies
and benun q 'double-and-twisted-lo lord o. mas.
sy," which makes the victims look rs If some
all human rescmblance2 Well, If you have
you can realize something of your own appear
| ances when YOU attempt to stand at the mod
ern poise, which ia so dstressingly ungaceful
that even your sweet young faces can scarce
redeem you. Yes, | know IL is tircsoine to
| stand still and almost n high art to do so in
| an upright position, but if you will try it when
II is necessary to be done you will find that
one does not tire half As quick in an upright
| as in an unnatural position. Your Maker de.
signed you to walk erect in His own image
and nature revenges herself by making us pay
y penalty for every violation of her laws
There is yet another argument against round.
shouldered and awry young ladies', not so
wcighty Us some Of the aforesaid, hut as II Is a
| familiar and often a conclusive one among
you permit me to mention ii, viz: at just
looks too horrid for any use!''
FEW FIRST THINGS.
Envelopes were first nsed In 1880.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
The first lucler match WAS made in 1929.
The first watches were made in Nuremburl
in 1477.
The first newspaper advertisement appeared
in 1862.
The printing press was first introduced int
the United states in 1929.
Kerosene was first used for lighting purpose
in 1926
The first complete sewing machine wa
patented by Elias Howe, jr., 1876.
| FASHION GOSSIP.
Summer days are now among "the things thai
were" but 80 imperceptibly have they merged
into autumn that change Of seaGon is scarcely
distinguishablc, and the ladies are yet hover
ing between the old and the new, awaiting
like the forests, the transformation from ont
phase of lovciiness to another, which tn,
Summer of st. Martins" brings.
The shop windows are just blossoming Out
into new styles and agitating the female hear
by rayishing displays OF autumn goods-frou
bonncts to boots-in MS many varieties as thor,
are Of the tulip which are said to be thou
sand. So
| THE FASHIONS