Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-01-31

| under the same room, is to divine by
the aid of g. cock. Each girl, taking
some corn, makes small heap on the
floor, and there conceals ring. The
chanticleer is then introduced, and is
let loose beside the corn. Presently he
begins to peck at the heaps of grain.
At last one of the rings is exposed to
view, when its owner, according to the
popular belief, will outstrip her COM
panions in the race for matrimony.-
From "a Ride to Khiva," By Captain
Bavnaby.
Roman women-Their Faces and Forms.
From ALI the Year Round.
| The Roman woman typi6es clear de-
cision. She is the representative Of
serious and majestsc womanhood.
Her beauty is celebrated all over the
world, and has no rival throughout the
rest of Italy. The Milanese may be
amiable, the Venetian graceful, the
Florentine fascinating, the Neapolitan
animated, but none of them possess
the antique calm and classic beauty of
the Roman women, nor their high
soul and strength of mind. 1t is pos
sible that those who admire only the
Greek style of beauty, and who iden-
tify only the beautiful with the grace
full, may contest the Roman woman's
right to the palm of superiority; but
the fact Is that the Roman beauty diff
fers from the Greek as much as the
language and poetry of the two great
ancient people differed from each
other. The Roman female counte-
nance displays none of the gentle
softness, the lyric tenderness, the at
tractive loneliness of q Greek head; it
is more firmly moulded, stronger, more
epic. The Greek form of the girlish
Venus has ripened on this soil, under
the sun of Italy, into the fully-devel-
oped women behind whose broad brows
lie, not merely love dreams, but the
consciousness of certain spirit of
sovereignty; the woman whose srlen-
did frame and ample breast were
framed to bear and suckle Romulas
and Remus. Those full round arms are
able, not only to wind themselves in an
affectionate embrace around her hus-
band, but if need be to WELD sword
and lance and avenge an injury
without mans assistance, like the
Camilla of Virgil. Roman women
have never been slaves. In her house
she rules royalty, like the spouse OF
Ulysses, free, and self-assesting. Her
large, beaming eyes have nothing OF
the soft appealing expression Of tinid
ity which seems to implore the protec-
ton of the stronger sex; her features are
devoid of the sentimental tenderness
which seems to invite love. When
have learned to understand the Roman
woman, "then first [ understand the
Roman marbles" Gethe's favorite
Juno Of the Villa Ludovisi, before
which he stood in wrapt alteration sc
many morning, has much of this
grandeur, in the firm, goddess-hke en-.
chanting mouth, the decided chin, the
broad forehead, and the nostril slightly
raised with touch of disdain.
Goddess and woman at once, and both in the
highest perfection;
Say. which is chiefly divine,-where reigns the
woman supreme? ....
warm admiration,
But, 10, the Goddess prevails, and silent thou
bendest in worship
: Fair-haired Roman women are rare
| But the wealth Of black locks suits
magnifcently with the rich brown OF
: their compilations mellowed by South
ern sun, and with the pomegranate
} flower red of their lips. Such lowell
ness as that of the Neopolitan women
) and coauetry, are foreign to Roman
, female nature. These women move
like queens, with fine broad-shouldereC
and broad-hipped figures, well-propor
toned throats, and flexible waists
They do not bend, or wave from side tC
side as they walk, but glide along with
sweeping draperies, like so many wan
dering goddesses.
Mothers to Other Women's Sons.
We think there are other things still
in the way of counteraction against
bar rooms and liquor saloons which il
lies on mothers and sisters to brins
into use. A beautiful, bright, cheerful
home atmosphere is great safeguard
to son or brother. Believe lis, deal
women, even though you are tired
though your head aches, though you
feel Of all things in the world like slip
pers and easy chairs, it is worth while
to cast off your fatigue and entertain
the young men of the household, al
you would entertain whom you carec
to honor. Have extra lights and LEI
the parlor look glowing and inviting
Play your new pieces, sing your new
songs, and ask in the pretty daughter
of your next door neighbor, or the
merry girls from over the way, ano
: have good time at home. Then, too
we have often thought that every
woman who is a mother ought to have
a motherly feeling for other women'f
sons. They come to our city in scores
BOYS from farm houses and from fish
ing villages, and what sort of home dc
they find? Their salaries are small
they want to save something to send
to the old folks, or to lay by for future
use, and the price of board is high
Now, why cannot our homes be made