Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-23
Iov.Iy woman aad Her Ways.

Lovely Woman and Her Ways.
The following few remarks on some
of the habits of the gentle sex we clip
from the Louisville Courier-JOurnsl:
"It is indeed funny and ridiculous
sight to see a lovely woman stop at a
street crossing, give her body fearful
twist, stoop low and reach backward
and downward nearly 10 her heels, and
grab from forty to tiity pounds OF dress
tail, full of dirt and dust, shake it FIVE
or six times, like burzard fixing It's
wings TO fy, then hobble across tho
street like lame turkey TO the other
side, there to let go,s turn around four
or FIVE times, and Start of like stern
wheel boat in q storm. Such fantastic,
fashionable freaks of folly as We sec
sometimes upou our streets are certain
ly very unbecoming to all that is mod
est, beautiful and lovely in woman.
Think of it. The idea of a fashioua-
bly dressed blonde or brunette stopping
dead still upon the street, kick ont anu
up like COW ut an army OF loose hor-
nets, grab her clothes in her hand, and
with body bent, looking ont from un-
der little hat perched upon one side
Of the head, aud making public exhl-
bition of her heels and hose as she skips
across the street like an ostrich on
run, an exact copy in style aud dress OF
the woman who rides spotted horse N
a CIRCUS and jumps through paper bal
loon for SIS week and applause.
Look at the modestly dressed, sweet
faced, humble girl, walking homeward,
having been on mission for her moth
er, perhaps. No foolishness about her.
She lives, dresses, acts aud looks plain.
She and fashion are strangers. Loaters
and Llackguards don't stare at her aud
make all kinds OF remarks about her.
No! She commands respec, by her dress
aud conduct upon the public streets.
See her in spotless white looking like
an angel. Kneeling at the bedside
with her face and eyes lifted heaven
ward, and in accents low aud sweet,
breathing from her pure lips the Ian
guage of her her soul in humble prayer:
Our father who art in heaven Al.
gels put their ears 10 the twinklng
STARS and listen TO her prayers. Tho
one meek, humble, Christian young
woman, whose affections are fixed on
things above the foibles aud follies
of fashionable world-whosc very soul
pants for the light and love Of home
over there. The other, q thin visaged.
'made-up' woman OF the fashionable
world, whose whole heart aud soul Is
engulfed in the great whirlpool OF mock
happiness and folly; who never looks IN
the Bible oue-hundredth part rs much
as she does . looking glass, whose
whole idea OF lit. is 10 have fun with
the boys until she is forty, aud then
take the chance Of fooling some old
man into buying her. if she can. The
one breathes her prayer and lies down
on her downy bed 10 dream Of heaven
and the angels. The other comes out
of the parlor at late hour, like tired
and hungry coach horse, rushes TO tho
pantry, grabs pickle in one hand aud
q cold ham-bone in The other then TO
her room. She swings her harness
over the backs of half dozen chairs,
scatters the other 'make up nbont the
floor, and forgets the duty she owes ~
God and herself, and dives into bed
like wharf rat into the canal, rolls and
tumbles all night as if the bed were iull
Of hornets, aud rises OF eight, niue or
ten o'clock the next morning, as stih
and lfeless az billy goat that has been
run over by a freight train Now.
which one of the two thiuk yVn GOO
and the angels smile upon most-,hs
beautiful woman or tho fashionable