The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-16
For the Cairo Bulletin.
0MNIUM GATHERUM.

FEMALE SUFFRAGE -- THE LOVE OF DRESS |
AND AN INITIATION OF now THE LOVE Is |
SOMETIMES GRATIFIED, ETC.
Mr. Editor, Dear Sir:
hope | am not misanthropica on the
subject of fashion, and l hope, too that l
am equally free from the rant and cant so
freely ascribcd to the female suffrage
women. To my thinking thereis a smooth,
easy-going happy medium to be found on
these as well as on most other questions,
while we can walk in comfort, even on
French-hecled shoe, to the very polls, for
that matter, and vote; and yet not lose
ones placidity of temper. No use grow
ing old prematurely, trying to fight against
the things we can't help, and that, even if
we could change around to suit ourselves,
might not, in the end,prove to be as accept
able to most Of people as they are now.
Beatrice" may rave Till dooms day about
the follies of fashionable people and she
won't change the style of single feather
on a hat, much less the shape of the hat it.
self; Madam practical" may talk herself
hoarse about women voting and mans in
justice to women and all that, and we
will listen to her and then 90 on
falling in love with these same tyrants
just as we have always die and
living the same old lives over and over
! again. Some of us will find ourselves the
"clinging ivy" with the 'sturdy OAK" for our
husbands, and others will find but q
slender reed upon which to lean in the man
we love and cherish. 1t may all be wrong
expect it is, maybe; but some how
don't see the sense in Tuning and frettine
over things like these. For my part
think we women ought to vote because VIZ
have as much sense as our men folks have
and great deal more time to think in
that is, most Of us have, | know; and
don't believe in running in debt for fin,
clothes, either; but Il do love fine dresses
and soft, fine gloves, and elegant jewclry
and becoming hats and bright, beautiful
flowers and ribbons. am afraid am ad
hitting myself to be poor, weak creature
when tell how well love these things
but | do love bright, beautiful things
| am one of those Inferior being.
that would wear the moon for 9
coronet, the stars for diamonds and
and wrap the rainbow around my waist fo'
a sash ribbon, if could. And l am SURE
| would rob the autumn sunset Of its pw-
pie and gold and the summer clouds OF
their banks and banks of snowy whiteness
if might turn them into fleecy wraps, and
pure, soft dresses. There is no beauty in
nature that would not rob her of to graf
lfy my love Of beautiful clothes; but
would not detraud my dress-maker or my
milliner, or cheat my shoe maker out of his
dues to get either.
|, too, have a passion for
watching the church going people because
they always put on their best garments to
go there in. Easter Sunday is my delight.
Every Easter watch the people 60 by in
their new things, and used to take more
delight in looking at them, in church, than
l took in the service, | am afraid, and l
didn't think it any great sin, either. The
flowers and decorations were OF piece with
the people, and only served to form 3
a pretty picture that delighted my eyes.
have not many handsome things to wear,
myself, and have only few pretty things
in my home to look at, and that may be
one reason why sodeliyht to look at other
peoples nice things; or rather, why I used
to do so; don't now, and III tell you why.
Last Saturday I sat reading THE BULLETIN,
in one Of our milliners stores waiting for
my work to be finished, when lady drove
up in her own carriage and called for her
Easter Sunday hat 1t was an elegant hat
but was not finished so she drove on. The
milliner and her girls went on with theil
talk forgetting I suppose, that I sat there