Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-01-23
GOSSIP FOR TIE LADIES.
Dangerous Fran1znesa


Inconatant. And why not, Q fair Helenei
You have the bluest eyes I've ever seen, .~.-
Blue q the vi0lets In thSt season when
The fields and hills are tnged with faintess
But you have not sweet Adarle's tender voice,
Or Constsnces smile, in which all hearts rejoice.
Inconstants Why, Ilove the gold In all,
The good In one, snd like the rowing bee
(Ah you b1s 6Zeu, fair Helene, will you call
MY rowing bee threadbare similei)
I go from flower to fruit, and love each,
The fainttinged rosebud and the carmine peach.
love you for your eyes, o fair Helene,
r. Your blue, blue eyes, 80 deep and Hmpid clear.
In whose bright depths are drowned many men,
And for their deaths haveyou notshed . tear;
And yet love dear Rosalind's shy grace,
And-can I help it?-little Celia's face.
love the good in al, the good in one.
Too frank, am I? Can't help it. tits my wayl
If you'll be Clyte, I will be the sun,
And You can follow me about all day;
And YET I'll smile on all, and that will be
Love universal, not INCONSISTENCY.
.conceited, How you wrong me, fair Helene.
I'm not Apollo and know that well;
But you're not Clytie; If you were, why then
I'd follow you. Good graciousl who could tell
The girl would get so mad? A temper, too!
III never trust in meekest eyes OF bluei
Maurice r. E0dn.
Yankee Girls Abroad
It is doubtful whether any country in
the world produces 80 many pretty
girls as America, and it is certain that
some of the prethest in the world
are Americans. The fact is indisputa-
bic as the causes of it are obscure. The
little New York beauty is Irresistible so
long as she keeps her mouth shut, and
almost irresistible even when she opens
it. We know the dignity and bearing
Of an Austrian lady, and the common
place comeliness of little German
parvenu. We have our pet theories,
ready cut out and dry, and can apply
them to every case. The lion snd the
unicorn are fighting for this crown of
beauty, and up comes the Yankee
belle and knocks them both down. The
impartial Partisan Tin suit of dittos),
standing with his hands in pockets on
the Rhine boat, and not paying the
slightest attention to the scenery, but
looking at the pretty girls of all the
countries in the world, singles out the
New York Venus in q moment. He has
not doubt but he is right, and she
thinks that he's an excellent Judge.
And yet everything is against her. She
comes to us across the Atlantic with
that horrible twang that spoils every
thing, and of which she seems utterly
unconscious. She perks it up in your
face with the most provoking sang
tr0id. Her mother accompanies her,
and a hatchet-faced Objectionable broth
or, who seems to have the grace to know
that he is not 6" gentleman, and is, in
consequence, alternately depressed and
defiant. A man, however matrimonially
inclined, gazing on that alpaca mother,
finds serious courtship difficulty. A
little general Irritation is, however, de-
lightful; and it is impossible to with.
stand so much beauty, set off by such q
charm of manner. The little American
does not object to the Irritation; but
she has frugal mind, and knows the
kind of lover who is likely to develop
into husband. Yet, with all her fu-
gaiity, she has mind on pleasure bent;
and flirting, which in England is a
practice and in France an occupation,
is for her science, which she studies
conscientiously, and in which she
makes daily progress. She is still
young, perhaps not out of her teens
but she has heard q great deal, seen q
great deal, knows great deal, and Ger.
tainly makes no secret of her expe.
rience. She is perfectly frank, and he1
absolute realism protects her from some
of the bad effects which Irritation pro.
duce in England. It is hard to avoid
admiring her, and it is impossible tc
believe that the lady in alpaca is he,
mother.