Richland beacon., 1881-02-05

with straight laced dccorlm or she
makes herself ridiculous. Perhaps il is
unfair, hut the world viii have it so, aDI
II stands al inexorahlc law.
Dime-NovcI Petition for Divorce.
Ladies can wax wondJouslv rran,li!o-
| quent when III the mind. A kentuckian
victim Of mans Inconsistency thus sets
forth her plant Ill petition for di-
vOrcc
| Dark clouds of discord began 70
lower over the sky of welded felicity.
and the minacious lightning of disunion
| began TO dart its lurid flames across
! gloomy clouds of atramental biarkncss.
ohscurlng every star Of hope and happi-
Eess, whose Respondent glory iiiumi-
mated the dawn Of the first few brief
years OF her welded life. when she gave
her hand and an undivided heart 10 the
defendant, who i'll the sultry month Of
July, 1879, after having been warmly
and snugly wintersd within the fond
embraces of her loving arms. and CLOSELY
nestled to heart that beat alone for
the defendant. showed his base. black
lngratltude by abandoning her without
cause whatever, except the insatiaile
thirst for novelty, which is the predorl-
lnant character of defendants nature" "
Boston Anti-Wido~V League.
The young ladies of Boston formed az /
Antl-Widow League, and the following !
IL copy OF petition sent to the Gov !
ernor of Massachusetts,
THE HUMBLE PETITION OF ALL THE MAIDS /
WHOSE NAMES ARE CNDERwRITTFN.
Whereas We, the humble petitioners.
are at present IN very melancholy dis
position OF mind, considering how all |
the bachelors are blindly captivated by
widows, and our own youthful charms |
thereby neglected in consequence OF
this, our request is that your Excellency
will for the future order that no widow
presume to marry any young man till
the maids are provided for; or else to
10 pay each Of them a fine for satisfac-
ton for invading our liberties, and like
wise a fine to be levied on all such
bachelors as shall he married TO widows.
The great disadvantage it is to us maids
is that the widows, by their forward car
mage, do snap up the young men, and
have the vanity to think their merit be-
yond ours, which is a great imposition
on us, who Ought to have the preference.
This is humbly recommended TO your
Excellency's consideration. and hope vou
will permit no further insults. And we
maids, in duty bound, will ever pray.
Enterprisiny Women.
Given energy and perseverance, and
even women find no difficulty in gaining
a livelihood i'll our crowded cities. -Four
orphan girls who wished to educate an
only brother, not many months ago came
to the city in search of bread and butter.
They took a house in the business part
Of the city; took what boarders they
could accommodate, but made day
boarding speciality. They opened two :
parlors which We're for a dining-room.
They are carpeted, draped, picture ::
hung and male generally refined, and
people like to go to them. The tables {
are arranged with the most scrupulous s
neatness. The linen is dainty and al.
ways fresh the silver is bright /; the de-
tails in every respect are those of re-
fined home. The meals are not elabo- 1
rate, but everything is excellent of its c
kind, perfectly cooked and perfectly c
served. With the aid of one servant c
these four young women manage their I
HI uthtv, Wultc-Iulllcul
aprons they serve the guests at their i
table in q graceful, lady-like way that \
attracts people. They have placed I
their younger brother in good school 4 Il
they are nakinga a comfortable support, v
and have their own pleasant home alto. s
gether. Now when women can attain Il
o this manner of common sense In their i,
ives, which is quite as needful as "com- d
non sense in the household" We shall d
lot see "thirty highly educated young v
aides advertised in. the morning ps- a
,ers, at loss to know what is going to b
'ecome Of them. d
Small Watsas and Consumption.
The mania for small waists has been a
he premature death of thousands upon G
of the fairest and most prom. "
sing young ladies, before they had time s.
o learn Of the dangers they were invit- g.
ng by following the examples of those o
Who teach by their practice that they c
'refer conformity to the requirements of a
perverted taste to the exemption from u
he penalties of being out of shape in G.
he sense of those who exercise no judg- e'
aent in regard to this important matter. a
favored. as many robust women are. ?
With a fine organization in other re- II
poets, they can live ont long life in cl
health and comfort; but X