Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-19

| country; who cry out against the telegraph,
| the telephone and ali the other great electric
racers again-t time as doubtful bene1actIon
TO mankind, claiming that universal diffu-
sion of the knowledge Of good and evil ia
productive OF more evil than good; that the
reckless reporting of every fresh crime and
casualty fsmiliarizes the mind with evil
until, az Pope puts 1t, they 6rst pity
then endure and then embrace. Perhaps they
are right but 1t il the abuse and not the
use of these wondrous inventions that work
the harm.
A more than civil push here sent this
prosy moralizer hustling up against group
OF superbiy gotten up mesdames, who were
gazing In rapt admiration at a window full
Of handsome ready-made dresses. She
righted herself, and was formulating polite
apology (you can always tell the ruralist
by her anxious readiness to apologize
for rudeness) when her attention was caught
by question and the answer to it-"What
shall we do now" sob, anything; any
thing TO keep from going home yet" They
where handsome ladies, oh so handsomely
dressed. They looked serene and satisfied.
All the same, pitied them, and pitied the
homes they were so anxious 10 avoid.
Teen with woman's lack of logic | laid
it all at the door OF ready-made dresses, not
that particular batch (for despite the infrmi-
ties Of years this unsophisticated rurslist
yearned over their elegance), but to the fash
ion OF ready-made clothing in general. What
on earth has r left woman to do Cor hersei If?
When sewing-m achines were fret invented
sanitarians hailed the event with delight
The song of the shirt died away among the
distant echoes OF a barbarous past. Hence
forth backaches were 10 be as physical i'm
possibilities; headaches forgotten dreams Of
horror. The human race was to be invigor-
ated afresh for all time to come But soon
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slipped into its abuse. Machines made sew
ing such an airy-fairy nothing, that more
time was left on hand than we knew what TO
do with, so We fell 10 beruffling, to behounc-
ing and bedlzsnlng every garment, until to
wear a simple, plain, unbefurbelowed gar
ment now would stamp its wearer as Glitter |
ally nobody, you know" From ready made |
to ready-made dresses the |
transition was quick and easy. "What |
woman now wouli wear herself out trying to |
make dress for herself when she can buy |
one all ready-made and so stylish for very |
little more than the material would costp
So what with all the establishments for
dressing men, women and children from
crown TO sole, it puzzles this poor old brain TO
discover what there is left for the women to
DO at home, but to put on one of their sty lish
gaze at more stylish ready made novelties, or
anything, anything to keep from going
home," until the thinning out of the crowds
IN the sidewalks and the lighting Of the
street lamps compel them to turn their re-
uctant feet in the direction OF the houses,
where, perhaps, tired and care worn hus-
BAND has already gone in search of the
brightness aud pleasautness not to be found
1t his place of business, or little baby faces
ire pressed against the window-psnes, in
lager loving watching for their return.
MOTHER GOOSE