Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-21
APHORIsus FRom TEE ouAnrERs
Chips of Darkey Wit and Wisdom
Gathered in the south.

When you make lie Jail too nice YOU better
strenkin de hog-pen.
Mule don't kick 'cOr1in' to no rule
Black sheep hide mighty easy in de dark
Sun tra5el slow cross de new groun's
Better keep de rocIlin'-cheer in de cabin lof-
tell Sunday.
You can't coax De mornin' glory to clam de
wrong way round de cOrnStalh
Satday night hep de rooInatiz powerful
Hight arnt niger amt much service at de
loss-rOilin'.
Blind bride can't hide lie fodder-stack fun de
lean horse
Corn-cob stopper don't hurt de 'lasses in de
jug.
Hot sun make de blades dull in de harves'-
feP
Mule don't understan' dc wheelborrer.
Smart rabbit go home 70 de snow done
fal!in'.
Dead limb on de tree show itse'f when def nds
come out
Del groun's is de hes yard-sticA to medjer
strange Niger by.
Dribin' de steers w.ti mGlc-talk is ningin' way
your brett
Tin plate don't ml.ld tirarpin' on de fio'
Cussin' de weather i mighty Do farnin'
De preacher need heap mo- grace when he
won't pray Tor rain til Ill, sind git right.
1t takes heap o licNs to Gr;be nail in de
dark.
Good signs o rain don't always hep de young
crap.
Books dent tel when De bee-martn an de
chicken-hawk fell out.
Don't take too BIZ chip on = saplin'
DE public road amt free for DE rattlesnake
DE PioT-pInt is close Kin tn de meal bag
Dafs some iGcs in de wUT dat don't slide
long on de telegraph wire.
Don't set Oh Your load . straw TO make ii
little aud light
Crossroads tad place To tel secrets.
De nGle an de fislrin'-wum don't keer eff de
sky @it cloudy
Thin wheat hep de- harves-soGg powerful
Wat you lin IaTn rs bOSn Wid ii eft-handed
niger COS NO an il come 10.
When de iIOS' 81! You WIil l,y de nOrf wind
you better g!t in dc H;IRains.
Tree-frOg kil De rain fur OFF as de DINA
nick
De yaIler-iacAet nes' is a mighty lonesome
nei4shbOrIO0d.
Wun don't see rufin pretty in de robins
song.
Green simmons mighty safe day and night.
C.prices or the Period.
From Our Continent
y writer in tire London DGlIy Eelcs complains
vigorously of the present fashions tor men He
says they force his neck into the aIi-rouHd col
lar, his knees into trousers So tight that one
Wonders how he ever rot ilto them and his feet
into pointed boots. Then" continues this
writer, there IS another misery. too. which is
darkly sbadoved forth in certain rigfd-unnat-
ural!y rigiG-lines about the waist and i'm a
1alnt sound Oi crcak!E@. Can il be that there
are men WHO voluntarily undergo the misery of
the ti-htly-lacefi corset
4 Should! davc read this dire suggestion with
only passing smile o. rejected il as a malicious
libel on the manly EnGiishnEtn had not one of
the most manly of men cJnlit,eG to me a few
days ago, his regret tEat the fashion OF cOrsats
was being revived amGnc the j,itaesse ,iOy.s
My informant was q client 81 the, great Poole
and a man of fashion. and though he had not
himself, cCndescendTd to CorSnts he assured mo
that many men whom he knew were wearing
them, anu to that fact was owing the unusu9I
friu.nPSS a. Is 3,
OF beauty in mems evening dress to have clothes
that NJ the figure almost like tae skin: and the
extremist s;:iye to make that figure as much
IKE fashOn-plate - possible by Iacing. Surely
there Is too much good sense in the world for
such folly to become a. all general even
among men OF fashion; nut il seems like a Kind
of protest against the somewhat oyer,ione
glorifcation of muscle and trawn and after all
II Is only revival. The men i'm Iawrences
boOks-Or. to speak OF healthier literature i'm
Charies Kingsley s-wcre 10 ;uaniier thar; that
noble En9lishman. Lord Elipnborough. and
Lord EHenoorou9h were wetl-titting corScts
sld a oeapIiiu! curling wig. and even rouged
his manly cheeks.
Talking Of protests. fancy that esthetic.sm.
III us exaggerated form, Is protest against
l0udness and taetness. = few wears ago the
Girl OF the Period was Enthusiastically fast She
stormed society She talked horsey kind of
slang An Odor of surreE titious cigarettes hung
ABOUT her Mrs Lynn Linton satirized her very
cieyerly in the Saturday Rerjelc. Puach i'm
adorned
their tales with her AMI pointed their morals at
fer. At she grew 10 feel herself bad form
ana changed her fashions and her manners
She became disciple of Beauty in Life" and
went iorta To conquer in limp robes and with a
lily in her hand.
At first she had the charm Of novelty as well
rs OIL grace 10 come upon her in her linn
ralment and ruftied hair rapt as il seemed in
some tehder trance OF dreaming. was ike meet
ing rare. fair creature from another and more
world HaP nauts
smeied of lavender no suspicious of secret nico-
tine defled them. Her talk-wien she talked at
ail-was OF Reauty and Worship. and themes
which she called High and Precious You saw
her in her own drawing-room among her
oiue china. in stained-glass attitude
and you might have fallen in love with her. but
mat she seemed singularly ill-adapted to all
tne everyday uses of Iife-as much made inst To
De looked at a. ever was lady in a picture
She was out OF place at balls Even the opera
seemed too worldly setting for her She
went To hear Nagners music and see Burne
Jones pictures. and she read Rossettis poerns
without. 1 fear, understanding too niurh or
them; and she called the music and the pictures
and the poems all precious. and said that their
creators were thigh souls" smitten like her
sssef with Divine Despair"
Now there have grown to be too many of her
When the Fast Young Lady became common
she became vulgar and odious. The Esthetic
young lady, III becoming common has become
amusing, and the one il as fatal as the other
ont oil fashion. The caprices of the esthete
nave been numerous They have not been con-
tented to be Early English have even
aspired 10 be Greek. \ season or two ago a
charming and beautiful poetess appeared i'm
london society in quaint and graceful robe-a
sort OF peplum. borrowed from the ladies OF an
cient Greece-a white. softIy-falling garment.
heavy with gold embroidery. which Grecian
Helen might have coveted Ii was shining
success Then an inspiration came 70 our poet
ess She would give a party which, as far as
the toilets OF the women were concerned should
De all Greek. Two sole exceptions were per
United One was in favor of a venerable lady
VINO was nearly eighty years of age. and to
vince Wlthered arms the cOld-blOoded reyela-
ton OF the peplum seemed unsuited while she
was already Greek. by virtue of a translation:
ana the other was awell-kuOwn literary woman
whose weight is some two hundred and seventy
nVe pounds. and who could hardly be expected
10 appear In flowing robes The men were the
Trouble The fair pOetess knew her country
men too We'll To fancy that she could persuade
Them 10 don the attire Of Greece She mns
take them in claw-hammer coats. or not at all
so she submitted TO the inevitable and re-
solved 10 treat us 10 the mixed spectacle of