Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-12

CHOOSE, Wlsnln certaan nmits. Wnat they Will
have. Who has not seen this sight; when Ill
the happy boys in the neighborhood are wear
ing knee- pants, one small and weary soul ap-
pearing in pantaloons the exact counterpart of
his father's and reaching to the heels of his
shoes This life is made q burden to him, aud
then and there is begotten an uneasy con-.
sciousness Of self that will require years Of
thought and experience and Of resolute care to
overcome The consciousness of being we'll
and suitably dressed, SO dear to the heart Of
woman and SO conducive to her ease, is just as
consoling to child, and is no more likely to
lead to a morbid fondness for dress than is the
discomfort occasioned by the consciousness
that there is something wrong about his
clothes,
Lady Wilde on the Carlyles.
Mrs. Carlyle failed to reach happiness be-
cause she had ambition without fame, and in
tellect without career, and was too self
conscious and proud to be content with
subordinate part in life. She ought to have
considered that her existence was really OF no
Importance to the universe; but her husbands
worth and works had power to send the world
on its path of progress with mighty tangen-
tial force, and to drive current of new life
into the heart of the century. He was neces-
sary to humanity; but she was only necessary
to smooth the path his soul travelled. In this
line of duty lay the beautiful mission of a low
ing wife, and in this she ought to have found
happiness, but abe only thought of the small
annoyances that lay in her own path, and pro-
nounced herself ''mserable"- though hold
ing the proud position Of wife to the
greatest man Of the age. Yet she loved
him as we'll as her nature would permit; but
egotism can never nobly worship nor see the
glory through the mist All the trials that
made her 'tmiserable'' resulted more from
faults in her own disposition than from her
husbands temper. Had she married the vii
faUa snhDnlYos sta aho mint hap hoar bnn
pier. keen, clever. homely Scotchwoman.
with her sharp tongue and her broad Scotch
accent, would have ruled the parish admirably.
This should have been her destiny: but Car
lyle raised her to eminence as his wife. gave
her station and dignity in the great capital Of
the world; aud in return she darkened his
fame, gave his name to the scoffers, and chilled
the enthusiasm that would have raised memor-
ials to his honor.
Something to Her Credit.
Mrs. Langtry, as she is everywhere called,
has left a bitter feeling bshind her in the
minds aud hearts of the men whose business
it is to make styles and sell them sort OF
unpleasant odor fingers about her name III
New York, and she would not feel fiattered to
hear all they say of her. And it has nothing
to do with her penchant for FREDDY, strange to
say. 1t is all on account Of that jersey and
that turban which she wore over here aud
thereby started an inexpensive craze "She
came here in her internally scant unembel-
lished c'oGhes," said ono man i'll rage, ''aud
we lost thousands Of dollars, as every woman
straightway put On jersey and plain lat.
Why couldnt she do something for us while
she was about it. and set fashions that would
of s.kioe eos{ oay" Tue 6 Soo0 Cou I hon
estly mem 10 say that our inde-
pendent American women followed Langtry
10 the extent of affecting tho revenues OF the
TJ~sS, Gt~& I
1t got to be the fashion when she first came to
wear plain hats and PLATA dresses. She was
made to give her opinions, which were as silly
as any spoiled wona1's, and she thought the
great fault of our women Was that they dressed
too conspicuously in the streets, we're too fond
of bows and streauers Of ribbon. Things took
d drop after that. and we felt it. Why couldn't
she be all enterpri~ing woman, with AL eye to
business, like Bernhardt Now that lively
little meteor brought out long gowns. rare
laces in cataracss aud jabots, and loug,
wrinkled kid glove, peculiar to herself, and this
glove mnediately became all the rage, and in
consequence all the manufactures in the world
we're set to work making"
Children at Table.
Robert Coliyer once: Wien lecturlng to a
country audience cvntrasted the strctness of
tbs old days and the laxity Of the present time,
aud, while commencing the latter, made this
remark: Let tbs children begin at which end
OF dinner they pease' young mother, wac
hung on his words Of wisdom, treasured this
particular saying, aud few days after pro-
ceeded to put it in practice. bu: somehow it
did not seem SO sensible At midday. AID she
was herself reminded OF Mr. Bruwaiug's line
that ''colors Seem by canule-ght are not the
same By day.; but with the m.la persistence
of her SEX she wond not abandon the stand
she had taken without a good deal of argu-
lnent "Where Is the ha N i'll giving the
L., liz.
if he prefers it in that way?' she asked herself,
and she did not get very definite rep,y; but
when she turned, as every wife should, to the
acknowledged head Of the house, she was at
once enlightened OF course the child would
prefer the sweets tirsr, and his appetite for the
more noushing and substantial part of the
meal would be diminished. This is the reason
why even q cookie u little while before dinner
is not conducive to health. After more thought
the mother arrived at the conclusion that the
pretty theory must bs given up, and she insti-
tuted g. rule that never between meals should
one Of the children have anything, unless he
or she were hungry enough to demand bread
and butter without sugar.
Greek Dress for Modern Women.
''Oh, for return to tbs Greek style of dress
ing sighed a young nun at charity ball.
Tie speaker looked like anything but an
:rstaete. and forthwith endeavored to ascer
lhlil ulS Flo"S uS uSutl uISth CoStumG,
lie said, :'would bs a practical impossibility IN
this climate But modification OF it, or
dress constructed upon it's Fundamental prin-
ciples. would be far more becoming than the
majority of dresses worn to-day. Look around
here on the floor, for instance; tbs dresses that
best adapted 10 make woman appear attract
i've are those that approach the nearest to
the Greek Notice The contrast between those
two; equally. costly no doubt, equally pretty
material, aud, in my judgment, equally pretty
women. But the dress of the Que, a round
sk;rted, stiff, barrel-like affair, moves ia as
infexible manner as bel! at every motion to
the upper part OF the body. See the bell swing
as the dancer goes through the waltz But tns
others wears a dress that falls loosely in the
mott graceful lines. following the form just
closely enough to give de6uire shape aud pro.
portion, aud a. every now movement of the
wearer the dress assumes new lines of beauty
In other words, she nag d flexible grown--Oue
that will look we'll in repose, in action, sitting,
reclining or standing The other will serve
ony for statue"
ssBut would you advocate the adoption Of tho
Greek style of male at;irey' ! ssked.
mo" he answered ,doubtfully; though it
might serve admirably for state or dress ncca-
slons But the Ordinary mans life is such as
to require a dress in which convenience is the
chief element of design. And to attain this,
as well as aesthetic ends, am a sincere advo.
cate Of the knee~brseches style,'
BrOcahes.
The new brocades are very handsome, and,
q spite of the adverse predictions made last
summer with regard to them, will undoubt-
eddy be worn. Worth is using brocades with
immense designs, huge magnollas, lilies in full
size, large cactus blossoms, and tulips, flower,
stem and leaves in natural siz4. the front Of
the skirt is Of this brocade, while the train and
bodies are of plain ottoman silk or faille, a
vest of the brocade beng let into the bodice, or
else long reverse collar of brocade, so cut as
to leave the design intact, trims it in front
man grounds. in large detached figures,
oak leaves and acorns, bouquets Of flow