Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-09-01

4 ho41 NOV VII.
. girl cone into Q street car the
other day, though. who had, l vas ready 10
bet, made her OWL dress and how nice she
did look. She WAS one Of those clean. trim
girl. GU see now ard tken. She VA about
Is years Of age, and TO begin With. looked
well>fed. healthy and strong. She looked
as though she had q good sensible mother
a. home Her face and neck and ears and
her hair we're clean-absolutely c,ean How
seldom you see that. There Wal lo pow
der, no paint on the smooth, rcur ded cheek
or arm, dimpled chin noIs on tie moist
red lips none on the shell>tinted. but not
too small ears moro on the handsomely set
neck rather broad behind, perhaps, bu,
but running mighty pret'ily up into the
tightly corded hair. And the hair. 1t Was
of . light chestnut brown and glistened with
specks Of gold as the sun shone on it, and
there was not a smear Of oil or pomatum OF
cosmetic on it; there was not a spear as,ray
about it, and not a pin to be ,een in it. As
the girl came in and took her seat. she cas-,
an easy. unembarrassed glance around the
car, from a we'll opened gray eye, bright
with the in,imi,able | ght of good cordi-
ton, /" such as you see in scms hands ome
yourg athletes who are in training" There
were no tags AID ends, fringes, furbelows
or huttering ribbons about her closely 6t-
ting but easy suit CT tweed. and, ~ she
drew of oAe glove to look in her purse for
a small coin for fare, l noticed tfat the
gloves we're not new, but neither we're they
old; they we're simply we'll kept, like the
owner and their owper's hand which was a
solid hand. with plenty Of mustles between
the tendons and with strong but supple I'm.
gers 1t would have looked equally pretty
fashioning a pie in a homo kitchen or fold>
ing a bandage in q hospitable. It was .
hand that suggested at the Sans time
womanliless and work, and | was.orry when
it found q Eve cent piece and had seen re-
gloved. One foot was thrust out a little up
on the Stats Of the car aoor--a foot in .
good walking boot that might have FLASHED
through a rain storm without fear Of damp
buckingham IN eminent!y sensible boot
on a two and one half foot with a high in-
step. a small round heel. and a prett~ broad
tread. The girl was a picture from head to
foot as she sat erect, disdaining the support
of the back of the seat, but devoid Of all ap.
pearance of stifresstf Perhaps the whole
outfit to be SEN, from hat to boots, did not
cost $40; bu. | have seen plenty of outfits
costing more than ten times or wen twenty
times that. which did not lock one-tenth or
even oae-twentieth as we'll If our girls
only knew the beauty Of mere simplicity
cleanliness and health, and Their fascination
-Wsshing,on CAPITAL.
Castle Garden Scenes and Incidents,
Castle Garden. on the whole, ia q sad
place, says a New York letter. Among the
myria1 OF swarthy faces which meet ones
gaze. it is rMely that one encounters q
smile CT a laugh the emigrant, though be
has just set foot ina'the land Of the free
and the home OF the brave is still an emf.
grant, ithout a home and anong s,ran>
gers. The Italians, Of whom vas, lumber,
are Low crowding in upoa I'd, have a PEN
sive look, especially the women, that is
particularly ton ohing. The Swedish and
Danish emigration just no~h beyond oil
precedent. AS q rule, TIE wcmtn are az
strong and sinewy as The men. If poor,
they are usually I~ea'ly and comfortably
dresse ed, ard there is a frank, open express
SION in their countenanc-s that at once in
forms one they are ton c1untries that have
escaped the centuries Of serfdom which
have taken the spirit 0. independence from
other populations that have been less for;u.
nate. They can loos YOU strai3n. in The
face without being ashamed. Their child
rem, With which Uy family 's literally
provided. look as icu b as pine kn5ts, aud
are just the kind Of ham.u machinery need
ed to develop a new country swedish sirls.
tor domestic service. are il sc i've demand
BY city people, and all lha. Of r are read
lily taken at wages ranging from Twelve to
sixteen dollars . mont. Her imptr!ec.
knowledge Of the vvtnac.ia, i. a .erious
drawback. as it necessiia.ea !rs l ct panto-
mimic performances 10 the / &c en- and 1t
the dinner table bus t'el "a. :ey ,:ckiy
learn, the little d. Fl ,e. al- ,ooa forget.
ten. The Norwegi-Ls al" a Pc pie Of .
coarser hb.e titan ,ha Sxej. and Danes
Their industry alno., equals that Il ,ae
he item Cnine.e: ou, i, is not a skilled
industry. AID il. ma: hnd its appropriate
sphere in The 6 I'D AMI forest rather than in
the workshop and the uarufsc:ory. Hence,
a srez, IA jori,y Of them push OF, Ves. q.
soon e. they leave the ship.