The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-12

they don't 30 back home and describe
Il and slsnder II. Such 10 the dsrl
child Of slavsry as 10 every day toilet
and thus curiously enough, she find'
q point Of cantact with the fsir dsugh
ter OF civilization and high fashion
who often has nothing to wear sni
thus these widely separated types oI
the sex meet upon common ground
Yes, such Is the Fan woman, 20 sht
appears in her simple. unostenta'
tious, everyday toilet. But on STATE
occasions she is moro dressy. At 9
bar quet she wears bracelets; at leo
turo she wears car rings and belt
at . ball she wears stockings, and
with true feminine fondnecs for dis.
play, sh. wears them on her arms; al
Q funeral she wears q jacket Of tai
and ashes; at wedding the bride
who can afford itputs on pantaloons
Thus the dark child Of slavery and
the fair daughter OF civilization meet
once moro upon common ground,
and these two touches OF nature make
the whole world kin. Now wo will
consider tho dress OF our other type
A largo part OF the daughter OF civ.
ilization 10 her dress, as it should be,
SINE civilized women would lose
half their charm without dress. and
some would lose all oft. The daugh.
ter OF
XoDKnN CIVILIZATION.
dressed at her utmost best, is NOR
sci of exquisite and beautiful art and
expense. All the lands, oil tho
climes and all The arts are laid under
tribute to furni h her forth. Her
linen is from Belfast; her robe is
from Paris; Der lace il from vsaice
or Spain or France; her feathers are
FROM the remote regions Of southern
Africa; her furs arc from the remote
Lome OF tho icotorg and tho aurora;
her fan from Japan. her diamonds
from Brazil; her bracelets from Cali
fornis; bsr pearls from Coylon; her
canoes from Rome; sho has gems
and triuke,s from Pompcii, and 9th
ers that graced comeiy Egyptian
forms that have boon dust and ashes
now for forty centuries, her watch is
from Geneva; her card casu 10 from
CHINA; her hair 10 froua-.irom-I
don't know where her hair is from;
I never could fnd out, That is, her
other hair; her public hair; her Sun.
day hair, don't moan the hair she
goes to bed with. Why, you ought
to know the hair mean: 1t 10 that
thing which sue calls a switch, and
which resembles q switk as much
as It docs . brickbst or shot.
gun or any other thing which you
correct people with. It Is that thing
which she twists and coils round and
round her head. beehive fashion. and
then tucks the end in under tho hive
and harpoons il with hairpin. And
that reminds me OF . triile. Any
time you want 10 yon can glance
around the carpet Of Pullman car
aud 60 and pick up hsirpin, but
not to savO your life can you get any
woman in that car to
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT uAIRpIS.
Now, isn't that stranger But it 10
true. The woman who has ncvor
sworved from cast iron veracity and
fidelity in hor whole life will, whsn
confronted with this crnoial test. de-
ny her hairpin. She will deny that
l,airpin before hundred Witnesses
I have stupidity got into more trouble
and more hot water trying to hunt
up the owner Of o hairpin in Pull
man car than by my other indiscre.
ton Of my life. We'll, you sec what
the daughter Of civilization is when
she is dressed, aud You havo seen
what tho daughter Of savagery is
when shs isn't. Such 10 women as to
costume. / come now to consider
her in her highor aud nobler aspects
AS mother, wife, widow, grass-wid.
ow, mother-in.law. hired girl. tslo.
graph operator, telephone follower.
book agent, wet-nurse, step-mother;
boss, professional fat woman, pro-
fessional doablc~hsadod woman, pro-
fessional beauty, and SO forth, and 90
on. We will simply discuss these
few-let the rest Of the sex tarry in
Jsrico until we como again. First in
tho list Of right. and frst In our
gratitude. comes . woman who :
why dear me, I've been talking
lhree-quar.ers Of an hourl 1beg .
thousands Iardona Bat you soc
yourselves had . large contract
I have accomplished something, any
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