The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-12-03
ouARAOrKE AND STOCKINGS.

aho True Philosophy Hidden In Eoso
II there is bashful young mani
ABOUT to read this article he had better
skip it. 1t may cause him Infinite
hatin to know what I am about to
arite. he once finds that the femi-
rins stocking is all unerring index to
tAanaiure OF the wearer, who knows
10 what extreme he may go in his wild
soaroh after truth? The trem bling in
l3cM mt Of yesterday may be metamor-
phosed into bold, bad man, who
K hauhls the avenue every wet or windy
Gas Let him stop before he goes any
deeper into The subject. Let him
hesitate before ne tastes OF
the forbidden truit-this ar
tieie, -wit--which will throw before
him, In vivid ,eolors and in its true
lie III, that my stery Of woman's dress
TIN ltogIiug! Lat him pause and con-
sider,I say, before he dares to read
whst / am abQnt TO make known. Let
hitf paes his eye sternly on to the next
column. Let him shun this screen as
III it were a bookBeeper (ChestnuteJe
for adder) and keep his MUD free
trenn the unholy knowledge. Whatl
< Yovlwon't? Then don't blame me for
tAe consequences--tbat ali!
An eminent literary light and a
sntswd observer of humanity (why
shpald conceal his identity? Il was
ahs aubhor of that thrilling Ratchet
sarial, "a Queer Case,'D once re-
x.iarked in my hearing that he could
tell the character OF any female wheSe
stocking no might see. have been
since tten wonderfully amazed ct the
instics Of this mans assertion. Not
Lllo face, nor the eyes, nor the frock
gives half as clear an insight into the
feminine nature rs the stocking!
Many years of laborious study have /
given TO the subject, and they only 60
II, prove the truthfulness Of his rs-
nprk. Ihs outcome OF my studies
may be given to the pubic in the fol-
lowing BRIEF statement:
striped stockings. Young man, be.
ware or tho ownerof striped stockings!
Tho gaudier the stripes, the more she
ghould be summed. She is q lion,
seeking whom she may devour. bho
Al th6 ica cream girl, the soda wator
girl the fried oyster girl. Sne Ia the
girl who wants you to take her to the
Sheater, to tho skating rink, to the Ma
tionRl Rides fair. And II you WON'T
20 with her, she will give yo0 the &. b.,
and 20 with somebody eise. An, my
AYOQH& N.iIlcHut bho "a o'', NA~otuu ~
painted With striped stockings, and |
8na surprised that Ulysses never said
q word shout IL in his narrative.
N Blue stockings--As newspaper mon
4 eught not to cay much against the
basbleu. The blues have very little
lie auty az rule, but they make up for
jo 10 their wit. If you have good
level head and are not very slow In re-
psrtce, you may go with impanify with
stay awry. You might lose your
hosrt,to them twenty times over and
they would only laugh at you. You
may not find the fact mentioned In
Anthem, but It Is my private belief
I Nat Minervs wore stockings OF q beau
tftil Bzure.
Siiak Hiock;ngs--Just wait until you
Bet, Nauun. AT present you are sup
posed Know nothing Of The ballet or
h 5;fsc,s esonaings--About black or.
bra>s y 4tuekiHss have little TO sly.
litter wstfsrs are good and modest,
pnru e,pi te iiied women. Ii heaven
eeuffa you q black or brown stocking
III k6l nriha matrimonial lottery, you
onE III 10 10 . ke the resi- OF your lie an
Thanksgiving day.
8eti stnekiug s- y o matter how nice
your Dulclna ftssy be- II she be partial
Ie red s,nckinss. rhete ~ mnGh to be |
dtsaQec las the girl N III red Lair. HI
you, with the chayacterls tic blindness |
o. young men, heed moi this waFning,