The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-23

been my fortune to meet. We have
talent and beauty Evidently in love-
ED) from benighted Mexico and
heathcn China, besides from States and
territories too numerous to mention.
Could the writer above quoted behold
all the beauty of Delaware spread out in
paranomic view before him, he would
doubtless be led to exclaim as did the
queen OF Sheba, ''the half has never yet
been told" Undoubtedly in love-
ED.) But what an immense amount of
money is spent yearly in the United
States to show American beauty land
homeliness as well) in the best possible
light. In the aggregate how many
Rothschill fortunes are spent on the
modern lady's toilet. Yes, how many
Vanderbilt fortunes arc spent on any
one article Of that toilet, as for example,
the hat. BY the way, did it ever occur
to you, Mr.. Editor. why our legislators
pass such stringent laws for the protec-
ton Of our birdsA It dawned upon. my
inquiring mind the other Sunday IA the
Sunday School class. This was how it
happened. AS I took my seat in the
class l very naturally glanced around
the room to see If the whole class was
present. In doing so was struck with
the gorgeousness of some of the head
gear that met my gaze. As my eye fell
upon one bright feather after another
the thought popped into my mind,
"Wonder how many of 'em have feathers
in their hats ?" It was an easy matter
to count them and decideit. The count
stood eighteen with plumes against one
without a plume. AS that lady is from
China and has not yet become natural
lied and assumed the costume of our
girls, she could not be blamed for not
having flicker or redbird stuck on to
her hat. After such count as that it
was plain to be seen that the object of
those bird laws is to protect the birds
against the ravages of the milliner, and
thus prevent the complete extermina.
ton of any species.
There is no question but that the girl
of to-day does look queenly trigged out
in all the regalia and paraphernalia Of
the modern milliner and dressmaker. It
is not to be wondered at though, that
our old pioneers think this strangely
out of harmony with ancient simplicity.
Will Carleton, that prince of American
poets, beautifully expresses this thought
when he makes the "old man mediate"
and say to his fashionable sixteen.year-
old grand. daughter:
''Your grandam made her own trim wedding
And lifted it and wove II, too, guess.
There never, Maggie, was witching eli
That went past her-not even You, yourself.
You have her gentle eyes. her voice, her touch
But, sakes You cost hundred times - much
They've had to flute and aounce and trick you
ont,
Aud squeeze and pull and jerk you all about
TIL its question rather hard TO meet
How you came through 1t sll 90 good and
sweet"
But who can blame Maggie for wear
ing an elegant dress, and spretty feather
in her hat to match her rosy cheeks?
CERTAINLY NOT /.
Grandfather has forgotten that times
have changed immensely since he was .
boy. Now people thousands of miles
apart talk to each other by means of
electricity. This same electricity in the
form Of the brilliant electric light, is
now substituted for the pine knot or the
tallow candle. By means of the tels-
phone people miles and miles apart talk
on the wings of the wind, and as it
were, face to face. Steam is now yoked
up and does mans bidding. Horse
power has to a great extent taken the
place of man power. Ruffles and tucks,
flutes and founces are noW made to
order and that by machinery. So grand.
pa should not object to Maggie's being
ruffied and tucked to her hearts con-
tent. We have between two or three
hundred Maggies here, attending the O.
w. u, and suppose every boy who
reads this is now ready to grant, from
what has been said, that they are all
handsome and intelligent and in short,
jolly good girls. II there is any boy
who is not convinced OF the fact, I will
drop the subject by saying that I am
afraid he is "given over to hardness Of
heart and a reprobate mind"
This epistle Il ALREADY long enough,
longer than / intended 10 make II, hut
before closing I am tsmptsd tospsak Of
CLASS HATS
And give you piece OF rhyme which /
clip from The Atkenian Variety, one Of
onf literary society papers. In the afst
plaza ! should say that thesentlemen Of
the Senior class bought black silk hats,
= the gentlemen Of the Senior class
usually 90. It was soon aunored that
the Sophomore boys intended to come
out in plug hats. The Junior boys hear
Ing this made haste to get Columbus
halter 70 bring than on an outfit Of
cashmere plugs. This the halter did
and the Juniors came out sahaadiof the
Sophs. The Sophomore girls, In order to
retrieve the honor Of theirolaaa, sdscidsd
to eome ont In olans haAs sahsad .of the