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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
Pretty Girls Of Dublin.

Ireland IS noted fSf its beautiful women,
and the girls of Dublin are as pretty as those
Of any city in the world They have, as a
rule, fair, rosy compilations and good forms,
and they know how to dress the latter. at
tended a regatta at Dalkey, the great yacht
ing place near Dublin, and Saw some several
thousands Of the better class of girls of Ire
land. The poorer class were shut out by the
higher prices of the inclosure allotted to Us,
and the crowd was a kid-glOved one. The
girls seemed to be remarkably healthy and in
high spirits, and they showed, as / could
judge from the witty remarks l heard en-
passant, all the love of humor for which old
Ireland IS famous. The Irish brogue coming
out of the pearly teeth of a rosy-cheeked,
bright-eyed Irish girl sounds very sweet in
deed, and were / a millionaire American
with one or two American girl babies, l
would bring them to Ireland to raise them
for the sake of their compilations. The
beauties are not, however, confined to the
upper classes. pretty girls everywhere,
and many a sweet face there is among the
white capped servant girls of the hotels, and
even among the workers in the fields or in
the cotter's huts.-Frank G.. Carpenter in
Cleveland Leader.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
Cities of tho Future.

Some years ago was in the heart of
China, where learned some lessons In re-
gard TO the development Of empires
Given a homogeneous people, speaking
the same language, bound together by the
ties Of commerce, and your great cities
will be in the interior rather than on the
seaboard, for the reason that the domestic
commerce Of a nation far exceeds its for
eign trade. China is dotted over with
great cities of which we know very little
How many Of your readers ever heard of
Soochow, with 1900, 700 people, or wau-
chang, with nearly as manyf or a score of
cities containing 5OO,OOOi You see the
same process going on in this country.
Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg,
Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
St Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Kansas
City, Omaha, Denver, Atlanta, Richmond,
Chattanooga.
A century hence the republic will be
sprinkled with great centers of trade
The Atlantic seaboard will have les chain
Of cities-Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston and
Savannah. New York, by its position, its
relations with Europe on the one hand,
and the interior on the other, bids fair to
wrench the scepter from London, and be-
come the worlds banking house Quite
likely it may always maintain its suprem-
acy as the metropolis of the republic,
and by and by become the chief city of
the world That Chicago Is to stand next
in rank seems to me to be certainty,
rather than a probability. y.-@tJarleton" in
Boston Herald.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

An old superstition pertaining to cloth
ing is that before putting on new clothes
a sum OF money must be placed in the
right-hand pocket which will insure its
always being full II by mistake, how
wearer will never have penny as long as
the clothes last.
If an article of dress is put on inside out
it is good luck
1t is said of the cast-off clothes Of the
dead that they never last very long, but
that as the body decays so do the gar
ments. In Denmark corpse is never al.
lowed to be buried in the clothes Of a liv-
ing person, lest as the clothes rot in the
grave that person to whom they belonged
should waste away and perish. So in the
Netherlands even the rings of the dead
are never given away.
The apron Is not without its supersti-
tions. Women turn them before the new
moon to insure good luck for the ensuing
month In Yorkshire, a town in Eng
land, when a married woman's apron
falls of 1t Is a sign that something is
coming to vex her; when, however, the
apron Of an unmarried girl drops down
she Is frequently the subject Of laughter,
IS 1t is a sure sign that she is thinking OF
her sweetheart. II a young woman's pet
ticoats are longer than her dress it is
proof that her mother does not love her
as much as her father. a notion which ex-
tends as far as Scotland. IL the stocking
Is put on wrong side out, 1t is lucky, bu
unlucky to turn it To clothe the lef
foot before the right one is a sign of mis-
fortune-New York Commercial Adver
ffsar
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

blocks, etc, II wouId s,em enc n,..e
ones would not lack for variety. But
even these at times prove monotonous, and
one must resort TO some other device. At
such times blackboard is source of interest
and oftentimes amusement, and it is not a
little help in teaching primary arithmetic
and geography. 1t is not necessary for it to
be large, and it will cost but little. Keep a
box of colored crayons "a well as white, and
do not deprive the children of the pleasure of
drawing on the board, rs well as writing and
ciphering. When small children become
wearied, it is just as well to release them, or
draw their minds off in some other channel.
Therefore, it is a GOOD plan to let each little
one have slate and pencil, also a lead pencil
and paper, and when they become wearied
with other studies let them make letters
Children can not be taught the use of pen and
pencil too early, and should be allowed the
free use of them, evep at the risk of scribbling
their books, for by their continued use they
learn to write easily and rapidly.-Mrs. L A
W. in Courier-Journal
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

Women need to cultivate their own re
sources more. There are some who early
-ecognize the difference of value between the
,erishable and imperishable things Of this
sarth Every valuable possession has its adj
led care and expense. People who were once
moderate circumstances, or poor, even,
who grew wealthy, look back upon the old
ife as freer from cares, and happier; yet, il
Shey were TO 60 back to their early and simple
style of living the world would severely criti-
Use them. Every woman needs to keep up
Ter list of old friends, and to make new ones,
90; the family and children cannot meet all
he wants that middle-aged people must have
or friendship Not any woman is so busy
out that she can find time to write an occa-
ional letter. II the friend to whom she owes
letter would come to see her, she could lay
lside work and talk to her, and urge her to
tay longer. One can stop on the street at
he risk Of taking pneumonia in winter, TO
ak to q friend for half an hour, and why
sannot friends be civil when they do not
neetl
Pure air every day, which housekeepers
need 50 much, would freshen them up until
twice the amount Of work could be accom-
olished that there is, without the daily drag
ring sensation which one has who stays so
loosely indoors. There are many mothers
md children who do not go out for a week of
mowy or stormy weather, and all grow irri-
able or cross, because they have failed TO pro-
Tide themselves with proper protection against
storms-overshoes, leggings, rain coats or UNI
orellas. The English family entire goes out
rain or shine. Health ranks first with them,
Is il should.-Pauline Adelaide Hardy in
Good housekeeping.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
American Humor Lost.

Said Col Sanford, of Marshalltown
Iowa: Il once delivered my lecture o
old and New Things in London, Engian
and as always do, used that exprr
sion, 'pstheticker and patheticker.' T.
next morning one of the leading Londu
dailies appeared with criticism on t,
lecture, in which it gravely stated tn
the distinguished gentleman certain.
knows that the expression was grossly i
correct. He should have used the word
more and more pathetic in that connec
tion. You remember the articles writ
ten by Williams, of The Norristown Her,
aid, in which he claimed to be the autho,
Of Shakespeare and several other world
renowned works. Would you believe it,
The English are so obtuse that they could
not see the point, and all the leading pa
pers and magazines Of England criticised
the articles severely, saying that the
falsehood must be patent to every one, as
Shakespeare had been dead for so long
and the other authors were not only dead
before the writer in The Norristown Her
aid was born, but that their authorship
had never been disputed before. Indian.
apolis Sentinel.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

| Beauty is very important factor in human
| life, in the destiny Of the race; but to be COM
manding, to be continuously influential, it
must be sustained with something else. Apart
from mind. manners, culture, character, it Is
4 poor possession, and only proclaims the
lack of what, by a natural law, should be its
adjuncts. A merely pretty, handsome or
beautiful woman is no match for one who is
plain, even homely in person, provided she
has tact, delicacy OF instinct, elegance and
cleverness; the beauty will make an impres-
sion at first, but the impression will be re-
moved and a reaction will set In unless the
pretty woman can prove, by some other and
higher means, her right to physical favor.
She will soon be regarded as q counterfeit,
having nothing internal to answer to the
external
Who are the interesting the attractive, the
charming women of society in this countryi
Are they uniformly beautiesl Is this ell
chantment in their faces and fguresi Are
their bodies more than their souls! Their
bellehood springs from their manners, what
they feel or think. Are they whom you de
light to talk to-the ones of pink and white
cumpleXions, Grecian noses, oval faces, cameo
cut and perfect, superb formsl Would you
choose FOR companion, wife, her whose chief
charms rest in luxuriant hair, regular fea-
lures! have heard men say that they pre-
Ter n fine woman, without personal charms,
10 the fairest goddess, radiant with insipidity"
No healthful man can or does despise beauty
In any shape, but between beauty and brains
there is only one choice.-Mrs. A E Henton
10 Courier-Journal
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

A correspondent writes that the pretty
queen of Rome is with her young son, the
Duke of Naples, at Courmeyer, which is the
ltalial ChamouniS on one side of Mont Blanc
AShe lives, says the correspondent, "in the
Hotel Royale-royal only in name--a third
class hotel, excepting in price. It is, how
ever, delightfully."- placed, commanding fine
view, and the queen can go out for her fire.
quent walks without passing through the
town Here, with her dear friend, the Villa
Marina, and two gentlemen in waiting, with
her young son, the pretty queen takes her
summer vacation. Plainly dressed and well
shod, she walks miles. She choose the hour
when the people at the hotel are dining and
the roads deserted excepting by few peas
ants, to whom she speaks, and, finding out
their needs, is judiciously lenevolent-a beau
tiful character Marguerite de Savoie In the
evening they send up lighted balloons and
burn wood fires on the submits of the noun
tains-Boston Traveller
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

tell you, when you come to look at it, the
outlook for girls in cities is very discourag-
ing. Their aim in life is, of course, to become
happily welded; but how few marriages in
respectable society take place nowadays.
Girls grow up to blooming womanhood,
wither in old maidhood and die without hav-
ing secured a taste of married blessedness.
Men seem to have no desire 30 wed, and of
those whodo, how many bring their wives TO
early graves or drive them to something
worse. knew young lady who was at one
time the belle of St Louis. She married,
and .yas considered to have made a good
match. Her husband was wealthy and moved
in good society. She died soon after her mar
riage and her funeral was largely attended;
but how is she remembered! There is not so
much as a slab to mark her resting place.
Men, truly, are becoming wholly depraved-
Police Clerk in Globe Democrat
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
A Study of Girls.

~Do you know, said she, 1--WE been ma ing
study OF girls I've just discovered one
new thing about them-the American ones, |
mean. They're all making desperate effort
to live up to their regulations. Those ridicu-
lous New England novelists have got us in a
trightful box They've made the world he
lieve that we're subtle--that We mean some
tremendous thing every time we make q sim
pie speech All the smart men are now try
ing to judge US by this standard Of complex
ity, and the girls are trying TO cultivate the
proper mysticism A great lot of dull writers
have been saying that we think one thing and
mean another, and giving US credit for sort
Of sublime craftiness, till no one thinks they
have a right TO take your obvious meaning
The consequence is that all these school girls,
who are turned out like q lot of new bonnets
each year, are trying TO be complex. No one
talks as she wants to, but as she thinks Mr.
Howells or James would like to have her
Having gotten over her Anglomania, the
American girl is afraid she is losing her indi-
viduality, and is hunting around for her lost
national traits. s."-Saratoga Letter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

There is certain monastery in Spain
where the fat and unctuous friars and lay
brothers perform such feats in the way Of
cooking and eating as make one think of the
Arabian Nights. A sparkling rivulet flows
through the center of an Immense hall, and
thence through pierced wooden reservoirs,
containing every SORT and size of the finest
civer fish. Each side, loads of game and
vsnison, vegetables and fruits are heaped
beyond long line of stoves extend a row
II ovens, hillocks of flour, rocks Of sugar, jars
.t the purest oil, pastry in abundance.
On one occasion the party sat down to zone
of the most delicious banquets ever vouch-
safed to mortal this side of Mohammed's
Paradise" The macedoine was perfection,
the ortolans and quails Jumps of celestial
fatness, the sautes and bechamels beyond
praise, and a certain truffle cream was so ex-
quisite that the grateful Lord Abbot piously
gave thanks for it.-New York Evening
Post
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

sYou wish me TO tell you something about
my papers" Mrs. Frank Leslie says, and in
the course of two wide columns she gives their
history with great pleasure. From it learn
that Mrs. Leslie's editorial policy is to ~pro-
duce at the earliest moment, regardless Of ex-
pense,n etc. Beyond a little evening now
and then, she has no social life. But q great
many people call to see her "for no other ap-
parent purpose than to see a woman journal
list at her desk" All through her trials the
press has been with her. The reporters are
always looking her up and saying: Mrs.
Leslie, you are worth SO to US any day.
Won't you give US an interview The con-
cluding morceau is, perhaps, the most inter
esting Of all SDo you ever do any writing
yourself now'" asks the reporter. mo. Why
should IL have been asked to write some
thing, and am offered enormous sums if l
would do it. Publishers have urged me to
edit books If had not time to write, and edi-
tors prayed me to send them some letters
from Europe. But now, since have made
money, l don't care TO write. love my dia-
inonds"-and she glanced says the reporter1
at some sparkling gems on her fingers, and
became loose several times-@and my dresses"
and she stroked I'VE are told her beautifully
fitting black dress. ~Why should | write
when out of my business / make something
overland Mrs. Leslie mentioned a sum lit
appears long way up among the tens OF
thousands. But adds the discreet inter
viewer, Il am not authorized TO reveal Sc
crets. London Cor. New York Star.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
A Piucty Western scho ima,am.

We remember a school teacEnr who came
to the land Office at Niobrara, Nebraska, late
one Saturday night and hunted up the officers
and prevailed upon them to let her make
proof on her claim, so that she could reach
home, forty miles distant, in time to resume
her school on Monday morning She owned
the pony that carried her on that two-days'
ride of eighty miles. and fed and cared for
herself. She bad earned it as she had earned
the money to improve her claim, by teaching
the frontiersmen's children the rudimeuts Of
an education for SIC month.
And away out on the bleak highlands Of
Washington, we remember q little school
house with its group Of tow-beaded young
sters and the sun-browned teacher in their
midst, like queen among her loving sub
iects. A prairie fire had Just swept down
upon the place, and there had been no help
meas, 30 she helped herself, ss all such women
4" EhA loclsd The Httls shavers In the
building, and with the rest set head fires and
fought like e general leading forlorn hope;
fought until her hands were blistered and
her face blackened, but she saved her flock,
did that teacher from the Kansas normal,
and didn't faint, but looked up smiling like q
daisy. The western woman is not degenerat-
ing.-Cedarvale Star.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26

domestic angel must make heaven o.
earth
So when Lillian returned to London,
Charlie, aided and sbetted by his name
sake, contrived to see q great deal of her.
he was invited to dine at her mothers
house, and one evening, when he had in
weighed her into the charming conservs-
tory that led out Of the drawing room,
he, in the midst of pretending to admire a
flower, turned suddenly to her, and, In a
voice that was a little unsteady, ex-
claimed:
20, Lillian, can't you see how awfully in
love | am with your"
Lillian looked down. She made no re-
spOnse to his words or to the pressure of
the hand which seized hers
Don't you care little bit for me, darl-
ingt" he asked.
Lillian turned away her head
you have quite forgiven me for what
happened at the court, haven't your" he
pleaded, unadroitly.
She dragged her hand from his and
turned pair Of flashing eyes upon him
"If you dare remind me- she began.
"No, 1 won't, l won't" he interrupted
her. ~But don't you see. darling"-and
just the least twinkling Of mischievous-
ness came into his blue eyes-"if you feel
so dreadfully bad about It, it would all be
put quite straight by your marrying met
Then you might throw any number of
wet sponges at me without having any
qualms Of conscience afterward.
This was too much. Lillian tore herself
from him and rushed into the drawing
room He followed her. Mercifully for
him, no one else was there.
Forgive me, darling, and say that you
do care little for me" he pleaded, tax
ing her hand for the third time.
I'll will think about it, she muir
INJURED
Think now" he said. kissing her
whether she would or no.
And ultimately, she decided to make
him happy.-Lovdon World
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
WOMAN AND HOME.
A MAN IMPROVES A SEASON OF
COMPULSORY IplENEss.

W.
~ 'ss "'heh-"oman an'
Her hesources-Nrs. Frank Lesiie-A
Plucky schoolma'am-A Study o
Gtrl.-p.r.r-.,n.
A worker found himself suddenly shut of
from his daily earnings, but he did not seei
other Involuntary idlers like himself TO be
wall the ill-fortune. He looked at home fol
something to do, and found It. Several ot
the mortise locks on the doors refused tC
catch their bolts. He took them out, and
found broken wire spiral springs. For thest
be substituted bits Of rubber, and made the
locks better than before. He washered the
knobs of the doors that had q rafting play
whenever handled He put new threshold
and storm guards to outer doors which had
admitted flood to the front hall and 70 the
kitchen whenever the rain was from east or
south. He frightened rattling windows, and
where the upper and lower sashes met he
placed fiat strips Of wood covered with
woolen cloth on one side and edge; this kept
out deal Of cold wind
The stove top was not large enough to hold
utensils in cooking in addition to others Just
ifed off. He went to a building in process Of
erection, and was given four pressed bricks
lie made frame 20 hold these side by side,
and placed it alongside the stove. His wife
considered it a great convenience. Several
shelves were placed where they would do the
most good. He fixed a piece, holding a num-
Der of pivoted arms, TO the wall back Of the
stove, and the good woman had handy dry
ing horse for dish wipers, towels, and other
mall articles, and the bars, when empty,
could be swung against the wall out of the
way. The little girl had dolls, and other play
things TO be mended, there were chairs with
broken backs and loose rungs which required
dowel and glue, and a tabs with rickety legs,
and one with leaf hinge rotted thr ugh by
rust Tubs and pals were in danger of COM
ing to pieces for want of hoops. He made
better hoops Of wire than the original ones Of
paper-thin iron. As cold weather was sem
ing, he hung a door 10 the pigs sleeping
place, n door double-hinged with leather at
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
California Girls Abandonins Corset.

/ will confide to you that us girls have
pledged ourselves to eschew corsets. | al
ways did hate those things and marvel that
they have been fashionable so long. Do you
know, l believe us women will be wearing
trousers before 1900! La mode is getting
nearer and nearer that consummation Look
at the figures you can view any day on
kearney street or Market street. Almost
tire typical Grecian drapery in scantiness.
Skirts are being laid aside and great is the
onsequent gain in ease. Oh, dear! how slow
he monde is in enlightenment! Suppose We,
the fair sex, should don trousers, would mas
culines stare at us curiouSly more than a week.
Use breeds indifference, you know.-Oakland
Call Echoes
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-26
The Oyster and the II.

A Lewistown, Me-, oyster-opener tells
The Journal of that city that the old say
about the oyster and the letter is nom
sense in these days The oyster in sum-
mer is good deal superior to the average
oyster in winter, because it Is fresher. It
has to be fresh from the beds in summer,
while In winter it can be kept till its life
is all out Of 1t. The oysterman says that
he eats two oysters in summer to one In
winter, and they are better every time
EXCHANGE.