Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-29
HISTORY AND POETRY.
The Part Played by Pins In the
Works % Great Authors.

: works o. Great Authors.
) Antiquarians differ as 70 the history
OF pins, writes Pamela Macarthur Cook
in Good Housekeeping. We are told
that they are Of modern invention
some writers asserting that they were
inyented and brouga; iato use about
the beginning o. the sixteenth century.
Others tell US thar Anne. OF Bohemia,
first Queen Of Richard H.. I357-l3gD
Introduced them into England. But
metal pins we're used ia dressing the
hair OF Greek and Roman ladies, and
ivory pins have been found in some Of
the ancient British barrows. But
though the precise date Of their intro
duction into England is uncertain.
there Is no doubt that they were lux
ury, and for long time comparatively
rare. Garments were fastened in
many and various ways with strings,
laces with points, and skewers OF wood
and Of metal" Among savage nations,
and in times Of peculiar restitution
lamong civilized peoples, thorns have
taken the place usually filled by pins.
Virgil, describing the wretched Greek
Icaptive, Achemenides, mentions his
clothing fastened with thorus (coaser-
!HH tsgauieH Spiais)
Literature has not disdained 20 mem
ton pins, as Shakespeare pages testi-
~. The princely Hamlet, fearless OF
danger, says:
Il do not set ms life al pins fee
The afflicted Queen OF England, pro-
posing 20 her companions 10 listen 10
the conversation Of the gardeners,
says;
MY Indebtedness untoa row OF pins
They'll talk OF state. Richard H.
| A great Shakespearean critic con-
siders this passage Of value as show
ing that pins were put up the same way
three hundred years ago as now"
Though small, they are By no means
unimpOrtant. Dear me! what signi-
ties pin'' were the naughty words Of
the heroine OF poem OF Jane Taylor's,
dear 70 generation now past But
she soon saw the value OF the sighted
object, when, al the hour appointed for
the pleasure-party,
The carriage ratified TO the door,
Then ratified fast away:
But poor Eliza was not in
For want Of just single pin7
The story IS told of poor young
man seeking business, that having APP
piled for situation and been refused,
ne was walking away, sad aud well
nigh dtsheartened. when he stopped 20
pick up pin lying on the ground.
The wealthy merchant into whose SER
vice he had just failed to obtain adnis-
sion was looking from the window and
saw him. He had himself risen from
E,r,,rL. 80 o"H SAor1toHs' ne was
"a "a -, - - "itu' acc.7to,h-
S-r. y We " character Dy tribes, he /
49,, - az olti7 man -, would prove .
=, -. FL, ~ ~ ne oEdered MIN I
- 49, 1l'H' Sass MN employ
...r.L IN I ~ la.o tile louhdahon o. +.
~, - ,'' -; g,'e's's,
NJ !. 80 l',4Nt uoEe 6ettGF work. .
49, - A W IAN iolisa hoole-
..,, Ia a. ~. pIL7o.5ea Iof having y D.
~, ~. IF ..',,.t.u- WORDS concern
No.. - ~ $500 -, ~ eEhiAeut, history
~ s,,'f. - .iilAS " eaptiVe whose .
~ - Ds9 tHssFea ~ the .
N " nus anu the enjoyment +.
- -. 7...,','s, DAt Tor MN was 10 .
III i,. 20 companion relieved .
- - l''i''.'lIes'' anu ha0 ne been al
,3,.,l.- ''ts tlitH7 y tihp,ogm tui, taa 4.
80 .,,',,5' ~ ms u5iSeon would have
H., -. KIM, .i,t III lli1Ahl.tE use p them .
~, ,..stl ~ ~ ms coming Tour
..,,l,,,,i'!,. IIa' EftA. want .
-, ~, ' g,g ~ =" DFopP.og them
- '.DDl ~ t'.7 uuh2soh ne would
~ -, ~, oPtIs ~ tHe aarEhess' until .
81 ,,,'iu Nm 10 40 TINS was bis
tba, XXI. ''' ~ ,,lG y was ms belief
rigbad ~ 5''' eiii2l'y lheRt THUS iar-
VI ~ preserved ms reason.
~ ~, -. '',g ~ -" Sears imprisonment,
III, ''I ~ ~, - ~ Iresaosh was brought
o. - ~ w ia .ils GROUND hunting for
~ H. IN. .T, i.,'u O.'h Tor Two days
,,I,Jas -, : ne '9ur pms Gcpt and cor
81. M; N.Y., - III ~ . brooch ana worn
nro - ~ -, - mno"h 'Hey were more
r S Sv,5,,a tts,n gems
$50 'F't+-ha AAlff