Telegram-herald., 1889-06-09
HISTORY AND POETRY.
TIE Part Faaysd BY Pins IA To-
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blt 1ets4 pms mere lGsea ia dressing lie
h4lr ~ OfeeA aud 10 haa l41lcs. 4ad livery
plns have been io-n1 lln some of tle SDcieEt
BRUSH D4Fross- II though tae proc 80
date 9i thslr latrCc "a Llaa Esso Eag 4a1 :
uncertain there IS Il oolt. thsl tbey were
: lu21ry, 4ad for . il 1g tluss cUrparatlye-
IL rare Garmelts Iere fastened ~ many
sE1 various ways l.-Hlth sIriugs, laces
with points, an1 stACrs Of wuo1 AID u
netaA " Among s4t4ge nations, zHa ia
times of peculiar Ceskllution among civilized
peoples, taoTns have taken The place usual
y nled b. pms. N4rgiL describing the
wrelcaed Greek captive. Aehemenices,
men lions Lls clothing fastened with thorns
geo5lseTt4Ba teggH,es sfs3isl.
Literature has not dlsd2ined 10 meation
pins, as Shakespeare's pases testify. The
princely Hamlet, fearless Of danger, says:
Il % ROt set my LIE at = pins lee"
10 her companions u listen 10 the conyer-
sation OF the gardeners, says:
My wretebedaess unto a Fos Of pms
They i talk Of state '-alchard H.
A great SAakespe pearcan critic considers
this passage Of value a. showing that pms
were pat Up IN the same way three hundred
years ago as now"
Though small, they are by no means un-
important. ''Dear mel what signifies
pini' were the naughty words OF tie
heroine of a poem Of Jane TayiOrs dear 10
generation now past. But she soon saw
the value OF the sighted object when, at
the hour appointed for The pleasure party,
"rhe carriage ratified 10 the door,
Then ratified fast away;
But poor Eliza ~as not in,
For want of Just single pint"
The story Is told of IA poor young man
seeking business, that having applied Tor
situation and been refused, he was walking
away, sad and well nigh dIsheartened, when
no stopped 10 pick upa pin lying on the
ground. The wealthy merchant into whose
service he had Just failed 10 obtain adInis-
SION was looking from the window and saw
him. He had himself risen from poverty
| by his own exertions; he was struck by this
| incident, and, accustomed 10 Judge OF char
acter by trlies, he believed the young man
would prove honest and careful He ordered
him To be called back, gave hun employ
ment, and a PIN laid the foundation OK
wealth and success.
| These tri.ies have done better work.
| Many years ago IA certain Polish noble
| nan was imprisoned for having, II was SAID,
| spoken insulting words concerning the Rus
| sian Government. History has told Us OF
! many captive whose prison hours have
| been cheered by the converse OF friends and
| the enjoyment of favorite studies but for
him was 10 alienation. No companion re
| licved his loneliness, and had be been al
| lowed any means Of employment, the dark
ness of his dungeon would have prevented
his making use Of them. But he discovered
| in his clothing four piAs, which supplied
| that great want, something 10 do" Drop
| ping them on the floor Of his dungeon he
would search, cropping in the darkness, I'M
| ul lie found them. To do this was his sole
occupation, and it was his belief that only
! the employment thus furnished had pre-
! served his reason. When, after SIX years
| Imprisonment, the news OF his freedom
was brought him, he was on the ground
hunting for one pin which had been for two
| days missing. The four pins, bent and cor
roded, were set in q brooch and worn by his
wife, 10 whom they were more precious than
gems.
| Superstition has not forgotten the pin.
Like other pointed articles, ii is ito be lent,
not given," and we are told in strains EN-
| bodying equal measure of truth and poetry
''Sec pin and pick up,
! All the day you'll have good luck"
Law has deigned TO notice the pin. Not
long before the close Of the reign Of Henry
| VIII a law was passed entitled IAN Acte
for the true Makyng of Pynnes," enacting
that the price should not be more than 6s.
/ Sd. thousand" In the days when pins
were rare they were a very acceptable
present; "instead OF the gifts, a compcnsa
ton was sometimes received in money"
this was called, of course, pin-moncy, a
term which has been extended to a sum of
money secured by 4 husband on his mar
riage for the private expenses OF his wife y
Addison has recorded his dislike OF what he
calls 1.-The doctrine of pin-money;" sit is, -
he writes in 17i1-l2, ''of late da:e, and il is
for the interests Of both sexes TO keep il
from spreading" he proposed "needle-
money" as better name, as II would have
implied something OF good housewifery."