The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-09
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times very wide and long. Ornaments
were freely worn, and the long wells
which were the headgear for ladies OF
quality were festooned with gold pins.
For some reason 1t was thought neces-
sary to introduce Il kind of sumptuarv
law with regard to the length of gar
ments and the length of their hair. Men
were forbidden to wear their hair on their
shoulders, and women to wear the long
plaits hanging loose. 1t was a mark of
distinction for maidens to wear long hair.
only the slave-born having it cut short;
so it is not likely that women of free
birth were induced by any edicts to cut
their hair close. but only 10 confine 1t
within reasonable bonds. Our forbears
must IA been better provided with
natures head covering than we are.
There IL, alasi little occasion now for re-
straining the abundance of women's
locks.
The Author of IA F,miliar Rhyme.
The name of Mrs. Julia A. Carney of
Salisbury. ILL.,, is perfectly unfamiliar TO
thousands OF ears, yet it is stated that
from the pen of his woman came many
years ago a jingle which is known per-
maps as widely as any ever written:-
Little drops of water,
Little grams of sand.
Makes the mighty ocean
Abo lac piSo'ohS A"hN'
1t is now nearly fifty years ago since
Mrs. Carney wrote these lines While
teaching u primary school in Boston. IL
was while writing O little article on the
value of moments in Il life thar, to illus
trate her meaning more accurately. Mrs.
Carney unconsciouSly wrote the verse.
Without thinking that there was ANY,
thing in the lines calculated to make them
immortal, she sent them to an editor who
asked her for 'some scraps to fill cor
ners." In a few weeks the lines were
copied broadcast over the land, the Bos-
ton schools introduced them into their
books. children sang them, mothers
taught them, and they are widely known
both in America and England.
High Ideals for Children.
We are loo ready to impart instruction
to children from low moods and on Il low
plane. because we do not ourselves habit
ually dwell in the latitude of the uplands.
Motives of policy. of vanity, of seeming
instead of being right; enter into our
own lives, and, alas! poison the lives of
the little oues at the fountain. A grand
life, IL brave example, a splendid Instance
or rortitude, of self-abnegation. or cour-
age against odds. is never in vain. 1t Is
an obiect-lesson that flames out from the
sky, us the planet amid the host
of lesser stars. Whether it be an
arctic or an African explorer, the
leader of a forlorn nope, the
missionary living among the island lepers.
or the army nurse. leaving home and lux
ury to minister to the wounded and soothe
the dying, the noble ideal is uplifted be-
fore the eyes of those who are yet in the
initial stages. ana whose characters are
yet in the mould of destiny. This thought
OF the lofty ideal gives the chief value of
our annual Decoration Day, giving US
pause amid the pomp and ease OF peace,
that we may think not of the p%ageantry
of war, but of its sufferings, It's fever and
thirst. it's rigors of cold and furnace heats,
its weary marches, fierce battles, and
the patriotism which alone condones its
bitter woe n the mourning that follows
in its track.