Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
TIGHTEN YOUR HAIRpINS.
If You Dout, You VIII Not BE Able Z
Keep Your Sweetheart.


If You Dou't, You VIII Not BE Able TO
Keep Your Sweetheart.
Tho following interesting little Sto-
ry, OcrcntuNting the old creole dar-
ky superstition of Hold fast your
hairpinS hold fast your love-" was
contributed by Miss Eva Dorsey An
dcr>on: | was walking on Canal
street one day and lost some of the
small silver hairpinS that l used to
hold my hair in place. An old color
cd woman returned them to me with
the remark, Take caro-, honey, yo's
a-luSln Sumo of yO' sweCtheartS,
shore; yO' better hold ON tight. "
"Why, nuntio, how is thut?" l in
TuirCd. | am always interested in
the quaint supCrstitionS of African
lore. find when siftcd to the bot
tom they contain grains of golden
wisdom that mako ono almost be-
liovo the SwcdCnbOrgian theory that
these Africans are tho remnant of
the most ancient church upon the
earth of the celestial nature. Her
olNl W lllhlNNl l'ttt WIS ull illNS WIN
an intelligence that was certainly
not of the mind, but of the heart, as
she answered: Laws, chile, don
yo' know OATS shore sign when
yo' draps 70 hQrpcn dot yO'S a-loSin
yO hOl on yO' sweetheart? Now,
don Yo' feel bad, honey, and cry
yo' purity eyes out for any son oh
Adam dat'S alvin. Dcy amt WORT
it. nary Il one of dem. An les yo'
believe what ole Rose tolls yo, hon.
ely, continued the old woman car
Mostly. "GO' take dem harpcn and
lay 'Cm at the feet of tho blessed Jc-
suS, and he will shorrly send you
back yo' sweetheart.
Then, rs she saw incrcdulity in
my face, she said indignantly.
"Ain't dc blessed Lord done say ev-
cry hair oh yo' head is cOuntcd?"
l thanked tho dear old celestial
soul for hey kindly aid aS muttcring
II blessing on dc dear mamsclle'
she went away. But the quaint
words, 80 earnestly spoken, sunk
into my heart, and pondcrcd their
meaning. 1t was easy TO trace back
the superstition to the Swcndenbor-
gian doctrine of correspondence of
type. Hair Is the type of affection,
and every one knows that it is i'm
possible not TO show the character
by the lines and the arrangement of
the hair. Fashions in hair show tho
temper of the time, and men have
cut OF thrir hair to denote auStcrity
and abstinence from earthly affec-
ton. The stern, auStcrc PuritanS
shaved their hair and We're called
'roundhradS, while the rolliclling
cavaliers wore floating curls and
were addicted to all pleasures. An
other instance of the truth of this
type il the shraring of the beautiful
treSScS of the nun when she takes
her vows to rcnounCc the affections
of tn" world. a woman binds her
hair about nrr head to express fem.
mime restraint, and st. Paul is very
explicit in his commands in regard
to thr cutting and adjoining of hair
III Il woman.
And 80. linking the wisdom OF
SwCdCltbol,<, the sage, to the old
negro mammy' = quaint fancy, ]
thought that it was Il beautiful thing
to hold that mans affection Is thus
crowned with tn" type of the impor-
ishablr. And did not old Rose quote
the highest authority? "Vcrily
say unto EOu the very hairs of your
head are numbered, believing i'll
her simplicity of heart that the least
things pertaining 10 our affections
are not lost, and the least loving
thought of our sweet hearts can be
regaincd by laying it at tlsr feet of
the Lord, where all love Is surely
garncrCd. Ii was II beautiful fancy,
If nOthii.G more, and it brought to
me the tEUught of Il lowing, weeping
woman vino thousands of Years ago
bathrd the feet of ,lcSuS with hc1
tears and wiped them with hcr IN.
ven trrS>r>, bringing her best and
highest love into lowest service.
So ] thought ! would send the lit
tie story 10 Woman = World and
Work to remind the girls to De- caro-
full how they fastened their pretty
tresScS with their gold and silver
pins, for as they place these pins
carefully and securely they arc hold
ing IL tHrir faithful hearts their true
lover : best affection. but if they put
them in with light and careless fin.
gers they are running til" risk Of
losing their admircr and laying
themselves open to the imputatiOr
of flirt New York Tribune.
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