Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
From Tarheel1ana.

try day. The whip end of northern
blizzard came down upon US Wedres-
day, and chilling winds rudely kissed
the faces of the passing fair. who red
dened to their ears and noses with in
dignation. But they passed, all the
same. TO the comfort, pleasure and
qualification of the grosser experiment
on the human form divine. AS honor
and fame are said to attach themselves
to no coalition, so woman's beauty
knows no peculiar native heath. 1t
grows and greets the admiring eye in
all climes and within all surroundings.
Shrouded in the draperies of the Ori-
ent, or enhanced by the trimftting
vestments of the Occident, it asserts
its aIluring power. In honespun,
C llicoes, or silks, its charms is evil
dent. nor needs it the adventitious aid
OF fashionable modiste or costly rail-
ment.
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The girls the girl, for a that.
What masculine sees the clothes
while scanning d pretty face, grace
full form, or neat ankle daintily and
unconsciously exposed! No small foot
peeps from beneath the trailing skirt
held momentarily aloft to avoid the
1f
or unadmired, save by another woman.
And | suppose it is because women
dress not so much to please the men
as to excite the envy of their fellow
women, that the present detestable-
from the male point of view-silk un-
derskirt is in vogue. 1t is made OF full
length with the dress, so that when
the latter is lifted from the filth of the
street, the swishing garment under
meath may come into enviOus view. L
freely confess | don't like the fashion,
and can't see the utility of carefully
caring for the hem of the outer gar
meut while the often more costly raj
ment beneath is ruthlessly left to the
contaminating touch of mud and other
undesirable things that pertain to
crowded thoroughfares. A bas, le
silken petticoat!
Yet be her garb and fashion what it
may, woman is lovely in all her moods
and lenses. Against her | set down
naught in malice, anG always eXtenu-
ate-because I am a man, I suppose
and with her faults, if she have any.
love her STILL But with the dude
have no patience. I mean the dude
who for fashions sake is fashionable.
Here at the upper-ten inns he flourishes
in all his vacuous glory, and is often
a sight to behold. He affects gOlflng
and wears his golf suit in and out of
season. His pride in the exposure OF
his stockinged spindleshanks passeth
all understanding and his appearance
in his No. cap, as he poses painfully
erect, reminds me of nothing so much
as the public pump of my childhood
dAvs. viewed from afar off, with its
spout hidden from view. He walks
the streets thing of beauty and JOY
forever nit! When he returns a.
horse back-still in his golf apparel.
with the addition of pair OF yellow
Iegging-he affects the English style:
short stirrups, knees well in front and
on a level with his seat. The trOt is
his prevalent gait, and at every third
or fourth stride of the nobler animal
underneath him, he rises twelve inches
clear of the saddle. He is in agony.
but what of that? 'Tis poor martyr
that counts the cost of the sacrifice.
Sojourning at this hotel is a party
of three ladies from my own native
State of Pennsylvania mother,
daughter and friend. They are plain,
unassuming people, but possessed OF
those dearer traits which command
the friendship and respect of their fell
low-guests. The daughter, Miss Fan
ME Nixon, was seventeen years old
yesterday, and last evening an enter
tainment was given in honor of the
anniversary of her advent into this
checquered sphere. at nine O'Clock
the invites. fifty strong. and OF equal
lv divided sex, were marshalled in the
dining-room and given place at the
BANQUET. The tables were beautifully
decorated with flowers and glittered
in the display of a special service, a
huge punch howl being prominent no
less from its size than from thati con-
tanned. Some beautiful verses (originai)
were read by Mr.. W. w Winslow, ris-
ing young lawyer, also OF the old Quak-
err Commonwealth. and several appro-
pirate addresses gave happy express
sion to the feelings of the guests. The
landlord himself did honor to the oc-
casion by taking the head OF the
table. aud as q punch-dispeuser he
NAV possibly be rivalled. but not ex-
celled. Cold punch! A most iusinu-
ating LIQUID it is. but with the mag
nanimous Mr.. Pickwick's unhappy ex-
perience in my mind. was guarded
IT,. 80 antfriuo aUnroachas. / CO.