The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-25
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housewife apple trees
keep on their serviceable green serges, and
the fine lady peach trees their shimmering
satins Wonderfully skillfuI dressmakers the
peach trees have; every inch of their shining
robes is ruffied and pulled, and yet, some
how, the lovely dropping long lines Of the
drapery are not affected; there is no bunch
| mess or fussiness. But the sycamores are
| throwing off their crumpled foulard silks,
| and showing themselves in their striking
| two-colored garments. 1 understand there
are great disputes in woodland circles as to
whether their effects of pale brown and
| fesh-color are produced by rich embroidery
| or by simple raggedness.
Nobody can blame the naples for clnging
| to their embroidered robes as long as they
can. Although they do not here achieve the
| flaming splendors of more northern regions,
yet their rich orange-brown is the brightest
| color worn hereabouts, and their bare
| boughs are comparatively commonplace.
| The poplars, too, would like to retain their
| futtering sateens. Poor thingsl even in
| leaves they must wear the cheapest thing
| going and when their leaves are gone, their
poverty of curves and plainness of outline
is all too apparent. But the elms drop of
decent and reveal in all their loneliness
their exquisite and unrivaled contours. Not
| only have their boughs the most beautiful
curve in nature, but every tiny twig throws
itself out with a hint of the same exquisite
| line, till their innumerable multitude fin
| ishes the tree with a fairy-like lace.
| The elm's only rival in winter beauty Is
the beech tree. which, not quite equal to the
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beauty Of color. The exquisite luminous
gray of the beech's trunk is unmatched for
loneliness. 1t seems to be dressed from head
to foot in the daintiest gray suede kid-save
| that glove ever had that transcendent.
almost transparent color. Their trimming of
tiny twigs is about twice as elaborate and
lace-like as that of the elm itself, and the
bright beauty of their brown leaves can
cheer the dullest winter landscape. A beech
| tree that does not drop it's leaves early will
keep them on all winter and their color is
a brown so bright that 1T is almost rosy.
| The oaks have the same variation of habit;
some Of them are already bare; others will
stand all winter like stately dowagers in
stiff brown silks, keeping a watchful eye
| on the escapades of the frisky young
| naples and beeches. The nut trees have
dropped their leaves with their nuts, but
there is look of enticing promise in the
thick tips of their graceful branches as one
sees them against the sky, something that
promises treasure of nuts among the yellow
leaves on the ground. The cherry trees
scarcely acknowledge the presence of au-
tumn. Their green chintzes look still so neat
and fresh that one suspects them of having
been newly laundered.
! Many persons seem to fail to see the
| beauty of leafiess trees, except in an etch-
| ing, but 1t Is there-an enchanting bewitch-
ment Of delicate traceries and interlacing
| arches. beauty of line and of color TO
charm the days of winter, fadeless lowell
ness to make us glad until the sweet magic
of spring brings back the even greater
loneliness of the unfolding leaves.
| A certain learned man, writing for the in
struction of woman, in a womans journal
has found something that appeals to his
| sense of humor. He laughs
| The Vow consumedly' at the idea
to Obey. that women should object
to committing perjury. The
joke that appeals so exquisitely to his sense
Of humor is that number of young wom-
en- in the East have leagued together to en-
from the marriage service. Are Eastern
clergymen in the habit of using that form
of marriage ceremony, or are all the wom-
en- worth mentioning in the East Episco-
palians? Certainly Western clergymen. I'M
less they are Episcopalians, have not gen.
orally used that form for thirty years or So.
Why one reasonable. sensible, conscientious
| adult should promise to obey another in all
things is mystery; especially as the prob
abilities are that the person to be obeyed is
less conscientious than herself, and has less
knowledge Of her own duties than she has
A welded pair should defer to each other s
| wishes, tastes, preferences; they should
bear and forbear;" each should, so far as
reason and conscience will permit, endeavor
to do what will please the other-but neither
of them has any right to claim obedience
from the other. Our amused gentleman does
not pretend to say that women ought TO
obey their husbands; he admits that the
idea is obsolete; he does not stand glorious
ly up, like the inestimable Mr.. Box of the
Ladies' Home Journal, and shout to listen
ing universe, fought women to obey? Yes,
a thousand times. yesr' He does not think
they ought to obey, he only thinks it is
inexpressibly ridiculous that they should OBJ
ject to vowing solemnly that they will.
But let him have patience. Women have
not yet learned the art of Indifference to
perjury: they are not practiced in swear
ing to false tax returns, false land entries,
false pension vouchers. some men are;
they are VIGOROUSLY less given to making
false vows of love. "At lovers perjuries,
Jove laughs" is not woman's proverb.
| They may not even take kindly to the gen.
| tleman's closing suggestion-made quite
seriously, after he got through laughing
that it would be nice arrangement to take
the obnoxious VOW in Pickwickian sense
|. If they were required, like officials TO swear
to enforce laws that they intend to evade;
or, like clergymen, to swear to support ira
ditional doctrines that they do not believe
, they might object less to the marriage vow
of obedience; but at present, you see, they
still suppose that solemn vows are meant
to be kept.
. If there Is anything that we are solernnIy
. warned against nowadays. 1t is the evil OF
pauperizing the poor by relieving distress
! But what pauperizes;
To Pauperize 1t is the small and FIRE.
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