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~ ; - , . ' ; •' : ' : ;¦ ' ;;] tfE ^; . MiijLINEKS . \ . ' _ : . $ : & £ ¦ : o ) 4 dispute has been , revivecL on the question , whether men . should serve in drapers © Srfliiiberdashers' shops . It iseasj . to suggest what -might * fre said on the negative side . Th ^( ierapl 6 yhiiBnt is nnmanly , keeps women tnit of work / stints the aririy , arid degrades a classi of fine young feUows , who ought to be ibiettej , ' j ^ inp foyed ^ tfi ' aii ' iii the srnilirjg service of jaidigg ? , . unroiung riba ; iic 3 , . and . 3 iscus ^ ing tints and ; tissues ... i / Tl * exe , ia :: a , gooddeal ofreason
in . the : complaiutj the overpowering answer being ,-howBveryfthrat ladies will have it so , and- are not to be contradicted .- If Ea . g : l" aijd ' DBj > Gjkn ' - dismiss their ydung men , ladies wiU go to ;•¦ ' 1 La " mq ^; &tid ; TItton . ' "Why ? jBeca . tise , it is said ^ thev like the idea of being vrai ^ ed upon , I > y . smart ,,, well-dressed , well-^ pj ^ ken , gallnnt assistants ., . Sojpething resembling , in . a distant , . shadowy , intangible , Unacknowledged- way , flir'tation is at the bottom of at . We beg ; paTdon . We be-1
lieve ' ifi-isn < J -such thing . . Ladies long expm&n « ed inc * sh 6 ppiflg- ' will tell you that the . ypung . nienin . drapers and silkmercers ' shops are , as ; a class , more patient , polite , ancf iroperturbably- goodnatured than the young ; jadies behind , the plate-glass of the milliners' palaces ., The longer your pretty ILaxtka . will sit- at the counter tossing over shfi ^ ls- robes , aftd laces , thfe / pleasanter for the gentleman who Kias Wkeyep up an agreeable , ttottj ^ de | er ^ is saying fioihi ' rig harstiof the young-lady assistant to
observe ,, thatsne , does not , see-the thing quite io ^ the s . amePlight- , J # she ; be Pieek and lowly by Bitture , ' she mayi suffer .. in . silence ; but if she Las spirit ,- and seeB ^ that her customer is npt only triflmg ^ but ( if & beauty ) a « natural enettry * intdthfe' bargain ; she may make a Ttostile _ sign , and snap at the dilatory lad ^ y . Whether this or something else be the cause , we MLjeye , tba , t J adi ^ s in " general will not coiiwai ^ jb ' u ^ w . ^ ri . ! we . ' 8 ay ihat , they find them ,- , selves more patiently and courteously served by men than by women . - 1
Then it is forgottenthat service at a fashionable silkmercer ' s br "draper ' s is heavy wprk . Take up a rolt of long-cloth , or a bale ot silk , spread out the pattern , return it to itsp 3 ace On the shelf again , and do that for t 6 n hours , keeping , on your feet all the time ( tyitljj i ( a . .. brief ln ' ter . lude for dinner ) , and every noy C and tWn runaiug up a staircase or ladder , and pushing between counters ; and if a you are Xiucy you will wish you . were G # 6 b , # e , ^ l ^ le if you . iare vGeoiige be thankfit ^ yflu ^ are / idpfc . ^ jvpyf . weak of limb and untrained to the incessant exertion . Somebimes ,
qf course , your day ' B business may bfe a light lounge ; but we do iiot find that lmendrripera % W : J ^?^^ ers * assistants' grow naturally ftearty upon their labour ., ; v AbIc any one of them who has had a Tegular day ' s work , anc he will tell you that nothing is more exhaustitig .: '" The number of ybting girls employed ipight be increq . sed if a stftff , of pbritera were employed to , fetch and carry ; buti such n macbinery would be difficult to manage ^ Jr otrid , moreover , absorb the labour of a class fr ^ m whicH recruits for the army might bo
expected much more reasonably than from among the . ordinary shopmen .. We do not meet many" men' in ' shops where lace , caps , and ' embr 6 idery ; 'forln the priiitfpal stoqk . ; Jil 5 r ^ er ( O verjfcbere are men , pqly Upon it there lfl nian ' siwork . to do . Not entirely :. muslins » ud « ilks have 1 to be arranged bo ns to'flow down the ^ Brstatit ' a form rtnd exhibit their qoquetries , r ib ^ n ^ lihve"td ' be unrolled , ' fleecy and flaky dainties of dresa have to be bandied
bf . Great Britons fit to fix bayonets ; but supposing you turn'the young men out of Regent-street , ^ hither will they go ? ^ iDfot to the ^ Qr ^ eGruai'ds . ^ , "You hav ^ e' it ihilifc& , ry system which i ^ . the horior of . every cla ^ . s , except the lowest ... Thai Qiust' be reformeii before any one : will think it a degradation to be a silk-mercer ' s assistant , or aii honour to "be a private soldier . - ' ' ., ""' .
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:.,. HOW TO , MELT : PEA . RLS . AHomak Governor killed himself because he could not supply Tiis daughter with jewels . Perhaps Mliss Clatoke , step-daughter of Colonel Wa . itgh , might have dri"ven a stronger [ Roman to despair . That is to say , unless she be a type of her graceful class—the class which clothes itself in soft raiment from Bond-street , and sometimes does not pay the bill . Really , however , the ninth statue in the Arabian palace would be unreasonable if it
could not \ valk or ride without parasols at eighteen guineas each , or sthile in chandelier light without a wreath of golden roses . Supposing thelMABT in question to be a lily , what would be the cost of painting it , for a morning at Court ? A lace chemisette ( we Suppose ) , 51 . ; a white glace dress , with gold and white lace train and gold brocade , 55 Z . 10 s . ; a headdress , "with gold wreath and feathers , 5 Z . 5 s . ; ten buttons , 51 . ; & pair of Mechlin lace sleeves , 82 . 8 s . Por one afternoon , possibly ,
this may be considered liberal ; but what if the painted lily require a fresh coating ten times during the season , upon a similar scale ? Well , , we will waive that . If necessary , let Mart wear real turquoise buttons , green and white Court dresses rich with pearls , pointlace parasols lighter than Indian canopies , shell buttons , silver azaleas , sapphire wreaths 3 rose point bonnets , crystallized silks , and all the houri draperies and decorations which bedecked the elegance of Mabt , daughter of Mrs . Waugh ; buttheroia att-item ' which cannot be pardoned : " Dressing four dolls ,
12 Z . 12 s . " Whose dolls , ? Are dolls ever dressed in this way ? "Of course , " Miss Mary says . Then say nothing more of African idola , for if you bedizen a block of wood , or a mass of wax , linen , and sawdust , with exquisite tissues and jewelling , you are not less mad or idolatrous than the worshipper of Mumbo-Jumbo . The costume of a wedding party , in the Wavgh : family , seems to have cost 1200 i . And a great horror is excited . Stay a moment : you saw the bridemaids come out of church ; you admired and envied them . You flattered the young Cleopatra with her wreath of silver and diamonds . You never
thought then that this would . come to bankruptcy . After all , however , bankruptcy is the end of it , and we may think of that when we next see a lady whom it has cost a thousand pounds sterling to conceal her relationship to the G-reek ideal . Perhaps , however , there is a Greek precedent . The sculptor put a robe of gold on his ivory statue ; and , in like manner , English living ivory is covered with gold and pearls which have been melted in a Weat-end crucible .
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EXPECTED MUllDER AT DUBLIN . If SpoLiiKN be an ihnoeont man , we advise the Dublin police to look well after the movements of a person who baa published a rhyme on the Indian mutiny . He may not have been the same ruffian who dashed out Mr . liirri / E ' s brains with a hammer , but wo should any that ] ie has all the qnalitiea of a murderer . . Possibly , / ho 1 Wants tho courage to commit homicide ; but jf thftt bo a '' security ; it is tho only one ^ e J » av , , Or is ho it maniac ? That , appears n ' liqit f , ' J tho moat authentic suggestion ; at all events , lie is one for the criminal ward . Unless ho bo traced
there amity be ^ an-Assassination in the dark ; we counsel , the people of Dublin to look to themselves . He would certainly use thej knife , if he elated—this parodist of tragedy who . . grins Vt the daughter of ¦ women ° and gloats over the mutilation of children . ^ Ye shall , perhaps , pain our readers by quoting a few lines of the detestable doggerel , but we shall carefully omit whatever is indecent , although \ re cannot select a verse Avithout
rejmnting a brutality : — - K ! I see the swarthy iigger of tie wonst so crouching nigger Has E-pulls the veageful trigger -witch lays is master low ; Hand I ear is yell of slorter , as E swears to give no quarter , And E thinks of wife and dorter made the minions of 13 foe , And a thousand madning' memries nerve is blow !
Hall ia vain the widespred wastings of Dallousy , Clive , and Aystings ; Hall in vain the Hinjan ' s tastings of the Briton ' s crewill lore ; Hall in vain the guns of Lorrence , 00 as made us an aborrence By the hlood E spilt in torrence ; hexacutions without kors , For witch E got so many foo l ^ ' aplors .
This scavenger ' s howl- —of a piece with the Irish sarcasm vrhich speaks of the English as the countrymen of I ) ove and Palmeji 'wants a , glossary to render the points intelligible . C . B » there stands for ' , ' ' E' for ' he , ' and Hinjan' for ' Indian . ' ATe submit , that the ruffianly writer of such a ditty deserves twelve months at the crank if he be sane , and if he be insane , ought to be chained among frenzied lunatics . At any rate , if the Irish detectives do not run him down , some mean and cowardly crime will probably be committed before long in Dublin .
The Edinburgh Castle Rock . —The following letter from Mr- Ruskin appears in the Witness : — - " Dunbar , September 14 , 1857 . —As . 1 was leaving Edinburgh tliis morning ^ I hoard a report which gave me more concern than lean easily express , and very sufficiently spoilt the pleasure of my drive here . It was said to be the architect ' s intention to cut down into the brow of the Castle Rock , in order to afford secure foundation for some new building . Now , the Castle Rock of Edinburgh is , as far as 1 know , simply the noblest in Scotland , conveniently approachable by any creatures but seagulls or peewits . Ailsa and tho Bass are of course
more wonderful , and I suppose in the "West Highlands there ar « masses of crag more wild and fantastic ; but people only go to see these once or twico in their lives , while the Castle Rock has a daily influence in forming the taste or kindling the imagination of every promising youth in Edinburgh . Even irrespectively of its position , it ia a mass of singular importance among the rocks of Scotland . It is . not easy to find among youi mountains a ' craig' of so definite a form and on so magnificent a scale . Among the central hills of Scotland , from the Ben Wy vis t 6 tho X . aminermuir 3 , I know of none comparable to it ; while , besides being bold and
vast , ita bars of basalt are . so nobly arranged , and form a series of curves at once so majestic and harmonious from the turf at their base to the roots of the bastions , that as long as your artists have that crag to study I do npt see that they need casts from Michael Angelo , or any one else , to teach them tho laws of composition or the Sources of sublimity . 13 ut if once you cut into tho brow of it all is over . Disturb , in any single point , the simple lines in which the walls now ndvanco and recede upon tlio tufted grass of its summit , and you may as well make a quarry of it at once , and blast away rock , castle , and all . "
Australia . —Melbourne hna been for a long twno occupied , with the Ministerial Land Bill . Tho Government has a strong majority in tho House , but out of doors the bill is very unpopular . " Besides ' the constitutional right of petition , '" says tho Times correspondent , " another mode of external pressure has been adopted in consequence of tho obnoxious bill . A ' co J 1 " vention of delegates * fr 6 rri all parts of the country , consisting of about seventy 1 members , is now sitting in Melbourne to discusa this vital question . A great doftl of
email wit ia expended , of conrso , on this ' mock parliament' of * etump oratore , ' and so forth 5 but its proceedings nre conducted with regularity and good scnoo , and the newspapers , at all eveuta , think its debates of sufficient . importance f , o bo reguiarly reported . That seventy- incn enn bo found to Joavo tholr homes to diacusa this question in tlio metropolis is in itself evidence of tho intensity of public' opinion on the question . It w »» probafcly end in n demand for Parliamentary reform , an " a dissolution . " J
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 26, 1857, page 928, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2211/page/16/
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