The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . stein sent a courteous reply, and signed hisname. The ladys consternation at learning theidentity of the musician can be better under-stood than expressed. The Sampler. Twas Hannah Smiths—her sampler, She worked it long ago,When bloomed the damask roses Or fell the winter snow,The alphabet in colours Of faded red and blue,Above a row of numbers Now dim and dingy, a cluttered window Where antiques court the eyeIt lies to wait the pleasure Of any who will buy ;A chapter^ from the volume Of long forgotten years,It tells a simple story To
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . stein sent a courteous reply, and signed hisname. The ladys consternation at learning theidentity of the musician can be better under-stood than expressed. The Sampler. Twas Hannah Smiths—her sampler, She worked it long ago,When bloomed the damask roses Or fell the winter snow,The alphabet in colours Of faded red and blue,Above a row of numbers Now dim and dingy, a cluttered window Where antiques court the eyeIt lies to wait the pleasure Of any who will buy ;A chapter^ from the volume Of long forgotten years,It tells a simple story Too short for sin or tears. A patient little maiden With hair of flaxen gold,She stitched the tedious letters In quiet days of doubt she pricked her fingers And often wished to playWhen birds and bees and blossoms All beckoned her date is in the corner, Twas 1646;Still in the final figure A rusty needle polnta to vanished kincdorns, Wrecked towers and ruined fanes,While Htill tho shabby simpler Of Hannah Smith The Roumanian Department of Education isextending its field of warfare against the cor-set. Some time ago, it was decreed that nonemight attend the public schools who worecorsets. As might have been expected, therewere loud protests, but the Minister of Edu-cation stood firm, and with the State to indorsehis action he carried his point. Education iscompulsory, and since none might attend thepublic schools who wore corsets, it resulted inthe practical abandonment of this article ofdress among the girls. Careful watch was keptupon the young women, and as the result of atable of statistics recently submitted, it hasbeen declared that the standard of health amongthe school girls has been very materially im-proved. Now it has been ordered that alldirectors of private educational establishmentsmust see to it that their pupils also eschew thecorset, and a fresh discussion has been started,since the new decision sharply affects thechildren of t
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