. Godey's lady's book . nging, The heavenly singing. And, friends, when we pass from out the dim, To enter the life immortal,We know that one will be waiting for us, Beside the heavenly portal, The pearl-made portal. «<•»?? The Eldest Child.—The eldest child of afamily holds a position, as it regards influenceand importance, scarcely second to that of theparents themselves—often called upon in thetemporary absence of the father and motherto direct home affairs, always looked up to asan oracle in matters of taste and opinion by thejunior members, who draw inferences and shapeconclusions even
. Godey's lady's book . nging, The heavenly singing. And, friends, when we pass from out the dim, To enter the life immortal,We know that one will be waiting for us, Beside the heavenly portal, The pearl-made portal. «<•»?? The Eldest Child.—The eldest child of afamily holds a position, as it regards influenceand importance, scarcely second to that of theparents themselves—often called upon in thetemporary absence of the father and motherto direct home affairs, always looked up to asan oracle in matters of taste and opinion by thejunior members, who draw inferences and shapeconclusions even without the help of spokenwords, even from so slight tokens as a raisedeyebrow, or shrugged shoulder, or impatientgesture. Do elder brothers and sisters thinkenough of this ? In after life they may, alas !but too sorrowfully, when they find themselvesrepeated in myriad forms of thought and ex-pression, by those who then hung unnoticedupon their lips. NOVELTIES FOR JANUARY. 75 NOVELTIES EOE JANUAKY. Fiar. Fig. 1.—Charming breakfast-cap, with a fullmuslin border ; ornamented by a band of violetribbon and knots of daisies. Fig. 2.—Coiffure for evening. A flat wreathof deep red English daisies, with a cache peign4 Fig. 2.
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