Old Virginia Matrons. The old-fashioned Virginia matron was not feminine in the modern sense of the word, which makes it synono mous with trivial,feeble and inane. She was feminine, however, in the sense of being and doing what is appropriate to woman. A letter written by Mrs. Oarrington, describing a visit which she and her husband, a soldier of the Revolution, made to Mount Vernon, just before Washington's death.gives a view of the Virginia lady of one hundred years ago. After mentioning that Washington ex tended his retiring hour from 9 to 12 to tdk about the scenes of the war, and that Mrs. Washington spoke of the days of her public life as 'her lost days,' she writes ; ♦Let us repair to the old lady's room, which is precisely in the style of our good old aunt's—that is to say, nicely fixed for all sorts of work. On one side sits the chambermaid, with her knit ting,* on the other, a little colored pet, learning to sew. 'An old, decent woman is there, with her table and shears, cutting out the negroe's winter clothes, while the good lady directs them all, incessantly knit ting herself. 'She points out to me several pairs of nice colored stockings and gloves she had just finished,and presents me with a pair half done, that she begs I will finish and wear for her sake. •It is wonderful, after a life spent as these good people have necessarily spent theirs, to see them, in retirement, as sume those domestic habits that prevail in our country. y The words we haye italicized show that Martha Washington,instead of be ing singular, was a type of Virginia matrons. The words of Proverbs de scribe them: 'She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.' 'She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.' 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