Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1803-12-31
FOX TUE pokrLASD GAZETTE


LET not each beauty every where be fpied,
Where hall the Kill i, decen,ly.to hide, Pogr.
ALTHOUGH my paper for this day
is prepared, Iihail not icruple TO offer
iirit All address from correspondent, who
from the fhoTtnefs of his letter and the
leyity of bis hyle, | take to be a young
man after which my readers may exneef
a listle. of the garrulity of age.
Gosbs Pilgrim.
vrsrRAsEs SIR,
Ifyou mran',o pTeafc US young fellows, and interea
the ladies' give US oAe lvene of pcrlonaty of
ffc infiead Of tedious eure morality, or reuta-
ton of alfc fyncm of philoophs. Give fonae fire
ofnufaae,fy, awe as dileharge of heavy artillery Pray
fosthins ABOUT novels poetry, oriove, or head
drc.1ss. All our girls heads turned. they as
fond of diff eoors, Indian of Nootka found
Ian week faw of bellies, tripping throug Oh mid
de.lfeet, drted in white muffin accompanied will black
nocknss, finely contracted with red morecco ihoes A.
,aekthem and rely on the alliance os' quiz
have often reflected on the motives,
which indace the ladies 70 expolet the
mott delicate part of their perion TO the
inclemency ofthe weather, and can in-
putc tbs dangerous cultom only TO the
prevailing PATTON Of woman, a deiire 70
excite admiration. For this 1he dire
CARDS the heat Of the fun, and the rudeneis
of the wind and what ihould be more
dreaded by abe;ng whole grace is modeAy,
and Whole power is difhdence ihe mutt
defy the flare Of eagernels, as wanton, as
it is involuntary. A poet exprehes his
trapturcs on behoIdlng the charms of his
beloved in two of the tinef lines in our
language.
My eye beheld tl< breathing rs'cs glow,
And TIC fof, heavings of the living fnow.
Correspondent exultation could never be
excited in tfofe, who every day behold
the fame. WHAT'S known and'oblerVec
BY all, by all is foon neglected.
The nakednefs of the arm to the elbow
and four or five inches above is iallIior
les dangerous indeed, but more abfIrd
i am happy however to perceive it is tal
ling into dilute, and that many fair ones
convinced Of its Improperly, or terrifet
at tie approaches of winter, who is equa
Iy memorable 20 beauty as TO poverty
have reailumeJ The fleeves, that in the day
of their grandmothers ''Sere thought a ne
cei7ary protection. We. ihould wonder
ifany of the freaks Of capricr could b
wondered at, what introduced this mod
cGundrets. Ii certainly is not lure t
catch hearts. Cupid docs not 1T upo
the elbow to dicharsc his arrows. Th
arm, from the witt, to that bon
pronontory dellitute Of every curvatur
ofbeauty, is-one osthefinef formed mem
hers of the bodyy and remember iom
years ago the ladies were wontto ea
hibit this, and hide that part, more obnoA
ious TO reproach.
Even j. though many and evil hav
the days of the years of my pilgrim
age been, .amaot inleniible TO fenial
charms but of thefe charms the ladie
ieem TO thinkra frugal 'difplay will ne
produce the delired eaea. 1t fellows the
shat our fex are more irigid, or feminin
attractions lefs powerfuk than they weI
in former times. AS thee,atter fappoi
ton can by no means be admitted, iom
extraordinary allurement is jaitifabic an
naceaary TO excite the torpid feniibility {
the lords of creation. i he experiineI
has becniong in operation. The lover
,whicfiif fol nrerly was immoveabiy fixe
on tie face of bis inihrcfs, is now otter di
covered wandering below. Even tie Sal
bath dsfallows us no freedom from tenn
ta!lon and iesh and blood occupy thol
thoughts, thar thould be employed O
more exalted fubietts. Surely we ougl