Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-18
FROM THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE.

| As the editors of the Gazette promulgatc
the laws of the United States, they will much
obhge the board of censors by giving the fol-
lowing digest one insertion.
FAIR LAWS FOR 1920.
Revolving time has once more usher
ed in the eventful period of female hri-
OileSes. Leap year has again returned
icy beams from every eye-smiles dance
inqu;ck succession on the ruby lips--and
every pulse beats with expectation
In older communities than our own,
| three annual SUES may hide their eflul-
gence far in the western wave, and dull
uniformity still hold her place: society
changes not with the fleeting moments,
and what was applicable yesterday is SO
to-day, and will be SO tomorrow. Far
different is the case in this western en-
perium--so rapidly is our city progress
ing--so numerous the emigrants, and so
various their habits and modes OF think
ing, that every day presents different
aspect; consequently, the laws which
governed the community of damsels in
the leap year of 1916, have imperiously
required revision and amendment for
| 1920. The board of female censors for
the city of Cincinnati have, therefore, in
conformity to the powers vested in them,
proceeded to an examination ofthe same,
and after much labor have agreed upon
the PRONUNCIATION Of the following digest
for the ensuing year; strict observance
of which, they beg most earnestly to en-
join upon all laSses between Is and 80,
under penalty of final condemnation to q
state Of single blessedness.
/. No retrenchment of expenditures
shall be made, and in all cases expen-
sive foreign articles shall have the pre-
ference over cheap domestic ones.
Q. No marriage shall be solemnized
until the mansion is furnished in the most
elegant style our market will permit.
8. The practice of coquetting is at all
times admissible among females.
a. No lady shalt pride herself upon
having discarded more than seven lovers
per annum.
S. After an engagement lady shall
more than four gentlemen at the same
time.
6. No lady shall boast of having made
conquest, until the gentleman shall
have bowed three several times and
waited on her once from church.
7. No lady shall refuse gentleman
more than three times, provided she be
disengaged.
8. A lady shall invariably be estimated
by the number of her conquests.
9. A lady may at all times break off
an engagement, provided more dashing
fellow proffers his hand.
10. No lady, when solicited by the
gentleman, shall refuse to join in playing
:. Blind mans buff Thim6ie-Stir the
mush,'" &c. sc. and on all occasions such
rational amusements should be preferred
to social and literary conversation.
ii. No lady shall dance at any cotil-
lion party more than "a times, nor re-
main at said party more than ten hours.
I IL. Female sojourners are most re-
/ specially invited to conform to the above
regulations.
I The board beg leave to remark, that
Notwithstanding the deprecated state OF
our currency and the pressure of the
times generally, behind which SO many
bachelors have entrcnched themselves,
they are strongly inclined to believe that
the present will be a fruitful year of. con-
quests and marriages and they trust
when it is recollected that three tedious
years must roll away before the return
of another golden opportunity, no exer-
r1ions will be spared to thin the ranks OF
that most Improbable race-the gnmar-
ried gentlemen.
Given under our fair hands at our council
: chamber, this first day of February, 1920.
E E, ia censo's for The
THEoDoRA, cinnai.