Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-21

mark OF tine beast Pnefe' 'D'
neT Ths stream Of narrative bears me to the corpus
delictum, the delinAicVes OF your 10 Tho mart
rate. GA sleeve, 'Ssays Jollnsoa' ;, Narrow
of garment that covers ''ie an. ho tho cana.
minded photographer little guessea H. a' defined it
city Of that portion OF attire wheu n s,t confined
thus: certes the mighty moraist !oos Ou. that
views after all. The part OF sa,W H. that
covers the arm," quotha. say I".e hin Gll;ng
ecipses the figure from collar-oone '' ,;tp man
below the fnger-tips, as 1t TO sl'om' .rU .h;ng..
darin's gloves, that the wearer uo ,,hon,;sy-
soaring symmetry from the troh:' a"u 'rnrs of
rd mr. detrie,e. resembling the trailing wing. ol d
ca,;nuoJ f,,,yl IN tuIl retreat
The sleeves being out of the way, am , enabled
,o oct q gl;mnse Of your waist. How unlike that
Of Prior's Emma. ssmall by degrees anu 1ea :.
S.,i,, ,ass Jmtsst;nes are not to be trihed WITH
and t;na which Sat least sets all things even'
'..iI ax,ct Es.rfuI expiation for such outrages
upon nature as you are now sun,S .t
the objurgatory inuendo OF the poe''
Iesba wears robe OF go'", ,,;.
But all so close thu n,inph mas 'aoe"
Not \ charm of beauty mould ,:.
pr.,mes TO stay WIN re- Nature psceu IL
Not satisfied with injuring, you would actually
DESTROY the mould. Think not, however, am u,
far ..leayinr every beauty free, to SINK or SVEN
as Heaven pleases;" no no, Nature Is lar 10 'oo9e
character 70 he trusted entirely. In
the clare of the world, keep tight, though not
tortnripu hand upon her. Partial attenuation Is
;nd;snensabIe in woman as we'll as man, and, from
The bottom of my heart. do l pity the "ielct
whose musenteric habiliments run 10 conVeA'ty.
Somuch for latitude; now for longitude. ''As
vou love me" exalt that band two incnes. a
present it is to you what the artihcia' ""i 'Ioh
to globe, it cuts you into two e4ua' parts ano
howeyer convenient as a geographical arrange
ment. renders humanity somewhat aDominaoie
The exaltation. moreover, will withdraw II IRON
the disreputable vicinity of your downward peak
the exact poiut of which. by all that's 'hsophis
t;cated, never could for the life OF me discover
10
lam firmly convinced that attention to ores
| in woman is. at this moment. paramount outy
the NEGLECT of which cannot fail to prove d2'rl
mental to society. Mistake me not; see N
moral turpitude in its disregard; mean not
rank its observance with intellectual or religion
cultivation: but feel that the time is arrived, II
which all the energies of your sex must be exert
ed for the maintenance of your dominion; yo
must nut forth all your beauty and your knaVer.
to neutralize the pernicous attractions OF CLUBS
these selfish al unsocial enemies OF society
that threatning constellation, beneath whose III
rid influence the delights and eleganc'es OF &c
mestic life are already whitening away. we SUI
round ourselves with splendour, we reepose
luxurious Incidence, We are becoming ihdePel
dent of your sway; your supremacy totteTs u II
base; and you will no, strike one blow tor empire
Under the savish banner of Fashion you hav
been worsted; quit her camp, and untnri tn
standard of taste! For what do you minyie wit
the world? in whose eyes do you desire to SHINE
whose approval to ensure' Prudery nersel1 'nus
ian.wer mans. And man be assured. is no o"
hilarious digester; his appetite pals with the sam
eternal banquet; he seeks for variety in the bal
room as well as at the board; he signs for aPprt
prateness, and finds it not: long and short, tho
and thin, dark and fair, are arrayed by, the sam
rule-the absurdity is absolutely too glarlns &c
serious exposure.
Adieu, yours, &c. A. "