Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-04-24
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oPfipANus.-Good morning Sir, | am very clad
TO see YOU But why We're YOU not at the splendid
pan last oEcning!-therc was the largest collection
oil pretty ladies there that L had ever witnessed
RusrIcUs.-Why, | should have rome were itnot
tnnt had business gilmore Importance to attend TO-
Was :hc pretty Miss Ii--therc?
fes, but she was so much crowded with
Dcaux that could not get near her; made s,vcr,I
attempts to edge up to her, but the press was foo
great but my very particular friend, Miss H
was there and she mere than COMPENSATED for tbn
loss OF the others company. She WAS very particu
lar with me last night danced with me 81 \ d H,reu,
times. enjoyed more pleasure last night in waltz
ing with her, than i'll all the coli!lions had ever
danced before
KCS.-Waltzing! I've heard that mode of dan
eng spoken against most bitterly hut never have
seen II myself, and therefore can't say whether il
deserves such severe ccnsurc or not What sort of
uincc is h!-a very amorous one is it not? I've
heard that their attitudes in relation to each other
while dancing We're such as to make the dcccncv
OF 1t very questionable.
Or.-Oh il is most celestial dancc,-vou sb,r1d
nave been at the party last night 10 have seen me
waltzing with Miss A. Under cover of yaltzing I
hau inc liberty OF putting my around her slender
waist, ana londmg her most lovingly, while The pres
sure OF her lovely arms u the tumultuous tlrobbng
OF her breast Showed that she enjoyed it fully ms
much as L. 1t made me feel so curious-I could moi
sleep the whole night, thinking it over.
kus.-So, then, the accounts | have heard of il
were not exaggerated! Well, I've no desire TO see
either waltz or Waiting lady.
or.-"hy you certainly don't object to it, dc
! you? ' w
RrS.-Object to it? Its Adalicatc-mlady- like
! NO truly modest woman would engage in such =
| dance under any circumstances Not even thc
beauty OF Il Helen and the riches of a Croesus uni
! 'co' could ever induce me to marry lady who
could he guilty OF Waiting. Now, say candidly
whether you would like to see sister of vours fond
led and carcssed in SO familiar and indecent a man
! her, by an mpudcnt young fellow, whether in n
waltz, or at any other tmei
OP-No. L should object TO it most srenuouslv;
but still, if young ladies' will waltz | think | am
Jis'ilahl" In waltzing with them, especially if il
gives me pleasure to doit
huS.-lt young men would express their dsap.
probation OF it, the young ladies' would cease il =
But Its advocates all Cry out against that prudery
! that would condemn waltZng: and vet no gentle
man ever esteemed lady the less for refusing tc
waltz; and L believe, that you at this moment do
ieol as much respect for Miss A. you would have
done had she refused to waltz with you on the score
OF indclicacy. And believe me- when a lady waltz
! es willingly with gentleman, for the sake of the
waltz, she is restrained, not by principle from 90
| ing farther. In my opinion, there is not a more
| dcsPlcalbe character in the world, than an immo
dest female; and, therefore, think that waltzinq
ana every other practice calculated to dvcst the tc
male mind OF that retiring modesty which is hel
greatest charm, should he discouraged
| OP-Wcll admit there may be some truth in
what you say; but L remember that when the FaiI
was held in the City Hall, the ladies' and gentlemen
were all hudded promScuously together, and fire.
quGntly lady would find herself placed in more
awkward predicament with respect to a gentleman
than she would be in watzing, and yet person
would ever consider it indicate for a lady to 90 il
! there, even when the room was crowded.
kUs.-Ihe case you've cited is different from that
OF waltzing: for altho' lady in a crowded room
may be squeezed in an indecent way, yet she does
not go in there for that purpose Yet I think tho,
certainly ought to keep out of room so muci
crowacd with gentlemen But, however that may
be, every unbiased mind must admit that Waiting
IS not proper Tor young lady, and that she ought
not TO engage in it under any circumstances. II
may please the gentlemen, but yet it lessons in the
eyes every lady who engages in it. | should lose
my respect for any lady EARTH who had so little
too, that no modest woman should wear a short
fashionable frock, unaccompanied by pantalct.
! (Which, by the way, think, had better be worn by
LADIES' ofal ages nor should ever large bishops
TO increase in size part ofthc body already sufi
GENTLY prominent by nature.
PUDICiTIB AVIATOR.