The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-01


ing women Willing 10 accept every part
ner that offers in ball room, dance fourteen
quadrllles In night, and reject proposal
day. Stanch to love in cottage.
10. A trihe more refined in shape and taste
Love in q cottage renowned for love in n
house in town. 1444
90 Shyness gone, fastdiousness increased
An equipage indispensable.
81. Beginning to understand the meaning
of the word Younger brother. Anxious to
postpone my sisters debut.
%. Softened in complexion, hardened in
heart Laces for waist and thinks II pos
sible to marry for rank.
20 Fidgetty respecting Ahnack's. A
graceful glide substituted for the buoyant step
OF 10 Refuses country squire, signs for
tho drawing room, and praitles about dia-
mond necklace
"a The age Of supreme loneliness and
surprising vanity, beauty, and elegance in
full bloom.
IS. Surprised at being still single, and be-
ginning TO count the conquests Of the season.
Figures in tableaux and charades
20. TORRENTS papa TO pass the winter at
Brighton and give some dinner parters. Rides
snowy horses in preference to former airings
with mama
27. Hair and shoulders growing thin. Ven
lures upon luncheon. Reads Mrs. Marcel
cultivates flower garden, and affects decid-
ed opinions.
%. Nose little red before breakfast
Thinks il possible to marry widower, and
pass eight months Of the year on his es-
tate Considers ,ableaux and charades silly
things
80 Hazards second glass Of wine at din
ner, and takes an interest in the debates.
Refuses TO figure in a quadrile OF beauty
among the chits Of the day. Brighton FIJI
volous gossiping place.
80. Thinks it possible to pass ten months
Of the year in the country, Assumes cap
for morning visits, and reads tracts on the
education Of the poor
81 Tries bennington and a five barred
gate. Failure. Waist increased, smiles d.
minished by speck upon the front tooth.
80. Serious Quotes from Hannah Moore,
and replaces the specked toOsh with Mallan.
Thinks it possible to pass the year round in
the country with man one esteems.
80. Affects to patronize girls, and plays the
choperon. Prefers men Of a certain age. Reads
Mrs Somerville, and frequen,s the Ventilator.
u
eighteen Intellectual attainments defy all
considerations OF age" Accepts stall at
fancy fair, and resumes pink ribbons.
35. A slight tingc of rouge no harm by
candle light Conversational, and great ac-
QUESTION in country house.
SO, Calls herself nine and-twenty, and
would not be seen in cap for the world.
Takes to WALKING.
81. Keeps down the drawing room blinds,
and has the chario, new lined with yellow.
Resumes the cotillion. Scraggy, fretful, and
desperate.
SO. Makes parties to Benlah Spa, and firts
by moonlight LEI, in the lurch by an ensign
Of the guards.
80. Spends the season with cousin in
Yorkshire where second rate London graces
prove bad substitute for the bloom of youth.
40. Begins TO busy herself about other
peoples affairs. Quotes the matrimonial
squabbles Of her married friends. Nose de-
cidedly red; lips decidedly blue.
Al Thanks her stars that she is single.
Thread papers and housewife ordered to lie
on the table, and tabby cat under it,
AZ. Indignant when told how well she
wears Attends church twice OF a Sunday.
43. Takes a constitutional walk before
breakfast, and ambitious pills before dinner.
Al. Tries Harogate for the erysipelas and
INDUCES in q snoozo in her room after dinner.
IS. Goes to service on Wednesdays and
Fridays, or daily, if in cathedral town.
Takes salvolatile in her tea.
49, Swears eternal friendship to spinster
friend, and keeps cage of canary birds.
Reads the Electic Review"
A. Gives weekly tea-parlies, and cultivates
the sanity affection Of DR.. Humgoose.
AZ. Weeps cataracts at the discourses of
dear DR.. Humgoose, and snoozes openly after
an early dinner.
40. Gratifed 10 he told how well she
wears Makes her will Leaves all TO her
beloved Arabella, except an annuity to the cat
and canary birds.
so. Startled by proposal from dear DR..
Humgoose Consults Arabella, and deter
mines to remain single.
81. Alters her will on learning that her
beloved Arabela has become Mrs. Hum
goose.
50. Survives the cat and canarles, and
takes companion.
So. Triumphs at hearing how the Hum
gooses are cheated by their servants, and sets
the companion to watch the giddy thing who
lodges next door.
81. Settles at Bath Escapes the blue devils
by becoming blue.
IS. Assumes brevet rank. Becomes an
espru fort and is thenceforward classed in
our minds with beings Of an epicene gen.
der.