Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-03-13
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" So - " oe''eH y bSluEfCe 10 CUHEtitE miseFR-
8 Die mofsais for their deprivation &c pa. adi4e? De-
nocritus, Sir, was an excellent philosopher and
j yet bis muscles were in a perpetual state Of irri.
] sion; and Plato, too, was IN eli addicted 10 fauat.
/ ina' fol, induiging o1a day In this reiaxation.
2 With his friends, he stepfed suddenly. seeing
I soma one approach: let rs he grace ssid he; i
see q fool coming This was . fellow who could
not laugh, and Who measured other mems via
dom by their grave locks. If INDEED gravity vera
ah-evidspcc of sense. | know an animal wbict
must not no mentioned To polite ears, but is d. f.
crihed in Buhr,n, which would dispute the palpi
Of philosophy ard wisdom with rhe graves, Ene.
~'iabfaan Of this Island. This last sentence. how.
ever, | suppressed, out of respec, fpr the iady
who sat opposite, and who looked very pretiv.-
Aud now our Frenehman. v no 10 o mos! agreea-
be actor. 8. oil Frenchmen are. and has o pleas@
ant facpl;y Of making rnnsense easy to every ca
pacity, told o story, with suc, ,udicrous circum-
Stances, that gravity AT once fnrsopk the table
BILLY exploded with n mouthful of sonI,besprink-
llUg The guests; Pomyey barred his Two rows Of
ivory; Almost from ear to cor, The English isdy's
rorsets took leave Of their hooks and eyes, Wills
Laura screamed right cut; ard the whole hoIse,
HAS Iot1e x uthsSi, WIS Ill one upfoRf OF mex
tinguisha5ie tnrtriaent. When order was restor-
Cd. wo egreci hid! the French Usually laugh
and geHticn'ate. too much, ard The English loo
iits'a, and tha, perfect gentlemen was somewhere
between Mo EXTREMES; bit wc concluded TIM. a
fool shon!d laugh aIws,s $, as an apology for has-
iag no brains.
Here the conversation TOOK a turn, and I ven-
! tared TO entertain Laura.
i never had any brothers or sisters; | am the
only child, IL mamma est j~iohment richie. o,sit-
| We have hardly ever more Than one OF .rd In
Martinico.'
1T seems TO he a prevalent French custom; it 10
tho same 10 Paris. The English arc more indis-
Greet: a dozen Lcre il not ~hcommon
sAnd ia America4'
Even worse, Miss. My mother had five
daughters running oh mercy AND then sia
had three sons Gracious me,-snd were they
running, :og!' M
"A little of The rabbit, Miss
an, non, Monsieur sill n'y apai que mo;
ct Us apias NJ monde, Il monde Jfnirait bien-
TIT
We ~efe interrupted here by genersl topics,
which settled at length upon the American, espe-
cislIy The women, whom our ~landIaay represent
ted as turtle doves of innocence, the Baron Ia
king up the theme in he same key. .Tes, faad-
AN, there was a time when an American girl, up
10 fifteen, did not know of what sex she was. /
bad an Uncle, the dixie of Liancour, sho assisted
in he American Revolution, and travelled afteis-
wards through New England, who actually asked
a girl. of grea: virgfni,y of face, about this age.
.r h,ra e- ~ frnru tho tprtf "a yo NO., a krL
OF a giri!' And she replied, in all the ingenuous.-
ness ct Der innocence, ! don't know!! Here there
was d pause; whether from 1dubt or admiration, I
do not presume 10 say; nor can | say rhethhr it 10
degoneracy in fne, bni | really did not feel latter
Ell by this exceeding virtue Of our grahd-m6thers.
ASK one OF them Dowi, thought |. The Baron
continued. But the intercourse with Europe
ha. operated a favourahie change in The inteIii-
genee of American gifis, in this respect. Indeed,
| haze no hesitation in declaring. that American
women, whether from the excitahility of their eli
mate, or the aariy degeiopemens Of passions, incl
deni to a free government, and The eh,oiion given
By a rapid progress of society are Of a temperamens
mole warm, more-{he was going TO say am.
oious,' hnt | objected to the expression, although
il in aotar in French more loving and a~fFectiou-
ate, than the women of any Of the European ma
lions, from Cadiz to ContantinopIe; and I know
them sil. There is greater c~oRjuga! fidelity, il is
true, bat this is owing to facility Of living. better
assorted matches; and especially to a want sc GAL
ishtfY and address in the other seq. I tarfied in
New York but two months. and | assure 700 I
N AIDE a revolution among the women there.
DO not say the New Workers are naturally deii-
Gent OF aIniabIe qualities, there are nany who
would fall in love, but have notes to pay in bank.
feDelope's husband twas The hero Of his age, and
her wooers were labberly kings, intent upon wine
good dinners, ard there Penelope was faith-
ful. That a husband, who is a disagreeahle cr6a-
ture, generally speaking, should pretend 10 rihdi-
his wife's affections, against a lover who il.
quite the contrary, seems TO me the height Of
women are ~profusely endowed. There is no7y a
dove.like creature in Paris, ,VThb has spet. her
years, up to eighteen, in America, and
travelling under the care of her father, a general
magniico Of the state Of New York. havs
purposely absented myself from society, sinte a
froE, total inability 10 resist the Influence
of her charms. However, in finely rounded
shoulders-uor should shoulders be the largest
Of q woman . ! leave out a few reh,arks
here, which would lose greatly BY a translation.
I have always heard this one exception 10 Arheri-
can beauty, which is otherwise in good esteem. in
both the French and English capitals. Whist
angels must you he, who have your very in2er-
ections in common with the cherubs!
But I stood up, | confess with limited ihforma-
for my fair count'ywomen. is il not posi-
Sir, thai your requirements in his particular.
in France and England. may be expressive! If
admit the Venui ~Catipygienne, which time,
has happily spared Us. as a model Of this hind of
The English and French exceed the limits
of correct fasre, aud the An,r,iea MI staudard 10
nearer propriety. In such matters we ought not
rashly TO depar, from the authority Of the Greeks,
To exaggerate beaaty,is a common propensity and
here is no part Of woman so. subject to the delu-
sion of the toilet, as the ~t3araure. Ladies' ring
let's are bought from The miiiiner's; and who
how much of all this is cotonP
al, ma fiji cost uae chase 4 stroir,' said the
Never was a supper conducted ia bette, fellow
ship: ii was the Holy Alliance. just after Waters
until I had unwitting'y ventured this suspi-
zion. Farther words soon brought on provocalion
md personalities; and Laura, piqued, in her tender
point, and flying into a rage ike q little West rn-
iian tornado. stood farth in the midst Of the room,
md began to assert her innocence by demonstrate
lion. She tore ioose her hair. i, wss her own.
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