Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-24

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our heads grow grey with ugc, u sort 0
grcyness comes over the landscape Of exis
tcncc, and forbidding e'ooms succeed
Then We don't care about going it as VIZ
Old once, lest we might accidcntIy bun1
cur noses against the tomb, and perhaps
keel up fer all night; and If we should like
to cut capcrs and spend a copper, on
wishes could never be gratiied. There.
tore go 1t while you arc yourg, in all thai
IS rational and becoming, before the cvi
days draw nigh in which you shall say,
have no pleasure bat in the prospect Of
heaven, and no hope but that which is
eternal. so mote it be!
Dow, Jr.
We admire, heartily, the style and sen
]tlmcnts Of the following article from the
Natchez Free I,udcy. The author is .
per@on Of sane ideas, and a Just critic. Fc-
males, however, arc not the only persons
10 whom the structures Of the critic proper
~ apply. There are many men (tIlcv call
themselves men in every community, who
rTofess the sarnc "hiEhly concentrated
views of delicacy, rs did the "singIe la
Dies Of Boston who measure a wo!nan's
virtue by the length Of her dress, aud her
modesty in private by her mawkish aFcc-
tatlon of that quality in pubic; who refine
d%cccncy until its very essence escapes
them, and chastcn chastity until it puts
their mothers to shame.
DELICAcy-PRUDERy.-Eiavinc lately
seen Il narrative OF some amusing inatan-
ces Of excessive scn3IbiiIty in certain single
ladies, ] will relate them, and add an oc-
caslona! remark of my own.
In Boston some single ladies' were so
shocked by the exhibition of G~rcenonch's
beautiful little naked cherubs, that it was
found necessary to invest them in drapcry.
A lady once threatened TO prosecute her
physician for libel, for intimat'ng that fe4
males had legs; and Captain Martyutt
tells Of another who envcIoped the legs Of
her piano in ruilled pantaIettes.
Other similar instances have occurrcd--
o'S . lioiiiiP Il iittlC IudlDic grey
hound with a paper apron, and writing a
note to a clergyman, rcp%rimanding him
tor using some terms in his sermon admit
ing of u double construction.
Some one compares the head Of an over
delicate old maid to a foul cask, in which
the purest infusion Immediately turns sour.
Such ladies, if at u theatre, when some
thing a little wrong is said or done on the
stage, twItch their heads about suddenly, |
quicker up their mouths, and "look day-
gers" They would cvincc more real
modcsty and discretion by appearing to be
unconscious Of any i.npropriety, and per
haps by turning their eyes carelessly to
the scenery, US if viewing some caste,
waterfall, or landscape. In some way
they should conceal their thoughts and
emotions, Or not go to the theatre at all
and it is not certain but that the last course
would be the best every way. A young
little thing, however, who has Just laid
aside her doll, and never beer from under
the eyes OF Pa and Ma for the space of
five minutes in her life, and who under
no other tactics but those of bread
and butter, honey, milk and cake, may be
allowed a little more latitude in the express
sion of her feelings, and, if she ~plcases,
when taken to the theatre for the first
time, may look at Ma and puckcr up her
mouth and darken her brow as much as
she likes, and it will not be considered
p~rudery--for she is so young and untaught
III tie worlds ways, that it will be p
cd of course, she Is sincere and honest in
the expression Of her emotions. But let not
the more experienced female play off her
clap-traps in pubIic-she may be rs modest,
delicate and sensitive as she p~leascs, but
she should not, for effect, make too great
demonstrations of her good qualities to the
world. Outside glitter md vulgar dash
do not always cover a~1iuencc and over
dolicacy in public is not inconsistent with
gross indellcacy In private, and, in fact, is
evidence for such = suspicion,
There is some d~elicacy in the world and
little prudcry, In one Of her works, Lady
Blessington remarks, - respect that wo-
man whose innate purity prevents those
around her from u~ttering aught that can
rouse it, much more than her whose SEN
prudery continually reminds one that
she is m fat of every possible i~ntcrprcta-
ion which a word Of doubtful meaning
There is a good deal Of sense in
his, and every lady who reads it should
sasten it indelibIy on the memory, and
her looks and words accordingly.
The same lady observes further, Il turn
With disgust trom that affected prudcrv,
ii not from a participation, at least
rom q knowledge OF evil, which induces
certain ladies TO cast down their eyes, look
grave, and show the extent Of their know
edge, or the pruricncy Of their imagina~
ions, by discovering in 3 harmless Jest,
something to alarm their experienced feel
ngs.' Such ladies are not wise and should
AXE no notice Of the Jest, unless the in
was SO PalpabIc, that Common
required an expression Of disap-
probation. 4 jest Of the latter kind will
never be perpetrated except by d fool. 4.
est, innocent IN itself, but which might
perhaps, be twisted and tortured into d
meaning apparently wrong, BY 4 person Of
~pruriency, may be inconsiIeratcly
by a gentleman Of deIlcacv, and
aides should be cautious OF finding fault
with it, by look or manner, lest they sub
.ect themselves to unchar,tabio criticism.
Some minds are SO impure, that, like tar
Or pitch, they defiIe every thing they come
IN coaact with. The most pure things
suddenly, as if by magic, indetl-
cate the most innocent things, morally
wrong. Such minds are so " delicate that
they are very' indcIicatc." The ~innoccnt
mind is not poisoned by such prudisI'. ,.s-