The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-31
MRS. cAUDLE's CURTAIN LECTURES.
LECTURE xVIIL

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| From the London Punch.
Caudle ,chie palkng ruth his ,oe, has been bored 4
bya younger and tuen prettier ron,a'. man Mrs
Catsdte,
| film not to lsave the house without being in
suited MIR Caude, I'D better stay indoors all my
life.
| What Don't tell me 10 let you have one nights
rest | wonder at your mpudence It's mighty
| fine, never can go out with you-and goodness
knows it's seldom enough-without having my
feelings torn to pieces by people of all sorts. A
! set of bold mnxes What am | rdping about? Oh
| you know very well--very well indeed, Mr.. eau
| die. A pretty person she must he, TO nod to mar
walking with his own wife, Don't tell me i'll
Miss Prettymen--what's Miss Prettyman TO me
j OH You've met her or twice at her brothers
| house, Yes, dare say you haye--no doubt OF 1t
| | always thought there was something very tempt
ing about that house--and now | know it all
! Now, it's no use, MIR. Caudle, your beginning &c
! talk loud, aud twist and toss your about, as i
| you were as innocent as n born babylon not tc
be deceived by such tricksnow. No; there
time when was fool and believed anything
but thank my stars I've got over that.
A bold mink You suppose | didn't see her
laugh, too, when she nodded to you oh yes,
knew what she thought ne-a poor miserable crea.
ture, ofcourse. could that. No--dont say
so, Caudle. don't always see more than anybody
else-but can't and won't be bind however agree
\ senses I'm sure, If woman wants attention and
respect from man, she'd better be anything than
his wife. I've always thought so; and to-day's de-
cided it.
No; I'm not ashamed of myself to talk so-cer-
tainly not. A good, amable young creature, in
decd Yes, dare say; very amablc, no doubt.
| Ofcourse you think her so. You suppose didn't
see what sort of a bonnet che had on' Oh a very
good creature, And you think i didn't see the
| smudges of court-plaster about her facei-You
4 -. y a.
amiable, to he sure What do you sayi | made
her blush at my i'll manners should like to have
seen her blush 'Twould have been rather difficult
| Mr.. Caudle, for blush TO have come through all
that paint No--l'm not a censorious woman, MIR.
Caudle quite the reverse, No; and you may threat
erto get up, if you LIKE will speak | know
what color is, and say il was paint. believe, MIR.
Caudle, once had compilations; though, ofcourse,
you've quite forgotten that think ! once had a
color, before your conduct destroyed it. Before |
knew you, people used to call me the Lily and the
Rose; but--what are you laughing AT | no.
thing to laugh at But as say, anybody before
your own wife.
And can't walk out with you, but you're bow
| ed to by every woman you meet What do mean
by every woman, when it's only Miss Preuyman;
That's nothing at all to do with il. How do
know who bows to you when I'm not byi-Every-
body, of course. And if they don't look at you,
why you look at them. OH I'm sure you do.
You do it even when Pm out with you, and of
course you do when I'm away Now, don't tell me,
Caudle-don't deny it, The fact is, it's become
such dreadful habit with you, that you don't
know when you do il, and when you don't. But
| do.
Miss Prettyman, indeed! What do you say
You won't lie still and hear scandaze that ex-
| cellent young woman, Oh, of course, you'll take
her part Though, to be sure, she may not be so
much to bame after all. For how is she to know
you're married? You're never seen out Of doors
with your own Whenever. Whenever you go,
you go alone. OF course, people think you're a
bachelor What do you say You well know
| you're not That's nothing to do with it, only
| ask what other people think, when I'm never seen
with you. Other women go out with their hus-
bands but, as I've often SAID I'm not like any other
woman. What are you sneering at, Mr. Caude'
| How do krow you're sneeriDgi Don't tell me-
know well enough, by the manner of you.
| No; you never take me out-and you know it.
No; and it's rot my own fault How can vs., lie
Here and say that Oh! all nocf excused That's
what you alwayy-- say. You're tired cfasking me,
indeecSa, because always start some objection !Of
| course, can 60 out figure. And when you ask
me to go, you know very well that my bonnet isn't
as it should be--or that my gown hasn't come home
or that | can't leave the children,--or that some
thing keeps me indoors. You knew all this well
enough, before you asked me. And that's your art.
And when do go out with you, I'm sure to suffer
| for it. Yes--You needn't repeat my words. Suffer
for u! But you suppose have no feelings-oh no;
nobody has feelings but yourself. Yes I'D forgot;
Miss Prettyman, perhaps-yes, she may have feel
ings, of course.
And as I'ye said, dare say pretty dupe people
think me. To be sure, poor, forlorn creature, /
must look in everybody's eyes. But l knew
you couldn't be at Mr. Pretyman' house night after
night till eleven o'clock--and a great deal you
thought of me sitting up for you--I knew you
couldn't be there without some cause. And now
I've found it out! Oh, don't mind your swearing,
Mr.. Caudle! It's l, if wasn't woman, who ough
to swear. But it's like you men--lords of the
creation, you call yourselves Lords, indeed
And pretty slaves you make of the poor creatures
who're tied to you. But I'llbe separated, Caudc;-
will; and then III take care and let the world know
how you've used me. What do you say ] may
say my worst Ha! don't you tempt any woman
in that way--don't Caudle, for | wouldn't answer
for hat | said!
Miss Frettyman, indeed, und-oh yes now | see,
Now the whole light breaks in upon me! Now
know why you wished me to ask her with Mr.. and
Mrs. Prettyman to tea! And l. Ikea poor blind
fool was nearly doing it. But now, as | say, my
eyesare open. And you'd have brought her under my
o@n roof--now, it's no you're bouncing about
in that fashion--youd have brought her into the
very house, where
Here" says Caudle, 81 could endure it no Ion
ger So jumped out Of bed, and went and slept
somehow with the children"