American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-05-12
From the London Panch.7
MRs, CAUDLE's CURTAIN LECTURES.
M. CapdIe, having come little too late, declares
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Mn CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES.
M. CaudIe, having come little too late, declare,
ha. hencstortt he tcil haze u key
On my word, Mr. Caudle, think it waste
Of time 10 come to bed at all now! The cocks
will be Growing in minute. Keeping people
uP till past twelve. Oh yes! you're thought
man OF very fine feelings out Of DOORS | dare
say. It's pity you haven't little feeling for
those belonging to you at home. A mic hour
TO keep people out Of their beds Why did /
81 up, then? Because | chose 10 sit up-but
that's my thanks, No, Caudle, mover will let
the girl sit up for you, and there's an end
What do you say? Why does she sit up Uith me,
:tea2 That's quite a different matter: YOU
don't suppose I'm golng TO sit up alone, DO
you? What do you say? What'S The use of sit
ling up! That's my business, No, Caude, it's
10 such thing. | don't sit up because | NAV
have the pleasure Of talking about it, and
you're an ungratetul, unfeeling creature, to say
so. sit up because choose it; and if you
don't come home all the night long-and twill
soon come to that, I've no doubt-still III ne
yer go to bed, so don't think it,
'Oh yes the time runs away very pleasantly
with you men at your clubs-se6sh creatures.
You can laugh and sing and tell stories, and
never think OF the clock; never think there's
such person as a wife belonging to you. It's
,
and telling the minutes, and seeing all sorts of
things in the fire. and sometimes thinking that
something dreadful has happened to YOU moro
fool she to care a straw about you. This is all
nothing. Oh no! when woman's once mar
ned she's a slave-worse than a slaye--and
must bear it all.
And what you men can find to talk about
can't think. lnstead of man sitting every
night al home with his wife, and going to bed
al Christian hour, going to a club, to meet q
set of people who don't care button for him,
IS INDUSTRIOUS. What do you say? Ysu oalp
go once sceek? That's nothing at all to do
with it; you might as we'll go every night; and
dare say you will soon. But if you do, you
may get in as you CAM won't sit up for you
can tell you.
My health's being destroyed night after
night, and, no, don't say it's only once week;
tell you, that's nothing to do with it; if you
had any eyes, you would see how i'll | am; but
you've no eyes for anybody belonging to you
oh no! your eyes are for people out of Doors
It's very well for you to call me foolish, ag-
gTavating woman. | should like to see the
woman who'd sit up for you as do. You
didt 'oant me to sit upl Yes, yes; that's your
thanks; that's your gratitude; Pm to ruin my
health, and to be abused for it. Nice princi-
pies you've got at that club, Mr.. Caudle
But there's one comfort; one great comfort;
il can't last long; I'm sinking; feel it, though
never say anything about it; but know my
own feelings, and ] say it can't last long. And
then should like to know who'll sit up for you.
Then ! should like to know your second wife:
what do you say? You'll never be troubled
with another? Troubled indeed, never trou-
bled you, Caudle. No; it's you who've troubled
me; and you know it, though like a foolish wo-
man lve borne it all, and never said word
about 1t. But it can't last; that's one blessing.
Oh, if woman could only know what she'd
have TO suffer, before she was married-Don't
tell me you want to go to sleep! if you want to
go to sleep, you should come home at proper
hours! It's time to get up, for what know,
now. Shouldn't wonder if you hear the milk
in five minutes-theres the sparrows up alrea-
dy; yes, l say the sparrows; and, Caudle, you
ought to blush to hear 'em. You don't hear
'em? da! you won't hear 'em, you mean:
hear 'em. No, MIR. Caudle, it isn't the wind
whistling in the keyhole FIN not quite foolish,
though you may think SO. / hope know
wind from sparrow.
'Ha! when think what a man you were be-
fore we were married! But you're now ano-
ther person-quite an altered creature But
suppose you're all alike-I dare say, every poor
woman's troubled and put upon, though
ohouIu LOpe not So uluCH dS uHi' lHutcu,
should hope not! Going and staying out, and
What! you'll have key viii your Not
while Pm alive, MIR. Caudle. I'm not going to
bed with the door upon the latch for you or the
best man breathing! You won't have latch
you'll have Chubb's lock2 Will you? I'll
have no Chubb here, can tell you. What do
you say? You'll have the lock put on to-mor-
row? Well, try it; that's all l say, Caudle, try
it. won't let you put me in passion; but all
say is,-try it.
"A respectable thing, that, for married man
to carry about with hm-a street-door key!-
That tells tale | think. A nice thing for
the father of family! A key! What, to let
yourself in and out when you please! To
come in, like thief in the middle OF the
night, instead of knocking at the door like
decent person! Oh, don't tell me that you on
ly want to prevent me sitting up--if l choose
to sit up, what's that to your Some wives,
indeed, would make noise about sitting up,
but you'ss no reason to oomplain-gocdness
knows!
well, upon my word, I've lived TO hear
something Garry the street-door key about
with you! I've heard of such things with
young good-for-nothing bachelors, with nobody
to care what became of 'em; but for married
man to leave his wife and children in house
with the door upon the latch-don't talk to ME
about Chubb, it's all the samoa great deal
you must care for us. Yes, it's very we'll for
you to say that you only want the kew for
peace and quietness-what it to you, if |
ike to sit up? You've no business to COM
plaln: il can't distress Won Nouv ;t,s ,,o nee