Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-04-30
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THE BOTHERATIONS OF WOMEN.


discourses 10 some purpose upon "The Bo-
iteration Of Women; ;" albeit lie has rather
over-laborated his eXordium, as we'll as few
Of his illustrations. He contends that there
is no man, bachelor or Benedict, ancien, or
Juvenile, who can lay his hand on his heart
and say, that since he frs, wore his long tail
ed coat, 'the whole sex, from the shelp' in his
mothers kitchen to the girls a, meeting, and
from them up TO the young ladies' who play
the piano. have not been a constantly going
on, never-ending, out-and-out Boihera,ion
We are presented with sample of our sex as
an embodied and fixed act' IN this regard.
While shaving in the morning, his thoughts
dwelling the while upon a blooming Young
lady with whom he flrled last evening, he
cuts cash in his cheek, at the sight of
beautiful damsel at an opposite window who
Is watering flowers now bending down to
pick out decayed leaf, and now lifting her
sweet face, she starts with buovant health.
TO look after some stray smoruing elory'
which her small white hand would train up
the way it should go.-Breakfast over he
hurries down Broadway TO the marts Of trade,
and scuds like a business man through crowd
ed streets on Change and in all public places
his thoughts distracted and his calculation
spoiled by the apparition of some daughter
Of Eve, who has CHANGED to trip past him in
all the witchery of loneliness, beautiful alike
in face and figure, her elegant dress swelling
round her person after the latest fashion, with
one hand deposited in her side pocket, her
face cast down innocenlly and gracefully
sucking the knob on the end Of her sun shade.
or biting with her small white teeth its ivory
ring. Who could resist attractions like these !?
In an instant his thoughts steal from nature.
Notes, discounts, purchases and sales, flee
from his excited brain. All the joys Of happy
home rise before him-a fond wife and mer-
ry children. And now fancy runs over
space of twenty years; and in his minds eve
he sees long train OF beautiful daughters all
walking the streets sucking the knobs of fu-
.ure parasols in the same graceful manner as
the beauty who has just passed him -sIt is
curious lact,' says Mr.. Miller, jr, 'lha. al
though the whole sex have conspired togeth.
er for one object, they have We, various me-
thods Of operation all tending TO the same re-
Standardization. There are some Of the
softer sex, of an amlable turn of mind, who
think that the quiet system is the best, and
they prefer to gain their objects by wheeling.
Others have greater confidence in the assump-
ton of authority, prefer to adopt command
ing manner, and trust to their powers of COM
pulsion.-While third class prefer well
directed course Of teazing. believing that con-
tlnual dropping wears away the hardes, stone.
The sex may be divided into three grand class
es; namely Coaxers, Drivers, and Worrers.
Let us glance at them for a moment in their
order
And first, when did women ever cease coax
ing, when will they cease Coax. why, they
coax from the cradle 10 the grave; it becomes
as natural to them as smiling. In early life.
or mature years it is all The same. If we are
children il is, 'Auh do now. if you don't 'pon
my word I'll never speak TO you again r-Ah,
! think you might; ], think you're mean if
you don't. If children Of larger growth it
is. Dear William, wont you for my sake now?
only once Pm sure you can't refuse this
one time and they langush atyou with their
sparkling eyes, and pout out their ruby lips
so prettly for the soul Of you you can't re-
fuse ; and before you know il, you are COM
ple:ely bamboozled out Of your independence
and frmness.-Wben Coriolanus threatened
to destroy Rome, who was it coaxed him to
iorego his intention and spare the city p
Why the women. And when Governor Dorr
undertook his last revolution who was it fur
nished recruits for his valiant army? The
Yankee girls. Just look at the superiority of
female tactics in every branch Of this elegant
accomplishment? Suppose Understand, say
suppose,) lady wishes you to kiss her.
Now il a man wanted such thing, the prob
ability is lie would ask for il right out or
he might proceed to snatch one Of the 'iong,
long salules Of which Byron speaks. How
much more finished is her plan Of operations
She has some great secret 10 tell her lover
rofc hob, l.. =. I'll
IN his ear, her long curls sweep over her
,ace her balmy breath spreads incense around
nun and her secret, by reason Of her agi-
tduOn, is murmurod .o lo,u a., -, ~ co,1, ia.