The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-05
From the Raleigh, N. O., Register.
CHILD,S PARTIES.

AND A REMoSsTRANcE CONCERNING THEM; In A
LETTER FROM NJ. THAcKEnAy, AUTHOR OF "vAsiTi
FAIR."l
Conceive, sir, that in spite Of my warning nnd
entreaiy we were invited TO no less than three
Childs Parties last Tuesday, TO two Of which Indy
in this house, who shall be nameless, desired that
her children should be taken On "Wednesday we
had DR.. Lens microscope; and on Thursday you
were good enough TO send Inc your box for the Hay
market Theatre; and OF course Mrs. s. and the
children are extremely obliged to You for the aten-
ZION. ! did not mind the theatre 80 much. sat In
the back Of the box and fell asleep. wish there
was room with easy chairs and silence enjoyed,
whittier parents might retire. in The houses where
childrens parties are given But no-it would be
and scufaing and laughing of the children, would
keep you awake.
am looking out in the papers for some eligible
schools where there shall DO no vacatons-I cannot
bear these festivities much longer. begin TO hnte
the children In their evening dresses; when children
are atired In those absurd best clothes, what can
you expect from them but nffectation and airs OF
fashion? One day last year, Sir having TO conduct
the two young Indies who then frequented juvenile
parties, found them, upon entering the Hy, into
which they had preceded me under convoy Of their
naid-I found them--in wha: condition think
youl Why, with the skirts Of their stiff muslin
frocks actually thrown over their heads SO that they
should not crnmple in the curriage child who
cannot go into society but with muslin lrock In
this position, say, had best stay in the nursery in
her pnafore. II you not able to enter the world
with your dress in its proper place, stay at home. l
blushed, sir TO see thai Mrs. s. didn't blush when
informed her Of this incident, but only laughed In o
strange INDIGENOUS manner and said that the girls
must keep their dresses neat. Neaness az much US
you please but ] should have thought neatness
would wear her frock In the natural why.
And look al the children when they arrive at their
place Of destination; what process Of coquetry they
are made 10 go through They are first carried into
room where there are pins, combs, looking glass
es, and lady's maids who shake the ehidrens ring
let's ont spread abroad their great immense sashes
and ribbons, and finally send them full sail into the
dancing room. With what n INDUSTRIOUS precocily
they ogle their faces In the looking glasses
have seen my boys, Gustnvus and Adophus grin
into the glass and arrange their cufls or the ties Of
their neckcloths with much eagerness as any
grown up man could show, who was going TO pay
visit TO the lady Of his heart With what an abom
Unable complacency they get out their little gloves
and examine their silk stockings How can they
be natural or unaffected when they are preposter
ously conceited about their fine clothes3 The uihe
day, we met one Of Gns's school fellows, Maste
Chaffers nj party, who entered the room with
little gibua hat nnder his arm and 10 be mad,
his bow with The aPloTb Of dancing, Of six
ny: and my boys who suspect envied their conrad,
the gibus ha began 10 giggle aud sneer nj him ant
further 10 discomfort him. Gus goes up to him ant
seys-"Why Chnffers, yon consider yourself deucec
Why should INT there BET And why should that pool
little boy be called upon blush because he came te
a.party In hack-cnb2 ], for my part, ordered the
ish them Tor their pride II raned; Gus got wei and
spollt bis shiny boots-Dol got coll and my wife
scolded me for cruelty.
As TO the airs which the wreiches give themselves
about dancing, need not enlarge upon them here
for the dangerous artist Of the Rising Generations
has already taken them In hand Not that his satire
does the children the least good they don't any
Thing absurd In coarng pretty girls, Or in asserting
the superiority OF their own sex over the female
lew nights since, saw Master Sultan al Juvenile
ball. standing st the door Of the dancing ROOM eyre
glonsiy displaying his muslin pocket handkerchief
and waving II about as II he was In doubt 10 which
Of me yoone beauties he should cast H. ',Why don't
you dance, Master Sulian2" say !. "aIy good SIR
ns answered Inst look around % those girissnd say
can dancer Base and selfish now, what will
the boy be, Sir, when his whiskers prowl
And when you think how Mrs Maintenance Geek
out partners for the little boys-how INV own admir-.
aoIs E.ilzn mas warned her children "My dears,
would rather You should dance with your Brown
cousins Than your Jones cousins" who are a II. 4,
rough IN ihelr manners (the fact being ihe mn, ns
sister Maria Jones lives at islnglon, whiie FANNY
Brown is an upper Baker street LADY, W. an ha,y
heard my dear wife, say, instruct on, -. en mssc
10 party at the Baronets by no ooy ~, gglng
his cousin Adcllza but to dance 9Th r a ~ .np -
that the world q men and oy. is e an say s but
ceiy is poisoned at it, .c,, .ne snne.hai so
ennpoycnsekea enc t,bims are instructed 10 be nr,nl
har ~. .,,ss men you would think by thtl faces
"'I lm a,o ~. = -fcsh from heaven.
n uf no very little children, confess ret n
% -ion as watch them, In seeing the nrtlcss
~" J. girls walking AFTER the boys TO whom they IN.
Zine, and couning them by bundled innoren, lit.
tie wss and cnfesses, puturg Out tntir hitIe bands
and inviting them 10 dances, seeking them out Il
pull crackers with them, and begging them 10 read
the notices, and forih.thls II as II should be-
this is natural and kindly The women, by rights
ought to court the nien! and they would II we bu
left them alone.
My dear Sir, my manuscript must her,
abruptly terminate. Mrs. $. has just come into my
study, and my daughter enters Rrlnning behind her
with twenty-five little notes, announcing that Mas
Ter and Miss Spec request the pleasure Of Miss
Brown Miss +. Brown, and M. a. Browns com.
psny On tho 18th inst mt There Is TO be coDjuror
in the back drawing room, magic lantern In my
study, Christmas Tree in The dining room and
dancing In the drawing room" My wife says,
you know we must he civil TO those who have
been so kind TO our darling children"
SpEc.