Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-02-28
EVENING STAR. !,
WAs 8 NC TON:
- MONDAY. FEBRUARY 90, 1853.
Very lawful Papers!"

Very lawful Papers,"
A friend has politely handed as copy of
our contemporary, the Metropolitan of last
week, and called our attention to letter in
that paper containing an allusion to the daily
Star. The writer assumes to be lady, and
signs the episte ''Ida Smallwood" With
all due Difference to our friends of the fair
sex, We would humbly suggest that "Idea
Smallpotato" is far mere suitable. $50.
Some faint notion of the d 1T of this small
very smal!-wood, may be formed by the
following extract. 1t is the opening para.
graph Of the letter:
''These terrible colds that are now SO preya-
lent has hindered my making such personal
observations as would enable one to give y,u
gossip founded on fact, nor, indeed, have
been in such state of easy health as makes
reading an Enjoyment; else would, accord
ing to promise, taking the material from that
source. (?) attempt to give you letter of
some Sort
After this preliminary flourish of trumpets,
We placed ourselves in military attitude, our
well-known gallantry to the ladies inducing
US to be prepared to g surrender at discre.
ton" Here, then, comes the broadside of
''Smallwood." The reader will please con-
slider that all our batteries are silenced, for
lazy speaks:
l regret to discover in city paper We
ry small attack on Mr.. Thackery for an
alleged remark he should have made concern.
ing Mills Equestrian Statue, namely, that
the Horses tail was too large. What as
surance in Mr.. Thackery How patriotic
Is the editor to fight the Battle of New Or
leans over again on that account.
Now there are few things in the above
feminine missive to which we beg leave to
reply-having just recovered sufficiently
from the first shock of conflict for that anus
ing purpose.
ln the first place, it is refreshing to no.
tice the abbreviated manner in which our
gentle assailant spells the name Of Mr..
ihackeray. This shows her to be we'll read.
Perhaps, however, she goes in for fonografi,
and this gains one whole letter. That would
be something Of a saving to the printers in
the long run. We .wonld suggest, still anoth.
er Improvement. Suppose Ida spells the
distinguished name r haze y!
6 in of two letters: .-,:'ssa ''.i @r"i =
What koon to type settlers!
In the next next place our article headed
"Mills VS.. Thackersy,"' in the Star of the
14th instant, is called ''a very small attack
on Mr.. Thackery for an alleged remark he
should have made d.. 80 +. s..'t....
Now if our defence Of the splendid statue
of Jackson was t'small, it was because the
remarks of Thackeray were very "small' in
deed; and were it not for the public posi-
ton of that gentleman,:ns an English tou, list,
we should not have noticed them 1t is
natural, however, that such ':'small woods
should regard such small remarks as Thack-
eray's with appropriate favor.
Ida" says, Thackeray "should have
made" those ''smalp' remarks. With all
respect to the lady, we think he should not
But "every one to. her taste" as the old
farmers wife said when she kissed the COW
And here We leave Ida and her small wood
for to-day. l ...'.--...- ,......s
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