New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-25
or the Crescent.
Misses Daisy and Violet and Messrs. Loun.
ger and Censor.

Having noticed your novel aIll highly inter
esting discussion. and being a .friend to all
parties and to suffering humanity at large, |
Would endcayor, by giving few hints, to bring
about reconciliation between the hostHc COM
batunts,
First, the brave au'l chivalrous Daisy enters
the field, single-h handel and alone, routs regi-
ment Of Loungers, pucks up a whole bed Of
Yiolets, root and branch" and silences host
Of Censors, and declares herself victor for
- third time Your initiatory was Guerrilla
warfare uponthe Loungers and if you selected
this mode Of attack as an offset to the nsidious-
ness OF incorrigibility Of your adversaries, then
your victory is not worth claiming, as your spoil
is nothing but teal loungerS, yet in the streets,
and unburiel But if you designate them as
decent g lords worthSof your steel, who have
met Waterloo defeat at your hands, you may
wear the palm Of victory, thrice Won, and that
gracefully, if it be not self-awarded And when
the battle is and you are left to exult upor
the no longer disputed field, let your magnanim.
ity be equal 10 your yal0r, and like Pytthus
you M0y S. sit l0Wu and spend YOUR time in peace
and comfort At least, grant q long truce.
and il you should renew the contest, allow me
to make the suggestion that an arrow from
Cupid,s quiver will conquer more loungers,
and more etfectually than ever did g0osc's
quill.
And to you, friend Violet, would say that l
most deeplya sympathize with you in your
vanquishea condition. I am at the same
time utterly astonished that you should have
come before the public Some botanist has said
that Violet is the prettiest child of the whole
Floral family, DAISY not excepted) but the
poet says that . Violets are born to blush un-
seen;' and | am somewhat of the same opinion
They needIuot, however, g waste their sweetness
on the desert air., but mays teach the yOtn q
dea holr TO shoot." And you having better en-
ployment for precious time, and a subject of
more Importance to occupy your thoughts,
shall not expect to hear from you again on the
subject under discussion
And you, Mr. Ltungcr, what shall ! say to
you: Now don't begin to fatter yourself that
am going to defend your cause Far from it.
sir. lou louHging, loang, Lazy Lawrence,
who do nothing but stand at the corners of the
streets and in the market places " and look at
PUpPet showS and dressed up doH-5abies, an
occupation which would more befit a child than
n man who has the auaaeity TO call himself a
gentleman. Why, you had better spend your
time in reading .ESop's Fables, the adventures
of Phillip Quail, or the world renowned Robin
son Crusoe. If you cannot procure those valua-
BILE productions, and have no taste for literary
pursuits, turn your attention to Sciences OF
perhaps you would prefer the arts if so, spend
your time in penciling the fairy forms OF daisies
as they fit before your enraptured vision; and
if you must "look at them, 10 so with some
noble purpose, and not to criticiSe. Anything
is preferable to your present employment, while
dressed in standing collars, broidered necker-
chiefs, short-tail coats, stub-toed shoes, and
| looking the personihcation of vanity
To you, Mr. Censor, let me say, your letter
has SO much the appearance Of rustieity that
| am half inclined to think with Daisy that yor
have just emerged from the verdant fields o
some rural country scene, aud perhaps +" youl
mamma doesn't know you're ont Discretion
| is the better part of yalor, and | would advise
you, under any circumstances not to enter til,
field with the brave and dauntless Daisy Il,
| she Rtrer fats 10 coHGUty. ] am not disposed
however, to think with her that you have beer
the subject of a hoax. ] think what the OLE
lady told you was true, and she no doubt Spol,
from experience, and even the intrepid Daisy i
made TO acknowledge that she powders througl
set-dettnce or from custom. bat after all, fren,
Censor, ''a"bite powder isn't quite so bad a
Uach"
And now, friends, one and all, let me entreat
| you, be ye reconclled one to another ant
remember that Daisies and Butterflies wert
H,diie to be looked at, and Il necessarily follow
| that some body was made to look at them
SO, Llisies and butterflies have a right 10 fly
whore they please, and Loungers have a ligh
to look Mt them whenever they think proper
In conclusion, let Inc add tby way Of consolins
Daisy that
What can't be cured
Must he endured.