The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-06-30
The why's and whererores, or who's
10 Blame
BY AUNT ALICE

| BY AUNT ALICE.
Why do we pinch our feet in tight slippers,
or wear thin CATERS in warm weather 10
please the gents to be sure What girl has
not heard her uncle, brother, male cousin,
nay, ieven her father, speak in raptures Of
small feet, and laugh at large ones? Can
they blame US, then, If we sacrifice comfort,
and even health, to please them2 1t is nei-
Their pleasant nor comfortable for us to walk
over with tight, thin shoes neither is it
pleasant to be pointed out, as sthe girl with
clumsy, large feet" And so out of two evils
we choose the least
Why do we attend winter parties clad in
thin clothes, with arms and necks bare?
Because we often hear gentlemen speak Of
other girls looking Gas if they were choked
with their dresses tight around their throats;"
or, such ones dress was "more suitable
for funeral than an evening party" How,
again, they will 60 into ecstacies over the
gossamer drapery of some city BELLE and
praise 8 her alabaster shoulders and perfect
arms"
After all this, can we be expected to wear
thick, dark dresses? You must not wish US
to. Then why blame US?
Why do we load ourselves with so much
clothing in warm weather?
All! there it is again. Now, tell me can
dldly, who among you would be willing TO
invite to a picnic any girl who looked, rs
you term it, " like bean pole, all one size
from head to heels ?"
Don't we hear you raving about we'll
turned figures? Do you suppose we love to
wear all this amount Of cotton? No at all
but we do not like to be neglected, and call
ed dowdies, but We take the burden upon US
oil for your sake.
| Nhv do xra ,r;cca tho @ohio >o1 aoarao
ly eat enough to keep bird aliye2 Did not
Byron hate to see woman eat, and do you
not quote Byron to us and watch every
mouthfu we eat? only wish you could
see us at the cupboard when we get sly
chance, We do not live on air by any
means oh no you will find it out in time.
Why are We not always in readiness to re-
ceive calls 2 Have you yet to learn that dress
is all put on, and that we must have some
time to arrange? What if We do keep you
waiting a few minutes, when you call at un-
reasonable hours, are we not making all the
haste we can, while you are pacing the par
lors like Gagged bears ? We have one dress
to unhook, and another to hook up, making
about fifty of the little fastenings to deal
with. (You can't think what a bother you
are.) Then we must take the papers from
our hair, or you would be Mortified. You all
q 4
should always hang in graceful, shining clus-
tiers, sleeping or waking, always in order,
needing no attention, except "gentle toss
# the head" as novel writer's tell you. But
let me tell you curls are not " fixed facts"
They are more trouble than all the rest Of
our toilet. For sometimes even your tender
est notes fail to give them the right twist. If
you admire curls you should never be fright
ened at curl papers.
1 Why do we attend parties, balls and con-
certs every night during the season? Who
takes US, pray Do you not beg us to 60? and
If we refuse on some occasions, don't you
take your revenge by never inviting US again !?
We do not always wish to 60, neither do we
wish to be entirely excluded from these
scenes. We 60 all the time, or sit at home,
moping all winter. Wewould prefer little
of both, but you order it otherwise.
Why do we laugh so much when we get to
ourselves? just because we have seen q
great deal to laugh at. There! the secret is
out.
d A BRIKF SPEECH PROM Col. FRKAoSr.-
!, On Friday last, the delegates from Massa-
chusssts to the Philadel rhia Convention,
made formal call by appointment upon Col.
Fremont, at his present residence, Ninth st.
2 in the city OF New York, accompanied By
8 several delegates from New Hampshire and
0 Rhode Island. Mr.. Elliot, Of New Bedford,
addressed few appropriate remarks to Col
Fremont in behalf Of the delegates, to which
the latter responded in the following brief
but comprehensive speech:
D GENTLEMEN 1t will not be expected of me
\ am sure, that formal response will BIZ
made to you at this time. l thank you cor
daily for your action, and for this kind and
1 unqualified expression1 Of Constitutional
Q Freedom. | have read the platform which
n you have adopted, and have. examined Will
I care the principles it embodes. tits, at THU
time, like second Declaration Of Indepen-
: dence. believe in its truth, and can adop
il in all its parts; and it will be my purpose
n if the voice OF the people shall ratify tn,
j. nominations which you have made, 80 Il
: conduct the Government that these prnc
e pies, thus avowsd, shall become effective.
= eTDr. Barnes, who is now about 81
t years of age, being sometimes, as ever
i younger men might be, inclined to sleep
him in his pew one Sunday lately, having
joked with him on his having nodded nov
= and then, Barnes insisted he had been awak,
all the time. s'Well, then,' said his friend
u ''can you tell nae what the sermon wa
q aboutr" ssYes, can," he answered SCI
i was about half an hour too long."-[Diar,
" Of Thos. Moore.
; Preston $. Books on THE SrUxP.-Prestol
a s. Brooks has taken the stump in favor o
,e the platform and the nominees of the Cinci
!. natl Convention. The Charleston Standar,
v in adverting to a ratification meeting says
4 The Hon. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, Hon
JAMES l.. ORR, and Hon. p. s. BROOKS
l. and others will address the meeting.
i DOUGLASS and Books are admirably fitte,
to each other, and they truly represent tn
J. principles of the Border Ruf6an Democracy