Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-13
EVENING STAR.
A Spoonful of " Punch ~

The WRONGS OF CRISoLISR -"Mv D,ov,,r
Mr.. Punch: DO, pray, let me beg and en-.
treat of you, please, be so kind as TO notice
the dreadful carelessness that everybody al
most is guilty OF in not minding what they are
about, and dirtying, and tearing, and spelling
ladies' dresses. L appeal to you because /
know your chlvalrous spirit; You are like one
of the knights of the olden time who rode
about righting wrongs and redressing griey-
ances, particularly those of distressed dam
sells, with their lances, and in the same way [
wish you would give the rude, negligent, pro
voking, disagreeable creatures L mean, a
poke. Oh l.. l have no patience with them
They know that dresses are worn long and
wide now then, since they are aware of this,
why can they not bear 1T in mind Instead
Of which, whenever they 90 down stairs, gen.
tlemen L mean, to dinner, or away from a
play or concert, or anywhere where there
are ladies with them, those behind US are GER
tain to tread on the skirts of our dresses
thinking of something else. The same at ta-
bic, where the legs of their chairs are sure to
te on our fOunces, and when we rise to retire
crash they go
"Of course, owing to the width of dresses
1t is now impossible to get into brougham
or any carriage almost, without the dress rub
blng against the sides. Now when drivers of
other vehicles in the streets, not only cabmen.
but with carriages of their own, must see that,
why is it they take little or no care how they
drive, and splash ours, 50 that we must brush
against ii getting in, and there is beautiful
new dress perhaps all over mud? If they
cannot help splashing. which they could il
they tried, the Board of Health, or whatever
it is, ought to see that the streets are kept in
proper state, swept nice and clean, not only
IN London, but at watering places now, and
other places where fashionable people 60 and
being Obliged to appear as such, if the streets
are dirty, of course they naturally sweep up
The mud, and rub it on, and one way or the
other get dirt all over, and spoil their things.
"Another thing when men are walking
along the pavement they never mind how
they carry their umbrellas and walking sticks
Very often they hold them lengthways by the
middle, and then, As they hurry along, with
their minds absent in stupid thought. or tusi-
ness, looking straight before them up in the
sky, or any where but where they ought,
the crock ut the end catches in fold of the
dress, and-crack tear it all down If thew
must carry sticks and um mbreIlas, they should
cOnfne themselves 10 those with knobs for
handles, instead of hooks getting in the way
Of our dresses and tearing them
Servants, too, are so very incon siderate in
arranging things without allowing proper
room. One cannot step into balcony where
there are plants without upsettiug geranium
overturniDg a myrtle, or knocking dcwn IN
orange tree, or perhaps breaking a beautiful
vase-all for want Of a little foresight, which,
if they do not exercise it, what advantage is
it to be gifted with such prerogotive in pref
erence to the inferior species.
81 also think, Mr.. Punch, you might give
hint to gentlemen when they 60 inside a
carriage, not TO take up so much room as they
do with lady by the side of them, and her
dress, as the case generally is spread out
over their knees. Tell them they ought to
try and make themselves little less. and
then we should think more of them
L You would confer another obligation If
you would recommend railway companies and
the managers Of theatres and other amuse.
ments, TO alter their seats, the narrowness of
which makes them very uncomfortable and
this will say, which may have good tenden-
cy, that almost the only place lady can ap-
pear in, and 60 without being inconvenienced
at; the entrance, is church, where, at least.
one at a time, one seldom has to squeeze one :
way through the door.
"Oh | could complain a great deal more.
but now L must conclude, for fear too much
room should be occupied in your interesting
columns by CRISoLISE.
marine Parade, Sept 1856.
"P. If they would but think the least
in the world, the Inconvenience might be so
very easily relnedied."