The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-19

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And it's perfectly plain you not only don't
But you do not believe me"-(here the nose
A went still higher,l n
ri suppose if you dared you would call me a
a liar,
Our engagement ia ended. sir--yes on the spot
You re brute and monster, and don't know
what" 1851
| mildly suggested the words-Hottentot.
Plckpocket and cannibal, Tartar and thief
Well, | felt for the lady, and felt for my hat,
Improvised on the crown of the latter tattoo
In lieu of expressing the feelings that lay
Quite too deep for words, as w ordsworth would
| say;
Then without going through the form of a bow
Found myself in the entry-l hardly know how
On doorstep and sidewalk, past lamp-post and
square. & .eassN
At home and up stairs in my own easy chair
Polked my feet into slippers, my fire into
blaze, Ns = T#-.
And said to myself as 1 lit my cigar
Surprising man had the wealth of the Gear
OF the Russians to boot for the rest of his
days,
On the whole, do you think he would have
much to spare TEKa @1&
If he married woman with nothing to wear7
Since that night, taking pains that it should
not be bruited
Abroad in society, I've instituted & os
A course of inquiry. extensive and thorough
On this vital subject and find to my horror
That the fair Flora's case is by no means sur
prising e-a5 as 7a.
But that there exists the greatest distress
In our female community. solely arising
From this unsupplied restitution of dress
Whose unfortunate victims are filling the air
With the pitiful wall Of 4" othing to wear"
Researches in some of the "upper.ter' districts.
Reveal the most painful and startling statistics,
OF which let me mention only few:
In one single house. ON the Fifth Avenue.
Three young ladies were found, all below
twenty-five,
Who had be n three whole weeks without any
thing new @
In the way of f1ounced silks; and thus left in
lurch,
Arc unable to 90 to ball, concert or church.
In another large mansion near the same place,
Was found deplorable. heart -rending case
OF entire dcstitutiou of Brussels pont-lace.
In the neighboring block there was found in
three calls
shawls
And n suffering family. whose case exhibits
The most pressing want of real ermne tippets;
One deserving young lady, almost unable
To aurvive for the want of new Russian saole,
Another confined to the house when its wlndier
Than usual, because her shawl isn't India.
Still another whose tortures have been most
terrific
Ever since the sad loss of the steamer Pacifc
In which were engulphed-not friend or rela-
(For whose fate shcperhaps might have found
consolation, .E e xii BIZ
Or borne il at least with serene resignatlon.)
But the choicest assortment of French sleeves
and collars
Ever sent out from Paris-worth thousands of
dollars . .-
And as to style, most recherche and rare;
The want of which leaves her with nothing to
wear, . ..
And renders her life so drear and dvspeptic
That she's quite rsclusa and almost skeptlc,
For she touchinglv saws that this sort of grief
Cannot find in religion the slightest relief, x
And Philosophy has not a maxim to spare
For the victims of such overwhelming despair,
But the saddcst by far of all these sad features.
Is the cruelty practiccd upon these poor crea-
.-e lures ssf ..e.F sa4 sE4.Eso sEt8 ls-f.5 .
By husbands and fathers, real Blucbeards and
TimOns,
Who resist the most touching appeals made for
By their wives and their daughters. and leave
them for days
Unsupplied with new jewelry. fans or boquets.
Even laugh at their miseries whenever they
have chance,
And deride their demands as useless exrava-
gance; - fla. .....s.. ~ ...s.
One case of a bride was brought to my view,
Too sad for belief, but alas twas too true
Whose husband refused. as savage as Chiron.
To permit her to take more than ten trunks to
Sharon. -... .-....
The consequence was that when she got mere
At the end of three weeks she had nothing to
wear, ~
And when she proposed to finish the season
At Newport, the monster refused out and out,
For his infamous conduct alleging no reason
Except that the waters were good for his govt
Such treatment as this was too shocking OF
s course asAd sea II SCENTS
And proceedings arc now going on for divorce
But why harrow the feelings by lifting the cur
tain aS aad f
From these scenes of woe Enough, 1t Is GER
tain,
Has been disclosed to stir up the pity
Of every benevolent heart of tho city,
And spur up humanity into a canter
To rush and relieve these sad cases instanter:
Won't somebody, moved by this touching de-
scription, - 49,
Come forward to- morrow and head a subscrip-
ton vs r.4va t@ 8.S
Won't some kind philanthropist. seeing that
So needed at once by those INDECENT ladies,
Take charge of the matter? Or, wont Peter
Cooper .,s. - 81. .z,q.s,.
The cornerstone lay of some splendid super
Structure, like that which to-day links his
name 4,Es..s l..s
Tn the Union unending of honor and fame;
And found new charity just for the care
OF those unhappy women with nothing to wear,
Which, in view Of the cash that would daily be
claimed, "A ksa .162sss3,...
The Lay;ng-oua hospital might well be named?
Won't Stewart, or some of our dry goods I'M
porters,
Take contract for clothing our wives and our
daughters -.ss
Or to furnish the cash to supply these distresses,
And LIES pathway strew with shawls, collars,
and dresses, "a. /.
Ere the want of it makes them much rougher
| and thornier, NJ aHsv &a 9
| Won't some one discover new California
| Oh. ladies' dear ladies, the next sunny day
| Please trundle your hoops just out of Broadway
From its whirl and it's hustle. its fashion and
pride. ..fs-a.~ 4. !
And the temples Of Trade which tower on each
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