Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-09-17
Our Ladies. "

of Harper's Magazine is likely 10 bring down
upon himself the Indignation Of American |
women for the freedom and boldness Of his
tongue in nm article upon "Our Ladies'
We wouldn't stand in the boots OF this gen.
tleman for small kingdom. Concedipg that
The American women arc the most beautiful
in the world, he denies them nearly every
grace except virtue. He says they are eS-
pecially deficient on the score Of courtesy;
that cunhii g as they are, IN most arts, he
want the art Of pleasing and worse still seem
unwilling to acquire it. They are content
TO hazzle, and do not care TO warm, aud #
they catch admiration are willing TO forego
rrend.hip." Here what he says ON this
point:
What is society wi us for the most
part but show place for he external charms
OF woman? What do YOU find there but pret-
ty female faces and fine dresses, set off by
contrast with inspidid beaux in sombre
suits? Who thinks Of going to place our
women congregate. with any other purpose
than literally to see them? Who expects any
other delight than that of the eye? You go
and are dazzled with the glttering array OF
bright charms and gorgeous apparel. and you
come back with q vision aigued and con.
fused until relieved by welcome darkness.
Whose fault is it that society is mere show
ulace? how is il that there Is nothing to cul-
tivate the taste, 10 warm the heart, ,or inform
the head?''
7 On the alleged ideness of American wo-
men,the writer cnmesout very strong indeed.
Our ladies" will insist upon stopping and
getting into the omnibus and car when they
know they are iull, keep old gentlemen
waiting half an hour for their soup at a ho-
tel dinner, in order TO make an impression
with their crinolne by late arrival, and
and for the same reason turn out row OF
gentlemen out OF pew and disturb the devo-
tions OF whole congregation.
Our ladies'" too, in the opinion of this
impudent scibber, lack reserve. "Where,''
he asks "does woman carry a bolder air in
public than with us?"
"Where does she faunt her charms SO
freely? Where does her eye look with a
stedier gaze OH ma? Where does her voice
sound louder, and her laugh ring more So
norously. There is nothing IN fact which
i &
There is a publicity Of bearing about them
which reminds one more OF the hotel than o
home. You see that they are veterans il
courage, however young in years, and car
stand steadily the fire OF hundred eyes
Where a more timid bashiulness would not
dare to show its face, they are as unmo, ed
as bronze. II courage 10 face an enemy
was all that was required, there would be
no difficulty, we should think, in recruiting
an army OF boId-eyed Amazons among ou'
beauties, ready to return look for look witt
the most formidable gallants that were evel
marshaled for mischief.
Whatever may be the cause, there is NJ
doubt OF the tact that our female youth are
more i'll the public eye, have bolder face
looser tongue and 'reer air than used tc
be considered consistent with the characte,
Of young gentlewoman."
The last paragraph in the liberal caps th,
climax OF ippudenoe. "Our l. dies" arr
no, only discnnrleous, rude, selfish and lg
norant Of the air Of pleasing, but we biu,l
TO write the word-immude>t. They re-
mind that
"Fernale charms are wonderfully increas
1 ed By avoiding too free revelation. ant
trusting somewhat TO the imagInitol, OF man
Il which always eXaggcrates hundred to-
/, that which cannot be too easI'y reached ant
Investigated by his senses. The vailed We
nus, recoIeci, was the mast Wor>hiped o
all The deiles of old, and the greater lhe mys
!, terry. aud The mure close the retirement, lh
more earnest was the devotion. Il woul
be polite, perhaps, il our female divinilie
5 desire to keep their hold upon the honag
K of the male sex, for them to enshrine them
V selves in darker temple, fake their stan
n on less prominent pedestal and OCCASIONAL
c drop the veil over their attractions. A
Il that would be lost to the glare, by create
:, reserve and less defiant publicity, woul
e increase mure than hundred fold the CHAIR
e of beauty, by the solIening effect of shad
i and distance
y A goddess Of Liberty in the shape of loos
female in a loose dress, with barred bus
necked arms, and easy attitude, may pas
current on our coin from the intrinsic valu
of the metal; but it is not desirable that tn
}. daughters OF our republic should mod
them elves according to any such standar
of outward appearance and manners, wha
ever may be their basis of virtue"
IS We have no language to express our il
4 d;onation with sucb scandals - Ner Yo,