American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-09-04
M0RGGAN70WN MONONGAA co. VA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8y
Ever sent but fom Paris, worth thousands Of

dollars,
And oil us to style most recherche and rare, ~.
The want of which leaves her her hottiay 10 teedr
And renders her life so drear and dyspeptic
That she's quite II recluse and almost skeptic,
For she touchingH says that this sort Of grief
Cannot find in Religion tic slightest relief u
And Philosophy has not IA maxim to spare Yt|
For the victims of such overwhelming despair. II
But the saddest by far of all these sad features ~
Is the cruelty practised upon the poor Creatures
BY husbands and fathers, real Bluebeards and
Who resist the. most touching appeals made for
Diamonds
BY their wives and daughters, and leave them for
days 1I it H1Htsf lr4 .fHu,
Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans, or bouquets,
Even laugh at their miseres whenever they have
achance,
And deride their demands as useless extravaganza
One case of q bride was brought to my view, g1g
Too sad for belief, but alas! twas too true, ry
Whose husband refused, as savage us. Charon,
To permit her to take more than ten trunks to
Shr Sharon. g iNVlN rEH Eta.. lEh N'i
The consequence was that when she got there, 8
AT the end of three weeks she had nothing to GEAR
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 gout Il
Such treatment as this was too shocking of course,
And proceedings arc now going ON for divorce.
But why harrow the feelings by lifting the curtain
From these scenes of woe? Enough it is certain
Has here been disclosed TO stir up the pity
Ufevefy benevolent heart in the city, bdt
And spur up humanity into canter ,a;a vedI
To rush and relieve these, sad cases instah ter
Wont somebody, moved by this touching descrip-
Cone forward tomorrow and head a subacfip-
ton2
Wont some kind philanthropist, seeing that aid is
SO needed at once by these INDECENT ladies' -ttn'.
Of thn
The cornerstone lay of some splendid super-
Structure like that which to-day links his name
In the union unending of honor and fame, 3D..
And found new charity just for the care as
OF these unhappy women with nothing 10 scedr, g.
winch, IN view OF the cash which would daily be
The laying-out hospital well might be named?
Won t Stewart or some of our dry-goods impor-
ters : r..... '.rs.., aIh ,..Es s1,....
Take contract for clothing our wives and our
daughters? 'h"''f'
Or to furnish the cash to supply these distresses,
And life's pathway strew with shawls, collars,
Ill, and dresses? g- ,'..u,.. ... -.
Ere the want of them makes it much roughet and
thorner 40 '"'N. f..HA .''ln
Won't some one discover new California; 81.
Oh ladies, dear ladies, the next sunny day
Please trundle your hoops just out Of Broadway,
From its whrl and its hustle, its fashion and
l.g pride, gis shE .z,Sa ge8st,5 II,
anu tSihIicS Oi triiue winch tower on each side,
To the alleys and lanes where misfortune and
Their children have gathered, their city have
. built , rrG, G,'v,s~ L,y,.,s,s..',. - :.
Where hunger and vice, like twin hcasts of prey
Have hunted their victims to gloom and despair:
Raise the rich dainty dress and the fine broidered
.r skirt, - .i.af gu.s.aa-.fs,l u..r.
Pick your delicate way through the dampness aHd
dirt ~ s., =.
Grope through the dark dchs, climb the rlckoity
'i!5 stair, gfH lat..a -. ta. sH .a'
To the garret, where wretchcs, the young and the
old,
llalf-starved and halEnaked, lie crouched from
q. the cold: -,t'gas= fagH#
See those skeleton limbs, those frost-bittcn feet
All bleeding and bruised by the stones of the
street; r . -
Hear the sharp cry Of childhood, the deep groans
From the poor dying creatures who writhe on
Hear the curses that sound like the echoes af hell
AS you sickeh and shudder and fly from the
door, .f .. ..... ....'' cam. ,t
Then home to your wardrobcs, and say, if you
Spoiled children Of fnshion-Lyou,V Ve nothing 10
d iceary sr... E.Ers.f' r. ffreF - ..
And oh, if perchance thereshould be a sphere u
Where all is made right which so puzzles us here
Where the glare and the glitter and the tinsel Of
Fade and die in the lipht of that region sublime,
w mere the soul, discnchantcd of flesh and of sense
onscreehed by It's trappings and shows and pre-
tense, 5a5a@,, 81 = - - ! y r.
Must be clothed for the life and the service above
WIN purity, truth, faith, meekness, and love:
Oh, daughters of Earth foolish virgins beware
hes' IN tnat upper realm YOU HAVE NOTHING To
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