The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-29


! On doorstep and sidewalk, past lamp
/ post and square, ......0
At home and up stairs. in my own easy
chair;
Poted my feet into slippers. my FIRE
! into blaze, uE
! And said to mysslf a. I lit my cigar,
Supposing man had the wealth of the
/ Cssr ~a....-.-
Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his
j days,
ION the whole do you think ho would
| have much to spare
! If he married . woman with nothing to
| wear
! INTx1HsTrNo STATISTICS.
! Since that night, taking pains that it
| should not b. bruited
Abroad in society. I have instituted
A course ofenquiry. extensive and thor
On this vital subject, and fnd to my
horsa,
That the fair Flora's care is by no means
| surprising.
But that there exists the greatest dis
tress
In our female community, solely arising
From this unsupplied destitution in
! dress:
Whose unfortunate victims are filing the
air,
With the pitiful vail Of Nothing to
wear"
Researches in some Of the Upper Ten"
districts
Reveal the most painful and startling
statistics. 5.r
OF which let me mention only few:
In one single house on the Fifth Avenue,
Three young ladies were found, all be-
low twenty-five,
Who have been three whole weeks with.
! out anything new
In the way of founced silkS, and thus
left in the lurch
Are unable to go to q ball, concert or
church, .
In another large mansion near the same
Was found deplorable. heart-rsnding
OF entire destitutioa Of Brussels point
al lace. fe., I'D,
In q neighboring block there was found
in three calls,
Total want. long continued. Of camels'
hair-shawls ..
Aud q suffering family whose case sx-
hibitS4r .l .,. ..e
The most pressing need of real ermine
/ tippets; ....-.....-. -.
One deserving young lady almost unable
To survive for the want of a new Russian
r! sable; ..r1 ...
Another confined to the house when its
windier
Than usual, because her shawl isn't In.
| 'dia. :.
Still another. whose fortunes have been
most terrific
Ever since the sad loss of the steamer
| Pacific
In which were engulphed not friend or
relation,
For whose fate she perhaps might have
found consolation,
Or borne it. at least, with serene rssig-
4 nation,
But the choicest assortment of French
sleeves and collars,
Ever sent out from Paris, worth thous-
ands of dollars.
And all as to styles, most REcHERcaE
and rare.
The want of which leaves her with
nothing to wear,
And renders her life so drear and dys-
peptic IL sl
That she's quite rccluse, and almost
skeptic,
For she touchingly says that this sort of
| grief
Cannot find in religion the slightest re-
And Philosophy has not . maxim to
spare
For the victims of such overwhelming
| despair.
But the saddest by far of these sad fea-
Is the cruelty practiced upon these poor
creatures
By husbands and fathers, real Bluebear is
and Timons,
Who resist the most touching appeals
made for diamonds
By their wives and their daughters, and
leave them for days
Unsupplied with new jewelry, fans or
boquets,
Evenlaugh at their miseries when they
have chance.
And deride their demands a. useless
extravagance.
CASE ORA BRIDE.
One case of bride was brought to my
view,
Too sad for belief, but alas twas too
| true, Isl
Whose husband refused, as savage as
| Charon,
To permit her to take moro than ten
trunks to Sharon.
The consequence was, thst when she got
there,
At the end of three weeks she had moth
ing to wear,
And when she proposed to finish the
At Newport the monster refused out and
out,
For his Infamous conduct alleging no
reason,
Except that the waters were good for the
| gout:
Such treatment as this Was too shocking
of course,
And proceedings are now going on for
| divorce.