Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-28
From the Southern Honlestedd
Our Daughters.
THE LITTLE LADIES'"


On for the "good time coming" when
"iadies," little and big, black and white,
OF the upper ten," or the clover mil
lion," shall have become extinct,-obso-
lete,-or as the original and emphatic
Tennessean says, mo whar." Oh =! for
the golden days when we shall have dear,
good old women, and sweet, lovable young
women, noble women, beautiful women,
and darling" little girls,-and be done
fashionable old ladies -" fast young la
dies "-and mammals "little ladies."-
The latter are most trying to ones pa
thence, because we are at liberty to "cut"
the former, and so summarily rid ourselves
of the annoyance, but the very childhood
of the latter, poor and perverted as it is,
sends such a thrilling appeal to our hearts,
that we cannot pass them coldly by. We
have entirely too many "ladies" of all
sorts and sizes, among us at present; we
need sadly, fresh supply of women and
girls. Once, a very LADY" in speaking
to me of her laundress, mentioned her as
1.-THE lady who does my washing! !" This
"lady" was so intensely LADY like"
that she could not, in any way acknowl-
edge that the good old Saxon word icoman,
belonged to her extra-retined vocabulary.
/ was amused the other day, at a CONVEX
sation CHANGED to over-hear between
nurse and the house-maid.
xxi! !" exclaimed the former, syou're
no lady,-you'rs just black -"
AZ is" Indignantly interposed the lat
ter,-"I'm a black-no Pm yallow
lady,-there's white ladies, an black Ia
dies, an yallow ladies,-,oe're all ladies %
All I! thought l, if this is the case, it is
time the "aristocrats " in the social scale
were going back to " first principles,"-
U'ooinirs "~----.-"d leaving their "lady"-
hood, with their cast off silks and satins,
to their "yallow" and "black" sisters Of
the fraternity.
But oh the wrongs of the dim-eyed,
sallow-cheeked and hollow -chested Z" little
ladies' ' Who is responsible for the dull
headache, the dry cough, the quick con-
vulsion, and the early grave To whom
does Death. the dread Avengcr of our
wrongs upon life and nature, speak so of,
in thunder tones, "ye knew your duty,
but you did it not ?'' To you, MOTHERS,
20 you!
cannot but look with an "infinite
pity" upon the poor little behounced, and
be- tinselcd butter flies that 90 mincing
along our city streets, turned out"
(Heaven save the mark y ito erercise."
Lilliputian puppets, milliner-dressed, and
confectionery fed. always intensely IA
dy-like." and excessively senteel. Ad-
monished that they must not romp, be-
cause it's SO horrid, ~ (as if it were posi-
BILE to romp with such light clothing. en-
feebled bodies, and low-spirits.) told they
must not play, because they will soil their
dresses, (are not childrea's dresses made
70 be soiled ? if not, they ought TO be y
cautioned against laughing loud, because
it's vulgar" (though the poor things
rarely feel sufficient bubbling up of vi
tally to get off real. hearty and health.
ful laugh.) To remedy the awkwardness
which this lecturing, espionage. and con-
sequent self-consciousDess begets, they are
Early packed off to Mons. or Mad. Ala
Mode a-Ding-dong's Dancing Saloon. to
earn 10 be "easy in their manners" and |
% taught the graces," generally. Now,
here is no necessity for teaching child
: the graces.n if it is q real child. The |