Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-11
The Cropping of Hair Bclles--IIe Latest
EaaliOns

The Wasioja Gazette, Of Dodge county, in
this State, has correspondent who sets up
to be quite "ladies' man "-at least he de.
votes his pen entirely to noting their peculiar
tiles, particularly in fashion and dress. In
that paper of the Sd inst, he lets us under
derstand that fashion has issued its edict-
that no more shall we behold
" An angel face! its sunny wealth of hair
In radient ripples, bathing the graceful throat
And dimped shoulders ="
But instead we shall see their polls cropped
al close as
"those small youngsters whose expansive ears
Maternal kindness cropped with frequent shears"
lie thus explatiates upon the prospect:
Dear Gazette: Do you see it? No.
know you won; see it till the mischief is DONE
The poor creatures have taken to cropping
their hair 1t is now the fashion back East,
as am informed; and before we are aware of
it the witchng ringlets of our Western ladies
will have been sheared off by the ruthless de-
stroycr. l see with prophetic eye the APP
preaching deformeG tyrant." | see the hair
cropped, hoop-infated belle looking with aw-
full disgust on the long, fascinating rnglets of
the questionable country lass. Dear ladies,
a0W you give up your beautifying tresses on
the demand of the tyrant ? Yes you will
Already we see the premonitory symptoms |
see the Eastern ladies coming here, bringing
with them the hdeOus fashion. You laugh
at them now; but didn't you once laugh at
the proud lady that came TO church with
great hoops, to the establishment of every
body? Didn't you declare " would never
yield to such fashion You can't deny it,
for l have heard you. Yes yes-one by one
you will bow to the fashion; and the time
will come, and that soon, when w,man
with long hair will excite as much curiosity
as would the appearance of gentleman of
the last half century with his cow-tal shaped
cue.
Confusion AS live, here comes my own
wife stripped of her most attractive ornament
her long, thick, red, curly hair Those
saucy curls, alas in which my youthful fancy
got uncomoutaby entanged My own ooin-
ion freely confessed, is that those who start
ed the heinous fashion, were thin, pale, half
bald, envious-souled crOnes, who had nothing
to lose by the innovation, but would have
those who had reduced to the same ugliness
as themselves; or perhapS-and it is in fact
more likely-they were too ageak headed to
carry the burden Of natures unshorn locks.
What do you share and have your hair
cut off for p chimes in my worship
ping wife.
"Ah, well-ahem-I-
"What do you, who made so much fun of
moustaches now cultivate them for ?"
"That is no eXcuse-'
''That is no excuse | understand you ex-
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taches when they are fashionable; you Can
wear great black stove-pipes when they are
fashionable; you can and do follow every
achim of fashion, from the stub-toe boot to the
shape and color Of button; and you who are
the passive slave Of fashion, ridiculousy ar
raign us for Kidding ourselves of long tangled
masses of hair y
Stop, wife, or you will get excited
EXCITED Who does not get exc,ted and
provoked to see how men PROSTATE them.
selves before the tvrant fashion, caricaturing,
rdiculing, oondemning and eternally lectur-
ing us Tor following the cXample-iooli>h as
it is-they set us. Only last week you wrote
thas foolish, low vulgar piece alb nut hoops;
and vet you know-you mean hypocrite -
that Won would be ashamed Of me if did not
wear them, and dress as other women do
and you would be equally ashamed of my
long hair if other women cut theirs Off and
you, who are too lazy almost to shave twice
a week, if you had the trouble ofdoing upyour
hair, and fixing up the young ones every day
besides, you would non have it of: or else
60 looking like fright"
Just then there was fortunate knocking
at the door, aud speedily escaped.
PAUL LOCKER.