The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-26


ArAIR OF NrNcoMpoors, MALE AND fEAALE--
HOW THEY BEHAVE
when high heels first came into fashion.
hated them. They had snch mannlsh, snSn
woman would do herself the injustice 10 wear
them bu; now like em prodigiousiy, predi-
riousiy. What delightful pattering they
make-so quick, so merry, SO purely feminine,
so entirely unlike the steady, heavy tramp
tromp, tramp, tromp of man. Aud then ne
high heeied shoe has such pretty. peri l"oh'
when yon see /, on duty AM stand,hg "p on 80
the fieor, like--like-goodnes knows doh
know what il is like. wonidn't nave MA
heels 10 so out of fashion again Tor sho It
dollars but they will so out of fashion. i'.
certain. And there's no telling WHAT WIN "hc
nextprobably no heels at All no nov es 49,
sole. As bonnets are made merely 10 .o'ei
the back of the head, the next latest nofeiiy IN
the way of shoes ongnt 70 ,h p f nnn If he
foot-a sort of fashionable toe-stati, mace OF
psteat leather. That would be outrageous--
but we would soon learn to like 1t. itis a Jaw
of human nature to hate and then adore every
thing novel in the way OF dress, par licuiariy
the dress of ladies.
The reader will attribute this dissertation to
the author; but the author disclaims 1t. lhis
dissertation, lengthy as ii is, passed THROUGH a
gentleman's head in the space OF less IMAM nail
minute. And here is what made 1t make the
passage:
Pat pat, pat, pat, pat pit, pit, pity, pity,
pi,'v, pit pat, pat. pati pat-rat-pat-oead
stop.
win hazard that no dead man now living,
except myself, can in terprei the above nat
does 10 mean! The first part means little high
heels going along an uncarpeted passage the
second part means little gaiter toes going up
the steps; (what's the reason young women
ALWAYS rua up the steps l wish somebody
would tell me- l have tried and tried 10 get
at the philosophy OF il, but never could the
third part means two little heels on the land
ing the fourth part means little heels on the
carpet falling softly. These parts, the reader
will observe are marked by semi The
dead stop means
No wonder she came to n dead stops for
there sitting in her own little rocking chair,
was a gentleman-rather good lookln8-itst
asleep, with terrific frown on his face. Al
the sight of this apparition she stopped, and,
smiling roguishly, began to creep on the ups u
her little CATERS. She wasn't afraid a biz.
dare say she even contemplated pair OF
gloves but when she came close 10 the rock
ing-chair, and began TO bend over and peer
mischievousiy into that frowning lace, he ut
tered a horrible, horrible groan.
Whereat there was a nice scream, little
parasol dropped, and waking up.
The ladies-long may they preserve their H.
nocence-( came very near saying ignoranee)
have a notion that the lords of creation are in
capable of a downright silly. cunning little
trick, such as they themselves habiiualiy COM
nit, and without III Jury To their Gear, weak,
delightful charact tiers. This is great mistake.
That men are infinitely superior 10 the other
sex, who will deny and when LETT to them
selves, who can doubt that they are ever guilty
of any but the Hottest emotions and the most
noble, open. manly, straightforward, gulleless
and digutied deeds No one can doubt II.
But when the two sexes get together, there Is
fusion OF aracterlstlcs greatly 10 the detfl-
ment of the stronger sex. Why, the fact is,
that when cub lord aged from 10 10 20, comes,
for the first time, in contact with specimen
of he silk and calico party, n strange trans
m gri1cation ensueS-he becomes 4 girl, and
yety foolish one, and she becomes-no, not
boy, but mana COOL calm, collected man,
perfectly at ease, and dis posed rather 10 enjoy
the red n head and face, the ST Wins dane
ing hands and boots of the girl in the bran
new broadcloth coat and small Hhiskers. This
is certainly a very curious and wonderful
thing; but, what is more wonderful still this
metamorphosis, IN greater or less degree, takes
place at all ages. Ladies VIII please bear in
mind that, from the age of 10 to the age OF 81,
there is no period IN the lie OF man when he is
not liable to all sorts of womaniy weaknesses,
proridsd, he permits his grand original nature
to be favoraby influenced by that other mature
which did eat apples with snakes in Eden.
To apply these profound remarks
This wretch, who pretended TO be tast asleep,
had scarcely ever been SO wide awake in all
his life. Coming home about ten minutes
sooner than usual, and finding the young lady
who now stood by him absent, he became, IN
twenty seconds, the most miseraDiy lonesome
man in the world, and the most restless; YES. 1
and a little fretted In about minute, strange |
t. say, he got hungry, which made him more !
tretful and restless still. He sat down. Jumped /
up, walked about, sat down again, Went 10 the /
window a dozen times to look out, thrumInrd |
on the panes, brushed his hair before The
bureau glass, pulled out Il piece OF tobacco,
which he had solemny promised never to
touch again as long as he lived, looked at, bat
fortunately did not smell it, put it back sadly
in his pocket, looked out OF the window again,
and finally, being unable 10 and itahy longer,
went to the front door, ttei. into The httse
porch and then to the gate-absoiUteF 10 The
gate II look for her. far OF. be deserted her
coming leisurely, almost too ieisureiy, he
thought. Whereat slight tremor came over
the wretch, and he went quickly back uto The
n Ia T. 81 "A Ihp Wi, I
dow though, until her trim figure disappeared |
under the porch. Then he popped down into
the rockingham and went through with the
c0ntemptlbe farce ust related, the reflections
Oh high heels included. A mean little trick |
wasn't it, ladies
But this was not all. He determined to pun
ish The innocent soul who stood trembling by
him, her pretty face all anxiety. And whyl
About the time he looked at his tobacco this
mean trckster reached the conclusion that he
had placed his affections too steadfastiy on
earlhly things, or rather an earthly thing, and
mat thing not piece of tobacco, but a nice,
the incest sort of a young woman. o! misera-
Die human nature! He would show her, when
she came that her presence was not SO neces-
sary 10 his happiness as she imagined. But
she mad Imagined no such thing. She didn't
know he was up there in her chamber, half
crazed with waiting ten whole minutes for her.
"Oh! how you did frighten me, said limo
cence. "What is the matter 70
Nothing replied Mean Trickster, yaWn
ing.
know how terribly you groaned. Do tell me-
very pleadingly and sweetly.
I'm very sick" said Mean Triekster, in a
deep, hollow voice.
"Piease don't say that What eaa do for
you? Let's send for the doctor. Oh you do
look SO badly
When Trickster saw how sad and pet. In
nocence looked, he relented; but Whst made
him relent was not altogether her looks. Iu |
spite of her anxiety, she had iIstiuetivptS {
pulled off her gloves and by this time he nad
caught both her white chubby hands in ms !
own, and there began that electric p!ay at
nerve force which softens Mean Trickster |
quicker than anything else in this world music
and the doors that recall childhood not ex-
cepted. Yes, shaking hands is a remarkable
institution. When you manage To get the
palms OF two people together, you have doug
the business for their enmity Mighty am
tnougn there are exceptions. When a pair oi /
male French animals embrace or tvvo tyann;
balls or two horses rub noses together ,hsra -
meaning IN the absurd con tact-a deaf of /
meaning ODD thing is this skin O. ours yy,tb /
,ts sense OF touch, any how. More sense in IL
) oeheve, man IN all the other senses mar Ia.
seGe!. iHhce, SKINS ought 10 be educated and I
nlghiy edgcated aud, ii you would care 10 { .
Know II, clean, cold wafer Tres airand plenty
VI cisah Clothes. are the best possible skin
eSnooimasters They say ice water has some
peculiar virtue as q cutiele finishing profess
so' out uoht knoW-nerer tried il fairly
elose you d.. y reader. This is a DEPRESSION
mean Trickster softened down rapidly; ansf,
sun holding the little hands of Innocence,
looked up into b. r sad face and said
. high heels are great Invention. They ee-
llghl my very soul. Let me SEE p
Eut-bu', said Innocence, unable to seq
Lnrougn the mean tricks Of great, profound /
MAJ" but, thought you were sick''
NC slght OF you, my darling. and the
.oaha VI your dear little heels made me we'll
N minute, entirely we'll. l assure Won Two !
little heels better than tw,, t.i,r sosas of