Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-22
Whole Number 1893.
osatlemen's Less.

oeauemens Legs
Mr., Gergs A Sala IN ono Of his amusing
"iettsrs frop lady Chesicrfeld TO her Dausl,
ter "a psroiy an thu wcll.known lord Che.
ierdelds Letters to his S.n. y dsscanis upon q
soln"Mhat 'cslish subject Of Gentlomen's Lex.
IN this manner
do not object, my dear, TO your studying tho
@Stremiiies of the opposite sex with sufficient ~
shuity for next To mans heart and morale, ynu
should institute rigid inquiry into thu condl-
iiOn of his lrg' man may gum great Veto.
ries or tuiftr shancinl defeat through his legs.
As rule. good men have good legs. Crooked
legs. crooked mind that Ia one Of my mct,oes,
aud one witch have very seldom found 70 BE- in
ianlt. Your dear papa had prejudice against
railors, am more tolerant; ana yet csn't
help thinking they gat morally warped from
twisting their legs beneath them, as they orc In
the habit uf doing. What dreadful legs some Of
our most a,ocious criminals have had! The in-
rlmous Burke, my dear, who pitch. plastered peo-
lohta f0'ihc saaEs5Rs, eogp and .! sold .hsr
how legs that ever WAS seen. Look what spoil
iug their lc;s by sitting tailor.fashion. las
brought the Turks TO, As walking. free legged
people, they over-ran Asia and Conquered Con-
stantinople; hut thej took to sitting eross.es.
& d, and became u mere efete. degenerate set OF
obiuse hrhrans squatting on their diysns.
smoking pipes and drinking coffee all day lung
.ating with their fingers, ordering poor crca-
lures to he bastinaduod, If, imd,ed, they dld'ut
have them how-st' 'ung or dccapitaied sewing M
heir wives, Of whom they have u disgruceiul
umhcr, in encks aud throwing them into tho
Borlho us. l don't like the Russians nv u
hut il there in one thing that could reconcile
10 e. cir taking CunstantmJpl,, it would bs lAslr
symmetrical legs. handsome cut truwsers, Ini
beautiful patent t-lta:hOr boots. which rccont
travellers assure us are such distinguished char
,c'cristics of the upper classes or Russians
In nv voung divs, tight leg WAS prejtg no
rnra,o sign If u gentleman; IN your Young 1'y''
the loose, or pig top les, ia fashionable. Frop'o
who wenr tight trowsers now-a-days are either
innci g.mistcrs. waiter', actors, or sporiins
characters, and priz -fghte's. ostlers aud omni-
u conductors. Bat al me! what eSguisitely
turned legs and feet have soen in the days whru
the nris'orracy wore white kerscymere smtlls.
silk stockings and pumps. Such snalls, Suei
stockings. such shoes wore my Lord CRst!ereag'l
aud Sir Thomas lMwrencc---a man whose leg
were fl for an Emperor, were his manners and
department. and ganins, although ho was buta
West country inn. keepers son. Such smtiiS
wore NJ. de- Clatcauhriand, and Count Pol1o di
Forge ani Prince M,tternich. Such smlla, aI-
heit nf a different texture. wore his most salnted
Nuias'v, our present Soyereign's reverend unrle,
King George w., your paps's monarch, patron
md friend. All, my dear, what d heart, what
leg, hid that reverend potentnte You know
have il my front drawing.room here, proof be-
fore letters of tho almost priceless eagravng
published by Colnag, of our best Of P,ineas in
his beautiful curly head Of hair, his frogsoi SUE
tont with the lur collar and the star o. the gar
ter near his royal heart; his plump white hand
--suuh hand to kiss, lovo-hanging over tho
sof, the column and curtain behind him tho
1T ,ndish and pens hv his side and those immor-
tai legs-one cnctur'd ny the garter-encased III
silk eiocking', and finished by Vanished pumps.
Ii makes me weep even now, after all this apsa
Of time, to contemplate those blessed legs -
Could the halustrddes on the terrace Of the Qua0n
of Shchns palace have equaled those legsl-
Could the best pianoiorte legs turned in ebony,
rose or walnutwood in the establishment Of
Messra, Erard & Collard, come up to those une-
qnalcd termina ions They don't make such
eggs in nature, although one of my yellow
dmraIs. who was baGly wounded in the knee.
zap at Navarino, tells me that there Is Mr.
i,ay. Of Cork street. Burlington gardens, Lon
Ion, who is perfectly f,mous for making ARTIFICIAL
imhs, and who supplies to order, arms, legs
loses ears. lips. almost everything indeed that
me can have lost in war, During the Crimean
war. Mr. Gray, so my yellow admiral SAYS was
perfect centpede in false leg, and now his legs
:, to Court. and mount on horseback, and polk,
md waltz, and kick people downstairs, and do
almost anything He,gho! MIR. Gray may be 6
;lever min, hut can he make IL new heart can
le, with all his cunning development of anatom-
,ll analogy give me n counterpart of the organ
hat pulsated with hope and happiness in the
lays Of smalls and pumps can no more my
lear; the memory Of days forever fled, ano King
ieOrge the Fourth's legs. arc too much for your
feclionatc mother. Yet like the present peg
ops and think them becoming and manly, when
hev are not outraseousy loose at the hips and
light at the boots God bless you.
CoNsTANTIA CHESTERFIELD.