Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-28

| dlgnant women and outraged mothers, on tn
hiPhly.inttrestng subject.
The little article in question seems to hav,
excited maternity to an unusual degree, anC
70 have caused commotion In connubia
| cfinoline that, from our plane of pbildsopbi,
insoucsnce, it is difficult to comprehend OF
explain.
One thing is certain, p,,however-mauy O
| our feminine readers are mad to a degree
bordering on profanity, though we presume
! the tempest of their wrath will luil ere lona
| into the angelic sweetness for which the Sea
is so remarkable.
By.the-by, why did not Juuius commiupIe
little OF that kind of sacchariue matter with
the viregar and bitterness of "Babies," if he
wished to escape whole sale condemnation?
A woman will bear pinch, we have heard,
from one hand, if the other caress her mean
while.
We should like to print all the manu-
| scripts received from women on the Baby
SUBJECT; for they would be very readable
fIom their variety and uniqueuess, had we
| space but, after having put one or two com
munlcatious in type, we find it impossible TO
continue, and are therefore compelled TO re-
| fer briefly to few from the huge pile living
upon our table.
"Mrs. Maggie - declares the Baby article
mean, hateful and detestable, and the person
who wrote it no better; thinks he mast have
been sorely at loss for a theme; saws if he
bad come 10 ber, she would have given him
one. She threatens if she ever sees Junius
to compel him to kiss her baby-four months
Old and bewildering beauty-though she
has TO move heaven and earth to carry out
her purpose. Margaret is agiated.
Mrs. Ssllie B." declares the whole
thing too contemplate 70 write or even thiok
about, and then fills four wide pages with an
euloPy Of her children and den1nciatiou of
JuDius; calling him miserable old bache-
lor and heaItless wretch just seventeen
times IN as many lines. Salle is mad as the
devil or which may be the same thing, as
woman
Mrs. Anna T" seems rather amiab'e
aud conservative; excusing Junius for his
article, because be had not seen her baby;
feeling convinced he could not have said
such things if he had beheld her "charmiug
cherub."
"Mrs. Mary -" goes off like Cathariue
wheel, all fire and whiz; says she is willing
TO take oath that Junius has dozen hideoa5
children, and therefore thinks every one else
is equally unfortunate.
"Mrs. Virginia G." declares she be.
lieves that mature is opposed to Juniuss
physiological desires, and that be therefore
initiates the fox in the H1sopian apologize of
the acdulated grapes"
nal Is Ihtuer ueucaJe way OF stating IT.,
Virginia, and We commend your euphemis-
tic rhetoric.
'Mis. Clara R" is charitable, and saws:
VI do not wonder Junius dislikes babies as
they usually are, but if he could see nv five
children--the liveliest and the sweetest in
the world-be would change his opinion.
Every one ,worships them; they are the dar-
lipeest daTlings possible"
KiDd-hearted Clara, we believe you, of
nd mil ~ haa a.. al.
gestiOns of Junus, at our elbow-the recog-
nized place for Mephistopheles-tha your
hive little inpocents are all red haired, screw
mouthed and cross. eyed.
An American Mother" states that after
reading Babies" she came to the conclusion
that Junius is not yet grown up, but is
one of the horrible creatures he Describes.
A Mother says the readers of the PREss
doubtless share with him his desire that his
nurse had dropped him from high balcony
when be was very young; for, disagreeable
as he might have been then, he is much more
so now.
"Belle =" offers to amend the error of
Junius's nurse, by dropping him from her
poteInal root, if he will call at No. - Fourth
street.
"Blancbe" has no children, nor husband.
6s she is but eighteen, though she hopes to
have both. She thinks Junius should be
ashamed of himself and hopes that no
woman will ever love him, or permit him to
kiss her, even if he is dying for feminine
hffectioD.
'Cora"-most strange to say--states she
is young and pretty, and a member of the
Sentimental School of Anti matrimonial
Philosophers" She comedies with Juuius
fully, and thinks it was both well and wise
for him TO publish bis views.
Della confesses herself sweetheart of
one of the "Philosophic Owls" mystic or
der in our midst, and that she is as much
opposed as Junius to babies, and sends him
her regards for the position he has taken on
the subject.
"a Parent opines that the writer on
Babies is an isolated and cynical old bache-
lor, who has passed go much of his life in
solitude and over musty tones, that he hates
all humanity as be does HIMSELF advising
him to fall in love with some sweet girl; and
assuring him that a pair of white arms and
rosy lips, will change his philosophy speedily
and surely.
Mrs. Esther - has no doubt Junius was
an aesthetic failure in his infancy, and is
such in his manhood.
Laura" is willing to asseverate that the
baby haier of the Pass is "a gray headed,
dyspeptic, misantbropic old bachelor, who
never kissed woman in all his life; but, as
he is tottering on the brink of the grave"
she won't disturb his closing days. She
thinks he should have died long ago, partic-
ulariy before be penned the article ou Babies.
"Belle" is Just married, and thanks Heaven
she has no such husband as Junius. She
expects 10 have beautiful boy some time,
and threatens, out Of pure revenge, to name
the child after him. We wonder what j,
thinks of that Who says women are not
Malignant
"Mrs. Elizabeth --p doubts if Junius
was ever born, and is quite sure he never
ought TO have been. A man who don't like
babies, she adds, can not be trusted; for he
must be as heartless as statue. She would
advise every body TO avoid the "Herod of
the Pass"
Ida" does not believe word Junius says,
and does not think be does either is assured
that he is affected, and tries to be odd, and
for that reason wrote the article on Babies.
She is sorry he is SO conceited aud dogmatic,
but thinks when he grows older he will act
mere wisely.
Amanda" advises Junius to msrTy imme-
diatelyi that matrimony is his only remedy,
and ventures to assert that in less than year
he will be as silly as he can be about baby,
and declare the whole race of children angels.
Julia" VOWS Junius ought to be in a
fanatic asylum, and predicts he will end his
days there.
We nave no space to continue the comlnu-
nicatiOns, and we regret we are forced to
omit some interesting ones on the Baby
question.
They are mostly of the Indignant and out
ragged kipd, but some are amiable, even sym.
pathetic, and these writer's appear to t6ink
our contributor misunderstood in his article2
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