Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-03-30

lFrom Vanity Fair
am the monster in female form compelled
eya dJinn OF an artist 10 sit on the Dime for
1860, and hold a cane with an old stocking on
TIE top Of II, in my left hand, while I keen A
shield steady with my right-not hand, for he
phs given me none-but with a forked radish
where hand should be- My right arm, in
order to keep the shield steady, has been mado
about the size Of my leg; but my left fore arm
you will note is excessively slight, and adapted
to its easier task. My head is very small, tho
artist deeming it unnecessary to give an over
plus of brains to one whose whole duty il was
70 take her ease by looking at + in the word
states. My neck, like n scared terrapin, is
drawn In, but can be elongated at pleasure.
MY legs are entirely out of proportion to my
body, but ss only have 20 sit still they are of
little account. My right shoulder is very high
IN the mir, but it is elevated in order TO sustain
n. much as possible the weight of my arm,
which Is like Frankfort sausage. As for my
clothes, nm reduced to my last shifts TO pro.
tect myself from the gaze Of the many black
guards through whose hands / pass Oh, that
ne artist had given me something to cover nv
right arm The Goddess Of Liberty half clad
when muslin is only ten cents year. Fie, for
RhAme,
The anatomy Of figure, my dress, my ignoblo
duties OF holding an old stocking on a cane,
and shield with very sharp point and very
dull letters-would be endurablo had the
hight of that grand old galaxy Of thirteen stars
70 gaze at-but it is gone, or rs Emerson SAYS
for short, "'Tis gone '" and in the pIaoe Of
the galaxy, am surrounded with legend like
camp meeting crowded here and scattered
there
have mover seon my name, for ID is engraved
On my back, but man through whose hands
passed the other day said that the letters COM
posing II were like q show beef; too much fat
here, too little loan there. That tho wreath
surrounding the letters was mado Of Lilliputian
"oTn, and Brobdignagian whent and tobacco.
and that II was the first time he had ever seen
LAX leaves two feet long He considered the
introduction Of the horse leeohcs alongside tho
wheat IN admirable idea, typical ms Il was OF
tho blood suckers at Washington Of late years
l remember, my dear Vanity, that in 1858,
when You wero only in the spirit, and not In
The body, how bitterly you laughed at the
luIkey-Buzzard stamped on the cent coin of
that date, and that thanks TO your words, the
bnkzard few of before the Indian head of
i859-a heal, by the way, well executed, char
aeteristic and appropriate.
In conclusion, pray and ontreat oil good
Americana, loyal and true, to unite together
and demand that our coinage shall no longer
DC the laughing stock Of tho world That III.
crty, holy and pure, shall not be caricaturod
ss u ~ now on every coin, savo the mesncst
ana smallest-the cent And that as fut,ir,
generations will Judge our cultivation, our in
telhgenoe, our claim TO civilization, by our
coined money, we may not win for ourselves
from them the title Of rude and uncultiyatcd.
ny tho exocrablo designs now defacing our
coinage SO mote IL be-
LIBERTY ON THE DINE