The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-04-27
For Ladies'.
"Violet Vane," the successor Of JenutS
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June in the Parlor and Sidewalk Gossip q
the N. Y. Sunday Times, thus advises 10.
dies on the subject of Squeezing" &C.:
"While we are growing very sensible,
indeed, in the matter Of dress as far IS boots
Balmoral skirts, warm stockings, and high
necks, We are degenerating in some other
matters quite as important The corset is
now necessary part Of woman's ward
robe, and alas when woman does begin
to wear cor>ets, she aoilL year them too
small, and aciU tug at the laces until hex
breath becomes short and she feels it neces-
sary to refrain from anything like cou,-
Portable meal. We say nothing against. o
well shaped corset worn loose, but there
lies the difficulty a loose corset Injuries
the appearance of the figure instead of i'm
proving it, and people wear corsets that
they may have small waists. All we can
say is, don't squeeze, whatever you do
you may have small waists, but you are
exposing yourselves to dozen msfortuncs
which are as bad as large waist.
"firstly, you'll surely have dyspepsia and
grow yellow, and cross, and unhappy
secondly, your hands will grow red; third.
ly, your nose; tourthly, you will be unable
to walk mile at once; filthy, dinner will
be a misery; six'hly, your shoulder blades
will increase in size and altitude seventh'y,
your eyes will grow weak eighthly, you
will break down at thirty or thereabous,
and be sickly Old woman from that time
forth. If these truths do not frighten ws-
men from tight c"rsets, perhaps the intor-
nation that gentlemen generally do not
admire what dre>smakcrs call pretty
figure" so much as Il natural one may have
some influence"
The same pleasant writer gets of the fol.
lowing compound Of fun and earnest, for
the publication Of which we beg the
pardon If Government" ana the Irlsh peo.-
pie:
''Our wasterwoman is slightly addicted
10 something stronger than soapsudS. and
in this condition is, Of course, net response
ble for her Speeches. The other day,
alarmed at the prolonged absence of the
household linen, committee of two was
appointed to visit her, and ionnd her in q
diSconsolate mo"d, with a very suspicious
black bottle stick ing out of her pocket She
shook her head at US, and remarked: mo
doubt we're anxious about the clo.h.s.
Thry're in the suds yet, an they've been.
there these ,hree'days I've been enable to
attind to anything but Mike-rest his soul r
III your son dead p we asked.
mo mum, but as good: he's listed; an
niver ha' por,h O. bounty, barrin' the
promise iv five hunder that he'd not get il
he'd go on his knees for it; an me, his dis.
CONSULATE ould mother, ba in at the door
iv the big huildi1' down, where they do be
listin 'en, an crying out I'd have Mikes
rights, all yesterday, till the NJ. P's tack
me out iv it. Talk about Government"
proceeded Mis-. Rooney, bad luck till it,
worse nor the Grady's down stairs. that
pays nobody, for nobody behaves them.
Purity government that's OWN the very men
they list; an tha. lies as fast as it kin
spake.'
"Oh, YOU should not talk against govern
ment," we said; that's treason"
Tray son. is it!' said Mrs Rooney;
"and is tray>on worse nor robbery? IN
talk against any thaft | meet. Why, I'd
not wash shirt for government widout the
money was in NE pocket tirsht not if Mis-.
thur Lmkum was to go down onto his
bended knees. an it was Saturday night,
an he nothin' clane for Sunday. Why
didn't the crayther consider before he prom.
isrd to pay the bills in big government
like this, an he nottin' to do 1t wild; not
svtn enough Of them durthy bits o. paper
the gre, nhorns out in the bags wouldn't
look at i, for money in Ireland"
II dont think you understand" we be-
gan.
Not understands said Mrs, Rooney.
i've me siven sinses, an sure | know
dollar isn't worth quarter now, an that
whisky 5 d"arer than gould. A purify
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