Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-15

Have you shuddsred at the awful Artif-
ces of the single curl?
Have you paIed before the va Ike lob
that deforms the back of nearly every
American DANES head
If you have sSmPstAfse with me
should like TO inquire of some high lie.
gsf authority If there mtghn't be an enact
ment made against Ihis sort Of thing.
There should be if / were the General
Government; aye. even at the riak of our
wives and daughters proclaimiug them
selves the ''dOwn trodden victims of IA
natic4l usurpAtiou."
believe that is the term now.
First of, l should abolish the tlwater
fall"
What chance is there for girl with an
abundance Of splendid hair, when che has
TO make it look exactly like a wig!
You can buy a bag full at any peru.
quiePs shop, and when il is tied on 10 q
hideous bunch, like goitre, at the back Of
the neck, nobody can tell the difference.
Did you ever see the things over which
the '.Water- falP is buill2 saw one once.
1t made me very Ill. had no desire for
any dinner that day.
Il had little tail to one corner of it, and
lite fair proPrietress called it, 1 think, a
'Fst."
There was always something ineIpressa-
bly, charming to me sbout the toilet table
of pure aud fair young girl.
In the course of my varied experience,
it has occurred to me 20 witness such, and
the nestness, the elegance, the taste Of their
arrangement have always pleased me. The
white cover, smooth and sPotIess, the
brushes Of ebony or ivory, the combs of
brown and amber tortoise shell, the deli
cate fagons and TASKS of Bohemian glass
! or bisque ware, silver topped and fragrant,
| the burnished mirror that has reflected go
much and tells nsugbt-sll these TRIES
possess beauty and interest beyond the
furnishing of the boudoir or the parlor.
But not long ego there was an alarm of
Gre IN house where | WAS visiting, and
the family rushed at once TO the chamber,
whence thick smoke was issuing FROM
1t was the apartment of a young lady. She
had not yet retired, and We entered with
out any ceremony.
l caught but a glimpse of the toilet. stand,
but that glimpse was enough.
On one side of the mirror hung a thing
like the atteuusred csudal sppeudage of q
horse. 1t was what they called a "switcb. }"
On the other side hung several mysteries,
resembling German sausages made of hair.
These were "topsies."
On the toile,-coyer lay large and dis,
gusting "rat."
And finally q Profusion of "Greciau
curls" encountered the pincushiou.
extiUguished the fret was only a
WindoW-curtain-Audf tainted.
am aware that il is useless for onepooI
weak man to breast the fury of a fashion
/ am aware that Though the pen may be
mightier than the sword, it cannot begin
with the scissors
am aware that these words which
now write will but provoke the scorn OIL
the other and more dangerous sex. But il
| fail, let me speak FIRST, and let it be said
that went in boldly, if did come oui
hurt.
And all you little dears who now pro.
woke my ire with your detestably named
and monstrously contriyed articles of hair
if you have any TASTE or talent, please OBJ
serve the next time you meet Aimee Chou.
chou on Broadway with me, the pure and
artless beauty of that dear child's cheve
lure, arranged in simple knot, either
twisted or braided and so fair to see thai
the very idea of" topsies" or "rats" seems
sacrilegious in connection.
Then go home and take of your hirsut,
devitries forever.
| / have spoken. rMCARoNR.
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