The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-03-21
The New York Mercury gives soma rare
specimens Of life; below we copy two ilustra-
tiOns from the title Of "The Lady Killer

The New York Mercury gives soma rare
specimens Of life; below we copy two illustra-
tons from the title Of "The Lady Killer"
The Juvenile Lady Killer is generally
harmless butterfly that admires its own gaudily.
tinted wings, and takes delight in tempting
girlish beauty to become ridiculous in endcav.
orlng to be its possessor The J. L. X. is the
subject OF small seidltz powder love affairs,
that ettervesce for moment and then subside
into tame nauseousness. He is by no means a
heart-breaker. merely bosom pincher. and the
objects OF his pleasant malice seldom are
worse affected than to have an attack of wri.
ting lugubrious effusions for the skim milk
publications, in which cffrsions the reader is
hunorously informed, through the agency of
bad grammer and execrable rhyme, that the
"wctims" feel weary and dreary because of
their deary-the sweet rascal who will not be
moved to tenderness because of their squawk-
ing. The }, l.. X. has generally his gooi
looks and his unbounded impudence to thank
for his success with the "wctims" of bread.
and-butter proclivities; and as his extreme
youth forbids him being thought of as an eligi.
BILE or non-elig.ble party, mammas take too
little note of his eccentric mo tons, and for |
time he fourishes like butterfly in a flower
bed, no thought but Of slipping honey from
rosebud lips and auttering over too fast open.
ing flowers. But the fight Of time and the
growth OF mustaches make the gyratons of
the amorous bug noticeable. and the juvenile
feels his oats and his whiskers, and unlni.
mously votes himselfa full grown lady killer.
The Adonis Lady Killer is the delight of
young ladies who have not studied the expense
Of housekeeping, and whose visions of mar
ried life are filled by doll face framed by |
whiskers and garnshed with mustaches. The |
Adonis l.. K is by birth fool, and by nature
tailor. He is in a constant state OF ferment
rs to the cut and fit OF his garments, varied !
sometimes by hysterical fits of rage on ac.
count OF the negligence of his washerwoman.
He is posted in all the intrcacies of lady's |
dress, and prdcs himself On being critic in |
millinery. The more marriageable ladies !
laugh at him and toy with him, and on his at.
tempting to be serious, mockingly refer him
to mamma. who, he is fully aware, despses
him thoroughly. The Adonis l.. K. is very
"handy to have in the house." He is always
ready tn arrange the music on the piano for
the ladies', turn the leaves and graduate the
height of the music stool. He is ever provid
ed with paper Of pins, and can, from some
secret pocket, extract needle, so that he is a
great convenience as walking stick at pic.
Mica, promenades, or by tie seaside. The la
dies universally term him ''that dear man,"
and think him as indispensable as pincushion
or a servant. However, he is bat a despicabe
fellow after all, and his whole title to the term
.lady killer" is derived from his conquests
over the very juvenile and the very silly. He |
generally finishes his career by eloping with a |
school girl. and settling down on the charities |
OF his wte's relations in the absence of her |
fortune.