American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-04-14
A Chapter ON women--A Chemfcas
and Mechanical Analysis.


! wrote something the other day aoous
women. Having folded, sealed and dIs-
patched my letter, sat down in my easy
chair. following my thoughts as smok-
er plays with the wreaths Of smoke that
rise from his pipe, and ! began to reflect
upon very grave matter--a little late
to be sure, but thought Of it neysrthe-
less; it is no longer question of dividing
the other sex into women and strong.
minded women. asked myself seriously.
are there any women I? Is woman q real
and living being. or is she convention
al creature. imaginary, formed by the
fancy Of poets
What is a woman? In what consists
a woman What is woman made Of 7?
Is she Adams rib-one rib, dressed up.
adorned like the trunks Of trees, dedlcat-
ed to Irminsul, which the Gauls festooued
with rich spois and then worshipped?
Is there anything real in woman7
Let us open newspsper-anywhere
and read the advertisements.
Here is what the psrfumer says, and
what be offers:
"Bloom Of Roses to color the lips and
the nails" All that opal tint of the
nails, that Osrnaiiou Of the lips are not
true--do not belong naturally to woman!
They are sold-they are bought.
"Powder to Whiten the teeth" Has
woman then naturally yellow teeth !? Or
rather has woman any teeth at all Here
are ten very expensive advertisements Of
dentists, who, to be able to afford them,
ought to sell great many false teeth.
To return to the perfumer
"Circassian Black, to give the velvet
lustre to the eyes" All those black
yelvety eyes, which SO passionately pierce
the heart, are not truO-they are arti-
| fetal.
blue Myosotis, to initiate the veins"
Goodness they have not even veins OF
| their own, nor blood. Veins and blood
ALI are fictitious, and bought at 3
shop" -...
.'Imperial Chalk, clear blond, warm
blond, ehesnut brown and blank, for the
eyelashes and eyebrows" They sell
women eyelashss and eyebrows too!
Let us have done with the perfumer.
he is odious, but stop. Here be an
nounces q certain toilette water. Nym.
pheine. 1t is horrible, meretricious,
shameful. Enough Of this.
All here is mantua maker who tells
US what gives elegance. grace, and sup
pleness of gait-it is the waist which she
makes. So much suppleness, grace, ele-
gance! 1t is the mantna maker who
furnishes them. Those who have not
the means of buying grace, supplspess,
elegance, must do without them.
Ask the women themselves. Each viii
ackno wledge that all the others wear false
hair, Some will confess that they wear
it themselves.
No hair. no eyeIashes, no eyebrows. no
white teeth. no ruby lips. no rosy nails.
no velvety eyes, no veins, no blood no
suppleuess, no elegance. no grace With
out opening the purse. Women buy all
these of the sbop-keeper.
Contrary to the way Of other traders.
woman buys herself at retsil and sells
herself at wholesale.
But is it not to be feared that some day
man, finding that she would make too
much BY the operation. may make pro-
vision for himself. and buy at hrst hand
all the minute details-grace, eyelsshes.
elegance. ruby lips. veins, hair. opal
nails, DC, &c.,-niK them according to
art. nisceat seciI,sdam arteza. as the ply
sicians have it, NJ. S. A.. thsn sdorn bis
mixture and do without the rest What
is the rest,in effect, especially ifyOa have
bought it with nympheine?