The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-10-10
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Most men like them, says the edito,
of the Rou,m 1hLie, i. is mere a09rto.
ton to deny it, Else why do they at
tract such universal attention end en-,
gross such absorbed admiration? Nor
allsts may say that such emotions are
confined to the triste gamblers who
throng Broadway corners with their
palid faces and precise costumes, and
who have no employment of morning
for their bloodshot eyes except to feast
hem upon such scraps Of loyelincss rs
fortune sends within their rapacious ken.
They may say they are confined to dap.
per gymnastS OF counters, to grOcers' ap-
pren'ices, to spruce Wall Street clerks
IN general, to the inexperienced, .ho
lhoughtless, the prurient, who have not
learned to restrain their lush lmagna>
uons, or who luXnrously eve way to
and revel in their errotic fincies. Bat
such an explanation satisfactory as it
may be to the puri~,s Of optimism, will
not hold water, IL is unfounlea in tact
The myriad eyes which are riveted upon
pausing vehicles, unloading; their bevicS
OF fair ones, the longing regards which
are fastened on the playhouse stairs, the
intense curiosity which foralzes ucar the
pavement on a windy day, do not belong
exclusively to The caIlow, the ylcions,and
the underbrcl. by no manner Of means
Let Us have tn truth above all thinrs
and about all ching, though the heavens
taIl These self appointed Inspectors OF
symmetry and counmssoprs Of beauty 4 c
quite as often Of higher grade aud less
questionable bree ing. They frequent
y include gentlemen Of mature age and
professional pursuits. Among them may
be observed lawyers OF judicial ncte
brokers It auwIerons fame, merchants of
greonb1clied sclidIt, gentlemen olleisnrc
aud yet of nnimpeachabIe soriaI position
and sometimes, since the ruth must hc
written, gentlemen with whom t white
crarat Is an insignia Of their clorh.-
Whoever passes through our principal
streets any fine day, say ut four in the
afternoon, can see, il he usos his ewes,
proofs strong rs holy writ Of the Justice
of our assertions. He will zee the ren.
prou opportunities afforded by f,Shlon.
aided by poils from kindly Borcas, by
mnddy pavemen,s,and by the mountain
ouS steps OF omuibuses, are crioyed with
,vidity by the educated as well as the
gnoran', by the old boys as wei as the
young ones, by learned dontors AZ welIt
rs laynon, by a great majority Of the
ordly sex, without noticeable distinct,
on OF class or condition. A thing of
'ean'y,o Keats is indeed joy iorey-
'r, they all seem to slug. and since the
lar!ing women so bountlulIy afford us
he delicious chance to gaze, why should
We not gaze Our fill and be happy -
testing apart, there is no doubt but that
,lenty of tastdious as well as coarse.
minded men have thongh'losSly fallen
nto the haSlt Of enjoying in strangers
what, were 1t the case OF their own wives
daughters or sisters, and were brought
'eforc their own observation, thew
would certainly shrnk front mortified
md offended. Itmust be admitted that
is disiasteful to pen such reflection,
'ut we write of things not rs we would
ave them, but AS they are.
And is all this entirely shocking and
|emoral'zing? Perhaps it is when too
oncreteIy considered but abstractly ]
here Is no reason why it should bc so at I
II. That there exists an immense at
raclion about ladies ankles il certainly y.
10 proof of want Of manlincss in the
ommunity whore it IL observable If
dellcacy ia shocked by the idea /.
4 too free an exhibition, so far as ber
wn case is concerned she has it under .
n'ire control, and there 10 no lack OF I
"rrid example to illustrate the enormity
t the practice and to suggest inhllblo {
ne'hods tor its correction. On the 9th.
r hand a pretty foot and shapely an
''e are individually s,roug attractions in
woman, and If she chooses to show K