Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-07
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Rsplies 10 Imogsna.n

Replies 70 "Imsgsns."r.
EDlroRs LEDGER; Reminding the fair
Miss Imogsne Of the valre Of space in
the LEDerR, / trus, she will not mistake
the angular breviiy Of my phraseology
for an absence Of poliIenesa As she
does not even attempt TO controyert any
of my scientific propositions, ! feel JUS
tilted in concluding TINT she recognizes
their truth. or the forty odd thousand
words in the English language, only
fifty-fve hundred are in general ordinary
use; therefore the force Of her ironical
allusion TO the Vatican is neutralized by
the pedantic interlarding of numerous
Frenchicisms. As she gracefully
valves the possession Of scientific
knowledge of the human organization, !
respectfully call her attention to the fact
that the perceptive faculties only lie ia
the front brain; and that an iutuitive,
instructive ready perception of the
nature Of small things may constitute a
shrewd and cunning, but not really
intellectual man; the massive reasoning
faculties lie in the upper and center part
Of the brain. There are two kinds Of
gray eyes, the dull and the glaring,
tiger-like ones. The first is in this
country, among white people, the most
common Of all eyes, and is indicative
Of no especial characteristic; the latter
having been possessed by the inventor
of the bowie-knife, Walker the fill
buster, and distinguished Confederate
General, needs no further comment.
Chestnut hair and hazel eyes are
the happy medium between the fire
of the black, and the excessive amiabil'
ity Of the Aaxen haired and pale blue
eyed people. Golden brown hair and
eyes clear, bright and colored deep blue,
suggest an excellent variety Of women.
The brown eye is better one than the
black The hair of profound thinkers
and sturdy men of mark is frequently so
coarse aud stiff as to necessitate clipping
in the "pauper.like" style so abhorrent
to Miss Imogene. The lady makes a
huge mistake in regarding the bulldog
characteristic of short thin and closely
compressed upper lip as an index of
rational frmness. Such lips are always
accompanied by wealth of prominent,
square bulldog jaw. The known good
taste, in such matters, Of her sex should
have suggested to her that round face
is apparently heightened by agoatee, as
is long enc shortened by a mustache.
Amongst the Anglo-Saxon race, really
intellectual men rarely have curly hair
or handsome boards. 1t is astonishing
that one so accomplished, as the lady
evidently is, should have for moment
mistaken sun burn for the ruddly glow
of health. She is evidently one of the
numerous and fashionable Tennysonians,
or else she would have known that Lord
Byron's feet and hands were par.
ticularly small. With all due respect,
/ beg to remind her that Matt. Ward
Indignantly declared that the former is to
the latter author what the mandy pamby
rhymes Of Mother Goose are to the divine
inspiration of the book of Job, Surely,
Miss Imogene, photographers, apotheca'
ries, dyers, and others, who handle chem
icals, may have stained finger nails with
out being subjected to the accusation OF
filthiness; and cotton brokers, too, should
be pardoned of the crime of having lit
tie lint on their clothes; and the ener-
getic grocer must Of necessity soil his
clothes. Imagine the husband of a
thriftless wife and the father of several
manageable daughters-what time has
he TO be neat-to be anything else than
martyr2 Whilst there is no valid excuse
for the use of tobacco in any form, chew
ing it is more convenient, less expensive,
and, also, less offensive to Others not ac'
customed to it than is smoking cigars
merely indifferent-cost dollar and a
half dozen. To prove the fallacy of
the intimation that bachelors are neces-
sarily mean, idle and selfish, will call
attention to these glorious names: Sir
Isaac Newton, Gibbon, Hume, Washing
ton Irving, Girard and Peabody. AS
proof of the superior influence OF the
mother over her offspring, we have merely
to recall to mind the fact of the blue
eyed and light-haired Franks rapidly
losing their physical characteristics in
the embrace of the wives and daugh-
tiers Of the Gaulish men, whom
they had either slaughtered or driven
into exile. Reference may also be
made to the notorious truth that the
degeneracy of the Anglo Saxon race 10
America is mainly due to the extrem
eifeminacy of the women, condition
brought about by their sedentary habits,
lack of mental and physical employment,
unsuitable clothing, use of tea and coffee
in childhood, and, above all, from too
early marriages bearing children before
the age of maturity, The same general
laws govern the production of all nam
malta; therefore a small woman cannot