Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-25

and susceptible virgins generally close
thsir accounts with Sarategas bellies if
not with the hotel keepers thereof. Two
young ladies here from Baltimore have
received any number of offers, but pa
thought the fond youths much better
hoppers and shippers than business men,
and thus the poor youths, heartbroken,
not penniless, fed wildly from Saratoga
to Long Branch or Cape May.
PEEP IN BIRD CAGE.
Let us look into the parlor of one of
these hotels la bird-cage, or band-box,
this blue Monday morning There on
the sofa sits the fat dowager, surrounded
by her four remaining angels, Clemen-
tina, Seraphina, etc, the other four hav-
ing shuffled oil the mortal coil of maiden
hood after several arduous campaigns.
The old lady passes her time in angling
for the girls. A friend of ours got rid of
her and her angels the other night at the
hop, when the old lady was in rhapsody
over the beauties Of her eldest daughter,
by telling her that he was going back to
the city the next mcrning-money had
given out--salary only six hundred the
first year. The dowager, on receiving
this little disclosure in strictest conf
dence, famed herself violently, and
quickly spreading her canvass, sailed
across the floor for poor Jones, and now
that poor fellow has the whole family on
his hands-God help him
A LIVELY MALE BIRD.
But take another look into the psrlor.
Over in the corner there sit number of
young ladies, reading, yawning, and
there is not man in the room. What
languid grobpl The color of Jones
mou stache, whether that dress be cut bias
or not, as to the loveliness of Bella's
gaze de chdmberg or crepon de chine,
whether it is any harm to rouge or not,
as to Gussie's age, whether Simpkins is
nice or not, these are the topics of con-
versation. But hi, presto what change !
here comes young exquisite.
AS soon as he enters the room the
wilted flowers suddenly become as fresh
and blooming as ever, the wearied, yawn-
ing, Indifferent looking faces and figures
are gone, and in their place are young
ladies full of life and spirit, having such
q Jolly time. That young man is the
prince whose kiss woke up the sleeping
beauty and all her court. To be Pyg-
malion even for moment, is the greatest
pleasure this young sprig can know, and
with numberless bows and grins he forth.
with commences a general buzz amid
little musical laughs, mild reproaches,
numberess giggles, and countless eye
suappers. All, fair ladies, you needed
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into life and the desire to please. How
important it is, then, that each of you
should procure man for life to scold,
caiole, hatter, etc. Take the advice of a
sour old bachelor and get married and
settle down, my dears, even if the ex-
chequer is low. "Ah, yes, sir, it pays,
SIR"
ADVICE TO FEMALE cANARIEs.
And let me warn simple young maidens
that 90 to Saratoga for the first season,
that they must expect to be called my
souls darling" and have their hands
squeezed q good many times before they
finally go off the carpet. Oh, simple
maiden, that walk on the piazza last
night with Fiizjones was very romantic,
but you little knew the number of bottles
of champagne he was carrying, and If
you look for him this morning, you will
find him sprawling on a sofa up stairs
with laundering pain in his head, and
wondering whether he put his foot in 1t
when he made love to you last night
CUPID FLIES CLEAR OF SARATOGA.
Where is cupid2 Has any one seen
him here lately7 While at West Point
the girls are going of splendidly this
season, and there are any number OF en-
gagements, the precious time is flying
away very fast here, and no one is en-
gagged that one knows anything about.
{" Isn't it shocking, my deah 2" Why, !
even Moller has been captured at West
Point, and any quantity of cadets haye
surrendered; but at Saratoga there ls
positively nothing doing. Cupid isn't
fond of dust When fellow rides out
with young lady here he feels more like |
choking with dustt than love. Cupid isn't |
fond OF hops. They unsettle the affec-
tions, and make Irritation OF little Josie.
The new piazza of the Clarendon is now
said to be the only place that eccentric
little devil, Cupid, frequents here. The
fat old Rurghers that run this town
deserve the execrations Of all DECENT and
respectable visitors. The roads about
this place, that might be made splendid
and romantic drives, are dusty
old country roads, only fit for a country
Inhabited BY supeFannnated idiots. Sar-
atoga could be made delightful summer
resort, where people would come and
reside for six months in the year, instead
Of an ephemersl resort fer fashionable
a resort that not even a race
course can gslvsniEe into life for more
than q month or two.