The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-07
IDUCATION OF THE DOVE.

Written for the Sunday Crescent
at springeth up in the morning
All fresh o flower.
But oh, breathe on it softly,
For il dies in az hour.n
We are afraid that the dove, being an extremely
delicate little thing, is not susceptible of much
education. Howbeit, education either does not
attach itself much to them, or they to education.
We know a dove. and she is a dove, who kno ss
how TO spend money and fiirt. This dove doffs
her plumsge about once every month, that is If
the fashion lasts that long, and appears in a new
one.
Charles Dickens asks us If we do not expect to
see monsters Of Affection" DO we ever see mon.
sters OF GfectdtiOn?
Some ooves' knowledge exteads to dress, others
TO dressing. And Miss Snipps. dove of our
acquaintance, even informed us that she had read
Lsdy Twsdde's "new dictionary work on Lord
Snobbs and his courtship." Amazing how far
she had advanced in the fields of literature. Mrs.
Snipps, take care of your daughter, or she will
ole some day of the brain fever, from being so
literary. Mrs. SHOPS, be warned in time. Oh!
Mrs. snipps, be warned.
Miss Waddles is rather stout dove; indeed, we
almost think she might be called pigeon. Her
knowledge extends to sitting in church and crit.
cisIDg other doves externsis she can tell to a
minute how old Mrs. Fusby's bonnet is. and if
you want to know what's the style of Miss High.
flyers dress, 60 to Hiss Waddles-she will tell
You.
Some doves sing, oh beautifully; one sung once
about the bounding sea, flowing rivers, bright
stars. and everything else almost; and all that
night dreamt 1 was enjoying cat concert, free
of cost.
Miss Simples is dove she lives up town in a
big house, and has plenty of money. Miss SIM
pies wears Grecian bend and-and-curs. She
gets married, and loses her money; her husband
one day breaks of a button; unfortunate dove,
she bursts into tears and then faints away. Won't
somebody please pity ner, she don't know how to
sew on button?
What do doves do with their spare time
"They have none" Then what do they do,
Let me sect takes three hours to fix the hair,
exclusive of the time spent in looking for the curl
rot put in the drawer with the others last night;
two more to dress; and then comes dinner, oh
horrid it is so vulgar TO eat, and then eating
makes ones waist 80 big. After dinner 60 to see
Mary Lsndon over the way, who really has u,h
large hand, and-would you believe it!-wore
the same dress twice to parties Come home;
then Augustus calls ; flirting, and bliss"
How busy the doves must be, poor things!
Miss Sharp is dove, more like hawk, though,
than dove. Miss Sharp once had brother;
this brother died; Consequence of bad treatment,
so somebody says; but nobody knows, for she al.
ways wears look Of deep mystery. Miss Shsrp's
education extends TO this aforesaid treatment,
and stops there; woe to the unfortunate thai
comes under the ban of Miss Shsrps educ alton
Her treatment is bad; that is if you could Judge
from the medicines she gives, they are bad with.
out doubt; but rs TO her trcatmsut nobody ever
lived TO tell. Farewell. Miss Sharp.
Miss lmmaterisl is dove, 60, up regardless of
cost; she is q false dove her educati0H extends
in the hair and tooth line she has splendid hair
and teeth. This hair of hers is very SINGULAR II
the fashion is black hair, Miss Immaterials hair is
black, and with every change it changes also.
All false, false dove. HARRY WILDE.