Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-09-07
ADVICE 10 LADIES'.
Talk by DR.. Die Lewis--will IT
be needed.


The Boston Coreregationaiist says
Now, ladies, will preach to you just a
little sermon, about an inch long |
don't ofsa preach, but in this case
nothing bus sermon will do.
Firstly-You are perfect idiots 10 go
on in tbs way. foung bodies are the
most beautiful os Gods creations. In
Continental galleries I always saw
groups Of people gathered about the pic
lures of women 1t was not passion
the gazers were .iust as likely to be wom-
en- as men it was because Of the won
drous beauty Of q woman's body.
| Now stand with me at my office win
dow and see Ady pass. There goes
one +, Now isn't that pretty looking
object A big hump, three big humps.
wilderness Of crimps and frills.
hanling up of the dress here and there.
an enormous, bideous mass Of hair or
bark piled on she top of her head, sur
rnonnted by little fat, ornamented
with bits Of lace, birds tails. ETC., etc.
The shop windows tell US, all day long.
of the paddings, whalebones, and steel
springs which occupy Iaobt of the space
within that outside rig
In the name of the simple sweet SEN
timents which cluster about home, I
would ask, how s man TO fall in love
with such piece of eompoand. doubled
and twisted, touch-me-not artifciality.
as You ses ia that wrigging curiosity.
Secondly - With that wasp waist,
squeezing your lungs, stomach, liver,
and vital organs, into one half their
natural size, and with that long trail
dragging on the ground, how can any
man of sense who knows that life is
made up of nse, of service. of work, how
can he take such partner? He must
be desperate indeed, to unite himself for
life with such a fettered. halt breathing
ornament ..
Thirdiy-foar bad dress and lack Of
exercise lead to bad health. and men
wisely fear that instead of helpmate,
they would get an invalid to take care
of This bad health in you, just as in
men. makes the mind as well as the
body fnddled and effeminase, You have
no power, no magnetism know you
giggle freely and use big adjectives,
such as "splendM," "awfal,'' but then
this don't deceive MS we see through it
all. You are superficial, affected, silly :,
you have none of that womanly strength
and warmth which are so assuring and
attractive to man. Why, you have be-
come SO childish and weak minded that
you refuse to wear decent names even,'
and insis: upon baby names. Instead
of HELEN. Margaret and Elizabeth, you
affect Nellie, Maggie and Lizzie. When
your brothers we've baAies you called
them Bobby, Dcky ard Johny, but
when they grewup to manhood, n5 more
OF that silly trash, if you please. l
know women Of twenty-five years,
and she is as big as both of ny grand
mothers put together, and her real name
is Catharine, and though he2' brain is'
big enough to conduct asfsairs of State,
she does nothing but giggle, corer up
her face with her fan, and exclaim once
in four minutes, Don now, yc. are r5d
mean.'
How can man propose life partner
ship to such silly goose =? Ny dear
girls, you must if you would get hus-
bands, and decent ones. dress in plain.
neat, becoming garment, and t2lk h.fe
sensible, earnest sisters .....-.
You say that the rnost sensible mer'
are crazy after those butterflies Of fash
ion. | beg your Pa1tion, it IS not so,
man Of brillia;i: s@tcess
may marry silly, weak wol6an, but to
say as ! have heard women say hun.
dred times, that the Dost sensible men
choose women without sense, is simply
absurd Nineteen times in twenty sen-
sible men choose sensible women,
grant You that in eonepany they are very
likely to chat and joy With these over,
dressed and forward a-eatu,es, but they
don't ask them To s, TO. the altar with
them
Fourshly-Among the young men ir
the matrimonial market, only very
small number are independently rich;
and in America such very rarely make
good husbands. Bus she number of
those who are jus. beginning in life, who
are filed with a noble ambition VIII,
have future, is very large. These are
worth having. But such will not, they
dare not, ask you 20 Join them, while,
they see you SO ide, silly and gorgeously
attired. Let them see that you are ia
austrious, econorsical, with habits taat
secure health and strength, that your
life is earnest and real, that you would
be willing to begin at the beginning in
life with the man you would consent to
marry, then marriage becomes a rule,
and not, as now, the exception. .r
TIE peanut crop Of Virginia this year
will be 400, 900 bushels, while Tennessee