Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-02-01
SCRITTERELLO.
Correspondence of the Beacon \

After Few words to the males (malls }
Of your county. viii give this letter to
the females. Now, what ails the mails ?
They are as uncertain as their namesakes.
To-day. received q budget Of Bescons
which dated as far back rs November
My letters from Saint Mary's are few and
far between. The question is, with whom
does the blame lay? sit with the coutrac-
tors or the postmasters That the latter
arc liaie 10 blame, l think can prove.
as one Of my letters was stamped est
Bay" know the name of every Office in
your county. and as st. Bay" is not famil-
lar, I guess it is intend ed for st. Clements
Bay. No doubt. st. Clements was too
much for the postmas.er's pen-for some
pens will not spell.
The fun i, Court circles wakes fast and
furious and there is no lack of excitement
for all kinds of temperament. Recep-
tons. Germans, musicales and private
thea.ricals are the order Of the day for
those fair ones who are still willing to
tread the paths their mothers trod. For
those who wish to follow the footsteps Of
their fathers. there are the Woodruff par
ties where politics and free love are dis
cussed. My fair readers who are just
now intent on stealing a march, in gar
dcning. on their neighbors. can hardly
realize how very old their ideas would be
considered. While they are specializing
on the weather and its effects on fruit and
flowers; or how many eggs that old grey
hen can cover; the number Of eggs the
old goose will lay; or the quantity Of
seeds that can srrout in the ground
her wiser sisters are here discussing and
calculating how many Senators and Con-
gressmen they can rely on to advocate
their claims to citizenship and the privi-
legc to vote on all subjects. lfthey would
only adrocaie such claims, but when
Woodhuli's brazen speech is sent at light
ening speed to the four quarters of the
cl"hc as the opinion of the women of the
United States. is it rot time for the ma
jority, tie home-loving. domestic women
Of the country to protest agains; these un-
womanly proceedings! am afraid it is
too late. Butler in the House and Sum
ncr in the Senate advocate the S;xteeuth
Amendment, and with such advocates
their cause is sure That there arc some
true women who are trying to stem the
tide is proven by the publication of the
True Womam," which is issued in Bal
timore.
All. well. If we vote, We must vote. not
for the best. but for the hundsomest men.
What a sensation there would be if such
was known to be the determination of the
votcrcsscs. How the candidates would
brush and prink I think the single shots
would have the majority. What change
will come over the home circle when the
the mothers and daughters flock to the
poles to smoke, chew and dicuss bad whis-
key, while the wiser portion of the family
stay at home. nurse the baby, bake the
bread and sew ruffles on madame's petit
coats. You laugh at the idea of such a
thing. We Draw. Draw men. oo.--do you
know that when Sumner and Butler advo-
cate cause before the House. it is sure
to succeed -? They are the advocates Of the
10Th Amendment, as Of the 18th, and =.
before many years, your wives and daush-
ters will be ..cotchcd on a jury Mrs.
Wharton should thank her stars that she
had men TO decide her fate instead of DEL
icate, tender-hcarted women, who would
have hung her as high as Hannah. That
women cannot argue logically, is well
known-also, tina. they Judge hastily-so.
il any of my male readers contemplate
doing little murder or stealing, he had
better do i, before the women get into
power. But. while they await the day
their voice can be heard a: the polls, the
dear creatures are willing to be happy.
and to be happy, they must dress. Never
was there such cxtravsgant dressing seen
in Washington. At one reception alone.
the velve.s. silks and laces were valued
at one million. while jewelry shone rcsplen-
dent from fair arms and necks. Mrs.
Fernando Wood wears twenty thousand
dollars worth of diamonds. Overskirts
are going out, and il is relief to see the
long flowing dress once more Par
" dresses are nearly all made demi-trais
to save them from the feet of the beaux
saw one dress which l will describe for
any pretty blonde who will adopt it. The
foundation Of the dress was white tarl,on.
trimmed with inches of gas green .arl-
ton. The inches were two inches wide,
pu, on. one above the other. The over
skirt Was short in front and trimmed with
inches, as was the body, which was bal!
low, With shcrt sleeves. Low dresses are
very fashionaLle-if not very low. thcy
are very high. The hear;-shspe3 co;sags
is no longer worn. even in evening toilct,es,
The new style hat is exactly like ssucs
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