The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-04-11
A Voice from Hamden.---A
StrOng-minded Woman puts
her Foot down. She IS After
Pats Scalp and gets it.

usal VI tue ehuslOns OF your cOrFe-
spondent Pat Thich appeared in
your last issue, "Pd' appears TO be
selfconatitu,ed champion of the ex>
tiepities Of the fair sex of our little
town. but unfortunately for as poor,
weaker vessels" he has left us some
what in the fog as regards the sex to
which be, she or it may be allied. In
the hrst sentence of his article one
would naturally be led to suppose she
Vas a woman of moderate attractions,
but in the next, Pat emphatically de-
MES that it is q woman at all, without
claiming any affinity to the masculine
gender.
Man, woman or nOnenity, 'Pat" ac-
cuses our husbands, brothers and SONS
of congregating on Hotel steps, before
store and church doors for the purpose
of investigating our hosiery. | have
been a resident of Hamden for several
years, and most candldly admit, have
uever been annoyed by the observance
Of any such conduct. But admitting
that they do, where is the harm? |
am sure the exposure OF q foot and an
kle, or even a slight portion Of we'll
turned calf to couple score" of eyes
set in intellectual faces instead of Pats
blocks is superlatively preferable on a
cold sloppy day to two or three yards Of
wet muslin or calico tapping about
ones heels. lf"Pats" neuter gender
has caused him to adopt the feminine
instead Of the masculine costume of the
age he will certainly corrobOrate my
statement.
But what use is there in the 1ecep-
tiOn and mock>modesty at present ex'
isting among our sexP Show me the
woman with a pretty foot and we'll
turned ankle who is not just as proud
oft as she would be of pretty face
Observe with what care we select oul
slipper or gaiter, frequently tortrrinl
ourselves by wearing number thre,
when a five would be muyh more con-
Portable. What frivolous excuses W,
make to the handsome clerks, that W
could wear tvs, but We like a go
roomy shoe, and would therefore take
four. / do not wish to be considered
as an advocate Of "woman's right o
suffrage" or any such nonsense, but
! do assert we live in a progressive age
and that we are no longer expected for
mOdesty's sake on enter;ng an apart
ment wherte he beds, or other furniture
have bare legs, to suspend animation,
and remain in commotOse state until
the offending article is removed or its
support draped from view. This con-
stituted the modesty of our Puritanic
grandmOthers, but we occupy a differ,
eat era.
Let US endeavor to abandon all dis
guise and duplicty towards The sterner
sex and allow them to view US in q
true and unobscured light let US dis
cord all those deleterious and pernic-
ious cosmetics which ultimately de-
stroy our complexion and render us
old women before we are young; lei
US have our clothes made to fit the
frame with which kind providence has
urnished us, and even if we are lit
t le low Chested or high shouldered, BE-
thankful that it is no worse. Let Us
pause but for q moment and thinl
with the prevailing fashions of the day
what does q man get for q wife2 A
defunct individuals bair, porcelain
teeth, and twenty-five per cent of iron
wire, buckram, and muslin; not that
object to the moderate use of thu
above articles, but use little eandoI
with them; let our future husbands
and admirers know that we wear them
then there can, be no after reerimina
tiona and upbraidings such as,-had
been aware of so and so | would ncvel
have warried you. Yes; use candor
nv dear sisters, in all our dealing
with the opposite sex and it will ulti-
mately prove to our advantage; better
far have no husband at all than bC
Obliged to listen for a lifetime to such
humiliating remarks, instead OF kind
ness and carresses from one whose con
fidence we can not but admit we have
grossly abused. In our own little
nelghborhood, can we not point t.
more than one instance where, if tht
truth were analyzed, and the facts gel
forth, we would find this previous de.
ception the paramount cause for all
the connubial misery existing.
How many men do We see vergin!
towards the scar and yellow leaf whit
would have made kind and afectiOnatt
husbands and fathers enjoying what
is commonly called single blessedness
but to use more appropriate language
enduring a life Of single misery2 ASK
those men why they are single, anC
if they are candh, nine times cut Of tel
the response will be, "My commercial
intercourse has rendered me so eonver'
SAINT with the friviolties of female at
tire that | can never decide which pre-
dominates under q dress, woman Of
cotton. | trust, Mr.. Editor, what
have written will be heartily endorsed
by all the thinking minds of sex my III
Hamden; and no lady visiting her,
need fear an insult either by word o