Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-30
PeepingintO Lady's Dressing
Room.
THE MYSTERIES OF FEMALE TOILETTE,
AS TOLD BY AN UNoBsERVED OBJ
SERVER.
tFrom the New Orleans Republican,

From the New Orleans Republican,
Mr.. Edit0r-It has been said Of hash,
:" it is the greatest mystery OF the age"
Whoever said that was simply per-
son would not go to for truthful III
formation. Any fashionable woman
viii tell you she is the greatest mystic
ry the world knows. Tell yon 4? Lord
bless you, every one of 'em is proud OF
it. Tley delight to think they can
puzzle and bewiIder people. The great
est compliment that can be paid wo-
man, next to swearing she is beauty,
is to vow that she's an eiigua-a
puzzle" Don't they show ii pieaseS
them, fer they invariably say, "Do
YOU really think so9 How uery
strange p / have not been in this
business long; it's pretty new to me !;
5ut am going to give in rnF experl'
ence as it comes TO me. Fm a dISsect-
er. I'm not doctor, though, by any
means. / mean | cut mp, examine. dis
sect, anything and any y6ody | get a
chance to. rve just dissected wo-
man. Married men are not expected
to read this; of course they know AL
about it, and if they don't, then they
IRE binder fools than | take them to
be.
/ But all of the above Will be termed
ldigressiou, and will go back to my
first experience as diSSect0r of wo-
men.
Some incredulous people and few
old greeuies will doubt, perhaps, the
truth OF the following statement; but
or my homer, as newspaper writer, l
declare its truth:
| went home one night last week
with a friend, or rather it was i'll the
evening. With little pressing | was
induced to stay ali night. Now, my
friend Smith had II sister that sister
was the object OF. my serious d, votion,
and | bad almost declared it to her
Am very glad did not. Well it hap
pened was put into a room iext to
the delicious Ruby. There was win
dow between the two rooms the glass
was painted white. l had been in bed
for an hour when heard the object Oi
my love enter her room. II was very
wrong, and if it were not that my eyes
are opened, | should blush to think ]
got out of bed tiptoed to the window
and with my knife gently scraped away
a little of the paint on the window
pane. Angels of beauty! but she
looked scrumptuous She was tail
with golden brown hair, and ever Sc
much of it; done up brown in the last
style; tier perfect form was made more
SO by tho graceful drapery that cover
ed it She never used to go iow-neck
ed, aud her complexion was all that
was fresh and lovely. With hall
sigh she commenced to md-lisrobe
1 mean. The handsome dress was laid
aside, and L looked with wonderment
on the layers OF wadding fastened drft
ly on the back of the waist, between
the shoulder blades. That portion o
the dress that covered the shoulder
and upper part of the cheese was alst
padded. | did not know what it al
meant until looked at her shoulders
--scrawny aint the word for it-why
my young black and tan coulo have
ouddled up nicely in the liollows in hel
shoulders. This peeling oil process did
not strike my fancy much, but thu
spirit of discovery urged me to remain
aud see it all through with. Survey
ing herself in the glass, she next dis
engaged from her cersets-stays i
ought to be-twO circllar mountain'
of wire that fiuttered and quivered il
her hands like-.palpitators, as they
were. NowI was determined to fine
something not artificial, so | watched
with bated breath when she took of
her shoes and stocking. Thank heavens
her foot was small-maybe there
wasn't way so to fool me that wa
not sharp enough to see. The ankles
were bandaged SO tight as almost t.
stop circulation, and the upper part o
the stocking was padded i'll the mos
artistic manner. OF course everybod,
would know all her lovely brown hail
was laid away in the drawer, bu
every ybody would not know her fac'