Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-26
a Prize Essay on woman.

a Prize Essay or Woman.
After man came woman.
: And she has been after him eve
since.
l. She is a person of free extraction,
being made of mans rib.
| don't know why Adam wanted
C to fool aw:y his ribs in that way, bu'
e | suppose he was not accountable
e for all he did.
y 1t costs more to keep a woman
: than three dogs and a shotgun.
:. But she pays you back with inter,
q est-by giving you a house full o.
1t children to keep you awake at nights
), and smear molasses candy over your
S~unday>coat.
v Besides, q wife is q very conven-
5 lent article to have around the house.
She is handy to yes at whenever
1 you cut yourself with a razor, and
don't feel like blaming yourself.
Woman is the superior being in
! Massachusetts.
There are about 10000 more OF
her sex than males in that state.
This accounts for the terrified.
hunted-down expression of the single
men who emigrate from the east.
Woman Is not created perfect.
She had her faults-such as false
hair, false complexion, and so on.
But she is q great deal better than
her neighbor, and she knows it.
Eve Vas a woman.
She must have been q model wife,
100 for it cost Adam nothing to
keep her in clothes.
Still ! don't think she was happy.
She couldn't 90 to sewing circles
and air ler information about every
body she knew, nor excite the envy
of other ladies by wearing her new
winter bonnet to church.
Neither could she hang over the
back fence and gossip with her neal
~ncighbOr.
All these blessed privileges were
denied her.
Poor Eve. she's dead now.
And the fashion she inaugurated
is dead now.
If if hadn't boo, co, tho corrou,1
od ..oro;l,,, ,.~L,,,. .Io IoI;u.. a.,
present day would dress as economi-
cally as Eve did.
Rnt the orlv niocn whcr. Lor
nrimitiye stvyc i e,nuIotnd l. in cor,
tain portions Of Africa, where the
women cone,5or +bansaIyos in f,lI
dress whom tlov hoyn hrt = mas.
tooo s+oun e4,,nI- ~ ,Lo n,, -
thoir caraLaod
Whot = hnar,;r,I o~ou,,o :; a;,,
nIirity If dresL !, Shown .n,,o of ,h'..
follower. of losnInn i, ,h.,, ,L,n.,i,
animal. the cat which ,is,. i, the
mornino. wa>hr. i,s face with IFS
rioht hand. oivas il. ta;I ,hrr., fro
,nordou. irrT,. or,, !. cIr.oI, dr...
for Tho dov
Woman - endowed with , trcm.r-
Gous frnI or t~t.naIrt,n o,a ~,o,,.nn
to suit.
Sbo hos thc con,citv r,. I.orr;,u
she wss Iiyinnlr iutrndrJ
tn Li,nw and = t.w avfro it,r. I..
sidce
ynnno la,7ics toLo o,,1 lo,r Of
stood in cIo..i.s .ra Ioar, r,.,
Whom Won SOC a yonng Iadr 1n-
don't from Vosser Win an oL.o,Lod
took in hpr rvo and Lor liz. r,nvirg
Won rnJnrsio rd ot nnro ,hot .Ln -
mn,ror;z;nu ra.s,n. from VII
E,,t nnr6,nI cI..nr ,r1n,ioo
will r~nvool H., r,,.t ,L.t Cha ! nnI,.
chewing orm.
\ woman may not mo ohIo to ehor-
pen . lead ~ururil, or hold an nm
lint She coo mack moro or,i-
rlcs into . Trunk Than = man r,n into
=, r.a.r,n
The hannirs, nrriod Of wo,p,,,s |
If. il whn5 she i r~oI-nn war u.na |
ling garments.
The saddcst is when her husband |
home late at ninht. and wells |
her from the front door stems to |
brow ont = handful If Eavholes of |
different sizes. /
Thnra i co,na ~cur;oa;tv in c,,ri,;ro I
nature. |
For instance. | once knew vouno
adv who could easily pass another l
me on the street without looking {
Lround to seq what she had on. /
Poor tLinr' CLIO yoo hI;,,l +
One of the worst habits q woman +
an nnt into ;S , ri1;rr bol;+ 4
But if is not much worse Than tbo L
MODERN v,lL;nr draes uLL;,h Laa;a- B
,ersist in wrarinc ON the s~trocta Z
When a woman anproochcs tho 3
rossino she pansos for ono a~eat;ng 8
oives q 4 k,.I- tboI d
,orId 10 ,Lo ,. - b
ond ootah3. @ "n &
be Gv' +
The ,verore ora IF wo,,o, :, 4moo &
,-,vo '"1n y
She navor Iiros r. ho - a., e
~ ~ 'N'J "". ~
anced in years, but YOU should not IL