Year: 1859

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then you see, we have a queer subject
to write about, whether you consider
them morally, physically, pathological
ly, or any other way you choose to go at
it. There is no subject in the world
that admits Of such variety of treat
ment, and of a hundred different men
with the question laid before them, pro-
baby no two of them would look at it
in the same light. One would treat
woman as moral institution, looking
rather from religious point Of view,
Another would only look at her physi-
caily, paying particular attention to her
different points of beauty. And thus
they would reason, each after his own
heart.


But they are strange creatures, very
strange indeed!


For instance, there is the beautiful
woman-and, by the way, every one
thinks it is she, but some of them must
be mistaken. But, nevertheless and
notwithstanding, there are many really
beautiful woman, and unlike fruits and
flowers, they are confined to no partic-
ular place neither do they belong to
any particular station in life. We find
them in the city and country, in the
lordly hall and in the log cabin, at the
piano or the Wash-tub. We may find
them gathering grapes in Italy, playing
in France, chasing foxes ID England
painting lips in Circassa, grinding corn
in Africa, smoking cigarettes in Cuba,
or flirting in the United States. And
every where she is tbr same, whether
she be thumming the piano in the
palace, killing bed bugs in the howell
or picking geese in a constable
Everywhere she receives the same hon.
age, and is apt to be the same, caprici-
Gus creature, unless endowed with an
extra portion of good hard sense.


And when a woman knows that she
is beautiful, she will take any quantity
Of pains to let everybody else known it.
Look at the present style Of bonnets--
nothing more than a bunch Of ribbons,
flowers and laces, perched upon the
back of her head. These are worn to
show their hair, and in order that no
hadow may rest upon their fair faces
And those sholt dresses and cfinoline--
what are they for but to show pair Of
pretty feet for if woman has pretty
feet and ankles she is CERTAIN to man
age that they may be seen. They are
ski!lfuI taetitions--pretty women are.
and woe unto the poor wigh. who puts
his whole trust in. them.


Then there Ia the ugly women not
merely honnely, but decidedly and in
eontrovertably ugly; she who frightens
the children, turns milk sour, and is
guilty of other eccentric actions. La
dies, you needn't get wrathy with US
about it, for the description fits some Of
you, though we are happy to state that
your number is few. Nevertheless, we
have seen some such, and we could not
help considering them out Of place-a
kind of lusas ma ur9, for whom there
are unusually good natured unless, in
deed, they are SO positively ugly that
they can't get into good humor-then
their case is bad one. There is nc
woman that will admit that she belongs
to this catalogue, and We are too gal
liant to them that they do. And it is
another remarkable fact few ugly wo.
men die old maids. We are not able
| to explain the cause of this, but it is so
We recollect to have seen bnt two
really ugly old maids in our life, and
they were so decidedly liomeIy that WI
presume that never could face mar
long enough for him to pop the ques
ton to them


Then there is the naughty woman
she whom pride Of beauty and wealtf
hath made vain as any peacock. se'
how she turns up her delicate little nos