THE LADIES' COLUMN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 48, 9 January 1869, Page 6

THE LADIES' COLUMN.

ojr a ds, wives, .and wido*. ( imued from our last),t } • 3. Th fast" young lady "ha been abused 1 ibly of late — she h» been held up scorn as immodest ad un- ■ feminine This übuse ' has " Id the ; usual efl;, and she is unquesjonably the grea t favourite with tp male sex. Sh s very often a df eloped hoyden \ 1 the innocence ru»ed off, and who smitten with, a-buring desire to ume the aheni-ofno-we-never-mc ion-ems even before marriage, an he captivates men |by parodying tl 1. She knows a hope from a bullocl nd is perhaps ablejto tell a greyhoui from a poodle, pho purchases a ng dictionary and I" mugs" up its c ant pages, and "bogs the pace." ' c calls' men by. tbdir Christian nan and has a hankemag after little na itinesses. Her conversation is vi fcelligible to the uijinitiated, and migl >y them be mistaken for a dissertati oh domestic affairs and dress. ] the " muffs " the talks about ar not protections {from the cold; he "spoons" were [never in the plate- set; and the "bitter" she objects tc ould be rather {intangible food. Ar a time she acquires tiie art of usi mots a double entente, and takes a d > interest in thef affairs of the dem onde. She drjpsses after Anonyms ,nd copies the peculiarities of Lais. sTot in spite |f all, her naughtin is but put on as a mask — her loud} s often conceals! a true and' noble dis sition. Her affectation of manly ai is better than tile perpetual simper < some, and at anyrate she imitates c superior crepfcure. Au reste if s gets a firm anil judicious husband c often settles down into an excellent ife and tender iliother ; and if single | essedness be iier lot, directs her m isc ar Christianity to the alleviation ofi h'stress. I hafve seen the pseud i-i onyma in the ( holera hospi- ; tal, a d imong the lo^s < alleys, the hauni of cc and miser; r in our large cities a veritable minis tering angel. Such i tl|e noble termi lation of the early jllias of one sectio i of our fast youn; ladies. Others is they grow older jndekvor to attract pen by bolder and t ildetl breaches of decorum. It is of or i offthese a story|s told. She apper red fa a table d'holc in a dress of ma rvellij usly scant dimensions, and parti( ulaw attracted the attention of one \ ntS man, whose (looks plainly expressed lis disgust. (When desert was placed on the tabl i, she thought to vanquifl her enemy \ y handing Mm a fig irith ; foe words " . L fig for you, sir : " "Ai 1 a fig-leaf foiyou, madam,", was the iii fcant retort, as he' handed over one i return. II it after all, I confess a sneaking kirdness for the fast type, perhaps because they are the most abussd. f 4. It iawith fear aiid trembling I approach flife next class because I am well aware; 1 1 maketlft slightest slip j I shall, Orpl\eus-like, b torn to pieces by furies. . The-miperi( r young woman — she is above being ialled a lady — is only 'young " b] the" courtesy which gi\*s, the title t ) all . unmarried females. iShc has dc ided views on the inferiority of the aale sex, and is slightly inclined 1 to all kinds of heresy. She is an admirer oi Mr. Mill, and with her the Rovisiuj Barristers are anathema. But I mvi t confess in this mattor of the, suffrage [ hold her right. Women have\ certain^ been braught to a very loA\\pitchroy centuries of meafal bondagV, b^jto^v "bright paricijilar'jlJKß \ shJß^dt they are f\^pjj^/^oJ^H^g|apr^^ation. .Eor hn wb^BHt strictures are on HflMjl^^^^^y not as they might selfish, and canI would let^hem for they are purely Maories. -The rethus re- \\ le^-jo a study of to

day withjthe Jsoiincli or "toTSMa salmon above- a water-fall are^ iiot ; half' so -hazardous as the effort* you will* be compelled to make after a wonderful gowan or remarkable dandelion. O, Mr. Weller,. Mr. Weller, when you warned us against widders were you aware of the more awful class, The Superior Toung Women ? Diogenes the Younger. (To be continued.)