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    136 THE TOMAHAWK. * [April 4, 1868.

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    i i " THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD?

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    {Written in a the Chib article Library i...

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    ILL-" NATURE'S JVOBLEMAN ".

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    We have often laughed at the Marquis of ...

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    136 The Tomahawk. * [April 4, 1868.

    136 THE TOMAHAWK . * [ April 4 , 1868 .

    I I " The Girl Of The Period?

    i i " THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD ?

    {Written In A The Chib Article Library I...

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    deed Charming . Believe lad me y , , you your ' ve sex overshot is not so the bad mark as you —you paint have them in — - rule really women and trul are fools you — ' ve fit gone only for too the far . salon I grant and the you sick that room as a . Are pictures ( some of them ) , if you will again—but is it not better a blue to stocking be a drawing ? Is it -room not sweeter ornament to grin or an inanel invalid y at ' s nurse nothing than in of

    particular Saturday Review than to f splutter out venom o ' er the columns the I agree with you that the fat bouncing buxom wench dear to that Leech we ' s no pencil longer and see Mortimer the hoyden Collins of ' twenty pen is years fast d ago ying ; that out , wear some false of our hair maidens . I will paint allow , others all this smoke but do , and some mean of to them tell me whole , sweet is vicious , that on account of the , folly of these few the

    gent need sex of the good and services shameless of that , and admirable ( to put it institution mildly ) in , the urto Rescue assume Society that this ? From is reall the wording the case , of and your upon article the strength I ' forced of this grees assumption too far—you I beg have to indeed tell you , take that my you word ' ve for gone it . several de" Club Now Man I ' m what " ( and is a technicall middle-aged y called one too " ) Club I ' Man about / ' the as last a fellow in iv the iw world to into raptures about . t ^ r fc the virtues of

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    at ancestors our , . mil Because y escutch she eon paints , and I will degraded not insinuat the name e ( as of you our do amiable Heaven Madam forbid ) that that I she should has been exalt careless those who of her cover honour their . faces with wretches rouge 1 we , or all disfigure know that their the reward tresses of with their hair labour -dye . must Poor be self-reproach and universal condemnation . It is horrible to

    meet fringeing a young her forehead girl with . false It is roses painfu on l her to find cheek a poor , or sticky " garrison gold baldness hack " hiding with the her stole wrinkles n locks with of a " enamel /* but and when covering we have her shuddered and sighed can we do m corpse ore ? ; Because these silly fools some hair mag - ine dye that , are man we to loves add to the their hateful misfortunes rouge and by the stealing loathaway their reputation and fair name ? I think not . Let us

    let laug us h at be them mercifu , scoff l and at them just , . and Remember jeer at them the if punish you wjll ment ; but of that death no for one petty no w ilfering -a-days was takes abolished the trouble a very to break long time a butterfl ago— y sailor on the to wheel death —that in this we seldom lenient ( scarcel for y ever the , mere in fact crime ) gag of a drunkenness ' . Again—do you take age my meaning ? but I ' ve in this no doubt instance you paint hav very e permitted nicely sometimes malice , sweet to mis y -

    guide your penciland you the imprudence has your caused a Jiasco . something You ' ve sketched has been something , misnamed that ' . s revolting YouVe written and novel " Bel , but gravia the Prude Belle" " under would the have caricature been a far when better " Painted title . " b Sensation y a Prurient " is the order of the day , I know , my dear madam ; but can ' be wives " sensational into court " enough to be without tried before dragg a vul our sisters rabble and for crimes they open have never committed ? gar

    women I know . Mill perfectl would y well put that them it is into | he parliament fashion to be but cynical the about world generally prefers to see them fainting in the pillory . I know also particularl that those y severe who upon have the been sex jilted . Wh or y ? " Because badly treated some / ' sill are y girl life life has if if vou made like like me am am wear I I to to the lift lift fool ud mv 's cap voice voice , has and and soured declare declare my all all nature woman woman for --, you , up my

    kind sional , " poisonous five minutes , " mistake for r ? efreshment " No rather "— let my me monthl have y my "fit occa of - best the blues of the , " matter dail , let sig me h— put but a this smile granted on my fac let , me and make a flower the love in my was button a flirt -hole ( Othello , and let would me try have to believe found a that worse althoug name h my for

    loves her , but then after Othello allbe was nice " rude and of speech amiable ) , " other and peop eve le ' s may , very very , my ( but brilliant this perhaps blue-stocking / may doubt , let us ) very try to true find ! some For good heavens in human ' sake , nature ! * Dail And now Telegraph H ^ B , Madam y ( which , to B conclude hi klh hlChristian , without ¦ ¦ 4 going paper air i as accuses far as you the

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    the him tears ; and to if roll her down husband her cheeks falls , or in spite child of causing dies , she the will comp allow lete a destruction tithe of our of her maidens complexion descend ! to I will the not use allow of pi that gments more , and than hal assert f so that bad as en she you is r — " painted girl of the ! period , " dear Madam , is not

    Ill-" Nature's Jvobleman ".

    ILL- " NATURE'S JVOBLEMAN " .

    We Have Often Laughed At The Marquis Of ...

    We have often laughed at the Marquis of Townshend , and his sirous funny to express exhibitions the sincere on the stage respect —we and are admiration therefore , which more de we - feel To for drag his dirty untiring little exertions girls and in boys suppressing up before of mendicancy the magis- . t ^ r rate ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ for ^™ — ¦ — the ^ " ¦ - " ^ - ^— offence - ^^ - ^^ — ^ " ™^ ^^ of ^^ r ^ m begg ^^ r w BH ^ p ^ h ing ^ ^^ ^^« T ^ B , may ^^ ^^ ' ^ w ^ seem ^» ^^^ ^^ ^""* ^— a ^ very ~ ' ^^ - ^ ^ w ridicu ~^— ^ w ~^ r ^ ¦ ^ — — -

    who lous and so live thing encourag on ; their much ing begg more idlenes ings ridiculous . s in Certainl the than children y the giving latter , and them co vic urse e a penny is those the , easier one , and such benevolence is a very cheap virtue . call Perhaps it , will those conside who r sneer what at amount Lord Town of good shend would ' s hobb be done as they if onl We y one hardl perso n expect in every to twenty do more were effect to ual ride good the sam this e hobby world . ¦ than ^^ ¦ ^ ^^ ^ ™ " to — ^» save " ^ ¦ ^» - children " ^ " ^ — - ~ - ~ " — - ~^ - ¦ - ^^ p ^ ^» fro - ~ ^ m ^^ r m ^ ^ ^ m the ^ m ^ ^ ^ vp life ^» ^ " ^ *^^ of ^^^ ^ " misery ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ T ^ ^^ F ^» ¦ j - and v 4 ^ ^ v ' ^^ . ^ infamy ^ w ¦ ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ j ¦ to ^ ,

    the which swells these and poor triflers little wretches who point become their too feeble often ridicule inured at . the To " crossi amateur ng to policeman pick a dying ; " who friend themselves out of the would gutter not ( go the over souls a dirty they have ties ) , who are therefore in their boots , cann , where ot understand also reside any human their shining being putting qualihi say mself in the to words inconvenience of Hamlet without — being paid for it— * to them we " Follow that Lord , and look you , mock him not 1 "

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 4, 1868, page 136, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_04041868/page/4/