The Female Dude—A Portrait.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1806, 2 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Female Dude— A Portrait.

Here hangs my bangs o'er eyes that dream. And nose and rosebud lips for cream. And here's niy chin with, dimples in. This is my neck without a speck which doth those snowy shoulders deck; and here is —see, oh, double T-O-N, which girls, all wear, like me; and here's a heart from Cupid's dart, safeshielded by this corsets's art. This is my waist too tightly laced on which M, a bustle big ' v is placed. This is my dresa. Its cost -' ". i^ I guess, did my "' „ T£& poor papa much die-"'" 1 s^ht.j^»\ &<"& <" tress, because he °ighes|p|pWf j & when mamma tried it <^^^^^7[t*and sobbed, so I crieS^^^^^^ ?r? r but mamma said I soon would,-*-* ~*~ wed and buy pa's clothes for himv i, ".-, ' inßtead. It's trimmed wifchjlafee.^r,.^ just in this place, 'neath whioh^t^aV* \~ ankles show with grace, in silKen\h(bse^ */, to catch the beaus who think they^rel<i§aly." I suppose These arep^r jT;j'', -.. my feet inslipgers'iw^ '" "„' neat, and now if we-" l'W,4\ „' should chance to meet we'll'4firf<'"^ a little on the Street. H6vf'«w«et. -^ —NoTTiBtons&£t<ud. ~^j A Canadian social scientist pc^f^^^^^^P long experience and observation with no exception the applioants^rlc^^r^lT^ are blondes. This is no doubt troi^llS^^K?! lew men are reckless enough to >: nette more than once —not if she'ftoifeil^pM^. l? —Chicago Herald. ' )3^frWM^Arc you short of customers ? :olft^^^^^^ the store by the column. l^^^^^^^a The type won't click, like a ftl,^j^^^^M[M If times are dull, electrify fV- Q':ff^^^^Sfl^P A two line ad. is big snougli^fe^^jEw^^^HS

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