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July 22, 1853
The Athens Post
Athens, Mcminn County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Fanny Fern humorously defends women's affinity for diamonds in response to Punch's joke, arguing that diamonds enhance a woman's appeal and critiquing men's dependency on wealthy wives.
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"What is the height of a woman's ambition? Diamonds."—Punch.
Sagacious Punch! Do you know the reason? It is because the more "diamonds" a woman owns, the more precious she becomes in the eyes of your discriminating sex.—What pair of male eyes ever saw a "crow's foot," grey hair, or wrinkle, in company with a genuine diamond? Don't you go down on your marrow-bones, and swear that the owner is a Venus, a Hebe, a Juno, a sylph, a fairy, an angel? Would you stop to look (connu bially) at the most bewitching woman on earth, whose only diamonds were "in her eye?"
Well, it is no great marvel, Mr. Punch. The race of men is about extinct. Now and then you will meet with a specimen; but I'm sorry to inform you that the most of them are nothing but coat tails, walking behind a moustache, destitute of sufficient energy to earn their own cigars and "Macassar," preferring to dangle at the heels of a diamond wifey and meekly receive their allowance, as her mamma's prudence and her own inclinations may suggest.
It is out of my power to express to you the veneration I feel for such a dignified donkey, Mr. Punch. If I owned him, I imagine I should slip my bridal (bridle).
Fanny Fern:
Sagacious Punch! Do you know the reason? It is because the more "diamonds" a woman owns, the more precious she becomes in the eyes of your discriminating sex.—What pair of male eyes ever saw a "crow's foot," grey hair, or wrinkle, in company with a genuine diamond? Don't you go down on your marrow-bones, and swear that the owner is a Venus, a Hebe, a Juno, a sylph, a fairy, an angel? Would you stop to look (connu bially) at the most bewitching woman on earth, whose only diamonds were "in her eye?"
Well, it is no great marvel, Mr. Punch. The race of men is about extinct. Now and then you will meet with a specimen; but I'm sorry to inform you that the most of them are nothing but coat tails, walking behind a moustache, destitute of sufficient energy to earn their own cigars and "Macassar," preferring to dangle at the heels of a diamond wifey and meekly receive their allowance, as her mamma's prudence and her own inclinations may suggest.
It is out of my power to express to you the veneration I feel for such a dignified donkey, Mr. Punch. If I owned him, I imagine I should slip my bridal (bridle).
Fanny Fern:
What sub-type of article is it?
Witty Remark
Human Interest
What keywords are associated?
Diamonds
Women's Ambition
Fanny Fern
Punch
Gender Satire
Men Dependency
What entities or persons were involved?
Fanny Fern
Punch
Filler Details
Topic
Humorous Defense Of Women's Diamond Ambition Against Punch's Joke
Key Persons
Fanny Fern
Punch
Event Details
Fanny Fern responds satirically to Punch's quip that women's ambition is diamonds, explaining it enhances women's value to men who overlook flaws, and mocks men as lazy dependents on diamond-wearing wives, calling them dignified donkeys.