The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Complaint

Anonymous. "A Complaint." Vanity Fair, June 8, 1861, 269.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
satire
Abstract

Wise words demonstrating how terrible babies are. These google-eyed, wrinkled epitome of man are described as "hairless as billiard balls," among other incisive remarks.