Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-06

cr n,icisries, or certain manners u Sel'~i
n.anle. in certain situations, and possessed
nf certain share Of fashion or Importance
A red cloak, for'insauce, on the shoalder
/ efan old market woman is regarded viii
con,emp., iris vulgar, il is cdious ling
! however its usurping rival red shawl Owe
/ the fine figure of fashionable belle, ane
fles her fame away with il in Broadway, q
in ball room, and itisimmediately dsclar'
ed TO be. the style
Tie modes Of attaining this csrtai's s 50
ation which entities il. holder to style. aIs
yarions aud opposites the most ostensl q
J IS the attainmets OF wealth, the. possession
! Of which changes at. once the pert airs q
vulgar ignorance, into fashionable ease and
elegant vivacity. lsis highly amusing %
observe the grada.ions of family aspiring
10 style, and the devious windings they Puf.
sue iD,order to chain it. While beating up
against wind and tide they are tbs most
complaisant beings in. the world-they
keep" booing aud booing:.' q M'Syehoo.
phan, says, unit! you would suppose them
incapable Of standing upright; they kiss
their hands to every body who has the least
clain to s,yls their familiarity IS lnto re
rab!e, and they absolutely oyerwheln on
with sheir friendship and loving kindness.
Bur having once gained the envied pre-.
eminence, never were beings IN the world
morc changed. They assume the most ~
,olerable caprlces, a, ous time address you
with. importunste sociabllisy, At another,
pass you with silent indifference, acme.
times 81, up inthcir chairs in all The rnsjss.
~ ufdignihSd silence, and at another time
bounce about with all the ebstreperous, i'll
bred noise Of little hoyden just broke
loose from boarding scneol.
Another feature which distinguishes
these srw naade fashiona5les, is the inve.
.eracy with which they lock down upon the
hooess people who are struggling TO climb
Up TO the same envird height. They never
fail to salute them with the moss sarcastic
reflections; aud like so macy worthy nod.
msn laundering ladder, each one looks
down with sneer upon his mex, neighbor
below, aud makes 90 scruple OF shaking The
dust off his shSes into his eyes. Thus by
dins ct perseverance merely, they cone 70
be considsged as established denizens OF the
great world as in some bar barons nations
40 oyster SHELLS Ct sterling value, aud .
copper washed counter viii pass current for
gensiue gold.
In no instance, have seen this graspipg
after style saore wnimsicaliy exhibIsd than
in the family Of my old acquaintance, Til.
mo.hy Gible.. Irscsllect old Giblet when
was by, and he was the mos. surly
curmudgeon lever knew. He was per.
fec, sease-crow TO the small fry Of the day,
aad inherited the haired of all these an.
lnaky lit,le shaasrs for never could we
assemble abou, bis door Of an evening 10
play aud make little hub.bub, bot GU. he
sailed from his mes. like a spider, flourish.
ed,his formidable horsswhip. and dispers.
ed the whole crew ia the twinkling Of a
lamp. perfectly remember bill he sea,
in to my IA her for pane Of glass I had
accidentally broken, which came well nigh
getting me . sound aogglng: ao1 remsn.
Der, as perfectly. TIA. the mex, nigh. re-
vesged myself by breaking half dezeo.
sGiblet was as arrant grub-wor n as ever
crawled; aud The only rules Of RICH. and
wronghe cared a button for, were The rales
of multiplication and addition. which he
| practised much more successfully than he
did any of the roles of religion or moral.
". Housed TO declare they were thetsue
| golden rules, and he took special careto put
Cookers arithmetic ia the hands OF his
children, before they had read ,eu pages in
the bible OR the prsyer-book. The prac-
! tee OF shese favorlse maxims was at length
crowned with the harvest Of success and
after life Ct 'incessant seIf-denial. and
starvation, aud after enduring all the
pounds. shitlings aud pence miseries Of a
miser, he had the sssisiaction OF. seeing