Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-24
FROM The London Literary Gass'ts.

observation OF Lavatar, mat persons ma
bitually attentive to dress, display the
same regularity in their domestic affairs.
Young womep," says he, who neglect
their toilette, and manifest little concern
about dress, indicate in this very partl'
eular, a disregard Of order, mind but
i'll adapted to the details Of house keep
ing deficiency Of taste, and Of the qua
Iti.s that inspire love; they will be care
less in every thing. The girl of eighteen
who desires not to please, will be slut
and shrew a, twenty-five. Pay atteh.
ton young men, to this sign ; it never
vet was known to deceive" Husbands
a. we'll as lovers are grstifed and delight
ed in seeing their partners handsomely
adorned and / am we'll convinced that
many heart, now rowing in quest OF va
riety, might have been detained in will
ling captivity at home, BY the slken
chains of personal decoration. Iii is one
of the moral duties Of every married wo-
man always to appear well dressed in the
presence of her husband. To effect this,
expensiveness Of attire is by no means
requisite. The simple robe may evince
the wearer's taste as nobly as the most
gorgeous brocade.
The natural figure ola woman is Of the
first importance in determining the style
Of her dress. What sight, for instance,
can be more preposterous than that Oh
short, thick, bruad-shoaiderea, fat fe-
male in spencer 7 1t has been obser-
we'd too, that short women destroy their
symmetry and cucumber their charms, b.
redundancy If ornament )" and tina;
"a little woman, feathered and furbe-
loved, looks like queen Of the Bantam
tribe"
Nor is the substance of which dresses
are composed unworthy of notice Ma
king due allowance for the season. tat
which will display, or soften the contour
OF the form with most proprlety and Ell
fec, should always be preferred Fhr
Roam aides mad their rentvs te.rtiH.s
and tne., Linea Hobpln- linen so hne as
to acquire those names; and, from tn
Transparent muslin, to the substantial
silk the me. inc and kerseymere Ourva-
rie,y of texture Is almost infinite. Thus,
whilst the svIph formed maiden may b"
allowed to fost in 9 'ssamer. the more
matureI and portly female should adrpr
a fabric better suited to her size, her
figure and her time # lie.
There is nothing, perhaps, more din
cult Of choice, or more deiusive to the
wearer, than ccl"rs; aud nothing more
offensive to the educated eye, than CO.
lors ILL., chosen, or ill.eombined.
{" Let the fair nymph, in whose plump
cheeks is seen
A constant blush, be clad in cheerful
In such dress the sp0rtve s'a.symPhS
. 60;
So in their grassy bed fresh roses blow"
It has been remarked, however, thar
grass green, though color exceedingly
pleasing and refreshing itself, jaundices
the pale woman to such a degree, as to
excite little other sensation but cempas.
sion in the behsldeI.
Maid. grown pale with sickness or
despair,
The sabies' mournful dye should choose
to wear;
So the pale moon still shines with purest
light,
Gloth'd in the dusky mantle ofthe night"
Ladies Of a pale complexion, | con-
ceive, should seldom, if ever, wear :
dress of an entire color. Their white
drapery, At least, might be relieved, and
animated, by ribbons, flowers, &c. OF de-
licate tiats; such as light pink or bios
som color. On the one hand,
" The lass whose skin is like the hazel
brown,
With brighter yellow should o'ercone
her own !a
She may even, without fear of offence,
assume the orange, the scarlet, the CO.
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