Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-24

FAsHIoN.-It is a painful thing bot really
It must be done The tyrsnt Fashion has lost
all grace and dignity, and appears now a. tsw.
dry and iantastical as 4 sailor's wife in Lee
blazing, holiday ribbons. And the lsdiss,
sweet creatures are in as swift pursuit ~ whsn
the giddy goddess studied the - glass Of fash.
ion and The mould Of FORM with a single BYE
to cultivated taste aud elegant simplIcisy.--
There /. far mole poetry than truth in the
hacknied quotation, that beauty needs not
the aid of foreign ornament, but is, when uns.
dorned, adorned the most - but the reduh.
dancy Of exr eTior ornament, the present ssseoo,
and the unseemIy patterns Of some Of the oct.
ward garniiure. is So utterly past forbesrancs
that we must cen administer q PROTECTORS ca
cathedral. To commence at tie tor Of our
subject, we will begin With the hats aow " orp
by the far. We have watched the Transforms.
lions Of this imposing article, with grsat sole.
iiude, for many years. And when the mighty.
widc-spreading Bolivars arrived, We felt great
ly relieved from the consideration that in the
- broad circumference fashion herself could
60 no farther. From that time, however. the
changes have evidently not been made with .
view to diminish the square foot quahthy Of
the material, but rather TO increase that quan-
tity without a corresponding increGss Of hori.
zonial expansion. A. the same time THE bread,
umbra gcous bruins, beneath which beauty end
modesty were wont to cast euch swscfiy limid
glances. dropping their silken lids over theiv
Bright eyes, and gently blushing if detected il
stealing too full u look into a gentlcmsn's face
have been gradually lif,ed up, until they now
stand as vertically as a tin weathercock upop
a country smoke-bouse = displaying q bold
front, and leaving not q trace, NOT . dirrpls,
not Il single line Of beauty TO be heightened By
the Imagination Of tho beholder. The Spanish
hat, as It is called, for the carriage dress, with
the ample willow plumss, falling over the
polished forehead, we are ready to admit has
an air Of lofty elegance about Il.
But for a walking dress, in tho streets, the
Spanish, the Foolah, and Msrsdout hats are
alike out Of taste, bold, dstesssble. And w
would just whisper in the ears Of our ssss la
dies, that these hats are not ~oss IN fbs stsssss
either in Par,s or London, Out Of ths eusssx
as part off walking dress. they would b thers
considered excessively ,ulgsr." 90 the cock.
neys have il. There are other poinis ppsg
which we msy touch hereafter. The a~usunnsi
and winter flowers which we have seen--ihs
tigerl,lies, dahlies, &c. are not very beautiful,
but correspond well enough with the huge bo~s
Of coarse plaid ribbons, which have bssn ven
in such ample qua ntiiics Cor soms tine psss,
Pfumes are always gay aud hs udsoms-thst ~
if whole focks Of ostriches, pesescks. osprsys.
and birds Of psrad'se are moi unpIumsd y pluwc
a single lady. Cioaks : uns,gAtly thinls 90
they srs for The sprigh'Iy End yeskg--sin ~.
pear a. an sbominsiion IN ouf eyes, nj ~
hoops shsd dos ofour sres; sranlm6thess!-sAe
hoops i-thinh Of tbsm. The bisbep4ss hsv&
borne, mot worn.) with On dss p~essseee<~se
that our eyes have somstisnss been eGDsdsdk
seeing them working rather Toe hoss1y sneo
their fair possessors whsn pFominsdise Dsesd.
way. Blu, the centsppisl rsssss sf h0eps kss