Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-14

tnr ,xceient advice, worthy ~ all i eeP'a'
ZION which it contains. MAIDS and maron>
would do well TO look over tins article car'iui'
lx tive are he means OF bringing ABOUT
RATIONAL, form" we shall say more herrai-
Ter: or we nave friend al OUT elbow wno pro-
mise, 10. Ike uD The cudg-is in our behalf:
r From the Mass chuselts Journ1l]
HINTS TO PEOPLE OF MODERATE FORTUNE.
PERHAPS rprr ntvrr was ilimr when the de
r,sinu # cts { agna'i'n In business were
so ve,y.urivcr,a l. fet, all he world over, -
rncy are now IhE Nero ant sends ou' oio
dollars, ID !, lu ky if h ge's new ones IN re-
turn: .nd he so vas Il She !" manuia't'rrs'
has boup +, 30 4. Imp which !" VIII no
ven % hswk b IA, th N'ref =, fp' he love-
nos,;bi. civ. T., elects th.s depression
aus, # course 80 ftl BY u !; AIDES u society.
Yr who thai passes tn -hn IN III AZ ohe
o'cl ,ck, and secs tn b'isht array II wises ana
dauc, err, as various IN th'ir drfp f''".s do
the inse. IS the birds, aud esre -, 4" Ia 'e-
lie thu, the commua 4 wa, Sta se; Eg ha''
aweieh, whion aim. S 2ar~'yzea - h"'
nuts? Every 'n,ng IS So sny"p ''Y u
,airs ",ha, II j. mex n>ablr uottv drs vi
Blu, do they refles way 'n.nes are 81 chea
d. hey KIN w how mucn wealth h . rn sac
,6ced, how many families ruiue ed To Ifr"duce
,n,s toasted result? Drney n"i know enough
# the machinery Of society 10 supp.>e tha'
the stunning effects Of crash after a>h may
eventually b. fen, by thost OF whom 'hey de
prnd for support?
Luxuries are cheaper now, than neec>>sries
were a few years since: ye, il Is lament lac'
,,,,i, costs MOI. 10 1--we now, than y did Tor"
me,lv When silk was nine s'iiinSs peryaro,
seven or rieh, Yards sufficed for dress; How
Il j, four or Eve sh;llI, &. sixteen "r 'wtn'y
yards will hardly satisfy 'he man aumaker.
If This * ,va@a &c was confined TO 'be veal
thps' classes, i, would'Ur produc'iv= oil more
good than evil But II tie rich have new
dress every fortnight. pr ople OF mrd"re'e Tor
,unr will ha, one every month. In NJ way
6nrry ,ecomrs the siand,rd of resp c'ahlli'y;
and a mans clio is Of more consequence nan
| hts rha,a'-r.
| Men VI fixed salaries spend e'rry cent OF
heir income, uni IL v, inrir children 10 the
prrc ,iuus charity AMI Ia ton; friendship VI
world IN y have vast inelr s"bs ante 10
! oleas,, Men who rush tito enc prist md
spet ula,ion, keep their credi, by spIendor,--
and should they sink, Trey and heir iamli'es
carry with hem extra,agan habits 10 oorfooe
their spirits With discnnrrDt, perchapce 10
ten D, them mo crime know We are ex,
uavsgan,," said one Of my 4,quain'a ees he
other dav; d" but how Can brlp il My hus-
band does no, like 10 see his wife and dangh-
tiers dress more NEARLY than tno,e with whom
thew associate" "Thtn my dear lady, your
husband has no a. much moral dignl'y ana
mora courage as ] ,h"ugh' he had. he should
be cont-n, 10 see his wife add daughters re-
manners " &" This all sounds very We ! in talk. I"
I replied he lady; Z" bu' say wha' you will sbou,
pleasing aud InteIlig,n' g'rl. no ,ody viii attend
! 10 ,hrn unless they dress in fashion. If my
daughters were 10 d'ess in ,he pIain, neat sly e
you recommend, they would see all their
quain, nee ASKED 20 dane. more frequently than
I emselves, and not gentleman would join
them in CornhiIl.
/ do no. believe this in SO extensive sense
a. you do. Girs may appear cent, ELY with.
out bring exlrayag,nI and though some tops
my know approved colo' for i,bon,
| th' news ansem. n, for trimming, | helirv-
gentlemen Of zeal character merely noicr
whether lady's dres. is genera !, in good taste,
or MOI b" granting y0ui So emen' he ru
in us widest s"n,e, OF what co qurnee j. il
How much W hr whUie happin SIS o. you
d.ugn'er's Int Or aft C'rd by her dancing some
hI,v tunes less 'nan her COMPANIONS, or vast
ing snrnr few hours less in he empty con,r'-
ION o. rox' ombs A man often admirss
style OF which h. would not venture 20 sup
p r. in = wife. Extravaganza has prevented
many m ridges, snd rendered siili more an
happy. And should your daughters fail in
forming good Connexions, what have you l."
leave them save exlravagant ha5Us 90 deeply
roosed o be eradicate Think you ,host who
now laugh at hem for d so,ted glove, n alt
nuIashionable RIBBON. will ass,s' III ir poverty,
or rherr their neglected Old age? M. Tiey
would find hem as co and Sc FISH as III y ar,
vain. A few thousands in ne bsnk are worth
all the fashionable friend, in Oh istendom
Whc'her my friend was convIn, ed or No.,
cannot sly; tut saw her daughters in Corn.
hill mex week with new French ha an blonde
wells. Ii Is Re all' melancholy 10 see how IN,
fever OF extravaganza RACES, and how il j,
>arping the rrngih Of oui happy country. Ii
has no aounds-is pervadcs all ranks, and al
ages
know the wife Of pavior, who spends her
t'iee hundred year in "outward adcrhinp "