Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-12
LATE HOURS.


woman is "a dreadful reflection. In sooth, our
late hours break in terribly on real comfort,
sound health, and that refreshing sleep which
"seals up the eyelids'' in calm and soft repose
and ministers to our real enjoyments. We mar.
vel WHY fashion, instead of being represented
with bewitching and attractive colors, is not
drawn with aMedusa S head fiery eyes and snaky
crest-or under the silken cowl and wreaths oil
roses, skeleton head peeped out as warning
"a caution in time-a nsomento mort In TINS
country we eat and dance ourselves to death
with much more rapidly than they do at the
Sandwich Islands. q
met friend on the pave last week. who said.
"will you come to our party tomorrow nlghtF
GA party2 Howe Comfortable dish OF tea,
game of whist, glass of Whskey punch and
Sandwich, eh?" sob, no-a real tearer-a re-
eular turn -out--5een preparing for fortnight
must give a couple every year for the sake Of
the world you know "The world hap Well
III come and if don't you wont miss me IN
the squeeze. Tell me for-old acqualtance sake
how much will the party costF why ABOUT
$780, ''F'iiteen hundred dollars! ProdlSious
How many charming tertulias in Spain, CONFER,
xationes in Italy, and soirees in France wCun
fifteen hundred dollars procure2-and all this
sum swallowed up IN one ealing ana dancing
frolicp'
determined to go, and friend promised 10
call for me in his carriage. l was ready d!
seven, and sat quiely until eight-haii past
1 was ringing for my slippers and preparing as
Monsieur Morbleau says, for my night caps,
rat-tat-tat-tat goes the coachman, and In walks
nv friend-pumps and tight pants, on white
gloves and perfumed handkerchief so, sir,
pretty time you have called for me; why nave
been ready ever since O'Clock" " Seven o.
clock? why bless you the company only oeganto
assemble at 10; and even now we are rather ear
ly.n-"Early do you callit? Go QUITO spend the
evening at past 10 o'clock. Well well, sup
pose we must not be out of the fashion, SO come
along"
Our carriage ratified up one OF the principal
streets, and glare of light was showered In all
directions from the house. We fell in behind
range of coaches and had TO wait until our
turn. and found on alighting retinue OF black
servants TO usher US into the mansion; 10 take our
coats, hats and canes and prepare us In form
for the entree Every thing was elegant gaety
fashion, and pleasure reigned trlumphanG-
beauty in resplendent beams, shed-itS haio over
the scene plenty from its golden horn, Vas pour
ed forth i'm all direction s-muSic, and the giddy
dance,-were kept up with undated vl9or, un-
ill the russell morn had nearly streaked the east
1 got home; tossed and tumbled for two or three
hours in bed, and then rose for the dulles OF the
day.
Having occasion to call on an old gentleman
about ~ O'Clock, | found him in his parlor, with
the breakfas table before him. 'Wbatnot break
tasted yet?n 80 yes, long ago-this is Tor my
daughters, who came from the party about three
O'Clock, and are not yet up" In a lew minutes
the Young ladies entered, but o how altered
where was the bounding step and elastic gait
the brilliant eye the jocound smile-the silken
attire-the well dressed hair and jeweed form
of last nights entertainment Tney were pal
lid and Observation-Disclosures, their hair their
dress. all en- dishabiiie,-both with hectic cough
both looking so wo begone and Spiritless as II
they had lust escaped from the siege OF Troy
ssHave YOU slept WELL girlS?" said the anxious
narent "Not wink father-we tossed and tum-
bIed andworried for several hours but not wink
of sleep-oh my head, my head-and OH my
bones my bones" ''Probably your restessness
arose from eating too heartily at supper Two
such thing father-why only eat little chick
en- salad, a wing Of turkey, some jelly, a few ma
caronies and notices, dozen picked oysters,
and drank few glasses OF champagne, that's
all-exceptng sponge cake or two, ana glass
of lemonade, during dancing, and little ginger
sweetmeats There's LizZy ate twice as much
as | did"
mNoI didn't. but was more select father; a
fsw slices of cold tongue--a piece OF la mode
beef-three pickles-a few olives some diane
mnnpe-two plates of ice cream-a little hoa-
ING Standard some trufles in bons bons-oran-
ges, plumb cake, and custard during the even
ing' Pm sure don't care much for solids p
And did YOU dance after superb ITO be
sure we did, one cotillion, one country dance,
fine mazourka and gallopade." The murders
ont! no wonder at head aches and sleepess hours,
after so much eating; and then dancing on SO
much eating-churning these singular masses OF
food and contradictory condiments in delicate
female stomach, with scarcely sufficient gastric
mice to digest the wing of a pheasant. That's
the way our girls kill themselves prematurey;
that's the cause of our heavy weekly list oflnter-
ments; of the many cases OF consumption un-
charitably carried to the credit of our climate
Alas. how many charming woman are hurried
10 the grave by carelessness; by the bewitching
attractions OF fashion,; by keeping late hours; by
their clothing, and by eating too much. The oh,
servation made by strangers is, how pale and
thin YOUR ladies aren Why will they not have
resolution enough to discard these seducing and
destructive allurements; why not enjoy life So
berry, discreety, prudently2
What can be more agoniZing to true affection
than. to see girl nourished with tendernessin |
infancy, amiable, Intelligent and accomplished, |!
gradually sinking in to the grave ere she reach
IS the aye Observation-Disclosures pride and delight !
offond parents and numerous friends, the rose
which early bloomed, daily fading in the brian-
CIV of its colors, and dropping like the lilly of the
vare2-tor see the eye, once so brilliant, sunken,
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