Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-04-16

TIE TIMES and TIE FASHIONS
4 gloom of late has been cast over the
wealthy portion of our community, by the
death, sudden and inspected, of several
young married women, Of great promise,
hopes. anl expectation, ard at period and
cr.si> e. .reat dclicacy, incidental to mar
riri ftntlls. Some physicians have pro-
nounccj it a kind Of epidemic, aud are al
armed at the responsibilities of medical at
tendcncc on such cases others, of more skill
and courage, are nnwcarcd in their atten-
ton without considering the organ of the
disease, as differing essentially from similar
cases. Certain, however, it is, that great
alarm exists in persons similarity conditioned
and thry look to the approaching crisis with
much apprehension. This is all wrong, I'M
called for, unsupported by sound reason, and
is apt, by exciting the nervous system, to
produce the very result they apprchcnd.
The world has existed many thousand
years much longer, probably, then our re-
ceved chronology allows. In that time,
millions have come into the world, and lave
gone out Of its human nature, true to its
general course, is always the same. Much
therefore, depends upon the mode of life,
upon dress, upon diet, and exercise, in pro-
Quoting happy and successful issue to the
hopes and wishes Of married womcn.-Bona-
parte, an admirable Judge of human nature,
previous 10 the birth ofihe King of Rome, on
whose existance his hopes had rested, in
structcd his wtc,s ply slcians to trea, her in
the hour of travail, as if their patient was the
wife of "a mechanic, and not an Emperor.
In this consists the true secret of safety in
such cases. How is it, that poor women, OF
women in mddling circumstances, bring into
the world numerous progeny in pcrfec,
health and safety that such events are look
cdupon as things likely to occur periodically
and are viewed with Indifference, not apprc.
hcnsion that scarcely has birth become
known, and fleeing week or two passed
by, when the mother and her infant are
down stairs, as if nothing had happencd.-
All this arises from the manner of living and
Of exercise. Such women, happy in the
blessing Of robust health, are always bust
ing about their houses, are always employed
in some domestic affair; arc up and down
stairs twenty times day-risc early, 90 t.
bed early, eat plain food, and with cordia
appetite and good will play the brush anc
buster in the morning, and the needle in the
afternoon. A wife of the class kncads tho
bread, bakcs the cakes, prepares the dsl
for dinner, washes and dresses the children
rubs furniturs from necessity or for exercise
takes her walks, oversees the labors of til,
kitchen-in short, is always employed, al
ways cheerful her color is good, her flcsl
is firm, her bones well knit and when he
time comes, SHE runs up stairs quite cheerful
gets her basket of caps, frocks, flannel, pins
all arranged, and, probably before her ply
sicians is in attendance, an addition to tn,
family appears, with checks as broad as pul
pit cushions, and lungs like a trumpeter-
Now let us see how these things are managed
generally speaking, by lady of fashion am
fortune. Her physician, who is generally
fashionable pet,and can always cat the boilc
chicken and jelly for which his patient Ina
no appetite, recommends her to loll on tn
sofa in listlcss indifference, to be very care
iul how she runs up stairs, to examine til
thermometer before she ventures out, to b
exceedingly careful how high she raises he
arms, to do nothing fatieuing, to keep her
-! anal Al. =: 4
ID tr~ drops of ether and water. If, how
ever Grand party is to he given, or an c,
elusive ball at the City Hotel, off 90 all d,
tackles, impediments, and restraints pca
sure reign triumphant; all the world will h
there, and the wife cannot be absent.
SHOWS, and sheets, and drizzlcs, the wind
sharp aud piercing, and one insensby az
proaclcs nearer the sea coal fire. Not
the young five months, marred wife 81
lights up her boudoir, sends for Phalon
dress her hair, and employs Biddy and Let
to lace her corsets perscrvngly tght-ift
moss of her first born and heir is therel
made crooked and awry, no matter. She
going to the ball, and must look slim al
elegant; naked arms, and neck, and elbow
shoes thin as paper; one flannel pettico
dispensed with; and thus a,tired she ium
J. into her carriage, and soon finds herself
the hot and confined atmosphere of the b;
room the music, the lights, the compan
the confusion, the crowd, the supper, II
cold chicken, ham, mustard, ice cream iell
and champagne, all jnmblcd together in ii
stomach, by the force of Virginia rec
and home through tho cold air al tllre1