Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-03-08

For shame, child =
i can though, uncle; so prepare yourself 10
he convinced. Did you never see aunt wear a
different shaped cap from the oRe she now has
on :!
20 yes, suppose so. don'i take much
notice of such things. But believe she has
changed the pattern Of her cap good many
iimes'
And shat if have, prayr aunt Abigail
asked, fidgeting uneasiy.
%, nothing, only that in doing so, you were
following some new fashion, replied Mary.
IL is no such thing aunt Abigail said.
| can prove H.
You can't
Yes Ican, and will Don'i you retnem-
Der when the high crowns were worn 2
'Of course do
'And you wore them, Of course
Well, suppose did ?
And then came The close, low-cro&ned cap.
remember the very time you adopted that FASH
ion, and thought it SO much more becoming
than the grea. tower Of lace on the back part
of the head
And SO it was
But why didn't you think so before = Mary
dSheu, iOOhihS dICuiy iu'O WIG iaSO0 VI NSA ~N"''
y-because-because-
20, can tell you, so you needn't search all
over the world for reason. j was because
the high crowns were fashionable. Come out
plain and aboyeboard, and say So
Indeed, and won, say any such thing.
Then what was the reason I?
Every body wore them, and their insight
lv appearance had no, been made apparent by
contrast.
Exactly! They were fashionable. Blu,
when a new fashion laughed them out OF COun-
lenance, you cast them aside, as ! do an old
fashion for a new one. Then came the quilted
borders all around. Do you remember that
change! And how in lnle while after, the
plain piece of lace over your forehead disap-
peared! Why was that, aunt Abigail! Was
there no regard for fashion there And now,
at this very time. your cap is one that exhibits
the lates. and newest- style for young ladies'
caps. | could 20 ON and prove to your saIis-
faction, or al least TO my Own, that you have
followed the fashion almost as steadily as
have But have sufficiently made OF. my case.
DON, you think SO, Henry 9
Thus appealed 10. her brother, who had been
surprised AT the turn The conversation had Ia
ken, not expecting to see Mary carry the war
home SO directly as she had done, hardly knew
how 10 reply. He. howeveri gave relut-
liant
Yes
But there is some sense in your aunrs adop-
,ion of fashion, uncle Absalom said.
Though no, much; i, would seem, in yours,
if you estimate fashion BY use,' relotled Mary.
- Il rail
asked in surprise
'Of what use, uncle, are those two buttons
oil the back Of your coat?
Il am sure don't know
Then why do you wear them if you don't
know their use, unless il be that you wish TO
be in The fashion (! Then there are two more
al The bottom of the skirt. half hid, half seen, as
if ,hey were ashamed 10 be found so much oul
of their place. Then, can you enlighien me as
TO the use of these two pieces OF cloth here,
called, believe, faps'
TO give strength 10 ;hai part of the coat
presume
And yet it is only a year or two since II
was the fashion 10 have no flaps at all. do no,
remember ever 10 have seen coat torn there,
do you? II is no use, uncle-you might as
well be out of the world as out of the fashion.
And old people feel This as well as the young.
They have their fashions, and we have ours,
and they are as much The volaries of their Pc
Cuar modes as we are OF ours. The only dill
ference is, that, as our state Of mind changes
more rapidly, there Is corresponding and more
rapid change in our fashions. You change as
" ell as we do-but slower
How could you talk 10 uncle Absalom, and
aunt Abigail as you did,! Henry Grove said TO
his sister, as they walked slowly home TO-
geiher.
Didn't make ou, my point Didn't prove
that they too were yotaties Of the fickle god
dess!'
i think you did, in measure
'And in good big measure TOO. So give
up your point, as you promised, aud confess
Yourself an advocate Of fashion,
:. / don't see clearly how / can do that, not
wiIhsanding all that, has passed Tonight; Tor
do no, ra'ionaly perceive the use Of all these
changes in dress
Il am no, certain iha, can enlighien you
fully on The subject; bu. think that may. per-