Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-04-01

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htid othfn The lDna established
nfbllef oflasle, Position and iho
Bellies IeHWs fcf lho Ladies II
America.
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ing beoA iof - long . series NJ
ycnuunivor't yfec0gni.od ~ ihr rt.
elusive bud " Ispolablo guido to tie
ialt sen ~ Nd ~ insic, mghiou,
qua lilefulurd @lhc OILS work con.
ductod by Distinguished FonHc pu.
illofs, WHO bod won lortheingclycsn
high place aiming tle guiding spirits
Of The ngc--thl only work which, IN
point Of fact, lls boon exclusively dc.
voted - The lndics--its favor with ils
pltrons liis noAbcon less remarkable
Than its pcrfed adaptation TO their
feelings, tastcs, and requirements. In
entering upon now year, the pub
usher, without diminishing IN tic
least that startling and useful llcra-
turc, which has long resulted from
laying under contribution The nofipe
good sense and elegant fancy Of our
American female writer's, will, as each
successive number appears, present,
IN The several departments of Litcra.
ture, Fashion, and Pictorial Embe.
lishment,a constant and ever varying
succession Of new and striking fca-
lures. Nor does he promise without
ample ability TO perform. The best
literary talent, the best efforts of the
most distinguished arts $ in the coun-
try; and, TO crown as well az to adorn
che whole, the most perfect arrange.
ments for the reception of the Amcri-
can, London, and Paris Fashions, far
IN advance of any other publication
IN this country, enable him 10 assure
the patrons Of the Ladys Book, that
the forthcoming volume will more |
than Justify its well canned title of !
the Magazine Of Magazies for the la
dies of our country.
1t has passed into a custom to assert
that dress is a matter of trifling im- \
portance; but this every lady knows
10 be utterly false. Taste III dress is
universally felt to be the index of 5
thousand desirable qualities in wo-
nan, while a deficiency ia this re- +
pect always Injuries one in the csti- |
nation Of strangers, and even of her
ltlmate friends. The beauty Of il
Ielen and the wit Of AspaSsia would L
ardly commend TO general favor an I
cknowledge DAwpY in dress. Hence Il
&c Importance ofanaccredited guide q,
the fashions. II
This useful Office, already f3lcd for o.
'urteen years with universal accept a
nee by the Lad}'s Book, the pub C
sher pledges himself to discharge in Al
lture in style surprising all his a
,rmer efforts. The ladies know per a
,ctly well that our Magazine is S
ne highest authority in fashion. No b
,dy considers herself we'll dressed
Tho contravenes this authority; and "
a our city, in New York, Boston, d
Baltimore, Cincinnati, louisville, J.
lexington, St. Louis, New Orleans. {;
Mobile, Charleston, Savannah, aud a
he other Metropolitan Cities of the y
arious States, the tasteful Fashion Il
Plates Of the Lady's Book dictate the /
avs of dress. /,
In future the figures will be thrown
nto tasteful groups displaying the
5races ofdress to the best advantage; a
and the back grounds of the plates I
will present interesting views design y
ID by first rate Artists. f
As a further assurance of thorough !
excellence in this department, the 4
publisher has secured the services of
Miss LESLIE, who viii illustrate the
Fashion Plates in her usual felicilous
md graphic style. uniting thorough
knowledge ofthe subject, with clear,
Ineligible, and graceful manner Of /,
reating it. Her descriptions are wor- ,,
by the productions Other own glow |
NJ pencil, which drew the earliest
Fashion Plates for the Lady's Book !
The publishers correspondent in !
Paris is possessed Of such ample :
means of obtaining The real and pre-
ent Paris Fashions, and of transmit =
ing them in advance Of all competi- =
ors, that the Ladies may continue, as
leY have always done, to copy from
urplates what has received the sane !
on Of undisputable ion, the last, the |
cwest, the best Fashions, fresh from s.
arts.
The arrangements for producing a al