Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-21

FEMALE DRrss.-'The following remarks
are from one who ought TO be good authority
OH such sublects--thc Countess of Blessing
ION -
Whit multiplicity of pretty things We
women require to render us what we con-
slider prcsentablc! and how few of us, how
ever good looking We may chancc to be,
would agree with the poet, that "lovcllncSs
Gccds not the foreign aid of ornament, but
is, when lnadorncd, adorned the most
Even the faircst Of the sex like to enhance
the charms of nature by the aid of dress,
aud the plaincst hope to become less 50 by
It's assistance.
Men arc never sufficiently sensible of our
humility, Ill considering SO necessary TO i'll
crease our attractions in order TO place them,
nor grateful enough for the pains we besow
i'm the attempts. Husbands and fathers are
particularly inscnsiblc to this arniablc de-
sire on the parts ofthcir wives and daughters,
and when asked to pay the heavy bills in
Cured in consequence of this praseworthy
humility and desire to please, evince any
feeling rather than that of satisfaction. 1t
is only admirers, not called upon to pay
these said bills, who duly appreciate the
cause and effect and who can hear Of wo-
men passing whole hours, in tempting
shops, without that elongahon oil counte-
nance peculiar to husbands and fathers.
could not help thinking with the phi
lo3opher, how many things | saw to-day
that could be done without. If women
could be mads TO understand that cos,liness
of attire seldom AIDES beauty, and often
dcteriorates it, great ameioration in ex-
pense could be accompl shed.
Transparent muslin, the cheapest Of all
materials, is one of the prettest, too, for
summers wear, and, with the add ton Of
some bows of delicate coIored riband, or q
boquct of fresh flowers, forms a most be-
coming dress The lowness Of the price
of such robe enables the purchaser to
have so frequent Il change of it, that even
those who are far from rich may have half
a dozen, while one single robe OF q more
expensive material will cost more; and
having done so, the owner will think ii
right 10 wear it more frequently than is
consistent with the freshness and purity
that should ever be the distinguishing
characteristics in female dress, in order to
indemnify herself for the expense.
| was never more struck with this fact
than short time ago, when | saw two
ladies' seated next each other, both young
and handsome, but one owing to the fresh
ness Of her robe, which was Of simple or
candle, looked infinitely better than the
other, who was quite as pretty, but who,
wearing robe of expensive lace, whose
Wilderness had fallen into the "sere and
yellow leaf" appeared 'adeo and pdssc.
Be wise, then, yc young and fair; and
if, as suspect, your object be TO please
the lords of the creation, let your dress IL
summer DC snowy white muslin, never
worn after its pristine purity becomes pro
hcmatical; and in winter let some half
dozen plain and simple silk gowns be pur
chased, instead of the two or three expen'
sive ones that generally form the ward
robe, which, consequently, soon not only
lose their lustrc, bat give the wearer the
appearance Of having suffered the same
fate.
And you, o husbands and fathers, presen
and future, be ye duly impressed with q
sense of your manifold Obligations 10 me,
for thus opening the eyes of your wives anC
daughters how to please without draining
YOUR purses; and when the maledictions Of
lace. velvet ana satin sellers fall on my
haplcss head, for counsel so injurious &c
their interests, remember that they are in
Cured for yours